Ralph Balson
Australian Constructive Painting
Estimate: 60.000 - 80.000 AUD
Price realised: 72.000 AUD
Price realised: 72.000 AUD
Description
Ralph Balson
1890 - 1964
AUSTRALIANCONSTRUCTIVE PAINTING
Oil on cardboard
51 by 76.5cm
Painted circa 1941
Professor Bernard Smith, Melbourne | Peter Walker Fine Art, Adelaide | Fine Australian and European Paintings, Sculpture, Drawings and Photographs, Sotheby's, Sydney, 16 August 1999, lot 11 | Niagara Galleries, Melbourne | Private collection, Melbourne; purchased from the above in 2004
1890 - 1964
AUSTRALIANCONSTRUCTIVE PAINTING
Oil on cardboard
51 by 76.5cm
Painted circa 1941
Professor Bernard Smith, Melbourne | Peter Walker Fine Art, Adelaide | Fine Australian and European Paintings, Sculpture, Drawings and Photographs, Sotheby's, Sydney, 16 August 1999, lot 11 | Niagara Galleries, Melbourne | Private collection, Melbourne; purchased from the above in 2004
Auction result well in line with expectations
In August 2009 Sothebys in Melbourne held the auction Important Australian Art, which included the work Australian Constructive Painting by Ralph Balson. The price achieved of AUD 72,000.00 (€ 42,330.22) was within expectations - the estimate range had previously been set by the auction house as AUD 60,000.00 – 80,000.00. Admittedly, works by Ralph Balson have also been auctioned for a multiple of this price - according to our records, the highest result so far was achieved by the work Untitled, 1941 in November 2018 with an auction result of AUD 402,600.00 (€ 355,559.48).
Auktionsergebnis im Rahmen der Erwartungen
Im August 2009 führte Sothebys in Melbourne die Auktion Important Australian Art durch, in der auch die Arbeit Australian Constructive Painting von Ralph Balson zur Versteigerung kam. Der dabei erzielte Preis von AUD 72.000,00 (€ 42.330,22) lag im Rahmen der Erwartungen – die Schätzpreisspanne war von dem Auktionshaus zuvor mit AUD 60.000,00 – 80.000,00 angegeben worden. Freilich wurden Arbeiten von Ralph Balson auch schon für ein Vielfaches dieses Preises versteigert – das bisher höchste Ergebnis erzielte nach unseren Aufzeichnungen die Arbeit Untitled, 1941 im November 2018 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von AUD 402.600,00 (€ 355.559,48).
Ralph Balson - Auction history
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