Eugene Von Guerard
Australian Cabbage Trees Near The Shoalhaven River, N.S.W.
Found at
Sothebys,
Sydney
Important Australian Art Including Works from the Qantas Collection, Lot 27
7. May - 7. May 2007
Important Australian Art Including Works from the Qantas Collection, Lot 27
7. May - 7. May 2007
Estimate: 300.000 - 400.000 AUD
Price realised: 480.000 AUD
Price realised: 480.000 AUD
Description
EUGENE VON GUERARD
1812-1901
AUSTRALIANCABBAGE TREES NEAR THE SHOALHAVEN RIVER, N.S.W.
Oil on canvas
Signed and dated 1860 lower left; bears artist's name and title on the reverse; bears inscription 'Cabbage Palms Bread and Water Creek, DG*D17 no. 44’
47 by 74 cm
Painted in 1860
Taken to London by Major-General Macarthur to be shown at the London International Exhibition, 1862 | Leonard Joel, Melbourne, December 1960, lot 306, as 'Cabbage Tree Hill’ | Arthur Bond (inscription 'A. E. Bond' on stretcher) | Clune Galleries, Sydney | Private collection, Melbourne
1812-1901
AUSTRALIANCABBAGE TREES NEAR THE SHOALHAVEN RIVER, N.S.W.
Oil on canvas
Signed and dated 1860 lower left; bears artist's name and title on the reverse; bears inscription 'Cabbage Palms Bread and Water Creek, DG*D17 no. 44’
47 by 74 cm
Painted in 1860
Taken to London by Major-General Macarthur to be shown at the London International Exhibition, 1862 | Leonard Joel, Melbourne, December 1960, lot 306, as 'Cabbage Tree Hill’ | Arthur Bond (inscription 'A. E. Bond' on stretcher) | Clune Galleries, Sydney | Private collection, Melbourne
Upper estimated price slightly exceeded
The work Australian Cabbage Trees Near The Shoalhaven River, N.S.W. by Eugene von Guerard was auctioned at Sothebys in Sydney in May 2007. It achieved a price of AUD 480,000.00 (€ 295,143.09), exceeding the upper end of the estimate range by 20%. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Eugene von Guerard - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work Australian The Great Lake, Tasmania, which sold at auction in August 2007 for AUD 1,860,000.00 (€ 1,112,236.64).
Oberer Schätzpreis leicht übertroffen
Die Arbeit Australian Cabbage Trees Near The Shoalhaven River, N.S.W. von Eugene von Guerard kam im Mai 2007 bei Sothebys in Sydney zur Auktion. Sie erzielte dabei einen Preis von AUD 480.000,00 (€ 295.143,09) und übertraf damit das obere Ende der Schätzpreisspanne um 20%. Für andere Arbeiten von Eugene von Guerard mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit Australian The Great Lake, Tasmania beobachtet, die im August 2007 für AUD 1.860.000,00 (€ 1.112.236,64) versteigert wurde.
Eugene von Guerard - Auction history
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