Gilbert Stuart
George Washington (Vaughan type)
Found at
Christies,
New York
The Collection of Peggy and David Rockefeller: Art of the Americas, Evening Sale, Lot 440
09.Mai - 09.Mai.2018
The Collection of Peggy and David Rockefeller: Art of the Americas, Evening Sale, Lot 440
09.Mai - 09.Mai.2018
Estimate: 800.000 - 1.200.000 USD
Price realised: 11.562.500 USD
Price realised: 11.562.500 USD
Description
bears inscription ‘D. Brien’ (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
29 1/8 x 24 1/8 in. (74 x 61.3 cm.)
Painted in 1795.
Alexander Scott (1764-1810), Lancaster, Pennsylvania. | Mary (Slough) Scott Snyder (1769-1823), Lancaster and Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, wife of the above. | Major Edward Brien (1769-1816), County Tyrone, Ireland and Lancaster, Pennsylvania, acquired from the above. | Dorothy (Hand) Brien (1777-1862), Lancaster, Pennsylvania, wife of the above, by descent. | Sarah Bethel (Brien) Rogers (1810-1886), Lancaster, Pennsylvania, daughter of the above, by descent. | Edward Reilly (1834-1889), Lancaster,
oil on canvas
29 1/8 x 24 1/8 in. (74 x 61.3 cm.)
Painted in 1795.
Alexander Scott (1764-1810), Lancaster, Pennsylvania. | Mary (Slough) Scott Snyder (1769-1823), Lancaster and Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, wife of the above. | Major Edward Brien (1769-1816), County Tyrone, Ireland and Lancaster, Pennsylvania, acquired from the above. | Dorothy (Hand) Brien (1777-1862), Lancaster, Pennsylvania, wife of the above, by descent. | Sarah Bethel (Brien) Rogers (1810-1886), Lancaster, Pennsylvania, daughter of the above, by descent. | Edward Reilly (1834-1889), Lancaster,
A top price for Gilbert Stuart
When the work George Washington (Vaughan type) by Gilbert Stuart was auctioned at Christies in New York in May 2018, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - USD 1,200,000.00 but the actual price achieved was more than nine times as high at USD 11,562,500.00 (€ 9,907,883.46). This high result makes George Washington (Vaughan type) the most expensive artwork by Gilbert Stuart that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Gilbert Stuart
Als die Arbeit George Washington (Vaughan type) von Gilbert Stuart im Mai 2018 bei Christies in New York versteigert wurde, übertraf das Ergebnis die Erwartungen um ein Vielfaches. Der obere Schätzpreis war mit – rückwirkend betrachtet recht bescheidenen – USD 1.200.000,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit USD 11.562.500,00 (€ 9.907.883,46) mehr als neunmal so hoch. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht George Washington (Vaughan type) zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Gilbert Stuart, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
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