Augustin Amant Constant Fidele Edouart
An Album Of Silhouettes Of ‘Irish Characters'
Estimate: 10.000 - 15.000 GBP
Price realised: 32.500 GBP
Price realised: 32.500 GBP
Description
Augustin Amant Constant Fidele Edouart
DUNKERQUE 1789 - 1861 CALAIS
AN ALBUM OF SILHOUETTES OF ‘IRISH CHARACTERS'
including portraits of Paddy Green; George Carvill; Robert Forster; Clementine Louise Mottez; Mr and Mrs La Moile; Robert Rogers; Eliza Garner; Marian Garner; James Behan and many more
Approximately one hundred and eighteen sheets, mostly double sided, with approximately seven hundred and forty-nine silhouettes, all bound in marble boards;
extensively inscribed with names of the sitters, dated between 1838 and 1839
Album size: 360 by 273 mm
Presented by the artist to Eugene L'Heureux, of Calais (1831-1875); | thence by family descent
DUNKERQUE 1789 - 1861 CALAIS
AN ALBUM OF SILHOUETTES OF ‘IRISH CHARACTERS'
including portraits of Paddy Green; George Carvill; Robert Forster; Clementine Louise Mottez; Mr and Mrs La Moile; Robert Rogers; Eliza Garner; Marian Garner; James Behan and many more
Approximately one hundred and eighteen sheets, mostly double sided, with approximately seven hundred and forty-nine silhouettes, all bound in marble boards;
extensively inscribed with names of the sitters, dated between 1838 and 1839
Album size: 360 by 273 mm
Presented by the artist to Eugene L'Heureux, of Calais (1831-1875); | thence by family descent
A top price for Augustin Amant Constant Fidèle Edouart
This artwork by Augustin Amant Constant Fidèle Edouart achieved an unexpectedly high price at Sothebys in London in July 2014. In the Old Master & British Drawings auction, the work An Album Of Silhouettes Of ‘Irish Characters' sold for GBP 32,500.00 (€ 40,992.72) - well above the upper estimate of GBP 15,000.00. This high result makes An Album Of Silhouettes Of ‘Irish Characters' the most expensive artwork by Augustin Amant Constant Fidèle Edouart that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Augustin Amant Constant Fidèle Edouart
Dieses Kunstwerk von Augustin Amant Constant Fidèle Edouart erzielte im Juli 2014 bei Sothebys in London einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Old Master & British Drawings wurde die Arbeit An Album Of Silhouettes Of ‘Irish Characters' für GBP 32.500,00 (€ 40.992,72) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 15.000,00. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht An Album Of Silhouettes Of ‘Irish Characters' zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Augustin Amant Constant Fidèle Edouart, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
Augustin Amant Constant Fidèle Edouart - Auction history
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