Jean-Michel Frank

Guéridon

Found at Sothebys, New York
Property from the Collection of Nelson Rockefeller: Eastern Traditions & Western Visions, Lot 10
19. Nov - 19. Nov 2020
Estimate: 60.000 - 80.000 USD
Price realised: 226.800 USD
Jean-Michel Frank
1895 - 1941
Guéridon
from the Rockefeller 810 Fifth Avenue apartment
executed in 1939
executed by Chanaux & Company, Paris
gilt wood, marble
impressed JM FRANK, numbered 20361 and impressed CHANAUX & CO
26 3/4 in. (67.9 cm) high 17 3/8 in. (44 cm) diameter
Commissioned directly from the artist by Nelson Rockefeller, 1939

Upper estimate price exceeded by more than 100%

This artwork by Jean-Michel Frank achieved an unexpectedly high price at Sothebys in New York in November 2020. In the Property from the Collection of Nelson Rockefeller: Eastern Traditions & Western Visions auction, the work Guéridon sold for USD 226,800.00 (€ 189,822.56) - well above the upper estimate of USD 80,000.00. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Jean-Michel Frank - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work Pair Of Armchairs, which sold at auction in November 2020 for USD 466,200.00 (€ 390,190.83).

Oberer Schätzpreis um mehr als 100% übertroffen

Dieses Kunstwerk von Jean-Michel Frank erzielte im November 2020 bei Sothebys in New York einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Property from the Collection of Nelson Rockefeller: Eastern Traditions & Western Visions wurde die Arbeit Guéridon für USD 226.800,00 (€ 189.822,56) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von USD 80.000,00. Für andere Arbeiten von Jean-Michel Frank mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit Pair Of Armchairs beobachtet, die im November 2020 für USD 466.200,00 (€ 390.190,83) versteigert wurde.

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