Vasily Vasilievich Vereschagin
The Taj Mahal, Evening
Estimate: 250.000 - 450.000 GBP
Price realised: 2.281.250 GBP
Price realised: 2.281.250 GBP
Description
Vasily Vasilievich Vereschagin
1842-1904
THE TAJ MAHAL, EVENING
stamped with Vereschagin Exhibition American Art Association stamp on the reverse
oil on canvas
46.5 by 61cm, 18 1/4 by 24 in.
American Art Galleries, New York, Vassili Verestchagin Collection sale, 17 November 1891, Lot 47, sold for $1,000 | Acquired by Mr. A.L. Barber at the above sale | Private Collection, Virginia, until 1974 | Private Collection, Virginia, 1974 (gift from the above)
1842-1904
THE TAJ MAHAL, EVENING
stamped with Vereschagin Exhibition American Art Association stamp on the reverse
oil on canvas
46.5 by 61cm, 18 1/4 by 24 in.
American Art Galleries, New York, Vassili Verestchagin Collection sale, 17 November 1891, Lot 47, sold for $1,000 | Acquired by Mr. A.L. Barber at the above sale | Private Collection, Virginia, until 1974 | Private Collection, Virginia, 1974 (gift from the above)
A top price for Vasily Vereshchagin
The work The Taj Mahal, Evening by Vasily Vereshchagin was worth GBP 2,281,250.00 (€ 2,523,779.09) to a buyer in June 2011. This price was achieved in the auction Important Russian Art at Sothebys in London and exceeded the previously set upper estimate of GBP 450,000.00 many times over. This high result makes The Taj Mahal, Evening the most expensive artwork by Vasily Vereshchagin that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Vasily Vereshchagin
Die Arbeit The Taj Mahal, Evening von Vasily Vereshchagin war einem Käufer im Juni 2011 GBP 2.281.250,00 (€ 2.523.779,09) wert. Dieser Preise wurde in der Auktion Important Russian Art bei Sothebys in London erzielt und übertraf den zuvor angesetzten oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 450.000,00 um ein Vielfaches. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht The Taj Mahal, Evening zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Vasily Vereshchagin, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
Vasily Vereshchagin - Auction history
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