Edward Burra

Zoot Suits

Found at Sothebys, London
The Evill/Frost Collection I, Lot 21
15. Jun - 15. Jun 2011
Estimate: 250.000 - 350.000 GBP
Price realised: 2.057.250 GBP
Edward Burra
1905-1976
ZOOT SUITS
watercolour and ink wash
78.5 by 57cm.; 31 by 22½in.
Executed in 1948.
Arthur Tooth & Sons, London, where acquired by Wilfrid A. Evill 28th November 1957 for £105.0.0, by whom bequeathed to Honor Frost in 1963

A top price for Edward Burra

When the work Zoot Suits by Edward Burra was auctioned at Sothebys in London in June 2011, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - GBP 350,000.00 but the actual price achieved was more than five times as high at GBP 2,057,250.00 (€ 2,275,964.73). This high result makes Zoot Suits the most expensive artwork by Edward Burra that we have observed at auctions so far.

Ein Spitzenpreis für Edward Burra

Als die Arbeit Zoot Suits von Edward Burra im Juni 2011 bei Sothebys in London versteigert wurde, übertraf das Ergebnis die Erwartungen um ein Vielfaches. Der obere Schätzpreis war mit – rückwirkend betrachtet recht bescheidenen – GBP 350.000,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit GBP 2.057.250,00 (€ 2.275.964,73) mehr als fünfmal so hoch. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Zoot Suits zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Edward Burra, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.

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