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Lot 81 · An Iberian Private Collection Part I: Important Gold Boxes & Objects of Vertu

Composition

Wassily Kandinsky · plume, encre de Chine et traces de mine de plomb sur papier

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Estimate
€20,000–€30,000 hammer ≈ $17,326–$25,989
Result
Performance
Sale
Christie's — An Iberian Private Collection Part I: Important Gold Boxes & Objects of Vertu, London · 25 January 2002
Dimensions
27.8 x 18.7 cm. (10 7/8 x 7 3/8 in.)
Record ID
TB-2026-4639336
Record
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Wassily Kandinsky, Composition. Christie's, 25 Jan 2002, lot 81. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4639336.

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From the same sale An Iberian Private Collection Part I: Important Gold Boxes & Objects of Vertu · Jan 2002

LotArtistEstimateResult
The interior of a Gothic church with figures at night PEETER NEEFS I (Antwerp 1578-c. 1656/1661) $40,000–$60,000
Maker's Mark in a Horizontal Lozenge, Paris, Circa 1930, with the Fre… A FRENCH ART DECO STONE-SET GOLD CIGARETTE CASE £1,200–£1,800
A landscape with the conversion of Saint Paul on the road to Damascus HERRI MET DE BLES, IL CIVETTA (Dinant c. 1510-after 1550) $300,000–$500,000
A turbanned soldier steadying a rearing horse frightened by a thunder storm HENRI BAUDOT (active Paris, first half of the 19th century) $20,000–$30,000
By Paul-Nicolas Meniere (Fl. 1775-1826), Marked, Paris, 1776/1777, wi… A LOUIS XVI FOUR-COLOUR GOLD BONBONNIERE £1,500–£2,500
Possibly German, Circa 1840/1850 A CONTINENTAL GOLD SNUFF-BOX £2,000–£3,000

Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band

ArtistLotvs. estimateResult USD, incl. premiumSale
Wassily Kandinsky Kleine Welten II (Little Worlds II), from Kleine Welten (Lit $23,750 Phillips, Apr 2019
Wassily Kandinsky Gabriele Münter: Tulpen und Narzissen VAN HAM Kunstauktionen GmbH Co. KG, Nov 2023
Wassily Kandinsky Orange (Roethel 180) Sotheby's, Apr 2022
Wassily Kandinsky Untitled Sotheby's, Nov 2021
Wassily Kandinsky Kleine Welten VII Bonhams, Mar 2023
Wassily Kandinsky wassily kandinsky | kleine welten iii (r. 166) Sotheby's, Mar 2020
Wassily Kandinsky Kleine Welten III Bonhams, Oct 2023
Wassily Kandinsky wassily kandinsky | fragmente (fragments) Sotheby's, Jun 2020

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