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Hilla Rebay - Delicate

Hilla Rebay

Delicate

Found at Sothebys, New York
Modern Discoveries, Lot 343
4. Mar - 18. Mar 2022
Estimate: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Property from a New York Family Collection
Hilla Rebay
1890 - 1967
Delicate
signed Rebay (upper right)
oil on canvas
32 by 42 in.
81.2 by 107 cm.
Executed in 1949.
The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York | Sid Deutsch Gallery, New York | Sotheby's New York, 10 April 1987, lot 97 (consigned by the above) | Private Collection, New York (acquired from the above) | Private Collection, New York | Thence by descent to the present owner

A top price for Hilla Rebay

In March last year Sothebys in New York held the auction Modern Discoveries, which included the work Delicate by Hilla Rebay. The »bidding war« ended at USD 75,600.00 (€ 68,151.09), 51% above the upper estimate. This high result makes Delicate the most expensive artwork by Hilla Rebay that we have observed at auctions so far.

Ein Spitzenpreis für Hilla Rebay

Im März letzten Jahres führte Sothebys in New York die Auktion Modern Discoveries durch, in der auch die Arbeit Delicate von Hilla Rebay zur Versteigerung kam. Das »Bietergefecht« endete beim Preis von USD 75.600,00 (€ 68.151,09) und damit 51% über dem oberen Schätzpreis. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Delicate zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Hilla Rebay, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.

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