Sir Roland Penrose

Artifact

Found at Christies, London
The Art of the Surreal Evening Sale, Lot 133
27.Feb - 27.Feb.2018
Estimate: 50.000 - 80.000 GBP
Price realised: 75.000 GBP
dated and inscribed 'ARTIFACT 37' (on the stretcher)
oil on canvas
24 x 18 in. (61 x 45.7 cm.)
Painted in 1937
The artist’s collection, until at least 1982. | Galerie 1900-2000, Paris. | Private collection, Germany, by whom acquired from the above, circa 1990. | Acquired from the above by the present owner.

A top price for Roland Penrose - as previously expected

In February 2018 Christies in London held the auction The Art of the Surreal Evening Sale, which included the work Artifact by Roland Penrose. It changed hands for a price of GBP 75,000.00 (€ 84,722.79) achieving a result in the upper range of the estimate price range of GBP 50,000.00 – 80,000.00. Even if this result could not surprise positively, Artifact is the most expensive artwork by Roland Penrose that we have observed at auctions so far.

Ein Spitzenpreis mit Ansage

Im Februar 2018 führte Christies in London die Auktion The Art of the Surreal Evening Sale durch, in der auch die Arbeit Artifact von Roland Penrose zur Versteigerung kam. Dabei wechselte sie für einen Preis von GBP 75.000,00 (€ 84.722,79) den Besitzer und erzielte damit ein Ergebnis im oberen Bereich der Schätzpreisspanne von GBP 50.000,00 – 80.000,00. Auch wenn das Ergebnis damit nicht positiv überraschen konnte, ist Artifact das teuerste Kunstwerk von Roland Penrose, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.

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