Elihu Vedder
Young Marsyas (Marsyas Enchanting The Hares)
Estimate: 30.000 - 40.000 USD
Price realised: 93.750 USD
Price realised: 93.750 USD
Description
Elihu Vedder
1836 - 1923
YOUNG MARSYAS (MARSYAS ENCHANTING THE HARES)
signed Elihu Vedder and dated 1878 (lower left); signed and titled Young Marsyas on an old handwritten label affixed to the backing
oil on canvas
37 1/4 by 53 3/4 in.
94.5 by 136.5 cm.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Tracy, Buffalo, New York (acquired from the artist, July, 1879) | Mrs. Harold G. Henderson, New York (Sold: Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, April 20-22, 1943, lot 347) | Renaissance Art Gallery (acquired at the above auction) | Rudoph Berger, New York | Carole L. Berger, New York (by descent from the above) | By descent to the present owner from the above, 2011
1836 - 1923
YOUNG MARSYAS (MARSYAS ENCHANTING THE HARES)
signed Elihu Vedder and dated 1878 (lower left); signed and titled Young Marsyas on an old handwritten label affixed to the backing
oil on canvas
37 1/4 by 53 3/4 in.
94.5 by 136.5 cm.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Tracy, Buffalo, New York (acquired from the artist, July, 1879) | Mrs. Harold G. Henderson, New York (Sold: Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, April 20-22, 1943, lot 347) | Renaissance Art Gallery (acquired at the above auction) | Rudoph Berger, New York | Carole L. Berger, New York (by descent from the above) | By descent to the present owner from the above, 2011
A top price for Elihu Vedder
This artwork by Elihu Vedder achieved an unexpectedly high price at Sothebys in New York in April 2013. In the American Paintings, Drawings & Sculpture auction, the work Young Marsyas (Marsyas Enchanting The Hares) sold for USD 93,750.00 (€ 71,195.32) - well above the upper estimate of USD 40,000.00. This high result makes Young Marsyas (Marsyas Enchanting The Hares) the most expensive artwork by Elihu Vedder that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Elihu Vedder
Dieses Kunstwerk von Elihu Vedder erzielte im April 2013 bei Sothebys in New York einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion American Paintings, Drawings & Sculpture wurde die Arbeit Young Marsyas (Marsyas Enchanting The Hares) für USD 93.750,00 (€ 71.195,32) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von USD 40.000,00. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Young Marsyas (Marsyas Enchanting The Hares) zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Elihu Vedder, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
Elihu Vedder - Auction history
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