Willy Pogany
Two Costume Designs for Le Coq d’Or; One for Hamlet; One for Ophelia
Estimate: 1.500 - 2.000 GBP
Price realised: 1.890 GBP
Price realised: 1.890 GBP
Description
Property from the Private Collection of Pat and Michael York
Willy Pogany
1882 - 1955
Two Costume Designs for Le Coq d’Or; One for Hamlet; One for Ophelia
one signed in Latin l.l., one signed with initials l.r. and two titled t.l. and t.r.
two pencil on tracing paper; one gouache, ink and gold paint over pencil on card and one gouache and gold paint over pencil on card
Sheet: largest 53.5 by 23cm, 21 by 9in.; smallest: 34.5 by 26cm, 13 ½ by 10 ¼ in.
Framed: largest 71 by 39.5cm, 28 by 15 ½ in.; smallest: 53 by 43cm, 20 ¾ by 17 in.
Costume Designs for Le Coq d’Or: | Joseph Novak, Chief Scenic Artist of The Metropolitan Opera Company from 1910 to 1952, New York | Sotheby Parke-Bernet, New York, Good American and European Paintings, and Ballet, Theatre and Opera Material, 22 May 1980, lot 47 | Acquired at the above sale by the present owners
Willy Pogany
1882 - 1955
Two Costume Designs for Le Coq d’Or; One for Hamlet; One for Ophelia
one signed in Latin l.l., one signed with initials l.r. and two titled t.l. and t.r.
two pencil on tracing paper; one gouache, ink and gold paint over pencil on card and one gouache and gold paint over pencil on card
Sheet: largest 53.5 by 23cm, 21 by 9in.; smallest: 34.5 by 26cm, 13 ½ by 10 ¼ in.
Framed: largest 71 by 39.5cm, 28 by 15 ½ in.; smallest: 53 by 43cm, 20 ¾ by 17 in.
Costume Designs for Le Coq d’Or: | Joseph Novak, Chief Scenic Artist of The Metropolitan Opera Company from 1910 to 1952, New York | Sotheby Parke-Bernet, New York, Good American and European Paintings, and Ballet, Theatre and Opera Material, 22 May 1980, lot 47 | Acquired at the above sale by the present owners
Auction result well in line with expectations
The work Two Costume Designs for Le Coq d’Or; One for Hamlet; One for Ophelia by Willy Pogany was auctioned at Sothebys in London in June 2021. It changed hands for a price of GBP 1,890.00 (€ 2,202.34) achieving a result in the upper range of the estimate price range of GBP 1,500.00 – 2,000.00. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Willy Pogany - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work Two Costume Designs for Le Coq d’Or; One for Hamlet; One for Ophelia, which sold at auction in December 2020 for GBP 4,788.00 (€ 5,348.62).
Auktionsergebnis im Rahmen der Erwartungen
Die Arbeit Two Costume Designs for Le Coq d’Or; One for Hamlet; One for Ophelia von Willy Pogany kam im Juni 2021 bei Sothebys in London zur Auktion. Dabei wechselte sie für einen Preis von GBP 1.890,00 (€ 2.202,34) den Besitzer und erzielte damit ein Ergebnis im oberen Bereich der Schätzpreisspanne von GBP 1.500,00 – 2.000,00. Für andere Arbeiten von Willy Pogany mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit Two Costume Designs for Le Coq d’Or; One for Hamlet; One for Ophelia beobachtet, die im Dezember 2020 für GBP 4.788,00 (€ 5.348,62) versteigert wurde.
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