Gunther Gerzso
Paisaje legendario (Azul y naranja)
Estimate: 120.000 - 180.000 USD
Price realised: 529.200 USD
Price realised: 529.200 USD
Description
The Vanguard Spirit: Modern and Surrealist Masterworks From an Important Estate
Gunther Gerzso
1915 - 2000
Paisaje legendario (Azul y naranja)
signed Gerzso and dated 64 (lower right); signed Gerzso, titled and dated X.64 (on the stretcher)
oil on canvas
23⅝ by 32 in.
60 by 81.3 cm.
Private Collection, Mexico (acquired from the artist) | Sotheby's New York, 9 May 1980, lot 86 (consigned by the above) | Private Collection, California (acquired from the above) | Sotheby's New York, 20 November 2002, lot 97 (consigned by the above) | Acquired from the above by the present owner
Gunther Gerzso
1915 - 2000
Paisaje legendario (Azul y naranja)
signed Gerzso and dated 64 (lower right); signed Gerzso, titled and dated X.64 (on the stretcher)
oil on canvas
23⅝ by 32 in.
60 by 81.3 cm.
Private Collection, Mexico (acquired from the artist) | Sotheby's New York, 9 May 1980, lot 86 (consigned by the above) | Private Collection, California (acquired from the above) | Sotheby's New York, 20 November 2002, lot 97 (consigned by the above) | Acquired from the above by the present owner
A top price for Gunther Gerzso
This artwork by Gunther Gerzso achieved an unexpectedly high price at Sothebys in New York in May last year. In the Contemporary Day Auction auction, the work Paisaje legendario (Azul y naranja) sold for USD 529,200.00 (€ 493,150.68) - well above the upper estimate of USD 180,000.00. This high result makes Paisaje legendario (Azul y naranja) the most expensive artwork by Gunther Gerzso that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Gunther Gerzso
Dieses Kunstwerk von Gunther Gerzso erzielte im Mai letzten Jahres bei Sothebys in New York einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Contemporary Day Auction wurde die Arbeit Paisaje legendario (Azul y naranja) für USD 529.200,00 (€ 493.150,68) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von USD 180.000,00. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Paisaje legendario (Azul y naranja) zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Gunther Gerzso, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
Gunther Gerzso - Auction history
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