Vitold Bilianitsky-Birulia
Winter twilight
Estimate: 3.000 - 4.000 GBP
Price realised: 17.750 GBP
Price realised: 17.750 GBP
Description
Winter twilight
signed in Cyrillic and dated '1899' (lower right)
oil on canvas
53 x 72cm (20 7/8 x 28 3/8in).
The Fine Arts Fund of the USSR, 1965 (label on verso) | Acquired from the above by a distinguished European businessman in 1960s | Thence by descent to an important private collection, Europe
signed in Cyrillic and dated '1899' (lower right)
oil on canvas
53 x 72cm (20 7/8 x 28 3/8in).
The Fine Arts Fund of the USSR, 1965 (label on verso) | Acquired from the above by a distinguished European businessman in 1960s | Thence by descent to an important private collection, Europe
Artwork auctioned at four times the upper estimate price
When the work Winter twilight by Vitold Kaetanovich Byalynitsky-Birulya was auctioned at Bonhams in London in December 2021, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - GBP 4,000.00 but the actual price achieved was more than four times as high at GBP 17,750.00 (€ 21,172.03). Despite this good result, it is not the highest hammer price for an artwork by Vitold Kaetanovich Byalynitsky-Birulya; that achieved among the auctions we observed the lot 'An April Day' sold at auction in December 2021 with the realized price of GBP 21,500.00 (€ 25,644.99).
Kunstwerk zum Vierfachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert
Als die Arbeit Winter twilight von Vitold Kaetanovich Byalynitsky-Birulya im Dezember 2021 bei Bonhams in London versteigert wurde, übertraf das Ergebnis die Erwartungen um ein Vielfaches. Der obere Schätzpreis war mit – rückwirkend betrachtet recht bescheidenen – GBP 4.000,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit GBP 17.750,00 (€ 21.172,03) mehr als viermal so hoch. Trotz des guten Ergebnisses ist dies nicht der höchste Zuschlag für ein Kunstwerk von Vitold Kaetanovich Byalynitsky-Birulya; den erzielte unter den von uns beobachteten Auktionen die Arbeit 'An April Day' im Dezember 2021 mit dem Hammerpreis von GBP 21.500,00 (€ 25.644,99).
Vitold Kaetanovich Byalynitsky-Birulya - Auction history
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