Jean-Léon Gérôme

At Prayer

Found at Sothebys, London
The Orientalist Sale, Lot 3
20. Oct - 26. Oct 2021
Estimate: 80.000 - 120.000 GBP
Price realised: 94.500 GBP
Property of the artist Jon Swihart, Los Angeles
Jean-Léon Gérôme
French
1824 - 1904
At Prayer
signed and dated J.L GÉRÔME. / 1858 lower left
oil on canvas
Unframed: 34.5 by 25cm., 13¼ by 9¾in.
Framed: 56 by 46cm., 22 by 18in. We are grateful to Dr Emily M. Weeks for her assistance in cataloguing this work which will be included in her revision of the artist's catalogue raisonné by Gerald M. Ackerman.
Possibly, Goupil & Cie., Paris (Stockbook 2, p. 52, no. 461, as Turc en prière, to M. Stametz Meyer de Vienne; Stockbook 2, p. 86, no. 786, to Gambart, as Turc en prière), from 1861 | Possibly, Ernest Gambart, London, 1863 | Henri Robert, Paris | Schweitzer Gallery, New York, 12 March 1970 to 31 October 1970 (as Arab Praying) | Shickman Gallery, New York, 1970-71 | Sale: Christie’s, London, 31 March 1978, lot 183 (as An Arab at Prayer and by Jean-Léon Gérôme) | Akram Ojjeh Collection (s

Auction result well in line with expectations

In October 2021 Sothebys in London held the auction The Orientalist Sale, which included the work At Prayer by Jean-Léon Gérôme. The price achieved of GBP 94,500.00 (€ 111,956.98) was within expectations - the estimate range had previously been set by the auction house as GBP 80,000.00 – 120,000.00. Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by Jean-Léon Gérôme achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work Riders Crossing The Desert in October 2019 with an auction result of GBP 3,135,000.00 (€ 3,636,375.17).

Auktionsergebnis im Rahmen der Erwartungen

Im Oktober 2021 führte Sothebys in London die Auktion The Orientalist Sale durch, in der auch die Arbeit At Prayer von Jean-Léon Gérôme zur Versteigerung kam. Der dabei erzielte Preis von GBP 94.500,00 (€ 111.956,98) lag im Rahmen der Erwartungen – die Schätzpreisspanne war von dem Auktionshaus zuvor mit GBP 80.000,00 – 120.000,00 angegeben worden. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von Jean-Léon Gérôme erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit Riders Crossing The Desert im Oktober 2019 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von GBP 3.135.000,00 (€ 3.636.375,17).

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