Juan O'Gorman
Consumatum Est
Estimate: 120.000 - 180.000 USD
Price realised: 378.000 USD
Price realised: 378.000 USD
Description
The Vanguard Spirit: Modern and Surrealist Masterworks From an Important Estate
Juan O'Gorman
1905 - 1982
Consumatum Est
signed Juan O'Gorman and dated 1942 (lower right); titled (upper right)
tempera on Masonite
17¾ by 24⅛ in.
45 by 61.3 cm.
Executed in 1942.
Private Collection, Mexico (acquired directly from the artist circa 1945) | Sotheby's New York, 30 November 1983, lot 147 (consigned by the above) | Window South Collection, Menlo Park (acquired from the above) | Private Collection, Mexico City (acquired from the above) | Christie's New York, 22 November 1999, lot 38 | Acquired from the above by the present owner
Juan O'Gorman
1905 - 1982
Consumatum Est
signed Juan O'Gorman and dated 1942 (lower right); titled (upper right)
tempera on Masonite
17¾ by 24⅛ in.
45 by 61.3 cm.
Executed in 1942.
Private Collection, Mexico (acquired directly from the artist circa 1945) | Sotheby's New York, 30 November 1983, lot 147 (consigned by the above) | Window South Collection, Menlo Park (acquired from the above) | Private Collection, Mexico City (acquired from the above) | Christie's New York, 22 November 1999, lot 38 | Acquired from the above by the present owner
A top price for Juan O'Gorman
This artwork by Juan O'Gorman achieved an unexpectedly high price at Sothebys in New York in May last year. In the Modern Day Auction auction, the work Consumatum Est sold for USD 378,000.00 (€ 352,250.49) - well above the upper estimate of USD 180,000.00. This high result makes Consumatum Est the most expensive artwork by Juan O'Gorman that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Juan O'Gorman
Dieses Kunstwerk von Juan O'Gorman erzielte im Mai letzten Jahres bei Sothebys in New York einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Modern Day Auction wurde die Arbeit Consumatum Est für USD 378.000,00 (€ 352.250,49) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von USD 180.000,00. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Consumatum Est zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Juan O'Gorman, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
Juan O'Gorman - Auction history
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