Oskar Rabin
Spring Breakfast with Pussy Willow
Found at
Sothebys,
London
Escape Artists – The Non-Conformists Online, Lot 68
15. Sep - 21. Sep 2021
Escape Artists – The Non-Conformists Online, Lot 68
15. Sep - 21. Sep 2021
Estimate: 6.000 - 8.000 GBP
Price realised: 52.920 GBP
Price realised: 52.920 GBP
Description
Property from a Private Collection, United States
Oskar Rabin
1928-2018
Spring Breakfast with Pussy Willow
signed in Latin and dated 2004 l.r.; further titled in Cyrillic, numbered N1332 and dated on the reverse and bearing Mimi Ferzt Gallery labels on the frame
oil on canvas with collage
Canvas: 54 by 73cm, 21¼ by 28¾in.
Framed: 65.5 by 84cm, 25¾ by 33in.
Mimi Ferzt Gallery, New York
Oskar Rabin
1928-2018
Spring Breakfast with Pussy Willow
signed in Latin and dated 2004 l.r.; further titled in Cyrillic, numbered N1332 and dated on the reverse and bearing Mimi Ferzt Gallery labels on the frame
oil on canvas with collage
Canvas: 54 by 73cm, 21¼ by 28¾in.
Framed: 65.5 by 84cm, 25¾ by 33in.
Mimi Ferzt Gallery, New York
Artwork auctioned at six times the upper estimate price
When the work Spring Breakfast with Pussy Willow by Oscar Rabin was auctioned at Sothebys in London in September 2021, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - GBP 8,000.00 but the actual price achieved was more than six times as high at GBP 52,920.00 (€ 61,573.15). However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Oscar Rabin - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work Russian City With Moon (Socialist City), 1959, which sold at auction in April 2008 for USD 337,000.00 (€ 216,469.68).
Kunstwerk zum Sechsfachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert
Als die Arbeit Spring Breakfast with Pussy Willow von Oscar Rabin im September 2021 bei Sothebys in London versteigert wurde, übertraf das Ergebnis die Erwartungen um ein Vielfaches. Der obere Schätzpreis war mit – rückwirkend betrachtet recht bescheidenen – GBP 8.000,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit GBP 52.920,00 (€ 61.573,15) mehr als sechsmal so hoch. Für andere Arbeiten von Oscar Rabin mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit Russian City With Moon (Socialist City), 1959 beobachtet, die im April 2008 für USD 337.000,00 (€ 216.469,68) versteigert wurde.
Oscar Rabin - Auction history
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