Henri-Pierre Picou
The Birth of Venus
Estimate: 20.000 - 30.000 GBP
Price realised: 68.750 GBP
Price realised: 68.750 GBP
Description
signed and dated 'HENRY PICOU/1874' (lower left)
oil on canvas
29 1 ⁄ 2 x 39 3 ⁄ 4 in. (74.9 x 101 cm.)
Please note this lot is the property of a private individual.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 24 April 2003, lot 50. | Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
oil on canvas
29 1 ⁄ 2 x 39 3 ⁄ 4 in. (74.9 x 101 cm.)
Please note this lot is the property of a private individual.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 24 April 2003, lot 50. | Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
A top price for Henri Pierre Picou
This artwork by Henri Pierre Picou achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in London in December 2020. In the British and European Art auction, the work The Birth of Venus sold for GBP 68,750.00 (€ 76,799.88) - well above the upper estimate of GBP 30,000.00. This high result makes The Birth of Venus the most expensive artwork by Henri Pierre Picou that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Henri Pierre Picou
Dieses Kunstwerk von Henri Pierre Picou erzielte im Dezember 2020 bei Christies in London einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion British and European Art wurde die Arbeit The Birth of Venus für GBP 68.750,00 (€ 76.799,88) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 30.000,00. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht The Birth of Venus zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Henri Pierre Picou, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
Henri Pierre Picou - Auction history
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