Kurt Schwitters
Die Kathedrale from Die Silbergäule, vol. 41/42
Found at
Christies,
New York
The Sale of the Century: An Important Corporate Collection of Prints and Multiples, Lot 41
18. Apr - 19. Apr 2023
The Sale of the Century: An Important Corporate Collection of Prints and Multiples, Lot 41
18. Apr - 19. Apr 2023
Estimate: 7.000 - 10.000 USD
Price realised: 5.040 USD
Price realised: 5.040 USD
Description
KURT SCHWITTERS (1887-1948)
Die Kathedrale from Die Silbergäule, vol. 41/42
the complete set of eight lithographs (including the cover with collage element added), on cream wove paper, 1920, from the edition of approximately 3,000, published by Paul Steegemann Verlag, Hanover, Germany, loose (previously bound), with title, list of books in the series, and advertisement for other books by other members of the Hannover Sezessionist Movement pages, together with the original brown paper wrappers with lithograph and collage
Overall: 8 7/8 x 5 5/8 in. (225 x 145 mm.)
Die Kathedrale from Die Silbergäule, vol. 41/42
the complete set of eight lithographs (including the cover with collage element added), on cream wove paper, 1920, from the edition of approximately 3,000, published by Paul Steegemann Verlag, Hanover, Germany, loose (previously bound), with title, list of books in the series, and advertisement for other books by other members of the Hannover Sezessionist Movement pages, together with the original brown paper wrappers with lithograph and collage
Overall: 8 7/8 x 5 5/8 in. (225 x 145 mm.)
Auction result misses estimated price range
This work of art by Kurt Schwitters could be acquired at Christies in New York in April this year for an unexpectedly low price. In the The Sale of the Century: An Important Corporate Collection of Prints and Multiples auction, the work Die Kathedrale from Die Silbergäule, vol. 41/42 changed hands for USD 5,040.00 (€ 4,565.22) - missing the lower end of the estimate range of USD 7,000.00 – 10,000.00. Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by Kurt Schwitters achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work Ja - Was? - Bild in June 2014 with an auction result of GBP 13,970,500.00 (€ 17,455,471.33).
Auktionsergebnis verfehlt die Schätzpreisspanne
Dieses Kunstwerk von Kurt Schwitters konnte im April diesen Jahres bei Christies in New York für einen unerwartet niedrigen Preis ersteigert werden. In der Auktion The Sale of the Century: An Important Corporate Collection of Prints and Multiples wechselte die Arbeit Die Kathedrale from Die Silbergäule, vol. 41/42 für USD 5.040,00 (€ 4.565,22) den Besitzer – und verfehlte damit das untere Ende der Schätzpreisspanne von USD 7.000,00 – 10.000,00. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von Kurt Schwitters erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit Ja - Was? - Bild im Juni 2014 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von GBP 13.970.500,00 (€ 17.455.471,33).
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