Frida Kahlo
Xibalba-Alado-Xólotl
Estimate: 80.000 - 120.000 USD
Price realised: 478.800 USD
Price realised: 478.800 USD
Description
The Collection of Jay I. Kislak: Sold to Benefit the Kislak Family Foundation
Frida Kahlo
1907 - 1954
Xibalba-Alado-Xólotl
signed Soñado por Frida Kahlo (lower center); inscribed Xibalba (left edge) Alado Xolotl (lower center) 7 Rios (lower right)
pastel and crayon on paper
8¾ by 11½ in.
22.2 by 29.2 cm.
Executed circa 1950. We wish to thank Professor Luis Martín Lozano for his kind assistance in the cataloguing of this work.
Ruth Rivera de Coronel, Mexico City (by descent from the artist) | Rafael Coronel, Cuernavaca (a gift from the above) | Juan Coronel Rivera, Mexico City (a gift from the above) | Fine Arts of Ancient Lands, New York | Acquired from the above in 1991
Frida Kahlo
1907 - 1954
Xibalba-Alado-Xólotl
signed Soñado por Frida Kahlo (lower center); inscribed Xibalba (left edge) Alado Xolotl (lower center) 7 Rios (lower right)
pastel and crayon on paper
8¾ by 11½ in.
22.2 by 29.2 cm.
Executed circa 1950. We wish to thank Professor Luis Martín Lozano for his kind assistance in the cataloguing of this work.
Ruth Rivera de Coronel, Mexico City (by descent from the artist) | Rafael Coronel, Cuernavaca (a gift from the above) | Juan Coronel Rivera, Mexico City (a gift from the above) | Fine Arts of Ancient Lands, New York | Acquired from the above in 1991
Artwork auctioned at three times the upper estimate price
When the work Xibalba-Alado-Xólotl by Frida Kahlo was auctioned at Sothebys in New York in May last year, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - USD 120,000.00 but the actual price achieved was more than three times as high at USD 478,800.00 (€ 446,183.95). Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by Frida Kahlo achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work Diego y yo in November 2021 with an auction result of USD 34,883,000.00 (€ 30,905,466.47).
Kunstwerk zum Dreifachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert
Als die Arbeit Xibalba-Alado-Xólotl von Frida Kahlo im Mai letzten Jahres bei Sothebys in New York versteigert wurde, übertraf das Ergebnis die Erwartungen um ein Vielfaches. Der obere Schätzpreis war mit – rückwirkend betrachtet recht bescheidenen – USD 120.000,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit USD 478.800,00 (€ 446.183,95) mehr als dreimal so hoch. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von Frida Kahlo erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit Diego y yo im November 2021 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von USD 34.883.000,00 (€ 30.905.466,47).
Frida Kahlo - Auction history
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