Max-Friedrich Rabes

Storytime

Found at Christies, New York
Orientalist Art, Lot 29
26. Oct - 26. Oct 2005
Estimate: 20.000 - 30.000 USD
Price realised: 66.000 USD
Max-Friedrich Rabes (German, 1868-1944)
Storytime
signed 'MAX RABES.' (lower left), also inscribed '....Märchen' Max Rabes Berlin. Burggrossenstr 2' on the reverse
oil on canvas
49½ x 69 in. (125.7 x 175.3 cm.)

A top price for Max Rabes

This artwork by Max Rabes achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in New York in October 2005. In the Orientalist Art auction, the work Storytime sold for USD 66,000.00 (€ 55,022.93) - well above the upper estimate of USD 30,000.00. This high result makes Storytime the most expensive artwork by Max Rabes that we have observed at auctions so far.

Ein Spitzenpreis für Max Rabes

Dieses Kunstwerk von Max Rabes erzielte im Oktober 2005 bei Christies in New York einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Orientalist Art wurde die Arbeit Storytime für USD 66.000,00 (€ 55.022,93) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von USD 30.000,00. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Storytime zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Max Rabes, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.

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