John James Audubon
Barn Owl
Found at
Christies,
New York
The Private Collection of William S. Reese: Part Two, Lot 116
26. May - 26. May 2022
The Private Collection of William S. Reese: Part Two, Lot 116
26. May - 26. May 2022
Estimate: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Description
Barn Owl
John James Audubon, 1833
AUDUBON, JOHN JAMES (1785-1851), after. – HAVELL, Robert (1793-1878).
Barn Owl (Plate CLXXI)
Strix Flammea
"The plate is a night scene, one of only three in The Birds of America" (Low). The other night scenes depict the Snowy Owl and the American White Pelican. Audubon's painting of this subject is dated from New Jersey, July 1832. Low, p. 111.
Engraving with hand-coloring, etching, and aquatint, dated 1834, on watermarked J Whatman paper dated 1833. Sheet size 965 x 640mm. (Some very narrow edge wear and tiny chips, one pin-hole in sky near lower left, right edge with three closed tears; the longest of these is 43mm, just encroaching into image.) Matted.
John James Audubon, 1833
AUDUBON, JOHN JAMES (1785-1851), after. – HAVELL, Robert (1793-1878).
Barn Owl (Plate CLXXI)
Strix Flammea
"The plate is a night scene, one of only three in The Birds of America" (Low). The other night scenes depict the Snowy Owl and the American White Pelican. Audubon's painting of this subject is dated from New Jersey, July 1832. Low, p. 111.
Engraving with hand-coloring, etching, and aquatint, dated 1834, on watermarked J Whatman paper dated 1833. Sheet size 965 x 640mm. (Some very narrow edge wear and tiny chips, one pin-hole in sky near lower left, right edge with three closed tears; the longest of these is 43mm, just encroaching into image.) Matted.
Upper estimated price slightly exceeded
The work Barn Owl by John James Audubon was auctioned at Christies in New York in May this year. Here, the upper estimate of USD 30,000 was slightly exceeded - the artwork found a new owner for USD 32,760 (€ 30,528). Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by John James Audubon achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work in June 2018 with an auction result of USD 9,650,000 (€ 8,264,109).
Oberer Schätzpreis leicht übertroffen
Die Arbeit Barn Owl von John James Audubon kam im Mai diesen Jahres bei Christies in New York zur Auktion. Dabei wurde der obere Schätzpreis von USD 30.000 leicht übertroffen – das Kunstwerk fand für USD 32.760 (€ 30.528) einen neuen Besitzer. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von John James Audubon erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit im Juni 2018 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von USD 9.650.000 (€ 8.264.109).
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