Enrico Donati
The Message of the Sphinx
Estimate: 8.000 - 10.000 USD
Price realised: 69.675 USD
Price realised: 69.675 USD
Description
PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION, BOSTON
ENRICO DONATI (1909-2008)
The Message of the Sphinx
signed and dated 'Donati 48' (lower left); signed again and inscribed 'Donati The message of the Sphinx.' (on the stretcher)
oil on canvas
24 x 16 in (60.9 x 40.7 cm)
Painted in 1948
Margaret Anne (Daly) Riegler Collection, New York (a gift from the artist in the early 1950s). | Thence by descent to the present owner.
ENRICO DONATI (1909-2008)
The Message of the Sphinx
signed and dated 'Donati 48' (lower left); signed again and inscribed 'Donati The message of the Sphinx.' (on the stretcher)
oil on canvas
24 x 16 in (60.9 x 40.7 cm)
Painted in 1948
Margaret Anne (Daly) Riegler Collection, New York (a gift from the artist in the early 1950s). | Thence by descent to the present owner.
Artwork auctioned at six times the upper estimate price
The work The Message of the Sphinx by Enrico Donati was worth USD 69,675.00 (€ 65,129.00) to a buyer in December last year. This price was achieved in the auction Impressionist & Modern Art at Bonhams in New York and exceeded the previously set upper estimate of USD 10,000.00 many times over. Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by Enrico Donati achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work Spaziale fiorito in November 2021 with an auction result of USD 867,000.00 (€ 768,140.34).
Kunstwerk zum Sechsfachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert
Die Arbeit The Message of the Sphinx von Enrico Donati war einem Käufer im Dezember letzten Jahres USD 69.675,00 (€ 65.129,00) wert. Dieser Preise wurde in der Auktion Impressionist & Modern Art bei Bonhams in New York erzielt und übertraf den zuvor angesetzten oberen Schätzpreis von USD 10.000,00 um ein Vielfaches. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von Enrico Donati erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit Spaziale fiorito im November 2021 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von USD 867.000,00 (€ 768.140,34).
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