Frantisek Gross

Czech breakfast

Found at Sothebys, London
20th Century Art – A Different Perspective, Lot 34
14. Nov - 14. Nov 2017
Estimate: 6.000 - 8.000 GBP
Price realised: 12.500 GBP
Frantisek Gross
1909-1985
CZECHBREAKFAST
signed F. Gross lower right
oil on board
118 by 102cm., 46½ by 40in.
Purchased by the present owner in the 1990s

A top price for František Gross

In November 2017 Sothebys in London held the auction 20th Century Art – A Different Perspective, which included the work Czech breakfast by František Gross. The »bidding war« ended at GBP 12,500.00 (€ 14,189.36), 56% above the upper estimate. This high result makes Czech breakfast the most expensive artwork by František Gross that we have observed at auctions so far.

Ein Spitzenpreis für František Gross

Im November 2017 führte Sothebys in London die Auktion 20th Century Art – A Different Perspective durch, in der auch die Arbeit Czech breakfast von František Gross zur Versteigerung kam. Das »Bietergefecht« endete beim Preis von GBP 12.500,00 (€ 14.189,36) und damit 56% über dem oberen Schätzpreis. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Czech breakfast zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von František Gross, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.

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