Hiram Powers
Bust of Eve Disconsolate
Found at
Christies,
New York
Important American Furniture, Folk Art, Silver, Paintings and Prints including Masterworks from the Westervelt Company and Selections from Thomas Molesworth's Ranch A Commission, Lot 142
25. Sep - 25. Sep 2013
Important American Furniture, Folk Art, Silver, Paintings and Prints including Masterworks from the Westervelt Company and Selections from Thomas Molesworth's Ranch A Commission, Lot 142
25. Sep - 25. Sep 2013
Estimate: 20.000 - 30.000 USD
Price realised: 50.000 USD
Price realised: 50.000 USD
Description
Hiram Powers (1805-1873)
Bust of Eve Disconsolate
signed H. POWERS/Sculp. on the reverse
marble
19 in. high on a 3 in. marble base
Executed circa 1859.
Bust of Eve Disconsolate
signed H. POWERS/Sculp. on the reverse
marble
19 in. high on a 3 in. marble base
Executed circa 1859.
Upper estimate price exceeded by 67 %.
The work Bust of Eve Disconsolate by Hiram Powers was sold in the Important American Furniture, Folk Art, Silver, Paintings and Prints including Masterworks from the Westervelt Company and Selections from Thomas Molesworth's Ranch A Commission auction at Christies in New York in September 2013. It achieved a price of USD 50,000.00 (€ 36,941.26), exceeding the upper end of the estimate range by 67%. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Hiram Powers - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work Bust Of George Washington, which sold at auction in December 2008 for USD 182,500.00 (€ 131,115.74).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 67 % übertroffen
Die Arbeit Bust of Eve Disconsolate von Hiram Powers wurde im September 2013 in der Auktion Important American Furniture, Folk Art, Silver, Paintings and Prints including Masterworks from the Westervelt Company and Selections from Thomas Molesworth's Ranch A Commission bei Christies in New York versteigert. Sie erzielte dabei einen Preis von USD 50.000,00 (€ 36.941,26) und übertraf damit das obere Ende der Schätzpreisspanne um 67%. Für andere Arbeiten von Hiram Powers mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit Bust Of George Washington beobachtet, die im Dezember 2008 für USD 182.500,00 (€ 131.115,74) versteigert wurde.
Hiram Powers - Auction history
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