Nicholas Krasnoff
A street scene by Valletta Harbour, Malta
Estimate: 1.000 - 1.500 GBP
Price realised: 12.113 GBP
Price realised: 12.113 GBP
Description
A street scene by Valletta Harbour, Malta
signed, dated and inscribed 'MALTA/1921/N.KRASNOFF' (lower left)
watercolour, gouache and pencil
33.6 x 23.5cm (13 1/4 x 9 1/4in).
signed, dated and inscribed 'MALTA/1921/N.KRASNOFF' (lower left)
watercolour, gouache and pencil
33.6 x 23.5cm (13 1/4 x 9 1/4in).
A top price for Nicholas Krasnoff
When the work A street scene by Valletta Harbour, Malta by Nicholas Krasnoff was auctioned at Bonhams in London in February 2021, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - GBP 1,500.00 but the actual price achieved was more than eight times as high at GBP 12,112.50 (€ 13,969.49). This high result makes A street scene by Valletta Harbour, Malta the most expensive artwork by Nicholas Krasnoff that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Nicholas Krasnoff
Als die Arbeit A street scene by Valletta Harbour, Malta von Nicholas Krasnoff im Februar 2021 bei Bonhams in London versteigert wurde, übertraf das Ergebnis die Erwartungen um ein Vielfaches. Der obere Schätzpreis war mit – rückwirkend betrachtet recht bescheidenen – GBP 1.500,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit GBP 12.112,50 (€ 13.969,49) mehr als achtmal so hoch. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht A street scene by Valletta Harbour, Malta zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Nicholas Krasnoff, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
Nicholas Krasnoff - Auction history
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