Charles Le Brun
A term, half-length, raising his arm
Estimate: 10.000 - 15.000 USD
Price realised: 57.500 USD
Price realised: 57.500 USD
Description
Charles Le Brun (1619-1690)
A term, half-length, raising his arm
black and white chalk on light brown paper, a small section made up to the upper margin
12.5/8 x 7 in. (322 x 179 mm.)
A term, half-length, raising his arm
black and white chalk on light brown paper, a small section made up to the upper margin
12.5/8 x 7 in. (322 x 179 mm.)
Artwork auctioned at three times the upper estimate price
When the work A term, half-length, raising his arm by Charles Le Brun was auctioned at Christies in New York in January 2000, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - USD 15,000.00 but the actual price achieved was more than three times as high at USD 57,500.00 (€ 58,932.05). However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Charles Le Brun - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work Head of a boy, which sold at auction in April 2007 for USD 204,000.00 (€ 149,341.14).
Kunstwerk zum Dreifachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert
Als die Arbeit A term, half-length, raising his arm von Charles Le Brun im Januar 2000 bei Christies in New York versteigert wurde, übertraf das Ergebnis die Erwartungen um ein Vielfaches. Der obere Schätzpreis war mit – rückwirkend betrachtet recht bescheidenen – USD 15.000,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit USD 57.500,00 (€ 58.932,05) mehr als dreimal so hoch. Für andere Arbeiten von Charles Le Brun mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit Head of a boy beobachtet, die im April 2007 für USD 204.000,00 (€ 149.341,14) versteigert wurde.
Charles Le Brun - Auction history
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