Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze
Western Emigrant Train Bound For California Across The Plains, Alarmed By Approach Of Hostile Indians (Indians Attacking A Wagon Train)
Estimate: 2.500.000 - 3.500.000 USD
Price realised: 4.815.000 USD
Price realised: 4.815.000 USD
Description
Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze
1816 - 1868
WESTERN EMIGRANT TRAIN BOUND FOR CALIFORNIA ACROSS THE PLAINS, ALARMED BY APPROACH OF HOSTILE INDIANS (INDIANS ATTACKING A WAGON TRAIN)
signed E Leutze and inscribed Dusdf p.p.c. (lower right)
oil on canvas
40 by 67 1/2 inches
(101.6 by 171.5 cm)
Painted in 1863.
Horatio Dalton Newcomb, Louisville, Kentucky, by 1867 | Horatio Victor Newcomb (his son, by descent) | Private collection, by 1903 (acquired from the above) | Goupil & Co., New York | Dr. and Mrs. William Edgar Derry, Dover, New Jersey (probably acquired from the above) | Gift to the present owner from the above, 1943
1816 - 1868
WESTERN EMIGRANT TRAIN BOUND FOR CALIFORNIA ACROSS THE PLAINS, ALARMED BY APPROACH OF HOSTILE INDIANS (INDIANS ATTACKING A WAGON TRAIN)
signed E Leutze and inscribed Dusdf p.p.c. (lower right)
oil on canvas
40 by 67 1/2 inches
(101.6 by 171.5 cm)
Painted in 1863.
Horatio Dalton Newcomb, Louisville, Kentucky, by 1867 | Horatio Victor Newcomb (his son, by descent) | Private collection, by 1903 (acquired from the above) | Goupil & Co., New York | Dr. and Mrs. William Edgar Derry, Dover, New Jersey (probably acquired from the above) | Gift to the present owner from the above, 1943
Upper estimate price exceeded by 38 %.
The work Western Emigrant Train Bound For California Across The Plains, Alarmed By Approach Of Hostile Indians (Indians Attacking A Wagon Train) by Emanuel Leutze was auctioned at Sothebys in New York in November 2018. It achieved a price of USD 4,815,000.00 (€ 4,252,406.61), exceeding the upper end of the estimate range by 38%. Admittedly, works by Emanuel Leutze have also been auctioned for a multiple of this price - according to our records, the highest result so far was achieved by the work Washington Crossing the Delaware in May last year with an auction result of USD 45,045,000.00 (€ 41,976,516.63).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 38 % übertroffen
Die Arbeit Western Emigrant Train Bound For California Across The Plains, Alarmed By Approach Of Hostile Indians (Indians Attacking A Wagon Train) von Emanuel Leutze kam im November 2018 bei Sothebys in New York zur Auktion. Sie erzielte dabei einen Preis von USD 4.815.000,00 (€ 4.252.406,61) und übertraf damit das obere Ende der Schätzpreisspanne um 38%. Freilich wurden Arbeiten von Emanuel Leutze auch schon für ein Vielfaches dieses Preises versteigert – das bisher höchste Ergebnis erzielte nach unseren Aufzeichnungen die Arbeit Washington Crossing the Delaware im Mai letzten Jahres mit einem Auktionsergebnis von USD 45.045.000,00 (€ 41.976.516,63).
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