Isaak Levitan
By the water's edge
Estimate: 300.000 - 500.000 GBP
Price realised: 690.850 GBP
Price realised: 690.850 GBP
Description
Isaak Levitan (1860-1900)
By the water's edge
signed in Cyrillic 'I. Levitan' (lower left)
oil on canvas
22 x 36 in. (56 x 91 cm.)
By the water's edge
signed in Cyrillic 'I. Levitan' (lower left)
oil on canvas
22 x 36 in. (56 x 91 cm.)
Upper estimate price exceeded by 38 %.
The work By the water's edge by Isaak Levitan was auctioned at Christies in London in November 2010. It achieved a price of GBP 690,850.00 (€ 825,564.69), exceeding the upper end of the estimate range by 38%. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Isaak Levitan - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work The Illumination of the Kremlin, which sold at auction in November 2007 for GBP 1,588,500.00 (€ 2,224,310.97).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 38 % übertroffen
Die Arbeit By the water's edge von Isaak Levitan kam im November 2010 bei Christies in London zur Auktion. Sie erzielte dabei einen Preis von GBP 690.850,00 (€ 825.564,69) und übertraf damit das obere Ende der Schätzpreisspanne um 38%. Für andere Arbeiten von Isaak Levitan mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit The Illumination of the Kremlin beobachtet, die im November 2007 für GBP 1.588.500,00 (€ 2.224.310,97) versteigert wurde.
Isaak Levitan - Auction history
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