Marie-François Firmin-Girard
French Le Quai Aux Fleurs
Estimate: 300.000 - 500.000 USD
Price realised: 3.021.000 USD
Price realised: 3.021.000 USD
Description
Marie-François Firmin-Girard
1838-1921
FRENCHLE QUAI AUX FLEURS
signed Firmin Girard, inscribed Paris, and dated 1875 (lower left)
oil on canvas
39 1/2 by 57 in.
100.3 by 144.8 cm
Knoedler, New York (acquired from the artist, 1876) | Theron R. Butler (acquired from the above and sold, his sale, American Art Association, New York, January 7, 1910, lot 74, illustrated, as Flower Market) | Possibly, Harriet Valentine Crocker Alexander, New York (acquired at the above sale) | Mr. and Mrs. Sheldon Whitehouse, New York (by 1939) | The Hon. and Mrs. Charles S. Whitehouse, Virginia (by descent from the above, his parents)
1838-1921
FRENCHLE QUAI AUX FLEURS
signed Firmin Girard, inscribed Paris, and dated 1875 (lower left)
oil on canvas
39 1/2 by 57 in.
100.3 by 144.8 cm
Knoedler, New York (acquired from the artist, 1876) | Theron R. Butler (acquired from the above and sold, his sale, American Art Association, New York, January 7, 1910, lot 74, illustrated, as Flower Market) | Possibly, Harriet Valentine Crocker Alexander, New York (acquired at the above sale) | Mr. and Mrs. Sheldon Whitehouse, New York (by 1939) | The Hon. and Mrs. Charles S. Whitehouse, Virginia (by descent from the above, his parents)
A top price for Marie-François Firmin-Girard
The work French Le Quai Aux Fleurs by Marie-François Firmin-Girard was worth USD 3,021,000.00 (€ 2,214,809.38) to a buyer in May 2014. This price was achieved in the auction 19th Century European Art at Sothebys in New York and exceeded the previously set upper estimate of USD 500,000.00 many times over. This high result makes French Le Quai Aux Fleurs the most expensive artwork by Marie-François Firmin-Girard that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Marie-François Firmin-Girard
Die Arbeit French Le Quai Aux Fleurs von Marie-François Firmin-Girard war einem Käufer im Mai 2014 USD 3.021.000,00 (€ 2.214.809,38) wert. Dieser Preise wurde in der Auktion 19th Century European Art bei Sothebys in New York erzielt und übertraf den zuvor angesetzten oberen Schätzpreis von USD 500.000,00 um ein Vielfaches. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht French Le Quai Aux Fleurs zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Marie-François Firmin-Girard, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
Marie-François Firmin-Girard - Auction history
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