Adrien Aimé Taunay
Marine Life: 12 watercolours including Iles Mariannes, Guham, Polypied, pls.1 and 2; Mollusques, pls. 2 and 8; Cotes de la noulle hollande, Timor, planche no.7; and seven other fragments of sheets with studies of polyps, molluscs and other organisms
Estimate: 2.000 - 3.000 GBP
Price realised: 5.617 GBP
Price realised: 5.617 GBP
Description
Adrien Aimé Taunay (1803-1828)
Marine Life: 12 watercolours including Iles Mariannes, Guham, Polypied, pls.1 and 2; Mollusques, pls. 2 and 8; Cotes de la noulle hollande, Timor, planche no.7; and seven other fragments of sheets with studies of polyps, molluscs and other organisms
nine signed and seven dated 'Taunay Jeune fecit (1818-1819)', all inscribed
pencil, pen and ink and watercolour on paper, watermarks IHS (Montgolfier)
12¼ x 9in. (31.1 x 22.8cm.) and similar (12)
Marine Life: 12 watercolours including Iles Mariannes, Guham, Polypied, pls.1 and 2; Mollusques, pls. 2 and 8; Cotes de la noulle hollande, Timor, planche no.7; and seven other fragments of sheets with studies of polyps, molluscs and other organisms
nine signed and seven dated 'Taunay Jeune fecit (1818-1819)', all inscribed
pencil, pen and ink and watercolour on paper, watermarks IHS (Montgolfier)
12¼ x 9in. (31.1 x 22.8cm.) and similar (12)
Upper estimate price exceeded by 87 %.
This artwork by Adrien Aimé Taunay achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in London in September 2002. In the THE FREYCINET COLLECTION auction, the work Marine Life: 12 watercolours including Iles Mariannes, Guham, Polypied, pls.1 and 2; Mollusques, pls. 2 and 8; Cotes de la noulle hollande, Timor, planche no.7; and seven other fragments of sheets with studies of polyps, molluscs and other organisms sold for GBP 5,616.50 (€ 8,925.91) - well above the upper estimate of GBP 3,00 However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Adrien Aimé Taunay - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work Timor, Ombay, Baye des Chiens Marins 1. Squale pris pres de l'île Ombay ... 2. Scombre ... de la baie des chiens-marins 3. Squale pris sur les côtes de la nlle hollande, même espece que celle de la baie des chiens-marins, which sold at auction in September 2002 for GBP 20,912.50 (€ 33,234.77).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 87 % übertroffen
Dieses Kunstwerk von Adrien Aimé Taunay erzielte im September 2002 bei Christies in London einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion THE FREYCINET COLLECTION wurde die Arbeit Marine Life: 12 watercolours including Iles Mariannes, Guham, Polypied, pls.1 and 2; Mollusques, pls. 2 and 8; Cotes de la noulle hollande, Timor, planche no.7; and seven other fragments of sheets with studies of polyps, molluscs and other organisms für GBP 5.616,50 (€ 8.925,91) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 3.000,00. Für andere Arbeiten von Adrien Aimé Taunay mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit Timor, Ombay, Baye des Chiens Marins 1. Squale pris pres de l'île Ombay ... 2. Scombre ... de la baie des chiens-marins 3. Squale pris sur les côtes de la nlle hollande, même espece que celle de la baie des chiens-marins beobachtet, die im Septem
Adrien Aimé Taunay - Auction history
