Ludwig Meidner
Apokalyptische Landschaft (Apocalyptic Landscape) Junger Mann Mit Strohhut (Young Man With Straw Hat) - Reverse
Estimate: 12.000.000 - 18.000.000 USD
Price realised: 14.072.800 USD
Price realised: 14.072.800 USD
Description
Ludwig Meidner
1884 - 1966
APOKALYPTISCHE LANDSCHAFT (APOCALYPTIC LANDSCAPE) JUNGER MANN MIT STROHHUT (YOUNG MAN WITH STRAW HAT) - REVERSE
Signed with the initials LM and dated 1912 (lower right & on the reverse)
Oil on canvas
37 by 42 7/8 in.
94 by 109 cm
Painted in 1912.
Private Collection, Germany (acquired directly from the artist in 1960 and sold: Sotheby’s, London, October 10, 2001, lot 31) | Acquired at the above sale
1884 - 1966
APOKALYPTISCHE LANDSCHAFT (APOCALYPTIC LANDSCAPE) JUNGER MANN MIT STROHHUT (YOUNG MAN WITH STRAW HAT) - REVERSE
Signed with the initials LM and dated 1912 (lower right & on the reverse)
Oil on canvas
37 by 42 7/8 in.
94 by 109 cm
Painted in 1912.
Private Collection, Germany (acquired directly from the artist in 1960 and sold: Sotheby’s, London, October 10, 2001, lot 31) | Acquired at the above sale
A top price for Ludwig Meidner - as previously expected
In November 2018 Sothebys in New York held the auction Impressionist & Modern Art Evening Sale, which included the work Apokalyptische Landschaft (Apocalyptic Landscape) Junger Mann Mit Strohhut (Young Man With Straw Hat) - Reverse by Ludwig Meidner. The price achieved of USD 14,072,800.00 (€ 12,428,508.35) was within expectations - the estimate range had previously been set by the auction house as USD 12,000,000.00 – 18,000,000.00. Even if this result could not surprise positively, Apokalyptische Landschaft (Apocalyptic Landscape) Junger Mann Mit Strohhut (Young Man With Straw Hat) - Reverse is the most expensive artwork by Ludwig Meidner that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis mit Ansage
Im November 2018 führte Sothebys in New York die Auktion Impressionist & Modern Art Evening Sale durch, in der auch die Arbeit Apokalyptische Landschaft (Apocalyptic Landscape) Junger Mann Mit Strohhut (Young Man With Straw Hat) - Reverse von Ludwig Meidner zur Versteigerung kam. Der dabei erzielte Preis von USD 14.072.800,00 (€ 12.428.508,35) lag im Rahmen der Erwartungen – die Schätzpreisspanne war von dem Auktionshaus zuvor mit USD 12.000.000,00 – 18.000.000,00 angegeben worden. Auch wenn das Ergebnis damit nicht positiv überraschen konnte, ist Apokalyptische Landschaft (Apocalyptic Landscape) Junger Mann Mit Strohhut (Young Man With Straw Hat) - Reverse das teuerste Kunstwerk von Ludwig Meidner, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
Ludwig Meidner - Auction history
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