Kazimir Malevich
Self-Portrait
Found at
Sothebys,
London
Impressionist & Modern Art Evening Sale, Lot 24
3. Feb - 3. Feb 2015
Impressionist & Modern Art Evening Sale, Lot 24
3. Feb - 3. Feb 2015
Estimate: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Description
Kazimir Malevich
1879 - 1935
SELF-PORTRAIT
varnished gouache, watercolour and pencil on paper
diameter: 25.1cm.
9 7/8 in.
Executed in 1909-1910.
Estate of the artist | Mr & Mrs George Costakis, Moscow & London | Private Collection, Europe (acquired from the above in 1962. Sold: Christie’s, London, 5th February 2004, lot 348) | Purchased at the above sale by the present owner
1879 - 1935
SELF-PORTRAIT
varnished gouache, watercolour and pencil on paper
diameter: 25.1cm.
9 7/8 in.
Executed in 1909-1910.
Estate of the artist | Mr & Mrs George Costakis, Moscow & London | Private Collection, Europe (acquired from the above in 1962. Sold: Christie’s, London, 5th February 2004, lot 348) | Purchased at the above sale by the present owner
Artwork auctioned at three times the upper estimate price
When the work Self-Portrait by Kazimir Malevich was auctioned at Sothebys in London in February 2015, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - GBP 1,500,000.00 but the actual price achieved was more than three times as high at GBP 5,749,000.00 (€ 7,927,017.15). Admittedly, works by Kazimir Malevich have also been auctioned for a multiple of this price - according to our records, the highest result so far was achieved by the work Suprematist Composition in May 2018 with an auction result of USD 85,812,500.00 (€ 73,532,562.13).
Kunstwerk zum Dreifachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert
Als die Arbeit Self-Portrait von Kazimir Malevich im Februar 2015 bei Sothebys in London versteigert wurde, übertraf das Ergebnis die Erwartungen um ein Vielfaches. Der obere Schätzpreis war mit – rückwirkend betrachtet recht bescheidenen – GBP 1.500.000,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit GBP 5.749.000,00 (€ 7.927.017,15) mehr als dreimal so hoch. Freilich wurden Arbeiten von Kazimir Malevich auch schon für ein Vielfaches dieses Preises versteigert – das bisher höchste Ergebnis erzielte nach unseren Aufzeichnungen die Arbeit Suprematist Composition im Mai 2018 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von USD 85.812.500,00 (€ 73.532.562,13).
Kazimir Malevich - Auction history
