Rita Letendre
Les Signes S'Envolent
Estimate: 30.000 - 40.000 CAD
Price realised: 71.500 CAD
Price realised: 71.500 CAD
Description
Rita Letendreb.1929
LES SIGNES S'ENVOLENT
signed and dated lower right R. Letendre '61; signed, titled and dated 1961 by the artist and on the stretcher with the artist's Montreal address on the reverse
oil on canvas
106.7 by 90 cm.
42 by 35 ½ in.
Galerie Agnes Lefort, Montreal | Private Collection, Toronto
LES SIGNES S'ENVOLENT
signed and dated lower right R. Letendre '61; signed, titled and dated 1961 by the artist and on the stretcher with the artist's Montreal address on the reverse
oil on canvas
106.7 by 90 cm.
42 by 35 ½ in.
Galerie Agnes Lefort, Montreal | Private Collection, Toronto
A top price for Rita Letendre
This artwork by Rita Letendre achieved an unexpectedly high price at Sothebys in Toronto in June 2010. In the Important Canadian Art auction, the work Les Signes S'Envolent sold for CAD 71,500.00 (€ 54,845.17) - well above the upper estimate of CAD 40,000.00. This high result makes Les Signes S'Envolent the most expensive artwork by Rita Letendre that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Rita Letendre
Dieses Kunstwerk von Rita Letendre erzielte im Juni 2010 bei Sothebys in Toronto einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Important Canadian Art wurde die Arbeit Les Signes S'Envolent für CAD 71.500,00 (€ 54.845,17) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von CAD 40.000,00. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Les Signes S'Envolent zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Rita Letendre, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
Rita Letendre - Auction history
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