Eugene Berman
Backview of Proserpina in Black
Estimate: 20.000 - 30.000 USD
Price realised: 68.040 USD
Price realised: 68.040 USD
Description
EUGENE BERMAN (1899-1972)
Backview of Proserpina in Black
signed with initials and dated 'E.B. 1945.' (upper center); signed again, dated, titled and inscribed 'E. Berman November 1944. October. Nov. 1945. Hollywood. Back View of Proserpina in black.' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
58 ½ x 46 ¼ in. (148.7 x 117.6 cm.)
Berman, E.
Painted in Hollywood in November 1944-November 1945
Backview of Proserpina in Black
signed with initials and dated 'E.B. 1945.' (upper center); signed again, dated, titled and inscribed 'E. Berman November 1944. October. Nov. 1945. Hollywood. Back View of Proserpina in black.' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
58 ½ x 46 ¼ in. (148.7 x 117.6 cm.)
Berman, E.
Painted in Hollywood in November 1944-November 1945
A top price for Eugene Berman
This artwork by Eugene Berman achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in New York in May this year. In the Impressionist and Modern Art Day Sale auction, the work Backview of Proserpina in Black sold for USD 68,040.00 (€ 63,863.34) - well above the upper estimate of USD 30,000.00. This high result makes Backview of Proserpina in Black the most expensive artwork by Eugene Berman that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Eugene Berman
Dieses Kunstwerk von Eugene Berman erzielte im Mai diesen Jahres bei Christies in New York einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Impressionist and Modern Art Day Sale wurde die Arbeit Backview of Proserpina in Black für USD 68.040,00 (€ 63.863,34) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von USD 30.000,00. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Backview of Proserpina in Black zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Eugene Berman, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
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