Leon Kossoff
Willesden Junction - Autumn Afternoon
Estimate: 900.000 - 1.200.000 GBP
Price realised: 1.388.750 GBP
Price realised: 1.388.750 GBP
Description
oil on board
36 x 72 in. (91.8 x 183 cm.)
Painted in 1971.
Purchased at the 1972 exhibition by Mr Ehrmann. | with Fischer Fine Art, London. | Ivor Braka, London. | Hiscox Collection.
36 x 72 in. (91.8 x 183 cm.)
Painted in 1971.
Purchased at the 1972 exhibition by Mr Ehrmann. | with Fischer Fine Art, London. | Ivor Braka, London. | Hiscox Collection.
A top price for Leon Kossoff
The work Willesden Junction - Autumn Afternoon by Leon Kossoff was sold in the Modern British Art Evening Sale auction at Christies in London in November 2018. The »bidding war« ended at GBP 1,388,750.00 (€ 1,566,467.81), 16% above the upper estimate. With this result, Willesden Junction - Autumn Afternoon is even the most expensive work of art by Leon Kossoff that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Leon Kossoff
Die Arbeit Willesden Junction - Autumn Afternoon von Leon Kossoff wurde im November 2018 in der Auktion Modern British Art Evening Sale bei Christies in London versteigert. Das »Bietergefecht« endete beim Preis von GBP 1.388.750,00 (€ 1.566.467,81) und damit 16% über dem oberen Schätzpreis. Mit diesem Ergebnis ist Willesden Junction - Autumn Afternoon sogar das teuerste Kunstwerk von Leon Kossoff, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
Leon Kossoff - Auction history
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