Sophie Taeuber-Arp

Quatres espaces irréguliers

Found at Christies, London
Impressionist & Modern Works on Paper Sale, Lot 108
24.Jun - 24.Jun.2015
Estimate: 6.000 - 8.000 GBP
Price realised: 84.100 GBP
signed and dated 'SH Taeuber Arp 1932' (on the reverse)
gouache on paper
sheet: 11 3/8 x 11 1/2 in. (28.7 x 29 cm.)
Executed in 1932
Private collection, Basel, by 1964. | Galerie Bel’Art, Stockholm. | Acquired from the above by the present owner in the 1980s.

Artwork auctioned at ten times the upper estimate price

The work Quatres espaces irréguliers by Sophie Taeuber-Arp was worth GBP 84,100.00 (€ 118,579.94) to a buyer in June 2015. This price was achieved in the auction Impressionist & Modern Works on Paper Sale at Christies in London and exceeded the previously set upper estimate of GBP 8,000.00 many times over. Despite this good result, it is not the highest hammer price for an artwork by Sophie Taeuber-Arp; that achieved among the auctions we observed the lot Composition dans un cercle blanc sur fond noir sold at auction in February 2019 with the realized price of GBP 187,500.00 (€ 218,725.28).

Kunstwerk zum Zehnfachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert

Die Arbeit Quatres espaces irréguliers von Sophie Taeuber-Arp war einem Käufer im Juni 2015 GBP 84.100,00 (€ 118.579,94) wert. Dieser Preise wurde in der Auktion Impressionist & Modern Works on Paper Sale bei Christies in London erzielt und übertraf den zuvor angesetzten oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 8.000,00 um ein Vielfaches. Trotz des guten Ergebnisses ist dies nicht der höchste Zuschlag für ein Kunstwerk von Sophie Taeuber-Arp; den erzielte unter den von uns beobachteten Auktionen die Arbeit Composition dans un cercle blanc sur fond noir im Februar 2019 mit dem Hammerpreis von GBP 187.500,00 (€ 218.725,28).

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