John Singer Sargent
Flora Priestley
Estimate: 100.000 - 150.000 USD
Price realised: 93.750 USD
Price realised: 93.750 USD
Description
Property from a Descendant of the Sargent Family
JOHN SINGER SARGENT
1856 - 1925
FLORA PRIESTLEY
watercolor and pencil on paper laid down on board
image: 17 ½ by 14 ⅜ inches (43.7 by 36.4 cm)
sheet: 21 ⅛ by 14 ⅜ inches (43.7 by 36.4 cm)
Executed circa 1907.
Emily Sargent (the artist's sister) | Flora Priestley, circa 1936 (the sitter, bequeathed from the above) | Mrs. Francis Ormond (née Violet Sargent), London, circa 1944 (the artist's sister; probably bequeathed from the above) | By descent to the present owners
JOHN SINGER SARGENT
1856 - 1925
FLORA PRIESTLEY
watercolor and pencil on paper laid down on board
image: 17 ½ by 14 ⅜ inches (43.7 by 36.4 cm)
sheet: 21 ⅛ by 14 ⅜ inches (43.7 by 36.4 cm)
Executed circa 1907.
Emily Sargent (the artist's sister) | Flora Priestley, circa 1936 (the sitter, bequeathed from the above) | Mrs. Francis Ormond (née Violet Sargent), London, circa 1944 (the artist's sister; probably bequeathed from the above) | By descent to the present owners
Auction result misses estimated price range
When the work Flora Priestley by John Singer Sargent was auctioned at Sothebys in New York in November 2019, the result was somewhat disappointing. The auction house had previously given the estimated price as a range of USD 100,000.00 – 150,000.00, of which not even the lower limit was reached - in fact, the artwork changed hands for USD 93,750.00 (€ 85,080.32). Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by John Singer Sargent achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work San Geremia in May 2018 with an auction result of USD 9,087,500.00 (€ 7,787,060.84).
Auktionsergebnis verfehlt die Schätzpreisspanne
Als die Arbeit Flora Priestley von John Singer Sargent im November 2019 bei Sothebys in New York versteigert wurde, fiel das Ergebnis ein wenig enttäuschend aus. Das Auktionshaus hatte den Schätzpreis zuvor mit einer Spanne von USD 100.000,00 – 150.000,00 angegeben, von der nicht einmal die Untergrenze erreicht wurde - tatsächlich wechselte das Kunstwerk für USD 93.750,00 (€ 85.080,32) den Besitzer. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von John Singer Sargent erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit San Geremia im Mai 2018 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von USD 9.087.500,00 (€ 7.787.060,84).
John Singer Sargent - Auction history
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