Remedios Varo
Armonía (Autorretrato Sugerente)
Found at
Sothebys,
New York
Impressionist & Modern Art Evening Sale, Lot 1004
30. Jun - 30. Jun 2020
Impressionist & Modern Art Evening Sale, Lot 1004
30. Jun - 30. Jun 2020
Estimate: 2.000.000 - 3.000.000 USD
Price realised: 6.186.800 USD
Price realised: 6.186.800 USD
Description
The Vanguard Spirit: Modern and Surrealist Masterworks from an Important Estate
REMEDIOS VARO
1908 - 1963
ARMONÍA (AUTORRETRATO SUGERENTE)
Signed R. VARO (lower right)
Oil on Masonite
29½ by 36½ in.
75 by 92.7 cm
Painted in 1956.
Marisole Wörner Baz, Mexico City | Galería Arvil, Mexico City | Jack Mondlak, New York (acquired from the above and sold: Christie's, New York, May 18, 1988, lot 26) | Acquired at the above sale
REMEDIOS VARO
1908 - 1963
ARMONÍA (AUTORRETRATO SUGERENTE)
Signed R. VARO (lower right)
Oil on Masonite
29½ by 36½ in.
75 by 92.7 cm
Painted in 1956.
Marisole Wörner Baz, Mexico City | Galería Arvil, Mexico City | Jack Mondlak, New York (acquired from the above and sold: Christie's, New York, May 18, 1988, lot 26) | Acquired at the above sale
A top price for Remedios Varo
This artwork by Remedios Varo achieved an unexpectedly high price at Sothebys in New York in June 2020. In the Impressionist & Modern Art Evening Sale auction, the work Armonía (Autorretrato Sugerente) sold for USD 6,186,800.00 (€ 5,508,681.33) - well above the upper estimate of USD 3,000,000.00. This high result makes Armonía (Autorretrato Sugerente) the most expensive artwork by Remedios Varo that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Remedios Varo
Dieses Kunstwerk von Remedios Varo erzielte im Juni 2020 bei Sothebys in New York einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Impressionist & Modern Art Evening Sale wurde die Arbeit Armonía (Autorretrato Sugerente) für USD 6.186.800,00 (€ 5.508.681,33) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von USD 3.000.000,00. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Armonía (Autorretrato Sugerente) zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Remedios Varo, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
Remedios Varo - Auction history
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