Jacques-Louis David
Recto: Nude Soldiers Gesticulating With Their Weapons Verso: Two Drapery Studies For The Figure Of Tatius
Estimate: 40.000 - 60.000 USD
Price realised: 401.000 USD
Price realised: 401.000 USD
Description
Jacques-Louis David
PARIS 1748 - 1825 BRUSSELS
RECTO: NUDE SOLDIERS GESTICULATING WITH THEIR WEAPONS VERSO: TWO DRAPERY STUDIES FOR THE FIGURE OF TATIUS
Recto: Black chalk, pen and black ink and gray wash, on two joined sheets of paper
Verso: black chalk;
bears inscription in pen and brown ink, lower right, recto: David fecit. anno 5
405 by 549 mm; 15 15/16 by 21 2/3 in
Private Collection, Switzerland, | their sale, London, Christie's, 6 December 1972, lot 165, | where purchased by Stella; | sale, London, Christie's, 5 July 1988, lot 141, | where acquired by the present owner
PARIS 1748 - 1825 BRUSSELS
RECTO: NUDE SOLDIERS GESTICULATING WITH THEIR WEAPONS VERSO: TWO DRAPERY STUDIES FOR THE FIGURE OF TATIUS
Recto: Black chalk, pen and black ink and gray wash, on two joined sheets of paper
Verso: black chalk;
bears inscription in pen and brown ink, lower right, recto: David fecit. anno 5
405 by 549 mm; 15 15/16 by 21 2/3 in
Private Collection, Switzerland, | their sale, London, Christie's, 6 December 1972, lot 165, | where purchased by Stella; | sale, London, Christie's, 5 July 1988, lot 141, | where acquired by the present owner
Artwork auctioned at six times the upper estimate price
When the work Recto: Nude Soldiers Gesticulating With Their Weapons Verso: Two Drapery Studies For The Figure Of Tatius by Jacques-Louis David was auctioned at Sothebys in New York in January 2015, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - USD 60,000.00 but the actual price achieved was more than six times as high at USD 401,000.00 (€ 355,181.58). Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by Jacques-Louis David achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work Portrait of Ramel De Nogaret in April 2008 with an auction result of USD 7,209,000.00 (€ 4,630,652.62).
Kunstwerk zum Sechsfachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert
Als die Arbeit Recto: Nude Soldiers Gesticulating With Their Weapons Verso: Two Drapery Studies For The Figure Of Tatius von Jacques-Louis David im Januar 2015 bei Sothebys in New York versteigert wurde, übertraf das Ergebnis die Erwartungen um ein Vielfaches. Der obere Schätzpreis war mit – rückwirkend betrachtet recht bescheidenen – USD 60.000,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit USD 401.000,00 (€ 355.181,58) mehr als sechsmal so hoch. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von Jacques-Louis David erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit Portrait of Ramel De Nogaret im April 2008 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von USD 7.209.000,00 (€ 4.630.652,62).
Jacques-Louis David - Auction history
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