Jules Breton
French La Falaise
Estimate: 200.000 - 300.000 USD
Price realised: 399.000 USD
Price realised: 399.000 USD
Description
Jules Breton
1827-1906
FRENCHLA FALAISE
signed Jules Breton (lower left)
oil on canvas
32 1/8 by 46 1/2 in.
81.6 by 118.1 cm
Goupil & Cie, Paris, no. 10686 (acquired in November 1875) | Samuel P. Avery, Jr., New York (acquired from the above through George A. Lucas, April 1876, as Looking out to Sea) | Gov. Royal Chapin Taft, Providence, Rhode Island (acquired from the above and sold, his estate, American Art Association, New York, February 3, 1921, lot 65, illustrated, as The Lookout) | Geraldine Rockefeller Dodge, Madison, New Jersey (acquired at the above sale and
1827-1906
FRENCHLA FALAISE
signed Jules Breton (lower left)
oil on canvas
32 1/8 by 46 1/2 in.
81.6 by 118.1 cm
Goupil & Cie, Paris, no. 10686 (acquired in November 1875) | Samuel P. Avery, Jr., New York (acquired from the above through George A. Lucas, April 1876, as Looking out to Sea) | Gov. Royal Chapin Taft, Providence, Rhode Island (acquired from the above and sold, his estate, American Art Association, New York, February 3, 1921, lot 65, illustrated, as The Lookout) | Geraldine Rockefeller Dodge, Madison, New Jersey (acquired at the above sale and
Upper estimate price exceeded by 33 %.
The work French La Falaise by Jules Breton was auctioned at Sothebys in New York in February 2019. It achieved a price of USD 399,000.00 (€ 350,645.93), exceeding the upper end of the estimate range by 33%. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Jules Breton - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work French les Communiantes, which sold at auction in May 2016 for USD 1,270,000.00 (€ 1,140,547.82).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 33 % übertroffen
Die Arbeit French La Falaise von Jules Breton kam im Februar 2019 bei Sothebys in New York zur Auktion. Sie erzielte dabei einen Preis von USD 399.000,00 (€ 350.645,93) und übertraf damit das obere Ende der Schätzpreisspanne um 33%. Für andere Arbeiten von Jules Breton mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit French les Communiantes beobachtet, die im Mai 2016 für USD 1.270.000,00 (€ 1.140.547,82) versteigert wurde.
Jules Breton - Auction history
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