Nikolai Fechin
Portrait Of Nadezhda Sapozhnikova
Estimate: 1.200.000 - 1.800.000 GBP
Price realised: 3.650.900 GBP
Price realised: 3.650.900 GBP
Description
Nikolai Fechin
1881-1955
PORTRAIT OF NADEZHDA SAPOZHNIKOVA
signed in Cyrillic t.l.
oil on canvas
142 by 90cm, 56 by 36 1/2 in.
Executed in 1908
The artist | George A. Hearn (1835-1913), New York, acquired at the Carnegie exhibition in 1910 | The Notable Art Collection Formed by the Late George A. Hearn, 26 February 1918, lot 168 | William S. Stimmel, Pittsburgh, acquired for $1,325 at the above sale | Mrs John Burnham (Catherine Wheeler Burnham), Rancho Santa Fe, California, until 1964 | San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, California
1881-1955
PORTRAIT OF NADEZHDA SAPOZHNIKOVA
signed in Cyrillic t.l.
oil on canvas
142 by 90cm, 56 by 36 1/2 in.
Executed in 1908
The artist | George A. Hearn (1835-1913), New York, acquired at the Carnegie exhibition in 1910 | The Notable Art Collection Formed by the Late George A. Hearn, 26 February 1918, lot 168 | William S. Stimmel, Pittsburgh, acquired for $1,325 at the above sale | Mrs John Burnham (Catherine Wheeler Burnham), Rancho Santa Fe, California, until 1964 | San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, California
A top price for Nicolai Fechin
This artwork by Nicolai Fechin achieved an unexpectedly high price at Sothebys in London in November 2017. In the Russian Pictures auction, the work Portrait Of Nadezhda Sapozhnikova sold for GBP 3,650,900.00 (€ 4,144,314.62) - well above the upper estimate of GBP 1,800,000.00. This high result makes Portrait Of Nadezhda Sapozhnikova the most expensive artwork by Nicolai Fechin that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Nicolai Fechin
Dieses Kunstwerk von Nicolai Fechin erzielte im November 2017 bei Sothebys in London einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Russian Pictures wurde die Arbeit Portrait Of Nadezhda Sapozhnikova für GBP 3.650.900,00 (€ 4.144.314,62) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 1.800.000,00. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Portrait Of Nadezhda Sapozhnikova zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Nicolai Fechin, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
Nicolai Fechin - Auction history
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