Leonardo Leoncillo
Taglio (Cut)
Estimate: 100.000 - 150.000 GBP
Price realised: 187.500 GBP
Price realised: 187.500 GBP
Description
signed and dated 'Leoncillo 61' (lower edge)
partially glazed terracotta
23 3/8 x 7 ¼ x 5 ½in. (59.5 x 18.5 x 14cm.)
Executed in 1961
Galleria il Segno, Rome. | Private Collection, Italy. | Anon. sale, Christie's Milan, 23 November 2010, lot 34. | Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
partially glazed terracotta
23 3/8 x 7 ¼ x 5 ½in. (59.5 x 18.5 x 14cm.)
Executed in 1961
Galleria il Segno, Rome. | Private Collection, Italy. | Anon. sale, Christie's Milan, 23 November 2010, lot 34. | Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Upper estimate price exceeded by 25 %.
The work Taglio (Cut) by Leoncillo was sold in the Post-War and Contemporary Art Day Auction auction at Christies in London in October 2019. It achieved a price of GBP 187,500.00 (€ 217,486.55), exceeding the upper end of the estimate range by 25%. Admittedly, works by Leoncillo have also been auctioned for a multiple of this price - according to our records, the highest result so far was achieved by the work Grande Mutilazione in November 2018 with an auction result of EUR 969,000.00.
Oberer Schätzpreis um 25 % übertroffen
Die Arbeit Taglio (Cut) von Leoncillo wurde im Oktober 2019 in der Auktion Post-War and Contemporary Art Day Auction bei Christies in London versteigert. Sie erzielte dabei einen Preis von GBP 187.500,00 (€ 217.486,55) und übertraf damit das obere Ende der Schätzpreisspanne um 25%. Freilich wurden Arbeiten von Leoncillo auch schon für ein Vielfaches dieses Preises versteigert – das bisher höchste Ergebnis erzielte nach unseren Aufzeichnungen die Arbeit Grande Mutilazione im November 2018 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von EUR 969.000,00.
Leoncillo - Auction history
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