Jean-Louis-André-Théodore Gericault

The plastermaker’s horse (‘Le cheval du plâtrier’)

Found at Christies, London
Old Master and British Drawings and Watercolours including a Fine Collection of Old Master Prints, Lot 58
6. Jul - 6. Jul 2021
Estimate: 40.000 - 60.000 GBP
Price realised: 43.750 GBP
Jean-Louis-André-Théodore Gericault (Rouen 1791-1824 Paris)
The plastermaker’s horse (‘Le cheval du plâtrier’)
signed and dated ‘Gericault 1821’ (lower left)
graphite, pen and brown ink, grey and brown wash
10 x 12 ¾ in. (25.4 x 31.4 cm)
- William Beckford, London (1760-1844) (according to the 1967 catalogue); to his daughter | Susan Euphemia Beckford, wife of Alexander Hamilton, 10th Duke of Hamilton, Brodick Castle, Isle of Arran; by descent to | Lady Jean Graham Sibyl Violet fforde, Edinburgh (1920-2017). | With Ewan Phillips Gallery; Gericault to Ernst, London, 1967, no. 5, ill. | With Paul Brame, Paris (according to Eitner, 1983).

Auction result well in line with expectations

In July 2021 Christies in London held the auction Old Master and British Drawings and Watercolours including a Fine Collection of Old Master Prints, which included the work The plastermaker’s horse (‘Le cheval du plâtrier’) by Théodore Géricault. The estimated price for the artwork was previously given by the auction house with a range of GBP 40,000.00 – 60,000.00, the actual price achieved of GBP 43,750.00 (€ 51,305.95) could thus just exceed the lower estimate. Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by Théodore Géricault achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work Portrait d'Alfred et Elisabeth Dedreux in February 2009 with an auction result of EUR 9,025,000.00.

Auktionsergebnis im Rahmen der Erwartungen

Im Juli 2021 führte Christies in London die Auktion Old Master and British Drawings and Watercolours including a Fine Collection of Old Master Prints durch, in der auch die Arbeit The plastermaker’s horse (‘Le cheval du plâtrier’) von Théodore Géricault zur Versteigerung kam. Der Schätzpreis für das Kunstwerk wurde von dem Auktionshaus zuvor mit einer Spanne von GBP 40.000,00 – 60.000,00 angegeben, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis von GBP 43.750,00 (€ 51.305,95) konnte den unteren Schätzpreis somit knapp übertreffen. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von Théodore Géricault erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit Portrait d'Alfred et Elisabeth Dedreux im Februar 2009 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von EUR 9.025.000,00.

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