Émile-Louis Picault
The Priest And The Scribe
Estimate: 40.000 - 60.000 GBP
Price realised: 125.000 GBP
Price realised: 125.000 GBP
Description
ÉMILE-LOUIS PICAULT
French
1833-1915
THE PRIEST AND THE SCRIBE
each signed: E. PICAULT on the base
bronze, dark brown patina, with gilt bronze highlights and rouge griotte marble attributes, on gilt bronze, black and rouge griotte marble bases
figures: 95.5cm., 37½in.
bases: 9cm., 3½in.
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Sale: Christie's, New York, 25 October 2006, lot 104
French
1833-1915
THE PRIEST AND THE SCRIBE
each signed: E. PICAULT on the base
bronze, dark brown patina, with gilt bronze highlights and rouge griotte marble attributes, on gilt bronze, black and rouge griotte marble bases
figures: 95.5cm., 37½in.
bases: 9cm., 3½in.
Please note that consumer cancellation rights do not apply to this lot. To view shipping calculator, please click here
Sale: Christie's, New York, 25 October 2006, lot 104
A top price for Émile-Louis Picault
This artwork by Émile-Louis Picault achieved an unexpectedly high price at Sothebys in London in April 2020. In the The Orientalist Sale auction, the work The Priest And The Scribe sold for GBP 125,000.00 (€ 143,792.79) - well above the upper estimate of GBP 60,000.00. This high result makes The Priest And The Scribe the most expensive artwork by Émile-Louis Picault that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Émile-Louis Picault
Dieses Kunstwerk von Émile-Louis Picault erzielte im April 2020 bei Sothebys in London einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion The Orientalist Sale wurde die Arbeit The Priest And The Scribe für GBP 125.000,00 (€ 143.792,79) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 60.000,00. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht The Priest And The Scribe zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Émile-Louis Picault, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
Émile-Louis Picault - Auction history
