Jean-Louis Forain
La femme aux affiches
Found at
Christies,
New York
The Collection of Peggy and David Rockefeller: Fine Art, Day Sale, Lot 519
10.Mai - 10.Mai.2018
The Collection of Peggy and David Rockefeller: Fine Art, Day Sale, Lot 519
10.Mai - 10.Mai.2018
Estimate: 500.000 - 700.000 USD
Price realised: 1.692.500 USD
Price realised: 1.692.500 USD
Description
signed 'jean louis forain' (lower left)
oil on canvas
22 x 18 3/8 in. (55.9 x 46 cm.)
Painted circa 1880-1885
Galerie Paul Rosenberg, Paris (by 1917). | Kirster Littorin, Stockholm; sale, Bukowskis, Stockholm, 7 September 1932, lot 107. | Lieutenant-Colonel Rosander, Stockholm (acquired at the above sale). | Ernst A. Kruger, New York. | M. Knoedler & Co., Inc., New York (acquired from the above, 1937). | Abby Aldrich Rockefeller and John D. Rockefeller, Jr., New York (acquired from the above, July 1937). | Laurance Spelman Rockefeller, New York (gift from the above, June 1947). | Acquired from the estat
oil on canvas
22 x 18 3/8 in. (55.9 x 46 cm.)
Painted circa 1880-1885
Galerie Paul Rosenberg, Paris (by 1917). | Kirster Littorin, Stockholm; sale, Bukowskis, Stockholm, 7 September 1932, lot 107. | Lieutenant-Colonel Rosander, Stockholm (acquired at the above sale). | Ernst A. Kruger, New York. | M. Knoedler & Co., Inc., New York (acquired from the above, 1937). | Abby Aldrich Rockefeller and John D. Rockefeller, Jr., New York (acquired from the above, July 1937). | Laurance Spelman Rockefeller, New York (gift from the above, June 1947). | Acquired from the estat
A top price for Jean Louis Forain
This artwork by Jean Louis Forain achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in New York in May 2018. In the The Collection of Peggy and David Rockefeller: Fine Art, Day Sale auction, the work La femme aux affiches sold for USD 1,692,500.00 (€ 1,450,299.91) - well above the upper estimate of USD 700,000.00. This high result makes La femme aux affiches the most expensive artwork by Jean Louis Forain that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Jean Louis Forain
Dieses Kunstwerk von Jean Louis Forain erzielte im Mai 2018 bei Christies in New York einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion The Collection of Peggy and David Rockefeller: Fine Art, Day Sale wurde die Arbeit La femme aux affiches für USD 1.692.500,00 (€ 1.450.299,91) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von USD 700.000,00. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht La femme aux affiches zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Jean Louis Forain, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
Jean Louis Forain - Auction history
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