Eugene Von Guerard
Australian The Great Lake, Tasmania
Found at
Sothebys,
Melbourne
Important Australian Art Including Selected International Works, Lot 12
27. Aug - 27. Aug 2007
Important Australian Art Including Selected International Works, Lot 12
27. Aug - 27. Aug 2007
Estimate: 1.200.000 - 1.600.000 AUD
Price realised: 1.860.000 AUD
Price realised: 1.860.000 AUD
Description
EUGENE VON GUERARD
1812-1901
AUSTRALIANTHE GREAT LAKE, TASMANIA
Signed and dated 1875 lower right; bears inscription 'Annie Robinson from her father M. Watt' and 'This picture belongs to Mrs Robinson, Mulderg, Dec. 14 1903' on the reverse; original Isaac Whitehead framer's label on the reverse
Oil on canvas
73.7 by 149.8 cm
Painted in 1875
Commissioned from the artist by John Ware of 'Yalla-Y-Poora', Beaufort, Victoria; thence by descent to his daughter Annie Roger Robinson, 'Yalla-Y-Poora'; thence by descent to her son John Ware Robinson of 'Nar Darak', Molesworth, Victoria. His gift to the National Trust of Australia (Victoria), Melbourne in 1964.
1812-1901
AUSTRALIANTHE GREAT LAKE, TASMANIA
Signed and dated 1875 lower right; bears inscription 'Annie Robinson from her father M. Watt' and 'This picture belongs to Mrs Robinson, Mulderg, Dec. 14 1903' on the reverse; original Isaac Whitehead framer's label on the reverse
Oil on canvas
73.7 by 149.8 cm
Painted in 1875
Commissioned from the artist by John Ware of 'Yalla-Y-Poora', Beaufort, Victoria; thence by descent to his daughter Annie Roger Robinson, 'Yalla-Y-Poora'; thence by descent to her son John Ware Robinson of 'Nar Darak', Molesworth, Victoria. His gift to the National Trust of Australia (Victoria), Melbourne in 1964.
A top price for Eugene von Guerard
In August 2007 Sothebys in Melbourne held the auction Important Australian Art Including Selected International Works, which included the work Australian The Great Lake, Tasmania by Eugene von Guerard. The »bidding war« ended at AUD 1,860,000.00 (€ 1,112,236.64), 16% above the upper estimate. With this result, Australian The Great Lake, Tasmania is even the most expensive work of art by Eugene von Guerard that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Eugene von Guerard
Im August 2007 führte Sothebys in Melbourne die Auktion Important Australian Art Including Selected International Works durch, in der auch die Arbeit Australian The Great Lake, Tasmania von Eugene von Guerard zur Versteigerung kam. Das »Bietergefecht« endete beim Preis von AUD 1.860.000,00 (€ 1.112.236,64) und damit 16% über dem oberen Schätzpreis. Mit diesem Ergebnis ist Australian The Great Lake, Tasmania sogar das teuerste Kunstwerk von Eugene von Guerard, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
Eugene von Guerard - Auction history
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