Sergei Chekhonin
Beast and egg
Estimate: 2.000 - 3.000 GBP
Price realised: 87.500 GBP
Price realised: 87.500 GBP
Description
numbered 'N92' and illegibly inscribed (lower right)
pencil, ink and watercolour on paper; unframed
5 1/8 x 7 in. (13 x 17.8 cm.)
(3)together with a letter from Aleksei Remizov (1877-1957) awarding Chekhonin 'The Order of the Monkey, First Class', dated 29 January 1917: 'To our regal artist, Sergei Chekhonin, for his incomparable flowers and jewels, for his outstanding, fine brush, we award him the Order of the Monkey, First Class'
Acquired directly from Pierre Ino (1909-1989), stepson of the artist, by Alexandre Djanchieff in Paris in the late 1980s. | By descent to the present owner.
pencil, ink and watercolour on paper; unframed
5 1/8 x 7 in. (13 x 17.8 cm.)
(3)together with a letter from Aleksei Remizov (1877-1957) awarding Chekhonin 'The Order of the Monkey, First Class', dated 29 January 1917: 'To our regal artist, Sergei Chekhonin, for his incomparable flowers and jewels, for his outstanding, fine brush, we award him the Order of the Monkey, First Class'
Acquired directly from Pierre Ino (1909-1989), stepson of the artist, by Alexandre Djanchieff in Paris in the late 1980s. | By descent to the present owner.
Artwork auctioned at 29 times the upper estimate price
When the work Beast and egg by Sergei Chekhonin was auctioned at Christies in London in June 2019, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - GBP 3,000.00 but the actual price achieved was more than 29 times as high at GBP 87,500.00 (€ 98,362.98). However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Sergei Chekhonin - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work Still Life With Roses, Anemones And Chrysanthemums In A Chinese Vase, which sold at auction in June 2021 for GBP 275,000.00 (€ 320,446.49).
Kunstwerk zum 29-fachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert
Als die Arbeit Beast and egg von Sergei Chekhonin im Juni 2019 bei Christies in London versteigert wurde, übertraf das Ergebnis die Erwartungen um ein Vielfaches. Der obere Schätzpreis war mit – rückwirkend betrachtet recht bescheidenen – GBP 3.000,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit GBP 87.500,00 (€ 98.362,98) mehr als 29-mal so hoch. Für andere Arbeiten von Sergei Chekhonin mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit Still Life With Roses, Anemones And Chrysanthemums In A Chinese Vase beobachtet, die im Juni 2021 für GBP 275.000,00 (€ 320.446,49) versteigert wurde.
Sergei Chekhonin - Auction history
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