Giorgio Morandi
Natura morta
Found at
Christies,
New York
The Collection of Peggy and David Rockefeller: 19th and 20th Century Art, Evening Sale, Lot 37
08.Mai - 08.Mai.2018
The Collection of Peggy and David Rockefeller: 19th and 20th Century Art, Evening Sale, Lot 37
08.Mai - 08.Mai.2018
Estimate: 2.000.000 - 3.000.000 USD
Price realised: 4.332.500 USD
Price realised: 4.332.500 USD
Description
signed and dated ‘Morandi 1940’ (lower center); indistinctly inscribed (on the original stretcher)
oil on canvas laid down on Masonite
Oval: 14 ¾ x 19 5/8 in. (37.5 x 50 cm.)
Painted in 1940
Anon. sale, Galleria d’Arte Brera, Milan, 8 November 1961, lot 42. | Acquired at the above sale by the late owners.
oil on canvas laid down on Masonite
Oval: 14 ¾ x 19 5/8 in. (37.5 x 50 cm.)
Painted in 1940
Anon. sale, Galleria d’Arte Brera, Milan, 8 November 1961, lot 42. | Acquired at the above sale by the late owners.
A top price for Giorgio Morandi
The work Natura morta by Giorgio Morandi was sold in the The Collection of Peggy and David Rockefeller: 19th and 20th Century Art, Evening Sale auction at Christies in New York in May 2018. The »bidding war« ended at USD 4,332,500.00 (€ 3,712,510.71), 44% above the upper estimate. With this result, Natura morta is even the most expensive work of art by Giorgio Morandi that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Giorgio Morandi
Die Arbeit Natura morta von Giorgio Morandi wurde im Mai 2018 in der Auktion The Collection of Peggy and David Rockefeller: 19th and 20th Century Art, Evening Sale bei Christies in New York versteigert. Das »Bietergefecht« endete beim Preis von USD 4.332.500,00 (€ 3.712.510,71) und damit 44% über dem oberen Schätzpreis. Mit diesem Ergebnis ist Natura morta sogar das teuerste Kunstwerk von Giorgio Morandi, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
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