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Le Brun, Charles
Heads Representing The Various Passions Of The Soul; As They Are Expressed In The Human Countenance. London, [Not Before 1801].
Found at
Christies,
New York
The Collection of Arthur & Charlotte Vershbow Part Four, Lot 796
29. Oct - 29. Oct 2013
The Collection of Arthur & Charlotte Vershbow Part Four, Lot 796
29. Oct - 29. Oct 2013
Estimate: 1.000 - 1.500 USD
Price realised: 1.000 USD
Price realised: 1.000 USD
Description
LE BRUN, Charles (1619-1690). Heads representing the various Passions of the Soul; as they are expressed in the Human Countenance. London, [not before 1801].
4 o . Engraved title and 20 plates by D. Lizars printed in sanguine and amber à la poupée, paper watermarked "C S 1801". (Some staining.) 19th-century half morocco. Provenance: Herbert Weir Smyth; acquired from Goodspeed's Book Shop, 1987.
Printed in two colors using the same technique as Piranesi's Il Guercino (1764). Le Brun's work had been printed in various earlier formats. The present edition was engraved by Daniel Lizars, father of William Home Lizars, engraver of the early plates in Audubon's Birds of America. Each image is set above a descriptive text that describes the physiological attributes of the various emotions represented: sadness, rapture, pain, despair, etc. Not in BMC.
4 o . Engraved title and 20 plates by D. Lizars printed in sanguine and amber à la poupée, paper watermarked "C S 1801". (Some staining.) 19th-century half morocco. Provenance: Herbert Weir Smyth; acquired from Goodspeed's Book Shop, 1987.
Printed in two colors using the same technique as Piranesi's Il Guercino (1764). Le Brun's work had been printed in various earlier formats. The present edition was engraved by Daniel Lizars, father of William Home Lizars, engraver of the early plates in Audubon's Birds of America. Each image is set above a descriptive text that describes the physiological attributes of the various emotions represented: sadness, rapture, pain, despair, etc. Not in BMC.
Sold at the lower estimate price
The work Heads Representing The Various Passions Of The Soul; As They Are Expressed In The Human Countenance. London, Not Before 1801. by Charles Le Brun was sold in the The Collection of Arthur & Charlotte Vershbow Part Four auction at Christies in New York in October 2013. The result of USD 1,000.00 (€ 735.62) was exactly at the lower end of the estimate range of USD 1,000.00 – 1,500.00. Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by Charles Le Brun achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work Head of a boy in April 2007 with an auction result of USD 204,000.00 (€ 149,341.14).
Zuschlag beim unteren Schätzpreis
Die Arbeit Heads Representing The Various Passions Of The Soul; As They Are Expressed In The Human Countenance. London, Not Before 1801. von Charles Le Brun wurde im Oktober 2013 in der Auktion The Collection of Arthur & Charlotte Vershbow Part Four bei Christies in New York versteigert. Das dabei erzielte Ergebnis von USD 1.000,00 (€ 735,62) entsprach exakt dem unteren Ende der Schätzpreisspanne von USD 1.000,00 – 1.500,00. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von Charles Le Brun erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit Head of a boy im April 2007 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von USD 204.000,00 (€ 149.341,14).
Charles Le Brun - Auction history
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