Jessie Willcox Smith
This Simple Faith Has Made America Great
Found at
Christies,
New York
Important American Paintings, Drawings & Sculpture, Lot 16
16. May - 16. May 2012
Important American Paintings, Drawings & Sculpture, Lot 16
16. May - 16. May 2012
Estimate: 40.000 - 60.000 USD
Price realised: 104.500 USD
Price realised: 104.500 USD
Description
Jessie Willcox Smith (1863-1935)
This Simple Faith Has Made America Great
signed 'Jessie Willcox Smith' (lower right)
oil on paper laid down on board
20 x 16 in. (50.8 x 40.6 cm.)
Painted by 1919.
This Simple Faith Has Made America Great
signed 'Jessie Willcox Smith' (lower right)
oil on paper laid down on board
20 x 16 in. (50.8 x 40.6 cm.)
Painted by 1919.
Upper estimate price exceeded by 74 %.
In May 2012 Christies in New York held the auction Important American Paintings, Drawings & Sculpture, which included the work This Simple Faith Has Made America Great by Jessie Willcox Smith. The »bidding war« ended at USD 104,500.00 (€ 84,519.57), 74% above the upper estimate. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Jessie Willcox Smith - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work How Doth the Little Busy Bee, which sold at auction in April 2011 for USD 386,500.00 (€ 260,778.62).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 74 % übertroffen
Im Mai 2012 führte Christies in New York die Auktion Important American Paintings, Drawings & Sculpture durch, in der auch die Arbeit This Simple Faith Has Made America Great von Jessie Willcox Smith zur Versteigerung kam. Das »Bietergefecht« endete beim Preis von USD 104.500,00 (€ 84.519,57) und damit 74% über dem oberen Schätzpreis. Für andere Arbeiten von Jessie Willcox Smith mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit How Doth the Little Busy Bee beobachtet, die im April 2011 für USD 386.500,00 (€ 260.778,62) versteigert wurde.
Jessie Willcox Smith - Auction history
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