Ivan Tovar
La Gorge Du Refus
Estimate: 20.000 - 30.000 USD
Price realised: 87.500 USD
Price realised: 87.500 USD
Description
Ivan Tovar
B. 1942
LA GORGE DU REFUS
Signed Tovar and dated 74 (lower right); signed Tovar, titled and dated 1974 Paris (on the reverse)
Oil on canvas
51 3/8 by 38 1/2 in.
130.5 by 97.8 cm
Painted in Paris in 1974.
Acquired from the artist
B. 1942
LA GORGE DU REFUS
Signed Tovar and dated 74 (lower right); signed Tovar, titled and dated 1974 Paris (on the reverse)
Oil on canvas
51 3/8 by 38 1/2 in.
130.5 by 97.8 cm
Painted in Paris in 1974.
Acquired from the artist
Upper estimate price exceeded by more than 100%
This artwork by Ivan Tovar achieved an unexpectedly high price at Sothebys in New York in May 2019. In the Impressionist & Modern Art Day Sale auction, the work La Gorge Du Refus sold for USD 87,500.00 (€ 78,482.38) - well above the upper estimate of USD 30,000.00. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Ivan Tovar - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work La Menace, which sold at auction in May 2020 for USD 250,000.00 (€ 225,265.81).
Oberer Schätzpreis um mehr als 100% übertroffen
Dieses Kunstwerk von Ivan Tovar erzielte im Mai 2019 bei Sothebys in New York einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Impressionist & Modern Art Day Sale wurde die Arbeit La Gorge Du Refus für USD 87.500,00 (€ 78.482,38) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von USD 30.000,00. Für andere Arbeiten von Ivan Tovar mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit La Menace beobachtet, die im Mai 2020 für USD 250.000,00 (€ 225.265,81) versteigert wurde.
Ivan Tovar - Auction history
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