Hugues Merle
Contes Enfantines
Estimate: 100.000 - 150.000 USD
Price realised: 125.000 USD
Price realised: 125.000 USD
Description
signed and indistinctly dated 'Hugues. Merle/1874' (upper right)
oil on canvas
45 ¼ x 36 ¼ in. (114.9 x 92.1 cm.)
The artist. | with Goupil et Cie., Paris, acquired from the above, 16 October 1874. | with M. Knoedler & Co., Paris, acquired from the above 4 November 1874. | transferred to stock of M. Knoedler & Co. (operating as Goupil's New York), New York, 31 December 1874. | Robert Graves (1820-1886), Tarrytown, NY, acquired directly from the above, 12 April 1875. | His sale; American Art Association, New York, 9-15 February 1887, lot 121, as Nursery Tales. | Harry S. Kalson, Pittsburg, PA, acquired circa
oil on canvas
45 ¼ x 36 ¼ in. (114.9 x 92.1 cm.)
The artist. | with Goupil et Cie., Paris, acquired from the above, 16 October 1874. | with M. Knoedler & Co., Paris, acquired from the above 4 November 1874. | transferred to stock of M. Knoedler & Co. (operating as Goupil's New York), New York, 31 December 1874. | Robert Graves (1820-1886), Tarrytown, NY, acquired directly from the above, 12 April 1875. | His sale; American Art Association, New York, 9-15 February 1887, lot 121, as Nursery Tales. | Harry S. Kalson, Pittsburg, PA, acquired circa
Auction result well in line with expectations
The work Contes Enfantines by Hugues Merle was auctioned at Christies in New York in April 2018. The price achieved of USD 125,000.00 (€ 103,528.24) was within expectations - the estimate range had previously been set by the auction house as USD 100,000.00 – 150,000.00. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Hugues Merle - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work French Hamlet And Ophelia, which sold at auction in May 2018 for USD 312,500.00 (€ 267,780.63).
Auktionsergebnis im Rahmen der Erwartungen
Die Arbeit Contes Enfantines von Hugues Merle kam im April 2018 bei Christies in New York zur Auktion. Der dabei erzielte Preis von USD 125.000,00 (€ 103.528,24) lag im Rahmen der Erwartungen – die Schätzpreisspanne war von dem Auktionshaus zuvor mit USD 100.000,00 – 150.000,00 angegeben worden. Für andere Arbeiten von Hugues Merle mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit French Hamlet And Ophelia beobachtet, die im Mai 2018 für USD 312.500,00 (€ 267.780,63) versteigert wurde.
Hugues Merle - Auction history
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