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August Le Gras
Camels Before A North-African Dessert Village
Estimate: 2.000 - 3.000 NLG
Price realised: 8.813 NLG
Price realised: 8.813 NLG
Description
August Le Gras (Dutch, 1864-1915)
Camels before a North-African dessert village
signed and dated 'Aug. Le Gras./1898.' (lower left)
oil on canvas
43 x 61.5 cm.
Camels before a North-African dessert village
signed and dated 'Aug. Le Gras./1898.' (lower left)
oil on canvas
43 x 61.5 cm.
A top price for August Le Gras
This artwork by August Le Gras achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in Amsterdam in June 2001. In the PICTURES, WATERCOLOURS AND DRAWINGS auction, the work Camels Before A North-African Dessert Village sold for NLG 8,812.50 (€ 4,235.70) - well above the upper estimate of NLG 3,000.00. This high result makes Camels Before A North-African Dessert Village the most expensive artwork by August Le Gras that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für August Le Gras
Dieses Kunstwerk von August Le Gras erzielte im Juni 2001 bei Christies in Amsterdam einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion PICTURES, WATERCOLOURS AND DRAWINGS wurde die Arbeit Camels Before A North-African Dessert Village für NLG 8.812,50 (€ 4.235,70) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von NLG 3.000,00. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Camels Before A North-African Dessert Village zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von August Le Gras, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.