Walter Spies
Blick Von Der Höhe (A View From The Heights)
Found at
Sothebys,
Hong Kong
Sotheby's Hong Kong 40th Anniversary Evening Sale, Lot 33
5. Oct - 5. Oct 2013
Sotheby's Hong Kong 40th Anniversary Evening Sale, Lot 33
5. Oct - 5. Oct 2013
Estimate: 14.000.000 - 22.000.000 HKD
Price realised: 31.480.000 HKD
Price realised: 31.480.000 HKD
Description
Walter Spies
1895-1942
BLICK VON DER HÖHE (A VIEW FROM THE HEIGHTS)
Signed; Signed, titled and dated Bali 1934 on the reverse
Oil on canvas
100.5 by 82.5 cm.; 39 1/2 by 32 1/2 in.
Acquired directly from the artist by Sir Victor Sassoon thence by descent to Mrs. Michael Wood | Christie's Singapore, September 30 2001, Lot 228 | Acquired by the Present Owner at the Above sale
1895-1942
BLICK VON DER HÖHE (A VIEW FROM THE HEIGHTS)
Signed; Signed, titled and dated Bali 1934 on the reverse
Oil on canvas
100.5 by 82.5 cm.; 39 1/2 by 32 1/2 in.
Acquired directly from the artist by Sir Victor Sassoon thence by descent to Mrs. Michael Wood | Christie's Singapore, September 30 2001, Lot 228 | Acquired by the Present Owner at the Above sale
A top price for Walter Spies
The work Blick Von Der Höhe (A View From The Heights) by Walter Spies was sold in the Sotheby's Hong Kong 40th Anniversary Evening Sale auction at Sothebys in Hong Kong in October 2013. It achieved a price of HKD 31,480,000.00 (€ 2,987,288.51), exceeding the upper end of the estimate range by 43%. With this result, Blick Von Der Höhe (A View From The Heights) is even the most expensive work of art by Walter Spies that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Walter Spies
Die Arbeit Blick Von Der Höhe (A View From The Heights) von Walter Spies wurde im Oktober 2013 in der Auktion Sotheby's Hong Kong 40th Anniversary Evening Sale bei Sothebys in Hong Kong versteigert. Sie erzielte dabei einen Preis von HKD 31.480.000,00 (€ 2.987.288,51) und übertraf damit das obere Ende der Schätzpreisspanne um 43%. Mit diesem Ergebnis ist Blick Von Der Höhe (A View From The Heights) sogar das teuerste Kunstwerk von Walter Spies, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
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