Eugène Fromentin
Windstorm On The Esparto Plains Of The Sahara
Estimate: 400.000 - 600.000 GBP
Price realised: 639.000 GBP
Price realised: 639.000 GBP
Description
EUGÈNE FROMENTIN
French
1820 - 1876
WINDSTORM ON THE ESPARTO PLAINS OF THE SAHARA
signed Eug. Fromentin lower right and dated 1864 lower left
oil on canvas
117 by 163cm., 46 by 64in.
David Sellar | Louis Sarlin (sale: Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, 2 March 1918, lot 46) | Rex Ingram (1893-1950) | Mr. & Mrs. Joseph M. Tanenbaum, Toronto (by 1979) | Sale: Sotheby's, Los Angeles, 12 March 1979, lot 50 | Kurt E. Schon, Ltd., New Orleans, Louisiana | Coral Petroleum, Inc., Texas (sale: Sotheby's, New York, 22 May 1985, lot 9) | Mathaf Gallery, London | Purchased from the above
French
1820 - 1876
WINDSTORM ON THE ESPARTO PLAINS OF THE SAHARA
signed Eug. Fromentin lower right and dated 1864 lower left
oil on canvas
117 by 163cm., 46 by 64in.
David Sellar | Louis Sarlin (sale: Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, 2 March 1918, lot 46) | Rex Ingram (1893-1950) | Mr. & Mrs. Joseph M. Tanenbaum, Toronto (by 1979) | Sale: Sotheby's, Los Angeles, 12 March 1979, lot 50 | Kurt E. Schon, Ltd., New Orleans, Louisiana | Coral Petroleum, Inc., Texas (sale: Sotheby's, New York, 22 May 1985, lot 9) | Mathaf Gallery, London | Purchased from the above
A top price for Eugène Fromentin
The work Windstorm On The Esparto Plains Of The Sahara by Eugène Fromentin was sold in the Important Works from the Najd Collection auction at Sothebys in London in October 2019. Here, the upper estimate of GBP 600,000.00 was slightly exceeded - the artwork found a new owner for GBP 639,000.00 (€ 741,194.17). With this result, Windstorm On The Esparto Plains Of The Sahara is even the most expensive work of art by Eugène Fromentin that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Eugène Fromentin
Die Arbeit Windstorm On The Esparto Plains Of The Sahara von Eugène Fromentin wurde im Oktober 2019 in der Auktion Important Works from the Najd Collection bei Sothebys in London versteigert. Dabei wurde der obere Schätzpreis von GBP 600.000,00 leicht übertroffen – das Kunstwerk fand für GBP 639.000,00 (€ 741.194,17) einen neuen Besitzer. Mit diesem Ergebnis ist Windstorm On The Esparto Plains Of The Sahara sogar das teuerste Kunstwerk von Eugène Fromentin, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
Eugène Fromentin - Auction history
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