Sophie Taeuber-Arp

Bandes, Cercles Et Lignes

Found at Christies, New York
A Dialogue Through Art: Works from the Jan Krugier Collection Day Sale, Lot 186
5. Nov - 5. Nov 2013
Estimate: 50.000 - 70.000 USD
Price realised: 90.000 USD
Sophie Taeuber-Arp (1889-1943)
Bandes, Cercles Et Lignes
signed 'SH Tauber-Arp' (on the reverse); with estate stamp (on the artist's mount)
distemper over pencil on paper
10¼ x 13¾ in. (26 x 35 cm.)
painted in 1932

Upper estimate price exceeded by 29 %.

The work Bandes, Cercles Et Lignes by Sophie Taeuber-Arp was auctioned at Christies in New York in November 2013. It achieved a price of USD 90,000.00 (€ 66,147.29), exceeding the upper end of the estimate range by 29%. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Sophie Taeuber-Arp - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work Composition dans un cercle blanc sur fond noir, which sold at auction in February 2019 for GBP 187,500.00 (€ 218,725.28).

Oberer Schätzpreis um 29 % übertroffen

Die Arbeit Bandes, Cercles Et Lignes von Sophie Taeuber-Arp kam im November 2013 bei Christies in New York zur Auktion. Sie erzielte dabei einen Preis von USD 90.000,00 (€ 66.147,29) und übertraf damit das obere Ende der Schätzpreisspanne um 29%. Für andere Arbeiten von Sophie Taeuber-Arp mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit Composition dans un cercle blanc sur fond noir beobachtet, die im Februar 2019 für GBP 187.500,00 (€ 218.725,28) versteigert wurde.

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