Levi Wells Prentice
View Of Blue Mountain Lake
Estimate: 70.000 - 100.000 USD
Price realised: 87.500 USD
Price realised: 87.500 USD
Description
signed 'L.W. Prentice' (lower right)
oil on canvas
30 x 44 in. (76.2 x 111.8 cm.)
Painted circa 1877-78.
The artist. | Mr. Clarke, gift from the above. | Anna Clarke Greene, daughter of the above, by descent. | Percy Clarke Greene, Copenhagen, New York, by descent. | Private collection, by descent. | Grogan, Boston, Massachusetts, 24 March 1993, lot 33, sold by the above (as Panoramic View of a Lake in Autumn). | Raphael Gallery, New York, acquired from the above. | Godel & Co., Inc., New York, acquired from the above. | Acquired by the present owner from the above, 1993.
oil on canvas
30 x 44 in. (76.2 x 111.8 cm.)
Painted circa 1877-78.
The artist. | Mr. Clarke, gift from the above. | Anna Clarke Greene, daughter of the above, by descent. | Percy Clarke Greene, Copenhagen, New York, by descent. | Private collection, by descent. | Grogan, Boston, Massachusetts, 24 March 1993, lot 33, sold by the above (as Panoramic View of a Lake in Autumn). | Raphael Gallery, New York, acquired from the above. | Godel & Co., Inc., New York, acquired from the above. | Acquired by the present owner from the above, 1993.
A top price for Levi Wells Prentice - as previously expected
The work View Of Blue Mountain Lake by Levi Wells Prentice was sold in the American Art auction at Christies in New York in May 2019. The price achieved of USD 87,500.00 (€ 78,482.38) was within expectations - the estimate range had previously been set by the auction house as USD 70,000.00 – 100,000.00. Even if this result could not surprise positively, View Of Blue Mountain Lake is the most expensive artwork by Levi Wells Prentice that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis mit Ansage
Die Arbeit View Of Blue Mountain Lake von Levi Wells Prentice wurde im Mai 2019 in der Auktion American Art bei Christies in New York versteigert. Der dabei erzielte Preis von USD 87.500,00 (€ 78.482,38) lag im Rahmen der Erwartungen – die Schätzpreisspanne war von dem Auktionshaus zuvor mit USD 70.000,00 – 100.000,00 angegeben worden. Auch wenn das Ergebnis damit nicht positiv überraschen konnte, ist View Of Blue Mountain Lake das teuerste Kunstwerk von Levi Wells Prentice, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
Levi Wells Prentice - Auction history
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