Adriaen Coorte
Wild Strawberries On A Ledge
Estimate: 800.000 - 1.200.000 USD
Price realised: 2.050.000 USD
Price realised: 2.050.000 USD
Description
Adriaen Coorte
MIDDELBURG (?) 1660 (?) - AFTER 1707
WILD STRAWBERRIES ON A LEDGE
signed and dated lower left: A Coorte/1704
oil on paper, laid down on panel
5 3/8 by 6 1/2 in.; 13.5 by 16.5 cm.
S. Gratama, Arnhem; | By whom bequeathed to the Gemeentemuseum, The Hague, 1932; | By whom sold in 1960 to H. Terry-Engell Gallery, London; | Eliot Hodgkin (1905-1987), London; | By whom sold ("The Property of Eliot Hodgkin, Esq."), London, Sotheby's, 12 April 1978, lot 12, to Brod; | With Alfred Brod Gallery, London; | Felix Fostel, Lugano, by 1979; | Ferdinand Knecht, Zurich; | David Koetser, 1996.
MIDDELBURG (?) 1660 (?) - AFTER 1707
WILD STRAWBERRIES ON A LEDGE
signed and dated lower left: A Coorte/1704
oil on paper, laid down on panel
5 3/8 by 6 1/2 in.; 13.5 by 16.5 cm.
S. Gratama, Arnhem; | By whom bequeathed to the Gemeentemuseum, The Hague, 1932; | By whom sold in 1960 to H. Terry-Engell Gallery, London; | Eliot Hodgkin (1905-1987), London; | By whom sold ("The Property of Eliot Hodgkin, Esq."), London, Sotheby's, 12 April 1978, lot 12, to Brod; | With Alfred Brod Gallery, London; | Felix Fostel, Lugano, by 1979; | Ferdinand Knecht, Zurich; | David Koetser, 1996.
Upper estimate price exceeded by 71 %.
The work Wild Strawberries On A Ledge by Adriaen Coorte was sold in the The Weldon Collection auction at Sothebys in New York in April 2015. The »bidding war« ended at USD 2,050,000.00 (€ 1,836,588.43), 71% above the upper estimate. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Adriaen Coorte - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work Three Peaches On A Stone Ledge, With A Red Admiral Butterfly, which sold at auction in December 2014 for GBP 3,442,500.00 (€ 4,431,639.12).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 71 % übertroffen
Die Arbeit Wild Strawberries On A Ledge von Adriaen Coorte wurde im April 2015 in der Auktion The Weldon Collection bei Sothebys in New York versteigert. Das »Bietergefecht« endete beim Preis von USD 2.050.000,00 (€ 1.836.588,43) und damit 71% über dem oberen Schätzpreis. Für andere Arbeiten von Adriaen Coorte mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit Three Peaches On A Stone Ledge, With A Red Admiral Butterfly beobachtet, die im Dezember 2014 für GBP 3.442.500,00 (€ 4.431.639,12) versteigert wurde.
Adriaen Coorte - Auction history
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