Ludwig Bemelmans
Seals Asking Whales (Sketch for "Marina")
Estimate: 4.000 - 6.000 USD
Price realised: 8.820 USD
Price realised: 8.820 USD
Description
Property from a New York City Estate
Ludwig Bemelmans
1898 - 1962
Seals Asking Whales (Sketch for "Marina")
stamped L. Bemelmans (lower right)
mixed media and collage on paper
image: 12 3/5 by 21 1/2 in. (32 by 54.6 cm.)
sheet: 16 1/4 by 24 in. (41.3 by 61 cm.)
Executed circa 1962.
(probably) Hammer Galleries, Inc., New York | Acquired from the above by the present owner
Ludwig Bemelmans
1898 - 1962
Seals Asking Whales (Sketch for "Marina")
stamped L. Bemelmans (lower right)
mixed media and collage on paper
image: 12 3/5 by 21 1/2 in. (32 by 54.6 cm.)
sheet: 16 1/4 by 24 in. (41.3 by 61 cm.)
Executed circa 1962.
(probably) Hammer Galleries, Inc., New York | Acquired from the above by the present owner
Upper estimate price exceeded by 47 %.
The work Seals Asking Whales (Sketch for "Marina") by Ludwig Bemelmans was auctioned at Sothebys in New York in March last year. It achieved a price of USD 8,820.00 (€ 7,950.96), exceeding the upper end of the estimate range by 47%. Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by Ludwig Bemelmans achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work Illustration for 'Madeline and the Bad Hat' ("Pepito carried a bulging sack") in March 2021 with an auction result of USD 302,400.00 (€ 257,515.12).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 47 % übertroffen
Die Arbeit Seals Asking Whales (Sketch for "Marina") von Ludwig Bemelmans kam im März letzten Jahres bei Sothebys in New York zur Auktion. Sie erzielte dabei einen Preis von USD 8.820,00 (€ 7.950,96) und übertraf damit das obere Ende der Schätzpreisspanne um 47%. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von Ludwig Bemelmans erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit Illustration for 'Madeline and the Bad Hat' ("Pepito carried a bulging sack") im März 2021 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von USD 302.400,00 (€ 257.515,12).
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