David Bomberg
Sunset, Mount Hilarion, Cyprus
Found at
Sothebys,
London
British Art Evening Sale: Modern/Contemporary, Lot 20
29. Jun - 29. Jun 2021
British Art Evening Sale: Modern/Contemporary, Lot 20
29. Jun - 29. Jun 2021
Estimate: 400.000 - 600.000 GBP
Price realised: 595.800 GBP
Price realised: 595.800 GBP
Description
David Bomberg
1890 - 1957
Sunset, Mount Hilarion, Cyprus
oil on canvas
unframed: 52 by 61cm.; 20½ by 24in.
framed: 69 by 79cm.; 27 by 31in.
Executed in 1946.
We are grateful to Richard Cork for his kind assistance with the cataloguing of the present work.
Lilian Bomberg | Colin St John Wilson | Bernard Jacobsen Gallery, London, where acquired by the present owner in 2000
1890 - 1957
Sunset, Mount Hilarion, Cyprus
oil on canvas
unframed: 52 by 61cm.; 20½ by 24in.
framed: 69 by 79cm.; 27 by 31in.
Executed in 1946.
We are grateful to Richard Cork for his kind assistance with the cataloguing of the present work.
Lilian Bomberg | Colin St John Wilson | Bernard Jacobsen Gallery, London, where acquired by the present owner in 2000
Auction result well in line with expectations
The work Sunset, Mount Hilarion, Cyprus by David Bomberg was sold in the British Art Evening Sale: Modern/Contemporary auction at Sothebys in London in June 2021. It changed hands for a price of GBP 595,800.00 (€ 694,261.88) achieving a result in the upper range of the estimate price range of GBP 400,000.00 – 600,000.00. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by David Bomberg - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work Church Of The Holy Sepulchre, Jerusalem, which sold at auction in November 2015 for GBP 1,224,900.00 (€ 1,744,688.09).
Auktionsergebnis im Rahmen der Erwartungen
Die Arbeit Sunset, Mount Hilarion, Cyprus von David Bomberg wurde im Juni 2021 in der Auktion British Art Evening Sale: Modern/Contemporary bei Sothebys in London versteigert. Dabei wechselte sie für einen Preis von GBP 595.800,00 (€ 694.261,88) den Besitzer und erzielte damit ein Ergebnis im oberen Bereich der Schätzpreisspanne von GBP 400.000,00 – 600.000,00. Für andere Arbeiten von David Bomberg mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit Church Of The Holy Sepulchre, Jerusalem beobachtet, die im November 2015 für GBP 1.224.900,00 (€ 1.744.688,09) versteigert wurde.
David Bomberg - Auction history
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