Max Weber
Imaginary Portrait Of A Woman
Estimate: 400.000 - 600.000 USD
Price realised: 795.000 USD
Price realised: 795.000 USD
Description
Max Weber
1847 - 1947
IMAGINARY PORTRAIT OF A WOMAN
signed Max Weber and dated 1913 (lower left); also inscribed "Portrait" (on a label affixed to the stretcher)
oil on canvas
36 by 24 inches
(91.4 by 61 cm)
Linda R. Miller | Mr. and Mrs. Aaron W. Davis (her daughter), New York | Natalie and Jerome Spingarn (their daughter), Washington, D.C. | Private collection, Atlanta, Georgia (by descent) | Gerald Peters Gallery, New York | Private collection, Texas (sold: Sotheby's, New York, May 19, 2004, lot 136) | Acquired by the present owner at the above sale
1847 - 1947
IMAGINARY PORTRAIT OF A WOMAN
signed Max Weber and dated 1913 (lower left); also inscribed "Portrait" (on a label affixed to the stretcher)
oil on canvas
36 by 24 inches
(91.4 by 61 cm)
Linda R. Miller | Mr. and Mrs. Aaron W. Davis (her daughter), New York | Natalie and Jerome Spingarn (their daughter), Washington, D.C. | Private collection, Atlanta, Georgia (by descent) | Gerald Peters Gallery, New York | Private collection, Texas (sold: Sotheby's, New York, May 19, 2004, lot 136) | Acquired by the present owner at the above sale
Upper estimate price exceeded by 33 %.
The work Imaginary Portrait Of A Woman by Max Weber was auctioned at Sothebys in New York in November 2017. It achieved a price of USD 795,000.00 (€ 668,179.53), exceeding the upper end of the estimate range by 33%. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Max Weber - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work New York, which sold at auction in May 2016 for USD 1,925,000.00 (€ 1,728,783.12).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 33 % übertroffen
Die Arbeit Imaginary Portrait Of A Woman von Max Weber kam im November 2017 bei Sothebys in New York zur Auktion. Sie erzielte dabei einen Preis von USD 795.000,00 (€ 668.179,53) und übertraf damit das obere Ende der Schätzpreisspanne um 33%. Für andere Arbeiten von Max Weber mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit New York beobachtet, die im Mai 2016 für USD 1.925.000,00 (€ 1.728.783,12) versteigert wurde.