Frederick William Macmonnies
Nathan Hale
Estimate: 100.000 - 150.000 USD
Price realised: 271.500 USD
Price realised: 271.500 USD
Description
inscribed 'F. MacMonnies 1890' and stamped 'AVENUE DE CHATILLON/PARIS/44/E.GRUET/JEUNE/FONDEUR' (along the base)
bronze with brown patina
28 ¼ in. (71.8 cm.) high
Modeled circa 1890.
Walter T. Foster, Tustin, California. | Private collection, Tustin, California, by descent. | James Graham & Sons, New York. | Acquired by the late owner from the above, 1987.
bronze with brown patina
28 ¼ in. (71.8 cm.) high
Modeled circa 1890.
Walter T. Foster, Tustin, California. | Private collection, Tustin, California, by descent. | James Graham & Sons, New York. | Acquired by the late owner from the above, 1987.
A top price for Frederick William MacMonnies
This artwork by Frederick William MacMonnies achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in New York in May 2017. In the American Art auction, the work Nathan Hale sold for USD 271,500.00 (€ 241,634.03) - well above the upper estimate of USD 150,000.00. This high result makes Nathan Hale the most expensive artwork by Frederick William MacMonnies that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Frederick William MacMonnies
Dieses Kunstwerk von Frederick William MacMonnies erzielte im Mai 2017 bei Christies in New York einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion American Art wurde die Arbeit Nathan Hale für USD 271.500,00 (€ 241.634,03) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von USD 150.000,00. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Nathan Hale zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Frederick William MacMonnies, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
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