Marcel Delmotte
L'Offrande
Estimate: 4.000 - 6.000 GBP
Price realised: 11.250 GBP
Price realised: 11.250 GBP
Description
Marcel Delmotte
1901 - 1984
L'OFFRANDE
signed M Delmotte and dated 1967 (lower left); signed Marcel Delmotte, titled, dated 1967 and inscribed Charleroi on the reverse
oil on board
80 by 60cm., 31 1/2 by 25 5/8 in.
Painted in 1967.
Galerie Isy Brachot, Brussels | Sale: Hôtel de Ventes Horta, Belgium, 15th March 2007, lot 166 | Private Collection, Belgium (purchased at the above sale) | Thence by descent to the present owner
1901 - 1984
L'OFFRANDE
signed M Delmotte and dated 1967 (lower left); signed Marcel Delmotte, titled, dated 1967 and inscribed Charleroi on the reverse
oil on board
80 by 60cm., 31 1/2 by 25 5/8 in.
Painted in 1967.
Galerie Isy Brachot, Brussels | Sale: Hôtel de Ventes Horta, Belgium, 15th March 2007, lot 166 | Private Collection, Belgium (purchased at the above sale) | Thence by descent to the present owner
Upper estimate price exceeded by 88 %.
This artwork by Marcel Delmotte achieved an unexpectedly high price at Sothebys in London in February 2020. In the Impressionist & Modern Art Day Sale, auction, the work L'Offrande sold for GBP 11,250.00 (€ 13,038.78) - well above the upper estimate of GBP 6,000.00. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Marcel Delmotte - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work Les Colonnes D’Hercule, which sold at auction in February 2019 for GBP 27,500.00 (€ 32,079.71).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 88 % übertroffen
Dieses Kunstwerk von Marcel Delmotte erzielte im Februar 2020 bei Sothebys in London einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Impressionist & Modern Art Day Sale, wurde die Arbeit L'Offrande für GBP 11.250,00 (€ 13.038,78) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 6.000,00. Für andere Arbeiten von Marcel Delmotte mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit Les Colonnes D’Hercule beobachtet, die im Februar 2019 für GBP 27.500,00 (€ 32.079,71) versteigert wurde.
Marcel Delmotte - Auction history
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