Rotraut
Taurus
Estimate: 30.000 - 50.000 EUR
Price realised: 79.500 EUR
Price realised: 79.500 EUR
Description
signed twice, titled, numbered and dated twice 'R.3. Rotraut 1963 Taurus Rotraut 1976' (on the reverse)
oil, dough, glue, resin and soot on cloth on board
200 x 150 cm.
Executed in 1963-1976
Galerie Hans Brinkman, Amsterdam. | Acquired from the above by the present owner.
oil, dough, glue, resin and soot on cloth on board
200 x 150 cm.
Executed in 1963-1976
Galerie Hans Brinkman, Amsterdam. | Acquired from the above by the present owner.
Upper estimate price exceeded by 59 %.
The work Taurus by Rotraut was sold in the Post-War and Contemporary auction at Christies in Amsterdam in April 2015. The »bidding war« ended at EUR 79,500.00 59% above the upper estimate. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Rotraut - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work without title, which sold at auction in May 2018 for USD 225,000.00 (€ 192,802.06).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 59 % übertroffen
Die Arbeit Taurus von Rotraut wurde im April 2015 in der Auktion Post-War and Contemporary bei Christies in Amsterdam versteigert. Das »Bietergefecht« endete beim Preis von EUR 79.500,00 und damit 59% über dem oberen Schätzpreis. Für andere Arbeiten von Rotraut mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit ohne Titel beobachtet, die im Mai 2018 für USD 225.000,00 (€ 192.802,06) versteigert wurde.
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