Hugues Merle
French Hamlet And Ophelia
Estimate: 250.000 - 350.000 USD
Price realised: 312.500 USD
Price realised: 312.500 USD
Description
Hugues Merle
1823 - 1881
FRENCHHAMLET AND OPHELIA
signed Hugues Merle and dated 1873 (lower left)
oil on canvas
64 1/4 by 46 1/4 in.
163.2 by 117.5 cm
Goupil & Cie., Paris, no. 8203 (acquired July 1873) | Alexander Turney Stewart, New York (acquired from the above, August, 1873) | Cornelia M. Stewart , New York (widow of the above and sold, her estate, American Art Association, New York, March 23-25, 1887, lot 67) | Knoedler & Co., New York, no. 5687 (acquired at the above sale) | Hazen Stuart Pingree, Detroit, Michigan (acquired from the above, January 1888) | Acquired circa 1978
1823 - 1881
FRENCHHAMLET AND OPHELIA
signed Hugues Merle and dated 1873 (lower left)
oil on canvas
64 1/4 by 46 1/4 in.
163.2 by 117.5 cm
Goupil & Cie., Paris, no. 8203 (acquired July 1873) | Alexander Turney Stewart, New York (acquired from the above, August, 1873) | Cornelia M. Stewart , New York (widow of the above and sold, her estate, American Art Association, New York, March 23-25, 1887, lot 67) | Knoedler & Co., New York, no. 5687 (acquired at the above sale) | Hazen Stuart Pingree, Detroit, Michigan (acquired from the above, January 1888) | Acquired circa 1978
A top price for Hugues Merle - as previously expected
The work French Hamlet And Ophelia by Hugues Merle was sold in the European Art auction at Sothebys in New York in May 2018. The price achieved of USD 312,500.00 (€ 267,780.63) was within expectations - the estimate range had previously been set by the auction house as USD 250,000.00 – 350,000.00. Even if this result could not surprise positively, French Hamlet And Ophelia is the most expensive artwork by Hugues Merle that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis mit Ansage
Die Arbeit French Hamlet And Ophelia von Hugues Merle wurde im Mai 2018 in der Auktion European Art bei Sothebys in New York versteigert. Der dabei erzielte Preis von USD 312.500,00 (€ 267.780,63) lag im Rahmen der Erwartungen – die Schätzpreisspanne war von dem Auktionshaus zuvor mit USD 250.000,00 – 350.000,00 angegeben worden. Auch wenn das Ergebnis damit nicht positiv überraschen konnte, ist French Hamlet And Ophelia das teuerste Kunstwerk von Hugues Merle, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
Hugues Merle - Auction history
Other artists in this auction
