Ivan Chuikov

Fragment, Postcard and Self Portrait

Found at Sothebys, London
Escape Artists – The Non-Conformists Online, Lot 36
15. Sep - 21. Sep 2021
Estimate: 60.000 - 80.000 GBP
Price realised: 214.200 GBP
Property from a Private Collection
Ivan Chuikov
1935 - 2020
Fragment, Postcard and Self Portrait
signed in Cyrillic and dated 83 l.r. and titled along the bottom; each part further titled, inscribed and dated 1985 on the reverse
enamel paint on masonite
Each part: 180 by 130cm, 70¾ by 51¼in.
Overall: 180 by 260cm, 70¾ by 102¼in.
Kniga Collection, Paris | John L. Stewart, New York | Phillips London, The John L. Stewart Collection, 13 October 2007, lot 403 | Acquired at the above sale by the present owner

Upper estimate price exceeded by more than 100%

This artwork by Ivan Chuikov achieved an unexpectedly high price at Sothebys in London in September 2021. In the Escape Artists – The Non-Conformists Online auction, the work Fragment, Postcard and Self Portrait sold for GBP 214,200.00 (€ 249,224.67) - well above the upper estimate of GBP 80,000.00. Despite this good result, it is not the highest hammer price for an artwork by Ivan Chuikov; that achieved among the auctions we observed the lot Fake sold at auction in December 2021 with the realized price of GBP 214,200.00 (€ 255,495.67).

Oberer Schätzpreis um mehr als 100% übertroffen

Dieses Kunstwerk von Ivan Chuikov erzielte im September 2021 bei Sothebys in London einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Escape Artists – The Non-Conformists Online wurde die Arbeit Fragment, Postcard and Self Portrait für GBP 214.200,00 (€ 249.224,67) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 80.000,00. Trotz des guten Ergebnisses ist dies nicht der höchste Zuschlag für ein Kunstwerk von Ivan Chuikov; den erzielte unter den von uns beobachteten Auktionen die Arbeit Fake im Dezember 2021 mit dem Hammerpreis von GBP 214.200,00 (€ 255.495,67).

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