Antoine Bourdelle
Vénus à sa toilette, tête height: 5½ in. (14 cm.)
Estimate: 1.000 - 1.500 GBP
Price realised: 2.805 GBP
Price realised: 2.805 GBP
Description
Antoine Bourdelle (French, 1861-1929)
Vénus à sa toilette, tête
stamped with the artist's emblem (under the neck); inscribed '(c) BY BOURDELLE' (on the right of the base); inscribed with the foundry mark and numbered 'E.GODARD Fondr. Paris 4' (on the reverse)
bronze with brown patina
height: 5½ in. (14 cm.)
Conceived in 1906 and cast in an edition of 4
Mr & Mrs Charles E. Slatkin, New York. Thence by descent. | Sale, Christie's, New York, 22 February 2005, lot 50. | Anon. sale, Christie's, London, 22 June 2012, lot 192. | Private collection, UK. Purchased from the above sale.
Vénus à sa toilette, tête
stamped with the artist's emblem (under the neck); inscribed '(c) BY BOURDELLE' (on the right of the base); inscribed with the foundry mark and numbered 'E.GODARD Fondr. Paris 4' (on the reverse)
bronze with brown patina
height: 5½ in. (14 cm.)
Conceived in 1906 and cast in an edition of 4
Mr & Mrs Charles E. Slatkin, New York. Thence by descent. | Sale, Christie's, New York, 22 February 2005, lot 50. | Anon. sale, Christie's, London, 22 June 2012, lot 192. | Private collection, UK. Purchased from the above sale.
Upper estimate price exceeded by 87 %.
This artwork by Émile-Antoine Bourdelle achieved an unexpectedly high price at Bonhams in London in November 2020. In the British and European Art auction, the work Vénus à sa toilette, tête height: 5½ in. (14 cm.) sold for GBP 2,805.00 (€ 3,131.33) - well above the upper estimate of GBP 1,500.00. Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by Émile-Antoine Bourdelle achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work Héraklès Archer, Huitième Étude Dite "Modèle Intermédiaire Définitif" in March 2016 with an auction result of EUR 373,500.00.
Oberer Schätzpreis um 87 % übertroffen
Dieses Kunstwerk von Émile-Antoine Bourdelle erzielte im November 2020 bei Bonhams in London einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion British and European Art wurde die Arbeit Vénus à sa toilette, tête height: 5½ in. (14 cm.) für GBP 2.805,00 (€ 3.131,33) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 1.500,00. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von Émile-Antoine Bourdelle erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit Héraklès Archer, Huitième Étude Dite "Modèle Intermédiaire Définitif" im März 2016 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von EUR 373.500,00.
Émile-Antoine Bourdelle - Auction history
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