August Richter
An interior with a chair by a chest of drawers (recto); A shepherd with his flock (verso)
Estimate: 1.000 - 1.500 USD
Price realised: 2.868 USD
Price realised: 2.868 USD
Description
August Richter (Dresden 1801-1873 Sonnenstein)
An interior with a chair by a chest of drawers (recto); A shepherd with his flock (verso)
black chalk, brush and brown wash (recto); grey wash (verso), watermark armorial with laurel branches
7 x 8½ in. (179 x 216 mm.)
An interior with a chair by a chest of drawers (recto); A shepherd with his flock (verso)
black chalk, brush and brown wash (recto); grey wash (verso), watermark armorial with laurel branches
7 x 8½ in. (179 x 216 mm.)
Upper estimate price exceeded by 91 %.
This artwork by August Richter achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in New York in January 2004. In the Old Master and 19th Century Drawings auction, the work An interior with a chair by a chest of drawers (recto); A shepherd with his flock (verso) sold for USD 2,868.00 (€ 2,303.24) - well above the upper estimate of USD 1,500.00. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by August Richter - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work Bildnis eines Jungen., which sold at auction in December 2020 for EUR 5,625.00.
Oberer Schätzpreis um 91 % übertroffen
Dieses Kunstwerk von August Richter erzielte im Januar 2004 bei Christies in New York einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Old Master and 19th Century Drawings wurde die Arbeit An interior with a chair by a chest of drawers (recto); A shepherd with his flock (verso) für USD 2.868,00 (€ 2.303,24) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von USD 1.500,00. Für andere Arbeiten von August Richter mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit Bildnis eines Jungen. beobachtet, die im Dezember 2020 für EUR 5.625,00 versteigert wurde.
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