Ivan Chuikov

Fake

Found at Sothebys, London
Post-War and Contemporary Russian Art from a Private Collection, Lot 364
9. Nov - 1. Dec 2021
Estimate: 60.000 - 80.000 GBP
Price realised: 214.200 GBP
Property from a Private European Collection
Ivan Chuikov
1935 - 2020
Fake
signed in Cyrillic l.r.; further signed and dated 89 on the reverse
oil on masonite
Board: 180 by 260cm, 70¾ by 102¼in.
Framed: 182 by 261.5cm, 71¾ by 103in.
Deweer Art Gallery, Otegem | Phillips London, Contemporary Art Day Sale, 30 June 2008, lot 328

A top price for Ivan Chuikov

This artwork by Ivan Chuikov achieved an unexpectedly high price at Sothebys in London in December 2021. In the Post-War and Contemporary Russian Art from a Private Collection auction, the work Fake sold for GBP 214,200.00 (€ 255,495.67) - well above the upper estimate of GBP 80,000.00. This high result makes Fake the most expensive artwork by Ivan Chuikov that we have observed at auctions so far.

Ein Spitzenpreis für Ivan Chuikov

Dieses Kunstwerk von Ivan Chuikov erzielte im Dezember 2021 bei Sothebys in London einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Post-War and Contemporary Russian Art from a Private Collection wurde die Arbeit Fake für GBP 214.200,00 (€ 255.495,67) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 80.000,00. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Fake zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Ivan Chuikov, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.

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