Dorothea Tanning
Sailor
Estimate: 6.000 - 8.000 GBP
Price realised: 20.160 GBP
Price realised: 20.160 GBP
Description
Property from an Important Private Collection, USA
Dorothea Tanning
1910 - 2012
Sailor
signed Dorothea tanning and dated 88 (lower right) and titled (lower left); signed Dorothea tanning, titled and dated 88 on the reverse
collage, watercolour, gouache, coloured crayon, and pencil on board
44.5 by 31.8cm., 17 ½ by 12 ½ in.
Framed: 65.2 by 45.5cm., 25 ⅝ by 17 ⅞ in.
Executed in 1988. We are grateful to The Dorothea Tanning Foundation for their assistance in cataloguing this work.
Cavaliero Fine Arts, New York (acquired from the artist) | Marianne Spottswood, Rhode Island (acquired from the above in 1991. Sold: Bonham's, New York, 11th May 2016, lot 27) | Purchased at the above sale by the present owner
Dorothea Tanning
1910 - 2012
Sailor
signed Dorothea tanning and dated 88 (lower right) and titled (lower left); signed Dorothea tanning, titled and dated 88 on the reverse
collage, watercolour, gouache, coloured crayon, and pencil on board
44.5 by 31.8cm., 17 ½ by 12 ½ in.
Framed: 65.2 by 45.5cm., 25 ⅝ by 17 ⅞ in.
Executed in 1988. We are grateful to The Dorothea Tanning Foundation for their assistance in cataloguing this work.
Cavaliero Fine Arts, New York (acquired from the artist) | Marianne Spottswood, Rhode Island (acquired from the above in 1991. Sold: Bonham's, New York, 11th May 2016, lot 27) | Purchased at the above sale by the present owner
Upper estimate price exceeded by more than 100%
This artwork by Dorothea Tanning achieved an unexpectedly high price at Sothebys in London in May 2021. In the (Women) Artists auction, the work Sailor sold for GBP 20,160.00 (€ 23,456.62) - well above the upper estimate of GBP 8,000.00. Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by Dorothea Tanning achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work Le mal oublié in May last year with an auction result of USD 1,440,000.00 (€ 1,341,906.63).
Oberer Schätzpreis um mehr als 100% übertroffen
Dieses Kunstwerk von Dorothea Tanning erzielte im Mai 2021 bei Sothebys in London einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion (Women) Artists wurde die Arbeit Sailor für GBP 20.160,00 (€ 23.456,62) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 8.000,00. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von Dorothea Tanning erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit Le mal oublié im Mai letzten Jahres mit einem Auktionsergebnis von USD 1.440.000,00 (€ 1.341.906,63).
Dorothea Tanning - Auction history
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