Thorvald Hellesen
Les deux amies
Estimate: 40.000 - 60.000 GBP
Price realised: 121.250 GBP
Price realised: 121.250 GBP
Description
Thorvald Hellesen (Norwegian, 1888-1937)
Les deux amies
signed and dated 'Th.Hellesen.1920' (lower right); signed and inscribed 'Th.Hellesen Peinture (N o . 2) 8 Impasse' (on the stretcher)
oil on canvas
44 7/8 x 76¾ in. (114 x 195 cm.)
Painted in 1920
Les deux amies
signed and dated 'Th.Hellesen.1920' (lower right); signed and inscribed 'Th.Hellesen Peinture (N o . 2) 8 Impasse' (on the stretcher)
oil on canvas
44 7/8 x 76¾ in. (114 x 195 cm.)
Painted in 1920
A top price for Thorvald Hellesen
This artwork by Thorvald Hellesen achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in London in June 2008. In the Impressionist and Modern Art Day Sale auction, the work Les deux amies sold for GBP 121,250.00 (€ 153,264.07) - well above the upper estimate of GBP 60,000.00. This high result makes Les deux amies the most expensive artwork by Thorvald Hellesen that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Thorvald Hellesen
Dieses Kunstwerk von Thorvald Hellesen erzielte im Juni 2008 bei Christies in London einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Impressionist and Modern Art Day Sale wurde die Arbeit Les deux amies für GBP 121.250,00 (€ 153.264,07) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 60.000,00. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Les deux amies zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Thorvald Hellesen, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
Thorvald Hellesen - Auction history
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