Werner Drewes
Expectation of New Events
Estimate: 10.000 - 15.000 USD
Price realised: 75.975 USD
Price realised: 75.975 USD
Description
PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF LYNDA THOMAS
Werner Drewes (1899-1985)
Expectation of New Events
signed 'Drewes' (lower left) and dated and inscribed with the artist's peace cipher '4 ☮ 4' (lower right) and signed again and inscribed with title (on a preserved section of the original stretcher affixed to the replacement stretcher) and numbered '326' and dated and inscribed with the artist's peace cipher and signed again (on the reverse of the unlined canvas)
oil on canvas
21 1/8 x 46 1/8 in. (53.7 x 117.2 cm.)
Painted in 1944.
Kleemann Galleries, New York. | Bethesda Art Gallery, Bethesda, Maryland. | D. Wigmore Fine Art, Inc., New York. | Acquired from the above by the late owner, 2008.
Werner Drewes (1899-1985)
Expectation of New Events
signed 'Drewes' (lower left) and dated and inscribed with the artist's peace cipher '4 ☮ 4' (lower right) and signed again and inscribed with title (on a preserved section of the original stretcher affixed to the replacement stretcher) and numbered '326' and dated and inscribed with the artist's peace cipher and signed again (on the reverse of the unlined canvas)
oil on canvas
21 1/8 x 46 1/8 in. (53.7 x 117.2 cm.)
Painted in 1944.
Kleemann Galleries, New York. | Bethesda Art Gallery, Bethesda, Maryland. | D. Wigmore Fine Art, Inc., New York. | Acquired from the above by the late owner, 2008.
A top price for Werner Drewes
When the work Expectation of New Events by Werner Drewes was auctioned at Bonhams in New York in November last year, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - USD 15,000.00 but the actual price achieved was more than five times as high at USD 75,975.00 (€ 73,597.79). This high result makes Expectation of New Events the most expensive artwork by Werner Drewes that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Werner Drewes
Als die Arbeit Expectation of New Events von Werner Drewes im November letzten Jahres bei Bonhams in New York versteigert wurde, übertraf das Ergebnis die Erwartungen um ein Vielfaches. Der obere Schätzpreis war mit – rückwirkend betrachtet recht bescheidenen – USD 15.000,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit USD 75.975,00 (€ 73.597,79) mehr als fünfmal so hoch. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Expectation of New Events zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Werner Drewes, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
Werner Drewes - Auction history
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