Nikolai Aleksandrovich Benua
Stage design for Oberon: Act II, Scene 1a: La reggia del Califf
Found at
Christies,
London
Russian Icons and Pictures Including works by Non-Conformist Artists, Lot 1166
29. Nov - 29. Nov 2007
Russian Icons and Pictures Including works by Non-Conformist Artists, Lot 1166
29. Nov - 29. Nov 2007
Estimate: 4.000 - 6.000 GBP
Price realised: 11.250 GBP
Price realised: 11.250 GBP
Description
Nikolai Aleksandrovich Benua [Benois] (1901-1988)
Stage design for Oberon: Act II, Scene 1a: La reggia del Califf
signed in pencil and indistinctly dated 'Nicola Benois ' (lower right)
charcoal, watercolor and gouache, heightened with gold, on board
19¼ x 27 3/8 in. (49 x 69.5 cm.)
Stage design for Oberon: Act II, Scene 1a: La reggia del Califf
signed in pencil and indistinctly dated 'Nicola Benois ' (lower right)
charcoal, watercolor and gouache, heightened with gold, on board
19¼ x 27 3/8 in. (49 x 69.5 cm.)
Upper estimate price exceeded by 88 %.
This artwork by Nikolai Alexandrovich Benois achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in London in November 2007. In the Russian Icons and Pictures Including works by Non-Conformist Artists auction, the work Stage design for Oberon: Act II, Scene 1a: La reggia del Califf sold for GBP 11,250.00 (€ 15,752.91) - 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 Nikolai Alexandrovich Benois - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work Russian Village, which sold at auction in June 2011 for GBP 31,250.00 (€ 34,572.32).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 88 % übertroffen
Dieses Kunstwerk von Nikolai Alexandrovich Benois erzielte im November 2007 bei Christies in London einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Russian Icons and Pictures Including works by Non-Conformist Artists wurde die Arbeit Stage design for Oberon: Act II, Scene 1a: La reggia del Califf für GBP 11.250,00 (€ 15.752,91) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 6.000,00. Für andere Arbeiten von Nikolai Alexandrovich Benois mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit Russian Village beobachtet, die im Juni 2011 für GBP 31.250,00 (€ 34.572,32) versteigert wurde.
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