Helene Schjerfbeck
"Girl with Blue Ribbon"
Estimate: 2.500.000 - 3.000.000 SEK
Price realised: 14.250.000 SEK
Price realised: 14.250.000 SEK
Description
Executed in 1909. Watercolour, gouache and pastel on paper 46 x 34 cm. Unsigned.
Kahlroth (the artist's framer, by whom purchased directly from the artist in the early 1910s); Collection Reuter (Einar Reuter), Finland (acquired from Kahlroth before 1915); the collections of Mrs. Tyra Reuter; by descent; Christie's, London, "Impressionist & Nineteenth Century Art", 24 June 1998, lot 40; private collection; Sotheby's, London, "19th Century European Paintings", 3 June 2003, lot 216; private collection.
Kahlroth (the artist's framer, by whom purchased directly from the artist in the early 1910s); Collection Reuter (Einar Reuter), Finland (acquired from Kahlroth before 1915); the collections of Mrs. Tyra Reuter; by descent; Christie's, London, "Impressionist & Nineteenth Century Art", 24 June 1998, lot 40; private collection; Sotheby's, London, "19th Century European Paintings", 3 June 2003, lot 216; private collection.
Artwork auctioned at four times the upper estimate price
When the work "Girl with Blue Ribbon" by Helene Schjerfbeck was auctioned at Bukowski in Stockholm in June 2021, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - SEK 3,000,000.00 but the actual price achieved was more than four times as high at SEK 14,250,000.00 (€ 1,404,794.06). However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Helene Schjerfbeck - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work Tanssiaiskengät; Balskorna (Dancing Shoes), which sold at auction in May 2008 for GBP 3,044,500.00 (€ 3,872,737.05).
Kunstwerk zum Vierfachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert
Als die Arbeit "Girl with Blue Ribbon" von Helene Schjerfbeck im Juni 2021 bei Bukowski in Stockholm versteigert wurde, übertraf das Ergebnis die Erwartungen um ein Vielfaches. Der obere Schätzpreis war mit – rückwirkend betrachtet recht bescheidenen – SEK 3.000.000,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit SEK 14.250.000,00 (€ 1.404.794,06) mehr als viermal so hoch. Für andere Arbeiten von Helene Schjerfbeck mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit Tanssiaiskengät; Balskorna (Dancing Shoes) beobachtet, die im Mai 2008 für GBP 3.044.500,00 (€ 3.872.737,05) versteigert wurde.
Helene Schjerfbeck - Auction history
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