Lilla Cabot Perry

Reading

Found at Sothebys, New York
American Art, Lot 55
6. Mar - 6. Mar 2019
Estimate: 50.000 - 70.000 USD
Price realised: 125.000 USD
Lilla Cabot Perry
1848 - 1933
READING
signed L C. Perry (lower left)
oil on canvas
45 3/4 by 32 inches
(116.2 by 81.3 cm)
Estate of the artist | [with]Hirschl & Adler Galleries, New York | Santa Fe East Galleries, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 1986 (acquired from the above) | Private collection (sold: Sotheby's, New York, December 4, 1986, lot 175) | Private collection, Denver, Colorado (acquired at the above sale) | Private collection (by descent; sold: Christie's, New York, May 16, 2012, lot 30) | Acquired by the present owners at the above sale

Upper estimate price exceeded by 79 %.

This artwork by Lilla Cabot Perry achieved an unexpectedly high price at Sothebys in New York in March 2019. In the American Art auction, the work Reading sold for USD 125,000.00 (€ 111,328.82) - well above the upper estimate of USD 70,000.00. Despite this good result, it is not the highest hammer price for an artwork by Lilla Cabot Perry; that achieved among the auctions we observed the lot Girl Reading A Book sold at auction in November 2017 with the realized price of USD 150,000.00 (€ 126,071.61).

Oberer Schätzpreis um 79 % übertroffen

Dieses Kunstwerk von Lilla Cabot Perry erzielte im März 2019 bei Sothebys in New York einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion American Art wurde die Arbeit Reading für USD 125.000,00 (€ 111.328,82) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von USD 70.000,00. Trotz des guten Ergebnisses ist dies nicht der höchste Zuschlag für ein Kunstwerk von Lilla Cabot Perry; den erzielte unter den von uns beobachteten Auktionen die Arbeit Girl Reading A Book im November 2017 mit dem Hammerpreis von USD 150.000,00 (€ 126.071,61).

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