Semyon Faibisovich
That Is the Question
Found at
Sothebys,
London
Post-War and Contemporary Russian Art from a Private Collection, Lot 359
9. Nov - 1. Dec 2021
Post-War and Contemporary Russian Art from a Private Collection, Lot 359
9. Nov - 1. Dec 2021
Estimate: 50.000 - 70.000 GBP
Price realised: 107.100 GBP
Price realised: 107.100 GBP
Description
Property from a Private European Collection
Semyon Faibisovich
b. 1949
That Is the Question
signed with initials in Cyrillic and dated 87 l.l.; further signed, titled and dated on the reverse
oil on canvas
Canvas: 200 by 150cm, 78¾ by 59in.
Phyllis Kind, New York | Private collection, USA | Sotheby's New York, Russian Art Volume II. Post War and Contemporary Art, 15 April 2008, lot 238
Semyon Faibisovich
b. 1949
That Is the Question
signed with initials in Cyrillic and dated 87 l.l.; further signed, titled and dated on the reverse
oil on canvas
Canvas: 200 by 150cm, 78¾ by 59in.
Phyllis Kind, New York | Private collection, USA | Sotheby's New York, Russian Art Volume II. Post War and Contemporary Art, 15 April 2008, lot 238
Upper estimate price exceeded by 53 %.
The work That Is the Question by Semyon Faibisovich was sold in the Post-War and Contemporary Russian Art from a Private Collection auction at Sothebys in London in December 2021. It achieved a price of GBP 107,100.00 (€ 127,747.84), exceeding the upper end of the estimate range by 53%. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Semyon Faibisovich - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work One More Glance at the Black Sea, which sold at auction in December 2021 for GBP 340,200.00 (€ 405,787.24).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 53 % übertroffen
Die Arbeit That Is the Question von Semyon Faibisovich wurde im Dezember 2021 in der Auktion Post-War and Contemporary Russian Art from a Private Collection bei Sothebys in London versteigert. Sie erzielte dabei einen Preis von GBP 107.100,00 (€ 127.747,84) und übertraf damit das obere Ende der Schätzpreisspanne um 53%. Für andere Arbeiten von Semyon Faibisovich mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit One More Glance at the Black Sea beobachtet, die im Dezember 2021 für GBP 340.200,00 (€ 405.787,24) versteigert wurde.
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