Eduardo Laplante
Ingenios De Azucar De La Isla De Cuba
Found at
Christies,
Paris
The Magnificent Library of Norman Bobins: Part One, American Color, Lot 23
16. Jun - 16. Jun 2023
The Magnificent Library of Norman Bobins: Part One, American Color, Lot 23
16. Jun - 16. Jun 2023
Estimate: 10.000 - 15.000 USD
Price realised: 20.160 USD
Price realised: 20.160 USD
Description
Ingenios de Azucar de la Isla de Cuba
Eduardo Laplante, 1857
[LAPLANTE, Eduardo (1818-1860). Los Ingenios. Colleccion de Vistas de los Principales Ingenios de Azucar de la Isla de Cuba. Havana: Luis Marquier and Laplante, 1857.]
"Beautifully executed plates" of the sugar plantations and factories of Cuba (Reese). Both the artist, Eduardo Laplante, and his publishing partner, Luis Marquier, were French immigrants to Cuba—typical of the artistic community of Havana at this time. The scenes a mixture of bird's-eye views of plantations and factories and scenes are from the factory floors. These detailed images are very rare. The only equally complete set that appears in the auction records of RBH was sold to Reese in 1995. Reese Stamped with a National Character 87; Sabin 17782.
Folio (489 x 317mm). 28 hand-colored lithographed plates, borders and imprints printed in gilt. (Lacking all text and uncolored illustrations; publisher's blind-stamps mostly trimmed from lower margins.) 20th-century half morocco over marbled boards; spine gilt.
Eduardo Laplante, 1857
[LAPLANTE, Eduardo (1818-1860). Los Ingenios. Colleccion de Vistas de los Principales Ingenios de Azucar de la Isla de Cuba. Havana: Luis Marquier and Laplante, 1857.]
"Beautifully executed plates" of the sugar plantations and factories of Cuba (Reese). Both the artist, Eduardo Laplante, and his publishing partner, Luis Marquier, were French immigrants to Cuba—typical of the artistic community of Havana at this time. The scenes a mixture of bird's-eye views of plantations and factories and scenes are from the factory floors. These detailed images are very rare. The only equally complete set that appears in the auction records of RBH was sold to Reese in 1995. Reese Stamped with a National Character 87; Sabin 17782.
Folio (489 x 317mm). 28 hand-colored lithographed plates, borders and imprints printed in gilt. (Lacking all text and uncolored illustrations; publisher's blind-stamps mostly trimmed from lower margins.) 20th-century half morocco over marbled boards; spine gilt.
A top price for Eduardo Laplante
In June this year Christies in Paris held the auction The Magnificent Library of Norman Bobins: Part One, American Color, which included the work Ingenios De Azucar De La Isla De Cuba by Eduardo Laplante. The »bidding war« ended at USD 20,160.00 (€ 18,461.54), 34% above the upper estimate. With this result, Ingenios De Azucar De La Isla De Cuba is even the most expensive work of art by Eduardo Laplante that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Eduardo Laplante
Im Juni diesen Jahres führte Christies in Paris die Auktion The Magnificent Library of Norman Bobins: Part One, American Color durch, in der auch die Arbeit Ingenios De Azucar De La Isla De Cuba von Eduardo Laplante zur Versteigerung kam. Das »Bietergefecht« endete beim Preis von USD 20.160,00 (€ 18.461,54) und damit 34% über dem oberen Schätzpreis. Mit diesem Ergebnis ist Ingenios De Azucar De La Isla De Cuba sogar das teuerste Kunstwerk von Eduardo Laplante, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.