Stanislao Lepri
La Strega (The Witch)
Found at
Sothebys,
New York (Online Auction)
The Sleep of Reason Part II | A Private Collection of Surrealist Art Online, Lot 7
18. Nov - 18. Nov 2019
The Sleep of Reason Part II | A Private Collection of Surrealist Art Online, Lot 7
18. Nov - 18. Nov 2019
Estimate: 7.000 - 9.000 USD
Price realised: 22.500 USD
Price realised: 22.500 USD
Description
STANISLAO LEPRI (1905 - 1980)
LA STREGA (THE WITCH)
Signed S. Lepri and dated 73 (lower center)
Oil on canvas
31⅞ by 39½ in. (81 by 100.3 cm)
Framed: 37½ by 44⅞ in. (95.3 by 114 cm)
Painted in 1973.
Galleria Il Fauno, Torino | Mauro Esposito, Parma | Gallery of Surrealism, New York | Acquired from the above in June 2005
LA STREGA (THE WITCH)
Signed S. Lepri and dated 73 (lower center)
Oil on canvas
31⅞ by 39½ in. (81 by 100.3 cm)
Framed: 37½ by 44⅞ in. (95.3 by 114 cm)
Painted in 1973.
Galleria Il Fauno, Torino | Mauro Esposito, Parma | Gallery of Surrealism, New York | Acquired from the above in June 2005
Upper estimate price exceeded by more than 100%
This artwork by Stanislas Lepri achieved an unexpectedly high price at Sothebys in New York in November 2019. In the The Sleep of Reason Part II | A Private Collection of Surrealist Art Online auction, the work La Strega (The Witch) sold for USD 22,500.00 (€ 20,419.28) - well above the upper estimate of USD 9,000.00. Despite this good result, it is not the highest hammer price for an artwork by Stanislas Lepri; that achieved among the auctions we observed the lot L'homme au visage craquelé sold at auction in May last year with the realized price of GBP 20,160.00 (€ 23,716.32).
Oberer Schätzpreis um mehr als 100% übertroffen
Dieses Kunstwerk von Stanislas Lepri erzielte im November 2019 bei Sothebys in New York einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion The Sleep of Reason Part II | A Private Collection of Surrealist Art Online wurde die Arbeit La Strega (The Witch) für USD 22.500,00 (€ 20.419,28) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von USD 9.000,00. Trotz des guten Ergebnisses ist dies nicht der höchste Zuschlag für ein Kunstwerk von Stanislas Lepri; den erzielte unter den von uns beobachteten Auktionen die Arbeit L'homme au visage craquelé im Mai letzten Jahres mit dem Hammerpreis von GBP 20.160,00 (€ 23.716,32).
Stanislas Lepri - Auction history
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