Julian Onderdonk
A Field Of Blue Bonnets At Alamo Heights
Estimate: 40.000 - 60.000 USD
Price realised: 137.500 USD
Price realised: 137.500 USD
Description
Julian Onderdonk
1882 - 1922
A FIELD OF BLUE BONNETS AT ALAMO HEIGHTS
signed Julian Onderdonk (lower right); also signed again, dated 1919 and titled A Field of Blue Bonnets/at Alamo Heights (on the reverse)
oil on panel
9 7/8 by 12 inches
(25.1 by 30.5 cm)
Judge and Mrs. Julius Augustus Buckler, El Paso, Texas | Henrietta Buckler Seiberling, New York, 1940 (acquired from the above) | Mary Seiberling Huhn, Berwyn, Pennsylvania, 1979 (by descent) | By descent to the present owner
1882 - 1922
A FIELD OF BLUE BONNETS AT ALAMO HEIGHTS
signed Julian Onderdonk (lower right); also signed again, dated 1919 and titled A Field of Blue Bonnets/at Alamo Heights (on the reverse)
oil on panel
9 7/8 by 12 inches
(25.1 by 30.5 cm)
Judge and Mrs. Julius Augustus Buckler, El Paso, Texas | Henrietta Buckler Seiberling, New York, 1940 (acquired from the above) | Mary Seiberling Huhn, Berwyn, Pennsylvania, 1979 (by descent) | By descent to the present owner
Upper estimate price exceeded by more than 100%
This artwork by Julian Onderdonk achieved an unexpectedly high price at Sothebys in New York in May 2019. In the American Art auction, the work A Field Of Blue Bonnets At Alamo Heights sold for USD 137,500.00 (€ 123,329.45) - well above the upper estimate of USD 60,000.00. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Julian Onderdonk - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work Bluebonnets at Dawn, North of San Antonio, which sold at auction in May last year for USD 403,200.00 (€ 375,733.86).
Oberer Schätzpreis um mehr als 100% übertroffen
Dieses Kunstwerk von Julian Onderdonk erzielte im Mai 2019 bei Sothebys in New York einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion American Art wurde die Arbeit A Field Of Blue Bonnets At Alamo Heights für USD 137.500,00 (€ 123.329,45) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von USD 60.000,00. Für andere Arbeiten von Julian Onderdonk mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit Bluebonnets at Dawn, North of San Antonio beobachtet, die im Mai letzten Jahres für USD 403.200,00 (€ 375.733,86) versteigert wurde.
Julian Onderdonk - Auction history
