Jean Lecomte Du Nouÿ
Rêve D'Orient
Estimate: 60.000 - 80.000 GBP
Price realised: 62.500 GBP
Price realised: 62.500 GBP
Description
Property of a Private Collector
JEAN LECOMTE DU NOUŸ
1842 - 1923
Rêve d'Orient
signed and dated Lecomte du Nouy 1904 lower right
oil on canvas
69 by 120cm., 27¼ by 47in.
The final in a series of paintings of hallucinating reclining men smoking a water pipe, the present work is the culmination of Lecomte du Nouÿ's developing thoughts on, and ambitions for, the subject. Whereas Sleep of the Chieftain (c. 1873; location unknown), The Dream of a Eunuch (1874; Cleveland Museum of Art), and The Dream of Cosrou (Salon 1875; location unknown) are illustrations of a letter by Charles de Secondat, baron de Montesquieu's (
Sale: Sotheby's, London, 17 June 1986, lot 32 | Galerie Nathaf, Paris (purchased at the above sale) | Purchased from the above by the present owner
JEAN LECOMTE DU NOUŸ
1842 - 1923
Rêve d'Orient
signed and dated Lecomte du Nouy 1904 lower right
oil on canvas
69 by 120cm., 27¼ by 47in.
The final in a series of paintings of hallucinating reclining men smoking a water pipe, the present work is the culmination of Lecomte du Nouÿ's developing thoughts on, and ambitions for, the subject. Whereas Sleep of the Chieftain (c. 1873; location unknown), The Dream of a Eunuch (1874; Cleveland Museum of Art), and The Dream of Cosrou (Salon 1875; location unknown) are illustrations of a letter by Charles de Secondat, baron de Montesquieu's (
Sale: Sotheby's, London, 17 June 1986, lot 32 | Galerie Nathaf, Paris (purchased at the above sale) | Purchased from the above by the present owner
Auction result well in line with expectations
The work Rêve D'Orient by Jean Lecomte du Nouÿ was sold in the 19th Century European Paintings auction at Sothebys in London in July 2019. The estimated price for the artwork was previously given by the auction house with a range of GBP 60,000.00 – 80,000.00, the actual price achieved of GBP 62,500.00 (€ 68,620.84) could thus just exceed the lower estimate. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Jean Lecomte du Nouÿ - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work French the Sentinel, which sold at auction in April 2017 for GBP 137,500.00 (€ 163,283.62).
Auktionsergebnis im Rahmen der Erwartungen
Die Arbeit Rêve D'Orient von Jean Lecomte du Nouÿ wurde im Juli 2019 in der Auktion 19th Century European Paintings bei Sothebys in London versteigert. Der Schätzpreis für das Kunstwerk wurde von dem Auktionshaus zuvor mit einer Spanne von GBP 60.000,00 – 80.000,00 angegeben, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis von GBP 62.500,00 (€ 68.620,84) konnte den unteren Schätzpreis somit knapp übertreffen. Für andere Arbeiten von Jean Lecomte du Nouÿ mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit French the Sentinel beobachtet, die im April 2017 für GBP 137.500,00 (€ 163.283,62) versteigert wurde.
Jean Lecomte du Nouÿ - Auction history
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