Pablo Gargallo

Espagnole à la mantille (Version I)

Found at Christies, London
From Ancient To Modern: A Distinguished Private Collection, Lot 30
7. Dec - 7. Dec 2016
Estimate: 150.000 - 200.000 GBP
Price realised: 341.000 GBP
cut and shaped iron with dark brown patina
18 ¼ in. (46 cm.) high, excluding the rectangular base
Executed in 1930; this work is unique
Dr Nahas, Paris. | Private collection, Paris, by 1960. | Galerie Claude Bernard, Paris, by 1971. | Artcurial, Paris. | Acquired from the above on 6 June 1986.

Upper estimate price exceeded by 71 %.

The work Espagnole à la mantille (Version I) by Pablo Gargallo was sold in the From Ancient To Modern: A Distinguished Private Collection auction at Christies in London in December 2016. It achieved a price of GBP 341,000.00 (€ 398,684.33), exceeding the upper end of the estimate range by 71%. Despite this good result, it is not the highest hammer price for an artwork by Pablo Gargallo; that achieved among the auctions we observed the lot Masque D'Arlequin Souriant Iii, 1927 sold at auction in October 2007 with the realized price of EUR 490,896.00.

Oberer Schätzpreis um 71 % übertroffen

Die Arbeit Espagnole à la mantille (Version I) von Pablo Gargallo wurde im Dezember 2016 in der Auktion From Ancient To Modern: A Distinguished Private Collection bei Christies in London versteigert. Sie erzielte dabei einen Preis von GBP 341.000,00 (€ 398.684,33) und übertraf damit das obere Ende der Schätzpreisspanne um 71%. Trotz des guten Ergebnisses ist dies nicht der höchste Zuschlag für ein Kunstwerk von Pablo Gargallo; den erzielte unter den von uns beobachteten Auktionen die Arbeit Masque D'Arlequin Souriant Iii, 1927 im Oktober 2007 mit dem Hammerpreis von EUR 490.896,00.

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