Konstantin Westchiloff
Woman in a red head tie
Estimate: 15.000 - 20.000 GBP
Price realised: 32.500 GBP
Price realised: 32.500 GBP
Description
signed and dated 'C. Westchiloff/1939.' (lower right)
charcoal and pastel on paper-fronted board
28 x 21 ¾ in. (71 x 55.2 cm.)
Acquired from the artist by the grandmother of the present owner in New York, circa 1940.
charcoal and pastel on paper-fronted board
28 x 21 ¾ in. (71 x 55.2 cm.)
Acquired from the artist by the grandmother of the present owner in New York, circa 1940.
Upper estimate price exceeded by 63 %.
The work Woman in a red head tie by Konstantin Alexandrovich Westchilov was sold in the Russian Art auction at Christies in London in June 2019. It achieved a price of GBP 32,500.00 (€ 36,534.82), exceeding the upper end of the estimate range by 63%. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Konstantin Alexandrovich Westchilov - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work Afternoon Sun, Crimea, which sold at auction in November 2011 for GBP 79,250.00 (€ 92,516.26).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 63 % übertroffen
Die Arbeit Woman in a red head tie von Konstantin Alexandrovich Westchilov wurde im Juni 2019 in der Auktion Russian Art bei Christies in London versteigert. Sie erzielte dabei einen Preis von GBP 32.500,00 (€ 36.534,82) und übertraf damit das obere Ende der Schätzpreisspanne um 63%. Für andere Arbeiten von Konstantin Alexandrovich Westchilov mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit Afternoon Sun, Crimea beobachtet, die im November 2011 für GBP 79.250,00 (€ 92.516,26) versteigert wurde.
Konstantin Alexandrovich Westchilov - Auction history
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