Howard Chandler Christy
Father Of His Country
Estimate: 30.000 - 50.000 USD
Price realised: 75.000 USD
Price realised: 75.000 USD
Description
Howard Chandler Christy
1873 - 1952
FATHER OF HIS COUNTRY
signed Howard Chandler Christy and dated © 1932 (lower left)
oil on canvas
58 by 40 inches
(147.3 by 101.6 cm)
Sale: Sotheby's, New York, January 11, 1968, lot 69 | Nelson A. Rockefeller, New York (acquired at the above sale) | Gift from the above to Malcolm Wilson, 1968 | By descent to the present owner
1873 - 1952
FATHER OF HIS COUNTRY
signed Howard Chandler Christy and dated © 1932 (lower left)
oil on canvas
58 by 40 inches
(147.3 by 101.6 cm)
Sale: Sotheby's, New York, January 11, 1968, lot 69 | Nelson A. Rockefeller, New York (acquired at the above sale) | Gift from the above to Malcolm Wilson, 1968 | By descent to the present owner
Upper estimate price exceeded by 50 %.
The work Father Of His Country by Howard Chandler Christy was sold in the American Art auction at Sothebys in New York in October 2017. It achieved a price of USD 75,000.00 (€ 64,388.74), exceeding the upper end of the estimate range by 50%. Despite this good result, it is not the highest hammer price for an artwork by Howard Chandler Christy; that achieved among the auctions we observed the lot Nudes At The Beach sold at auction in February 2017 with the realized price of GBP 75,000.00 (€ 87,777.83).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 50 % übertroffen
Die Arbeit Father Of His Country von Howard Chandler Christy wurde im Oktober 2017 in der Auktion American Art bei Sothebys in New York versteigert. Sie erzielte dabei einen Preis von USD 75.000,00 (€ 64.388,74) und übertraf damit das obere Ende der Schätzpreisspanne um 50%. Trotz des guten Ergebnisses ist dies nicht der höchste Zuschlag für ein Kunstwerk von Howard Chandler Christy; den erzielte unter den von uns beobachteten Auktionen die Arbeit Nudes At The Beach im Februar 2017 mit dem Hammerpreis von GBP 75.000,00 (€ 87.777,83).
Howard Chandler Christy - Auction history
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