Kay Sage
Design for a Tarot card
Found at
Christies,
London
Impressionist/Modern Works on Paper, Lot 244
5. Feb - 5. Feb 2015
Impressionist/Modern Works on Paper, Lot 244
5. Feb - 5. Feb 2015
Estimate: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Description
with an inscription by André Breton 'Kay Sage 1941' (in the sheet margin)
gouache and brush and pen and India ink on paper
image: 9 1/4 x 5 3/8 in. (23.5 x 13.5 cm.)
Executed in 1941
André Breton, Paris. | Galerie 1900-2000, Paris. | Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2005.
gouache and brush and pen and India ink on paper
image: 9 1/4 x 5 3/8 in. (23.5 x 13.5 cm.)
Executed in 1941
André Breton, Paris. | Galerie 1900-2000, Paris. | Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2005.
Upper estimate price exceeded by 88 %.
This artwork by Kay Sage achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in London in February 2015. In the Impressionist/Modern Works on Paper auction, the work Design for a Tarot card sold for GBP 5,625.00 (€ 7,756.04) - well above the upper estimate of GBP 3,000.00. Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by Kay Sage achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work Le Passage in February 2014 with an auction result of GBP 4,338,500.00 (€ 5,263,644.43).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 88 % übertroffen
Dieses Kunstwerk von Kay Sage erzielte im Februar 2015 bei Christies in London einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Impressionist/Modern Works on Paper wurde die Arbeit Design for a Tarot card für GBP 5.625,00 (€ 7.756,04) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 3.000,00. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von Kay Sage erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit Le Passage im Februar 2014 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von GBP 4.338.500,00 (€ 5.263.644,43).
Kay Sage - Auction history
