Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin

Still life with lilac

Found at Christies, London
Russian Art, Lot 84
03. Jun - 03. Jun. 2019
Estimate: 1.000.000 - 1.500.000 GBP
Price realised: 9.286.250 GBP
signed with monogram and dated '1928' (lower left), further signed with monogram (on the envelope) and inscribed in Russian '13–14. 27/IX Kokt.[ebel]' (lower right, inverted)
oil on canvas
31 3/8 x 25 ¾ in. (80 x 65.4 cm.)
A gift from Boris Ternovets (1884-1941) to Giovanni Scheiwiller (1889-1965) circa 1932. | By descent to the present owners.

A top price for Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin

When the work Still life with lilac by Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin was auctioned at Christies in London in June 2019, 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 six times as high at GBP 9,286,250.00 (€ 10,439,122.20). This high result makes Still life with lilac the most expensive artwork by Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin that we have observed at auctions so far.

Ein Spitzenpreis für Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin

Als die Arbeit Still life with lilac von Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin im Juni 2019 bei Christies 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 9.286.250,00 (€ 10.439.122,20) mehr als sechsmal so hoch. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Still life with lilac zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.

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