Eugène Modeste Edmond Le Poittevin
BATHING IN ETRETAT
Estimate: 50.000 - 70.000 EUR
Price realised: 226.800 EUR
Price realised: 226.800 EUR
Description
EUGÈNE MODESTE EDMOND LE POITTEVIN
Paris 1806 - 1870
BATHING IN ETRETAT
Signed, localized and dated lower left on a plank Etretat 1864. / Eug. Le Poittevin.
Oil on canvas
63 x 149,4 cm ; 24¾ by 58¾ in.
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EUGÈNE MODESTE EDMOND LE POITTEVIN
Paris 1806 - 1870 LES BAINS DE MER, PLAGE D’ETRETAT
Chosen at the Salon on 30 April 1865 by the Emperor Napoleon III, and bought by him on 10 June 1865 fo 7.000 francs; | Kept by the Emperor at the Palais de l'Elysée until 1870; | Transferred to the Warehouse after the fall of the Emperor; | Probably restituted to the Empress Eugénie, and possibly offered by her to her nephews, the Dukes of Albe; | Private Collection, France. | __________________________________________________________________ |
Paris 1806 - 1870
BATHING IN ETRETAT
Signed, localized and dated lower left on a plank Etretat 1864. / Eug. Le Poittevin.
Oil on canvas
63 x 149,4 cm ; 24¾ by 58¾ in.
__________________________________________________________________
EUGÈNE MODESTE EDMOND LE POITTEVIN
Paris 1806 - 1870 LES BAINS DE MER, PLAGE D’ETRETAT
Chosen at the Salon on 30 April 1865 by the Emperor Napoleon III, and bought by him on 10 June 1865 fo 7.000 francs; | Kept by the Emperor at the Palais de l'Elysée until 1870; | Transferred to the Warehouse after the fall of the Emperor; | Probably restituted to the Empress Eugénie, and possibly offered by her to her nephews, the Dukes of Albe; | Private Collection, France. | __________________________________________________________________ |
A top price for Eugène Modeste Edmond Le Poitevin
The work BATHING IN ETRETAT by Eugène Modeste Edmond Le Poitevin was worth EUR 226,800.00 to a buyer in December 2020. This price was achieved in the auction Tableaux Dessins Sculptures 1300-1900 at Sothebys in Paris and exceeded the previously set upper estimate of EUR 70,000.00 many times over. This high result makes BATHING IN ETRETAT the most expensive artwork by Eugène Modeste Edmond Le Poitevin that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Eugène Modeste Edmond Le Poitevin
Die Arbeit BATHING IN ETRETAT von Eugène Modeste Edmond Le Poitevin war einem Käufer im Dezember 2020 EUR 226.800,00 wert. Dieser Preise wurde in der Auktion Tableaux Dessins Sculptures 1300-1900 bei Sothebys in Paris erzielt und übertraf den zuvor angesetzten oberen Schätzpreis von EUR 70.000,00 um ein Vielfaches. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht BATHING IN ETRETAT zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Eugène Modeste Edmond Le Poitevin, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
Eugène Modeste Edmond Le Poitevin - Auction history
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