Otto Sommer

Attacked By A Bear

Found at Sothebys, New York
American Art, Lot 78
21. Nov - 21. Nov 2016
Estimate: 60.000 - 80.000 USD
Price realised: 62.500 USD
Otto Sommer 1811 - 1911
ATTACKED BY A BEAR
signed Otto Sommer and dated 1864 (lower right) 
oil on canvas
29 3/4 by 40 inches
(75.6 by 101.6 cm)
John Malloy, Lew Beach, New York | Acquired by the present owner from the above, circa 1980

A top price for Otto Sommer - as previously expected

In November 2016 Sothebys in New York held the auction American Art, which included the work Attacked By A Bear by Otto Sommer. The estimated price for the artwork was previously given by the auction house with a range of USD 60,000.00 – 80,000.00, the actual price achieved of USD 62,500.00 (€ 59,084.89) could thus just exceed the lower estimate. Even if this result could not surprise positively, Attacked By A Bear is the most expensive artwork by Otto Sommer that we have observed at auctions so far.

Ein Spitzenpreis mit Ansage

Im November 2016 führte Sothebys in New York die Auktion American Art durch, in der auch die Arbeit Attacked By A Bear von Otto Sommer zur Versteigerung kam. Der Schätzpreis für das Kunstwerk wurde von dem Auktionshaus zuvor mit einer Spanne von USD 60.000,00 – 80.000,00 angegeben, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis von USD 62.500,00 (€ 59.084,89) konnte den unteren Schätzpreis somit knapp übertreffen. Auch wenn das Ergebnis damit nicht positiv überraschen konnte, ist Attacked By A Bear das teuerste Kunstwerk von Otto Sommer, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.

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