Georges Vantongerloo

Composition émanante de l'équation y=-ax2+bx+18 avec accord de l'orangé-vert-violet

Found at Christies, London
Impressionist / Modern Evening Sale, Lot 7
7. Feb - 7. Feb 2012
Estimate: 150.000 - 250.000 GBP
Price realised: 623.650 GBP
Georges Vantongerloo (1886-1965)
Composition émanante de l'équation y=-ax 2 +bx+18 avec accord de l'orangé-vert-violet
signed with the monogram (lower right); signed 'G. Vantongerloo' (on a piece of the original stretcher attached to the crossbrace)
oil on canvas
46 7/8 x 24½ in. (119.1 x 62.2 cm.)
Painted in 1930

Upper estimate price exceeded by more than 100%

This artwork by Georges Vantongerloo achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in London in February 2012. In the Impressionist / Modern Evening Sale auction, the work Composition émanante de l'équation y=-ax2+bx+18 avec accord de l'orangé-vert-violet sold for GBP 623,650.00 (€ 744,654.63) - well above the upper estimate of GBP 250,000.00. Despite this good result, it is not the highest hammer price for an artwork by Georges Vantongerloo; that achieved among the auctions we observed the lot Composition émanante de l'équation y=-ax2+bx+18 avec accord de orangé, vert, violet sold at auction in February 2018 with the realized price of GBP 1,208,750.00 (€ 1,365,448.98).

Oberer Schätzpreis um mehr als 100% übertroffen

Dieses Kunstwerk von Georges Vantongerloo erzielte im Februar 2012 bei Christies in London einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Impressionist / Modern Evening Sale wurde die Arbeit Composition émanante de l'équation y=-ax2+bx+18 avec accord de l'orangé-vert-violet für GBP 623.650,00 (€ 744.654,63) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 250.000,00. Trotz des guten Ergebnisses ist dies nicht der höchste Zuschlag für ein Kunstwerk von Georges Vantongerloo; den erzielte unter den von uns beobachteten Auktionen die Arbeit Composition émanante de l'équation y=-ax2+bx+18 avec accord de orangé, vert, violet im Februar 2018 mit dem Hammerpreis von GBP 1.208.750,00 (€ 1.365.448,98).

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