Johann Moritz Rugendas

The beach of El Membrillo, Valpara í so

Found at Christies, London
Topographical Pictures, Lot 146
15. Dec - 15. Dec 2016
Estimate: 80.000 - 120.000 GBP
Price realised: 557.000 GBP
traces of a signature and date (lower right), titled 'The Seashore near Valparaiso' on the frame
oil on canvas
25 x 36in. (63.5 x 91.4cm.)
Presented by Jack M. Barnett, of 41 Store St, London W.C.1. to | The Wellcome Historical Medical Museum, London, May 1936; sale | Sotheby’s London, 14 May 1970, lot 120 (£1,450 to Agnew). | with Thos. Agnew & Sons (no.32544). | Corporate collection, London, since 1970.

Artwork auctioned at four times the upper estimate price

When the work The beach of El Membrillo, Valpara í so by Johann Moritz Rugendas was auctioned at Christies in London in December 2016, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - GBP 120,000.00 but the actual price achieved was more than four times as high at GBP 557,000.00 (€ 651,223.37). Despite this good result, it is not the highest hammer price for an artwork by Johann Moritz Rugendas; that achieved among the auctions we observed the lot The Independencia market, Lima sold at auction in December 2016 with the realized price of GBP 725,000.00 (€ 847,642.63).

Kunstwerk zum Vierfachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert

Als die Arbeit The beach of El Membrillo, Valpara í so von Johann Moritz Rugendas im Dezember 2016 bei Christies in London versteigert wurde, übertraf das Ergebnis die Erwartungen um ein Vielfaches. Der obere Schätzpreis war mit – rückwirkend betrachtet recht bescheidenen – GBP 120.000,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit GBP 557.000,00 (€ 651.223,37) mehr als viermal so hoch. Trotz des guten Ergebnisses ist dies nicht der höchste Zuschlag für ein Kunstwerk von Johann Moritz Rugendas; den erzielte unter den von uns beobachteten Auktionen die Arbeit The Independencia market, Lima im Dezember 2016 mit dem Hammerpreis von GBP 725.000,00 (€ 847.642,63).

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