Max Beckmann
Hölle der Vögel
Estimate: 30.000.000 - 30.000.001 GBP
Price realised: 36.005.000 GBP
Price realised: 36.005.000 GBP
Description
oil on canvas
47 1/8 x 63 1/8 in. (119.7 x 160.4 cm.)
Painted in 1937-1938
Käthe von Porada, Paris and Vence, by whom acquired directly from the artist circa 1938-1939. | Galerie Buchholz [Curt Valentin], New York (no. 7564), circa 1947. | Stephen Radich, New York. | Fine Arts Associates, New York. | Morton D. May, St Louis, Missouri, by whom acquired in 1957. | Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1983.
47 1/8 x 63 1/8 in. (119.7 x 160.4 cm.)
Painted in 1937-1938
Käthe von Porada, Paris and Vence, by whom acquired directly from the artist circa 1938-1939. | Galerie Buchholz [Curt Valentin], New York (no. 7564), circa 1947. | Stephen Radich, New York. | Fine Arts Associates, New York. | Morton D. May, St Louis, Missouri, by whom acquired in 1957. | Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1983.
A top price for Max Beckmann
The work Hölle der Vögel by Max Beckmann was auctioned at Christies in London in June 2017. It achieved a price of GBP 36,005,000.00 (€ 41,002,977.39), exceeding the upper end of the estimate range by 20%. With this result, Hölle der Vögel is even the most expensive work of art by Max Beckmann that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Max Beckmann
Die Arbeit Hölle der Vögel von Max Beckmann kam im Juni 2017 bei Christies in London zur Auktion. Sie erzielte dabei einen Preis von GBP 36.005.000,00 (€ 41.002.977,39) und übertraf damit das obere Ende der Schätzpreisspanne um 20%. Mit diesem Ergebnis ist Hölle der Vögel sogar das teuerste Kunstwerk von Max Beckmann, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
Max Beckmann - Auction history
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