Juan Gris
Pommes et citrons
Estimate: 400.000 - 600.000 USD
Price realised: 495.000 USD
Price realised: 495.000 USD
Description
signed and dated 'Juan Gris. 26' (lower right)
oil on canvas
13 x 16 ¼ in. (33 x 41 cm.)
Painted in November-December 1926
(possibly) Galerie Simon (Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler), Paris. | Buchholz Gallery (Curt Valentin), New York (by 1944). | James Johnson Sweeney, New York and Houston. | Perls Galleries, New York (acquired from the above, December 1967). | Howard S. Levin, Short Hills, New Jersey (acquired from the above, April 1968). | Marlborough Fine Art, Ltd., London (by 1973). | Fabian Fine Art, Cape Town, South Africa (by 1974). | Anon. sale, Sotheby Parke Bernet, Inc., New York, 26 May 1976, lot 85. | Acquired
oil on canvas
13 x 16 ¼ in. (33 x 41 cm.)
Painted in November-December 1926
(possibly) Galerie Simon (Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler), Paris. | Buchholz Gallery (Curt Valentin), New York (by 1944). | James Johnson Sweeney, New York and Houston. | Perls Galleries, New York (acquired from the above, December 1967). | Howard S. Levin, Short Hills, New Jersey (acquired from the above, April 1968). | Marlborough Fine Art, Ltd., London (by 1973). | Fabian Fine Art, Cape Town, South Africa (by 1974). | Anon. sale, Sotheby Parke Bernet, Inc., New York, 26 May 1976, lot 85. | Acquired
Auction result well in line with expectations
The work Pommes et citrons by Juan Gris was auctioned at Christies in New York in November 2019. The price achieved of USD 495,000.00 (€ 449,224.07) was within expectations - the estimate range had previously been set by the auction house as USD 400,000.00 – 600,000.00. Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by Juan Gris achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work La table de musicien in May 2018 with an auction result of USD 31,812,500.00 (€ 27,260,068.55).
Auktionsergebnis im Rahmen der Erwartungen
Die Arbeit Pommes et citrons von Juan Gris kam im November 2019 bei Christies in New York zur Auktion. Der dabei erzielte Preis von USD 495.000,00 (€ 449.224,07) lag im Rahmen der Erwartungen – die Schätzpreisspanne war von dem Auktionshaus zuvor mit USD 400.000,00 – 600.000,00 angegeben worden. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von Juan Gris erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit La table de musicien im Mai 2018 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von USD 31.812.500,00 (€ 27.260.068,55).