Dorotheum started off with two world record prices at the auction of Modern Art on 22 June 2021, which became the most successful sale in the history of the auction house. 1,031,930 euros for a ‘Totentanz’ (dance macabre), Albin Egger-Lienz’ key motif, represent the highest price to date for a work by this Tyrolean artist. This painting with an anti-war theme comes from a US private collection and has never been offered in the art market before. It originally belonged to the celebrated German opera star Elisabeth Rethberg, who brought it to her New York home in the 1920s.
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Bids for Alfons Walde’s ‘The Ascent of the Skiers’ also achieved a world record for the artist (965.300 euros), far exceeding expectations.
The colorful erotic scene ‘Russian Cabaret’ by the Secessionist artist Boris Dmitrievich Grigoriev grabbed attention with an outstanding 735.300 euros. The many other top lots include Fernando Botero’s bronze sculpture of a recumbent female nude (€ 442,500), Pierre-Auguste Renoir’s study of a girl (€ 119,050) and a still life by Jan Zrzavý, a representative of Czech Modernism (€ 229,000).
Download: List Top Auction Results Modern Art 22 June 2021
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