Louis Comfort Tiffany
Market at the Mosque of Abu el Haggag, Luxor, Egypt
Estimate: 15.000 - 25.000 USD
Price realised: 106.562 USD
Price realised: 106.562 USD
Description
PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF FLORENCE ELY NELSON, SCOTTSDALE, ARIZONA
Louis Comfort Tiffany (1848-1933)
Market at the Mosque of Abu el Haggag, Luxor, Egypt
signed and dated 'Louis C. Tiffany -11' (lower right)
watercolor, gouache, pastel and charcoal on paper laid down on board
40 1/8 x 30 1/4in (101.9 x 76.8cm)
Executed in 1911.
The artist. | M. Knoedler & Co., New York. | Annie Burr Jennings, Fairfield, Connecticut, acquired from the above, March 1913. | Oliver Burr Jennings, New York, nephew of the above, by descent, 1939. | Constance Jennings Ely, sister of the above, by descent, 1968. | By descent to the late owner, daughter of the above, 1991.
Louis Comfort Tiffany (1848-1933)
Market at the Mosque of Abu el Haggag, Luxor, Egypt
signed and dated 'Louis C. Tiffany -11' (lower right)
watercolor, gouache, pastel and charcoal on paper laid down on board
40 1/8 x 30 1/4in (101.9 x 76.8cm)
Executed in 1911.
The artist. | M. Knoedler & Co., New York. | Annie Burr Jennings, Fairfield, Connecticut, acquired from the above, March 1913. | Oliver Burr Jennings, New York, nephew of the above, by descent, 1939. | Constance Jennings Ely, sister of the above, by descent, 1968. | By descent to the late owner, daughter of the above, 1991.
Artwork auctioned at four times the upper estimate price
The work Market at the Mosque of Abu el Haggag, Luxor, Egypt by Louis Comfort Tiffany was worth USD 106,562.00 (€ 87,388.88) to a buyer in May 2021. This price was achieved in the auction American Art at Bonhams in New York and exceeded the previously set upper estimate of USD 25,000.00 many times over. Despite this good result, it is not the highest hammer price for an artwork by Louis Comfort Tiffany; that achieved among the auctions we observed the lot Florida sold at auction in March 2005 with the realized price of USD 156,000.00 (€ 120,286.84).
Kunstwerk zum Vierfachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert
Die Arbeit Market at the Mosque of Abu el Haggag, Luxor, Egypt von Louis Comfort Tiffany war einem Käufer im Mai 2021 USD 106.562,00 (€ 87.388,88) wert. Dieser Preise wurde in der Auktion American Art bei Bonhams in New York erzielt und übertraf den zuvor angesetzten oberen Schätzpreis von USD 25.000,00 um ein Vielfaches. Trotz des guten Ergebnisses ist dies nicht der höchste Zuschlag für ein Kunstwerk von Louis Comfort Tiffany; den erzielte unter den von uns beobachteten Auktionen die Arbeit Florida im März 2005 mit dem Hammerpreis von USD 156.000,00 (€ 120.286,84).
Louis Comfort Tiffany - Auction history
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