Harald Sohlberg

The Old Captain’s House, Winter Afternoon

Found at Sothebys, London
Old Masters Evening Sale, Lot 36
6. Dec - 8. Dec 2021
Estimate: 1.000.000 - 1.500.000 GBP
Price realised: 2.677.000 GBP
Property of a Lady
Harald Sohlberg
Oslo 1869 - 1935 Oslo
The Old Captain’s House, Winter Afternoon
signed lower right: Sohlberg
titled, signed and dated on the reverse: "Den gamle Kapteinsgaard,/ Vintereftermiddag"/ Sohlberg./ 1909
oil on canvas
70.5 x 82.5 cm.; 27¾ x 32½ in.
私人收藏 哈拉爾・索爾貝里
Hildur-Maria Young (1881–1967), Oslo, by 1963; | Thence by descent to the present owner, granddaughter of the above.

A top price for Harald Sohlberg

This artwork by Harald Sohlberg achieved an unexpectedly high price at Sothebys in London in December 2021. In the Old Masters Evening Sale auction, the work The Old Captain’s House, Winter Afternoon sold for GBP 2,677,000.00 (€ 3,193,099.49) - well above the upper estimate of GBP 1,500,000.00. This high result makes The Old Captain’s House, Winter Afternoon the most expensive artwork by Harald Sohlberg that we have observed at auctions so far.

Ein Spitzenpreis für Harald Sohlberg

Dieses Kunstwerk von Harald Sohlberg erzielte im Dezember 2021 bei Sothebys in London einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Old Masters Evening Sale wurde die Arbeit The Old Captain’s House, Winter Afternoon für GBP 2.677.000,00 (€ 3.193.099,49) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 1.500.000,00. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht The Old Captain’s House, Winter Afternoon zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Harald Sohlberg, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.

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