Henry Ossawa Tanner
A Jerusalem Type
Estimate: 15.000 - 25.000 USD
Price realised: 137.813 USD
Price realised: 137.813 USD
Description
A Jerusalem Type
signed 'H O Tanner' (lower left) and signed again and inscribed 'To my friend / G.L. Berg / H.O. Tanner / March 15th 1909 / New York' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
18 1/8 x 15 1/8 in. (46 x 38.4 cm.)
Painted circa 1908.
G.L. Berg (possibly George Louis Berg [1868-1941]), New York, acquired from the artist, March 15, 1909. | Acquired by the late owners circa 1968-75.
signed 'H O Tanner' (lower left) and signed again and inscribed 'To my friend / G.L. Berg / H.O. Tanner / March 15th 1909 / New York' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
18 1/8 x 15 1/8 in. (46 x 38.4 cm.)
Painted circa 1908.
G.L. Berg (possibly George Louis Berg [1868-1941]), New York, acquired from the artist, March 15, 1909. | Acquired by the late owners circa 1968-75.
Artwork auctioned at five times the upper estimate price
The work A Jerusalem Type by Henry Ossawa Tanner was worth USD 137,812.50 (€ 122,098.43) to a buyer in November 2021. This price was achieved in the auction American Art at Bonhams in New York and exceeded the previously set upper estimate of USD 25,000.00 many times over. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Henry Ossawa Tanner - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work Nicodemus Coming to Christ, which sold at auction in May 2008 for USD 541,000.00 (€ 347,686.38).
Kunstwerk zum Fünffachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert
Die Arbeit A Jerusalem Type von Henry Ossawa Tanner war einem Käufer im November 2021 USD 137.812,50 (€ 122.098,43) wert. Dieser Preise wurde in der Auktion American Art bei Bonhams in New York erzielt und übertraf den zuvor angesetzten oberen Schätzpreis von USD 25.000,00 um ein Vielfaches. Für andere Arbeiten von Henry Ossawa Tanner mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit Nicodemus Coming to Christ beobachtet, die im Mai 2008 für USD 541.000,00 (€ 347.686,38) versteigert wurde.
Henry Ossawa Tanner - Auction history
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