Erich Wichman

Die Kühle Grausamkeit Gottes

Found at Christies, Amsterdam
Modern Art, Lot 105
10. Dec - 10. Dec 2013

Estimate: 1.500 - 2.000 EUR
Price realised: 3.750 EUR

Description

Erich Wichman (1890-1929)
Die Kühle Grausamkeit Gottes
signed, titled, inscribed and dated 'Die Kühle Grausamkeit Gottes Wien 5 Mai 1922 Erich Wich' (on the reverse)
bronze with a black patina
14 cm. high
Conceived in 1922 and cast in 1925-1926 in a small unknown edition.

A top price for Erich Wichman

This artwork by Erich Wichman achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in Amsterdam in December 2013. In the Modern Art auction, the work Die Kühle Grausamkeit Gottes sold for EUR 3,750.00 - well above the upper estimate of EUR 2,000.00. This high result makes Die Kühle Grausamkeit Gottes the most expensive artwork by Erich Wichman that we have observed at auctions so far.

Ein Spitzenpreis für Erich Wichman

Dieses Kunstwerk von Erich Wichman erzielte im Dezember 2013 bei Christies in Amsterdam einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Modern Art wurde die Arbeit Die Kühle Grausamkeit Gottes für EUR 3.750,00 versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von EUR 2.000,00. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Die Kühle Grausamkeit Gottes zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Erich Wichman, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.

Erich Wichman - Auction history

3.750 EUR

2013

Die Kühle Grausamkeit Gottes

Dec 2013

Christies, Amsterdam

1.250 EUR

Openmouthed - a pendant

Nov 2007

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Master Punch - a pendant

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2005

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Nov 2005

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