Niko Pirosmani painting sells for highest bid at Sotheby’s Auction
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A painting by Georgia’s foremost self-taught artist Niko Pirosmani has been sold at the Sotheby’s Auction House for over two million pounds, the highest price for works by the early 20th century painter.
Georgian Woman Wearing a Lechaki, a work by Pirosmani (1862-1918) was sold at the auction earlier today in London.
It was obtained by an unnamed buyer for 2.23 million pounds, with a starting estimate between 500.000-700.000 GBP.
Works of the primitivist painter are on display at Vienna’s Albertina Museum through January 27:
Created in oil on oilcloth, the painting had been property of the estate of renowned 20th century Austrian author Stefan Zweig, who was introduced to the work of Pirosmani during his time in Moscow in 1928.
Zweig had the picture hung at his Salzburg home before he left Austria in 1934, remaining in possession of his first wife Friderike Maria Zweig.
Later finding its way to Dr. Harry Zohn, founder of the International Stefan Zweig Society, the work was then donated by Zohn to the Zweig Room in the Reed Library at the State University College in New York.
The newly sold work depicts a woman in lechaki, an old Georgian term for a silk veil worn in earlier times.
Its sale marks the latest Pirosmani piece brought out to the Sotheby’s and Christie’s Auctions. Previous sales included his works Roe Deer Drinking from a Stream and Arsenal Hill at Night.
Read about the life and work of Pirosmani in a profile by the Sotheby’s Auction.
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