Nikolai Benois
Stage design for 'The Legend of the invisible city of Kitezh'
Estimate: 8.000 - 12.000 GBP
Price realised: 8.125 GBP
Price realised: 8.125 GBP
Description
inscribed in Russian, signed in Cyrillic and dated 'Teatro alla Scala/1935/Nikolai/Benya/Legend of the city of Kitezh' (on the reverse)
ink, gouache and tempera on paper
19¼ x 25¼ in. (49 x 63.5 cm.)
Acquired by the present owner in New York circa 1985.
ink, gouache and tempera on paper
19¼ x 25¼ in. (49 x 63.5 cm.)
Acquired by the present owner in New York circa 1985.
Auction result well in line with expectations
The work Stage design for 'The Legend of the invisible city of Kitezh' by Nikolai Alexandrovich Benois was auctioned at Christies in London in June 2015. The estimated price for the artwork was previously given by the auction house with a range of GBP 8,000.00 – 12,000.00, the actual price achieved of GBP 8,125.00 (€ 11,456.15) could thus just exceed the lower estimate. 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).
Auktionsergebnis im Rahmen der Erwartungen
Die Arbeit Stage design for 'The Legend of the invisible city of Kitezh' von Nikolai Alexandrovich Benois kam im Juni 2015 bei Christies in London zur Auktion. Der Schätzpreis für das Kunstwerk wurde von dem Auktionshaus zuvor mit einer Spanne von GBP 8.000,00 – 12.000,00 angegeben, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis von GBP 8.125,00 (€ 11.456,15) konnte den unteren Schätzpreis somit knapp übertreffen. 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.
Nikolai Alexandrovich Benois - Auction history
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