Charles Ephraim Burchfield
Cherry Blossom Snow
Estimate: 1.000.000 - 1.500.000 USD
Price realised: 1.812.500 USD
Price realised: 1.812.500 USD
Description
signed with initials in monogram and dated '1917-45' (lower right)--dated again, inscribed with title and '(Original study made May 22, 1917/incorporated in picture)' (on the reverse)
watercolor, gouache and charcoal on joined paper laid down on board
39 ¾ x 56 in. (100.9 x 142.2 cm.)
Executed circa 1917-45.
Frank K.M. Rehn, Inc., New York. | Private collection, Michigan, acquired from the above, 1960. | By descent to the present owner.
watercolor, gouache and charcoal on joined paper laid down on board
39 ¾ x 56 in. (100.9 x 142.2 cm.)
Executed circa 1917-45.
Frank K.M. Rehn, Inc., New York. | Private collection, Michigan, acquired from the above, 1960. | By descent to the present owner.
A top price for Charles Ephraim Burchfield
In May 2018 Christies in New York held the auction American Art, which included the work Cherry Blossom Snow by Charles Ephraim Burchfield. The »bidding war« ended at USD 1,812,500.00 (€ 1,553,127.68), 21% above the upper estimate. With this result, Cherry Blossom Snow is even the most expensive work of art by Charles Ephraim Burchfield that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Charles Ephraim Burchfield
Im Mai 2018 führte Christies in New York die Auktion American Art durch, in der auch die Arbeit Cherry Blossom Snow von Charles Ephraim Burchfield zur Versteigerung kam. Das »Bietergefecht« endete beim Preis von USD 1.812.500,00 (€ 1.553.127,68) und damit 21% über dem oberen Schätzpreis. Mit diesem Ergebnis ist Cherry Blossom Snow sogar das teuerste Kunstwerk von Charles Ephraim Burchfield, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
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