Gerard Portielje

Ill-gotten Gains

Found at Sothebys, London
Old Masters Day Sale, Lot 217
2. Jul - 8. Jul 2021
Estimate: 5.000 - 7.000 GBP
Price realised: 25.200 GBP
Property from the Schuybroek Collection
Gerard Portielje
Belgian
1856 - 1929
Ill-gotten Gains
signed and inscribed lower left: Gerard Portielje Anvers; stamped with the artist's seal on the reverse
oil on panel
unframed: 46.5 x 64 cm.; 18 ¼ x 24¾ in.
Jean and Hélène Schuybroek, Antwerp; | From whom inherited by the present owners.

Artwork auctioned at three times the upper estimate price

When the work Ill-gotten Gains by Gérard Portielje was auctioned at Sothebys in London in July 2021, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - GBP 7,000.00 but the actual price achieved was more than three times as high at GBP 25,200.00 (€ 29,552.23). Despite this good result, it is not the highest hammer price for an artwork by Gérard Portielje; that achieved among the auctions we observed the lot The flirtation sold at auction in October 2000 with the realized price of NLG 111,169.00 (€ 53,357.45).

Kunstwerk zum Dreifachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert

Als die Arbeit Ill-gotten Gains von Gérard Portielje im Juli 2021 bei Sothebys in London versteigert wurde, übertraf das Ergebnis die Erwartungen um ein Vielfaches. Der obere Schätzpreis war mit – rückwirkend betrachtet recht bescheidenen – GBP 7.000,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit GBP 25.200,00 (€ 29.552,23) mehr als dreimal so hoch. Trotz des guten Ergebnisses ist dies nicht der höchste Zuschlag für ein Kunstwerk von Gérard Portielje; den erzielte unter den von uns beobachteten Auktionen die Arbeit The flirtation im Oktober 2000 mit dem Hammerpreis von NLG 111.169,00 (€ 53.357,45).

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