Edwin Lord Weeks
Study of a Man in a Tasseled Cap
Found at
Christies,
New York
European Art, Lot 75
30.Apr - 30.Apr.2019
European Art, Lot 75
30.Apr - 30.Apr.2019
Estimate: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Description
initialed 'E.L.W.' (lower right)
oil on canvas
15 x 9 in. (38.1 x 22.9 cm.)
Painted circa 1892.
Anonymous sale; Mystic Fine Arts, Mystic, CT, 15 June 1995, lot 145, as Arab Figure. | with Mark Murray Fine Paintings, New York. | Acquired directly from the above by the present owner, 1996.
oil on canvas
15 x 9 in. (38.1 x 22.9 cm.)
Painted circa 1892.
Anonymous sale; Mystic Fine Arts, Mystic, CT, 15 June 1995, lot 145, as Arab Figure. | with Mark Murray Fine Paintings, New York. | Acquired directly from the above by the present owner, 1996.
Auction result misses estimated price range
When the work Study of a Man in a Tasseled Cap by Edwin Lord Weeks was auctioned at Christies in New York in April 2019, the result was somewhat disappointing. The auction house had previously given the estimated price as a range of USD 8,000.00 – 12,000.00, of which not even the lower limit was reached - in fact, the artwork changed hands for USD 7,500.00 (€ 6,695.83). Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by Edwin Lord Weeks achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work In the courtyard in July 2008 with an auction result of GBP 541,250.00 (€ 687,664.22).
Auktionsergebnis verfehlt die Schätzpreisspanne
Als die Arbeit Study of a Man in a Tasseled Cap von Edwin Lord Weeks im April 2019 bei Christies in New York versteigert wurde, fiel das Ergebnis ein wenig enttäuschend aus. Das Auktionshaus hatte den Schätzpreis zuvor mit einer Spanne von USD 8.000,00 – 12.000,00 angegeben, von der nicht einmal die Untergrenze erreicht wurde - tatsächlich wechselte das Kunstwerk für USD 7.500,00 (€ 6.695,83) den Besitzer. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von Edwin Lord Weeks erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit In the courtyard im Juli 2008 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von GBP 541.250,00 (€ 687.664,22).
Edwin Lord Weeks - Auction history
