Fernand Léger

Contraste de formes

Found at Christies, New York
Impressionist & Modern Art Evening Sale Including Property from The Collection of Nancy Lee and Perry R. Bass, Lot 14 A
13.Nov - 13.Nov.2017
Estimate: 65.000.000 - 85.000.000 USD
Price realised: 70.062.500 USD
signed and dated 'F. LÉGER (1913)' (on the reverse)
oil on burlap
36 3/8 x 28 7/8 in. (92.4 x 73.2 cm.)
Painted in 1913
Galerie Kahnweiler, Paris. | Galerie Simon (Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler), Paris (acquired from the above). | J.B. Neumann, Berlin. | Klaus Gebhard, Elberfeld (circa 1920). | Galerie Rosengart, Lucerne (acquired from the above, 1954). | Hans Arnhold, New York (acquired from the above, 1956). | By descent from the above to the present owner.

A top price for Fernand Léger - as previously expected

The work Contraste de formes by Fernand Léger was auctioned at Christies in New York in November 2017. The price achieved of USD 70,062,500.00 (€ 58,885,947.22) was within expectations - the estimate range had previously been set by the auction house as USD 65,000,000.00 – 85,000,000.00. Even if this result could not surprise positively, Contraste de formes is the most expensive artwork by Fernand Léger that we have observed at auctions so far.

Ein Spitzenpreis mit Ansage

Die Arbeit Contraste de formes von Fernand Léger kam im November 2017 bei Christies in New York zur Auktion. Der dabei erzielte Preis von USD 70.062.500,00 (€ 58.885.947,22) lag im Rahmen der Erwartungen – die Schätzpreisspanne war von dem Auktionshaus zuvor mit USD 65.000.000,00 – 85.000.000,00 angegeben worden. Auch wenn das Ergebnis damit nicht positiv überraschen konnte, ist Contraste de formes das teuerste Kunstwerk von Fernand Léger, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.

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