Louis-Ernest Barrias
La Nature se devoilant devant la Science (Nature revealing herself to science)
Estimate: 80.000 - 110.000 AUD
Price realised: 161.325 AUD
Price realised: 161.325 AUD
Description
LOUIS-ERNEST BARRIAS (French, 1841-1905)
La Nature se devoilant devant la Science (Nature revealing herself to science)
signed 'E. Barrias', inscribed Susse Fres Edtrs Paris; stamped 'Bronze' and with the Susse Freres stamp, initialled 'A.'
white marble and two-coloured gilt bronze, with green-brown bronze scarab, on a mottled black marble base, with a mottled pink marble panelled pedestal, with gilt-metal relief plaques of Eve and women picking apples
Figure: 99 cm; Pedestal: 111.5 cm
La Nature se devoilant devant la Science (Nature revealing herself to science)
signed 'E. Barrias', inscribed Susse Fres Edtrs Paris; stamped 'Bronze' and with the Susse Freres stamp, initialled 'A.'
white marble and two-coloured gilt bronze, with green-brown bronze scarab, on a mottled black marble base, with a mottled pink marble panelled pedestal, with gilt-metal relief plaques of Eve and women picking apples
Figure: 99 cm; Pedestal: 111.5 cm
Upper estimate price exceeded by 47 %.
The work La Nature se devoilant devant la Science (Nature revealing herself to science) by Louis-Ernest Barrias was auctioned at Christies in Sydney in May 2004. It achieved a price of AUD 161,325.00 (€ 94,257.01), exceeding the upper end of the estimate range by 47%. Other works by Louis-Ernest Barrias have achieved even higher prices, we observed the highest auction result so far of USD 121,500.00 (€ 130,253.00) in May 2000 for the work La jeune fille de Bou-Saada.
Oberer Schätzpreis um 47 % übertroffen
Die Arbeit La Nature se devoilant devant la Science (Nature revealing herself to science) von Louis-Ernest Barrias kam im Mai 2004 bei Christies in Sydney zur Auktion. Sie erzielte dabei einen Preis von AUD 161.325,00 (€ 94.257,01) und übertraf damit das obere Ende der Schätzpreisspanne um 47%. Andere Arbeiten von Louis-Ernest Barrias haben noch höhere Preise erzielt - wir haben das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis von USD 121.500,00 (€ 130.253,00) im Mai 2000 für die Arbeit La jeune fille de Bou-Saada beobachtet.
Louis-Ernest Barrias - Auction history
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