Oscar Rabin
Russian City With Moon (Socialist City), 1959
Estimate: 120.000 - 160.000 USD
Price realised: 337.000 USD
Price realised: 337.000 USD
Description
Oscar Rabin
B.1928
RUSSIANCITY WITH MOON (SOCIALIST CITY), 1959
signed in Cyrillic and dated 1959 (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
35 1/2 by 43 in.
90 by 109 cm
Christine Sperber (founder of Mimi Ferzt Gallery), New York (acquired directly from the artist) | Acquired directly from the above by the present owner in 2003
B.1928
RUSSIANCITY WITH MOON (SOCIALIST CITY), 1959
signed in Cyrillic and dated 1959 (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
35 1/2 by 43 in.
90 by 109 cm
Christine Sperber (founder of Mimi Ferzt Gallery), New York (acquired directly from the artist) | Acquired directly from the above by the present owner in 2003
A top price for Oscar Rabin
This artwork by Oscar Rabin achieved an unexpectedly high price at Sothebys in New York in April 2008. In the Russian Art auction, the work Russian City With Moon (Socialist City), 1959 sold for USD 337,000.00 (€ 216,469.68) - well above the upper estimate of USD 160,000.00. This high result makes Russian City With Moon (Socialist City), 1959 the most expensive artwork by Oscar Rabin that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Oscar Rabin
Dieses Kunstwerk von Oscar Rabin erzielte im April 2008 bei Sothebys in New York einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Russian Art wurde die Arbeit Russian City With Moon (Socialist City), 1959 für USD 337.000,00 (€ 216.469,68) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von USD 160.000,00. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Russian City With Moon (Socialist City), 1959 zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Oscar Rabin, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
Oscar Rabin - Auction history
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