Frederic, Lord Leighton, P.R.A.
Erato
Estimate: 700.000 - 1.000.000 USD
Price realised: 1.290.500 USD
Price realised: 1.290.500 USD
Description
Property of a Private Collector, Japan
Frederic, Lord Leighton, P.R.A.
Scarborough 1830 - 1896 Kensington
Erato
oil on canvas
67 by 42 ⅞ in.; 170.1 by 108.9 cm.
Henry Gurdon Marquand, New York (commissioned from the artist in 1884 as part of the decoration for the ceiling of the music room at Marquand Mansion, New York where it remained until 1903); | By whose estate sold ("The Trustees of the Marquand Estate"), New York, Anderson Galleries, 23-31 January 1903, lot 92 (as Mural Paintings, a Mythological Triptych Illustrating Music, Left Panel); | There acquired by Cottier & Co; | James Ross, Montreal; |
Frederic, Lord Leighton, P.R.A.
Scarborough 1830 - 1896 Kensington
Erato
oil on canvas
67 by 42 ⅞ in.; 170.1 by 108.9 cm.
Henry Gurdon Marquand, New York (commissioned from the artist in 1884 as part of the decoration for the ceiling of the music room at Marquand Mansion, New York where it remained until 1903); | By whose estate sold ("The Trustees of the Marquand Estate"), New York, Anderson Galleries, 23-31 January 1903, lot 92 (as Mural Paintings, a Mythological Triptych Illustrating Music, Left Panel); | There acquired by Cottier & Co; | James Ross, Montreal; |
Upper estimate price exceeded by 29 %.
The work Erato by Frederic Leighton was auctioned at Sothebys in New York in January 2021. It achieved a price of USD 1,290,500.00 (€ 1,063,452.82), exceeding the upper end of the estimate range by 29%. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Frederic Leighton - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work Golden Hours, which sold at auction in June 2016 for GBP 3,274,500.00 (€ 3,930,468.55).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 29 % übertroffen
Die Arbeit Erato von Frederic Leighton kam im Januar 2021 bei Sothebys in New York zur Auktion. Sie erzielte dabei einen Preis von USD 1.290.500,00 (€ 1.063.452,82) und übertraf damit das obere Ende der Schätzpreisspanne um 29%. Für andere Arbeiten von Frederic Leighton mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit Golden Hours beobachtet, die im Juni 2016 für GBP 3.274.500,00 (€ 3.930.468,55) versteigert wurde.
Frederic Leighton - Auction history
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