Walter Dexel
Segelschiff I
Estimate: 200.000 - 300.000 GBP
Price realised: 671.250 GBP
Price realised: 671.250 GBP
Description
signed and dated 'W DEXEL 22' (lower left); signed, dated and inscribed 'WALTER DEXEL 22 SEGELSCHIFF' (on the reverse)
oil on burlap
28 3/8 x 21 5/8 in. (72.1 x 55.1 cm.)
Painted in 1922
Grete Dexel (the artist's wife), Braunschweig, by descent from the artist in 1973, and until at least 1974. | Galerie Gmurzynska, Cologne, by 1979. | Acquired by the present owner in 1984.
oil on burlap
28 3/8 x 21 5/8 in. (72.1 x 55.1 cm.)
Painted in 1922
Grete Dexel (the artist's wife), Braunschweig, by descent from the artist in 1973, and until at least 1974. | Galerie Gmurzynska, Cologne, by 1979. | Acquired by the present owner in 1984.
A top price for Walter Dexel
This artwork by Walter Dexel achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in London in February 2020. In the Impressionist & Modern Art Day Sale auction, the work Segelschiff I sold for GBP 671,250.00 (€ 777,980.27) - well above the upper estimate of GBP 300,000.00. This high result makes Segelschiff I the most expensive artwork by Walter Dexel that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Walter Dexel
Dieses Kunstwerk von Walter Dexel erzielte im Februar 2020 bei Christies in London einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Impressionist & Modern Art Day Sale wurde die Arbeit Segelschiff I für GBP 671.250,00 (€ 777.980,27) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 300.000,00. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Segelschiff I zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Walter Dexel, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
Walter Dexel - Auction history
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