Augustus Saint-Gaudens
Victory
Estimate: 600.000 - 800.000 USD
Price realised: 2.047.500 USD
Price realised: 2.047.500 USD
Description
inscribed 'AVGVSTVS SAINT GAVDENS/FECIT·M·C·M·II' (along the base)--inscribed 'COPYRIGHT·BY·A·H·SAINT·GAUDENS·/1912' (along the base)
gilt bronze
42 ¼ in. (106.7 cm.) high
Modeled in 1912.
Charles Deering, Evanston, Illinois. | Mrs. Richard E. Danielson, Jr., Miami, Florida. | Christie’s, New York, 1 December 1989, lot 83, sold by the above. | Hirschl & Adler Galleries, Inc., New York, acquired from the above. | Acquired by the late owner from the above, 1989.
gilt bronze
42 ¼ in. (106.7 cm.) high
Modeled in 1912.
Charles Deering, Evanston, Illinois. | Mrs. Richard E. Danielson, Jr., Miami, Florida. | Christie’s, New York, 1 December 1989, lot 83, sold by the above. | Hirschl & Adler Galleries, Inc., New York, acquired from the above. | Acquired by the late owner from the above, 1989.
A top price for Augustus Saint-Gaudens
This artwork by Augustus Saint-Gaudens achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in New York in May 2017. In the American Art auction, the work Victory sold for USD 2,047,500.00 (€ 1,822,267.71) - well above the upper estimate of USD 800,000.00. This high result makes Victory the most expensive artwork by Augustus Saint-Gaudens that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Augustus Saint-Gaudens
Dieses Kunstwerk von Augustus Saint-Gaudens erzielte im Mai 2017 bei Christies in New York einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion American Art wurde die Arbeit Victory für USD 2.047.500,00 (€ 1.822.267,71) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von USD 800.000,00. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Victory zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Augustus Saint-Gaudens, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
Augustus Saint-Gaudens - Auction history
