John James Audubon
Blue Green Warbler
Found at
Christies,
New York
The Private Collection of William S. Reese: Part Two, Lot 109
26. May - 26. May 2022
The Private Collection of William S. Reese: Part Two, Lot 109
26. May - 26. May 2022
Estimate: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Description
Blue Green Warbler
John James Audubon, 1828
AUDUBON, John James (1785-1851), after. – HAVELL, Robert (1793-1878).
Blue-Green Warbler (Plate 49)
Sylvia Rara
Variant 1. Drawn in the summer of 1821, Audubon did not recognize this lovely female bird as a Cerulean Warbler and followed Wilson's identification of the Blue-Green Warbler. "Audubon commented on how strongly this bird resembled the young of the Cerulean and, were it not for the form of the bill and some of its habits, he would be tempted to regard it as a variety of the Cerulean. Nonetheless, what he and Wilson had was actually a female Cerulean, and neither a 'variety' nor a separate species" (Low, p. 57).
Engraving with hand-coloring, etching, and aquatint, dated 1828, on watermarked J Whatman paper, with margins. Plate size 496 x 310 mm (960 x 829 mm sheet). (An extremely pale dampstain within image and on right edge, light edge-soiling and wrinkling.) Matted and framed.
John James Audubon, 1828
AUDUBON, John James (1785-1851), after. – HAVELL, Robert (1793-1878).
Blue-Green Warbler (Plate 49)
Sylvia Rara
Variant 1. Drawn in the summer of 1821, Audubon did not recognize this lovely female bird as a Cerulean Warbler and followed Wilson's identification of the Blue-Green Warbler. "Audubon commented on how strongly this bird resembled the young of the Cerulean and, were it not for the form of the bill and some of its habits, he would be tempted to regard it as a variety of the Cerulean. Nonetheless, what he and Wilson had was actually a female Cerulean, and neither a 'variety' nor a separate species" (Low, p. 57).
Engraving with hand-coloring, etching, and aquatint, dated 1828, on watermarked J Whatman paper, with margins. Plate size 496 x 310 mm (960 x 829 mm sheet). (An extremely pale dampstain within image and on right edge, light edge-soiling and wrinkling.) Matted and framed.
Upper estimate price exceeded by more than 100%
This artwork by John James Audubon achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in New York in May this year. In the The Private Collection of William S. Reese: Part Two auction, the work Blue Green Warbler sold for USD 4,032 (€ 3,757) - well above the upper estimate of USD 1,800. 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 um mehr als 100% übertroffen
Dieses Kunstwerk von John James Audubon erzielte im Mai diesen Jahres bei Christies in New York einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion The Private Collection of William S. Reese: Part Two wurde die Arbeit Blue Green Warbler für USD 4.032 (€ 3.757) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von USD 1.800. 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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