Jean-Jules-Antoine Lecomte du Nouÿ

The Gust of Wind

Found at Sothebys, Paris
Tableaux Dessins Sculptures 1300-1900, Session I, Lot 71
15. Jun - 15. Jun 2021
Estimate: 30.000 - 50.000 EUR
Price realised: 94.500 EUR
Property from the Descendants of Jean-Jules-Antoine Lecomte du Nouÿ
Jean-Jules-Antoine Lecomte du Nouÿ
Paris 1842 - 1923
The Gust of Wind
Signed on the right side of the beacon LECOMTE DU. NOUŸ / PINXIT. and dated 1875; inscribed on the left side of the beacon C.T / CONSTRUCTEUR / A / PARIS
Oil on canvas, unframed
48,7 x 77,2 cm ; 19⅛ by 30½ in.
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Appartenant aux descendants de Jean-Jules-Antoine Lecomte du Nouÿ Jean-Jules-Antoine Lecomte du Nouÿ
As per Privat, 1877, bought by an amateur to the artist; | As per Montgailhard, 1906, the painting belonged to Mrs Emilie Jupin, possibly the spouse or the daughter of the amateur above; | Probably bought by the descents of Lecomte du Nouÿ, thence by descent to the present owner. | __________________________________________________________________________ | Selon Privat, 1877, acheté directement à l’artiste par un amateur ; | Selon Montgailhard, 1906, le tableau appartenait à Madame Emilie

Upper estimate price exceeded by 89 %.

This artwork by Jean Lecomte du Nouÿ achieved an unexpectedly high price at Sothebys in Paris in June 2021. In the Tableaux Dessins Sculptures 1300-1900, Session I auction, the work The Gust of Wind sold for EUR 94,500.00 - well above the upper estimate of EUR 50,000.00. Despite this good result, it is not the highest hammer price for an artwork by Jean Lecomte du Nouÿ; that achieved among the auctions we observed the lot French the Sentinel sold at auction in April 2017 with the realized price of GBP 137,500.00 (€ 163,283.62).

Oberer Schätzpreis um 89 % übertroffen

Dieses Kunstwerk von Jean Lecomte du Nouÿ erzielte im Juni 2021 bei Sothebys in Paris einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Tableaux Dessins Sculptures 1300-1900, Session I wurde die Arbeit The Gust of Wind für EUR 94.500,00 versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von EUR 50.000,00. Trotz des guten Ergebnisses ist dies nicht der höchste Zuschlag für ein Kunstwerk von Jean Lecomte du Nouÿ; den erzielte unter den von uns beobachteten Auktionen die Arbeit French the Sentinel im April 2017 mit dem Hammerpreis von GBP 137.500,00 (€ 163.283,62).

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