Leonor Fini
Autoportrait Au Scorpion
Found at
Sothebys,
New York
Impressionist & Modern Art Evening Sale, Lot 1019
13. May - 13. May 2021
Impressionist & Modern Art Evening Sale, Lot 1019
13. May - 13. May 2021
Estimate: 600.000 - 800.000 USD
Price realised: 2.319.000 USD
Price realised: 2.319.000 USD
Description
Property from a Private Midwestern Collection
Leonor Fini
1908 - 1996
Autoportrait au scorpion
Signed L. Fini (lower left) and Leonor Fini (lower right)
Oil on canvas
31⅝ by 23½ in.
80.3 by 59.8 cm
Painted in 1938. 美國中西部私人收藏
Rafael Martinez (by descent from the artist in 1996) | Private Collection (by descent from the above in 1998) | Galerie Minsky, Paris (acquired from the above in 1998) | Weinstein Gallery, San Francisco | Private Collection, Utah (acquired from the above circa 2010) | Acquired from the above | 拉斐爾・馬丁尼斯（1996年家族傳承自藝術家本人） | 私人收藏（1998年家族傳承自上述藏家） | 明斯基畫廊，巴黎（199
Leonor Fini
1908 - 1996
Autoportrait au scorpion
Signed L. Fini (lower left) and Leonor Fini (lower right)
Oil on canvas
31⅝ by 23½ in.
80.3 by 59.8 cm
Painted in 1938. 美國中西部私人收藏
Rafael Martinez (by descent from the artist in 1996) | Private Collection (by descent from the above in 1998) | Galerie Minsky, Paris (acquired from the above in 1998) | Weinstein Gallery, San Francisco | Private Collection, Utah (acquired from the above circa 2010) | Acquired from the above | 拉斐爾・馬丁尼斯（1996年家族傳承自藝術家本人） | 私人收藏（1998年家族傳承自上述藏家） | 明斯基畫廊，巴黎（199
A top price for Leonor Fini
This artwork by Leonor Fini achieved an unexpectedly high price at Sothebys in New York in May 2021. In the Impressionist & Modern Art Evening Sale auction, the work Autoportrait Au Scorpion sold for USD 2,319,000.00 (€ 1,901,754.96) - well above the upper estimate of USD 800,000.00. This high result makes Autoportrait Au Scorpion the most expensive artwork by Leonor Fini that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Leonor Fini
Dieses Kunstwerk von Leonor Fini erzielte im Mai 2021 bei Sothebys in New York einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Impressionist & Modern Art Evening Sale wurde die Arbeit Autoportrait Au Scorpion für USD 2.319.000,00 (€ 1.901.754,96) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von USD 800.000,00. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Autoportrait Au Scorpion zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Leonor Fini, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
Leonor Fini - Auction history
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