Josef Capek
Czech girl In A Hat & The Toy Seller: A Double-Sided Work (Dívka V Kloboučku A Prodavač Hraček: Oboustranná Malba)
Found at
Sothebys,
London
The Hascoe Family Collection: Important Czech Art, Lot 6
13. Jun - 13. Jun 2011
The Hascoe Family Collection: Important Czech Art, Lot 6
13. Jun - 13. Jun 2011
Estimate: 70.000 - 90.000 GBP
Price realised: 289.250 GBP
Price realised: 289.250 GBP
Description
Josef Capek
1887-1945
CZECHGIRL IN A HAT & THE TOY SELLER: A DOUBLE-SIDED WORK (DÍVKA V KLOBOUČKU A PRODAVAČ HRAČEK: OBOUSTRANNÁ MALBA)
signed with initials J.Č. lower right
oil and tempera on canvas
50 by 33cm., 19½ by 13in.
1887-1945
CZECHGIRL IN A HAT & THE TOY SELLER: A DOUBLE-SIDED WORK (DÍVKA V KLOBOUČKU A PRODAVAČ HRAČEK: OBOUSTRANNÁ MALBA)
signed with initials J.Č. lower right
oil and tempera on canvas
50 by 33cm., 19½ by 13in.
Artwork auctioned at three times the upper estimate price
The work Czech girl In A Hat & The Toy Seller: A Double-Sided Work (Dívka V Kloboučku A Prodavač Hraček: Oboustranná Malba) by Josef Čapek was worth GBP 289,250.00 (€ 320,001.36) to a buyer in June 2011. This price was achieved in the auction The Hascoe Family Collection: Important Czech Art at Sothebys in London and exceeded the previously set upper estimate of GBP 90,000.00 many times over. Despite this good result, it is not the highest hammer price for an artwork by Josef Čapek; that achieved among the auctions we observed the lot Czech sailor And Phantomas: A Double-Sided Work (Námořník A Fantomas: Oboustranná Malba) sold at auction in June 2011 with the realized price of GBP 565,250.00 (€ 625,344.06).
Kunstwerk zum Dreifachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert
Die Arbeit Czech girl In A Hat & The Toy Seller: A Double-Sided Work (Dívka V Kloboučku A Prodavač Hraček: Oboustranná Malba) von Josef Čapek war einem Käufer im Juni 2011 GBP 289.250,00 (€ 320.001,36) wert. Dieser Preise wurde in der Auktion The Hascoe Family Collection: Important Czech Art bei Sothebys in London erzielt und übertraf den zuvor angesetzten oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 90.000,00 um ein Vielfaches. Trotz des guten Ergebnisses ist dies nicht der höchste Zuschlag für ein Kunstwerk von Josef Čapek; den erzielte unter den von uns beobachteten Auktionen die Arbeit Czech sailor And Phantomas: A Double-Sided Work (Námořník A Fantomas: Oboustranná Malba) im Juni 2011 mit dem Hammerpreis von GBP 565.250,00 (€ 625.344,06).
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