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Verner Thomé
Playing Children
Estimate: 30.000 - 50.000 USD
Price realised: 125.000 USD
Price realised: 125.000 USD
Description
Verner Thomé
1878 - 1953
PLAYING CHILDREN
Signed V. Thomé and dated 1913 (lower right)
Oil on canvas
55 by 90 1/2 in.
140 by 230 cm
Painted in 1913.
Ivar Hörhammer, Helsinki (acquired directly from the artist in 1913) | Hörhammer Collection, Sweden (by descent from the above) | Peter Nahum at the Leicester Galleries, London (acquired from the above in 2004) | Acquired from the above
1878 - 1953
PLAYING CHILDREN
Signed V. Thomé and dated 1913 (lower right)
Oil on canvas
55 by 90 1/2 in.
140 by 230 cm
Painted in 1913.
Ivar Hörhammer, Helsinki (acquired directly from the artist in 1913) | Hörhammer Collection, Sweden (by descent from the above) | Peter Nahum at the Leicester Galleries, London (acquired from the above in 2004) | Acquired from the above
A top price for Verner Thomé
This artwork by Verner Thomé achieved an unexpectedly high price at Sothebys in New York in May 2017. In the Impressionist & Modern Art Day Sale auction, the work Playing Children sold for USD 125,000.00 (€ 111,249.56) - well above the upper estimate of USD 50,000.00. This high result makes Playing Children the most expensive artwork by Verner Thomé that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Verner Thomé
Dieses Kunstwerk von Verner Thomé erzielte im Mai 2017 bei Sothebys in New York einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Impressionist & Modern Art Day Sale wurde die Arbeit Playing Children für USD 125.000,00 (€ 111.249,56) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von USD 50.000,00. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Playing Children zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Verner Thomé, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.