Maurice Brazil Prendergast
Montparnasse
Estimate: 200.000 - 300.000 USD
Price realised: 189.000 USD
Price realised: 189.000 USD
Description
Property of a Private Collector, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania
Maurice Brazil Prendergast
1858 - 1924
Montparnasse
signed Prendergast (lower right)
watercolor and pencil on paper
13 ¾ by 20 in.
34.9 by 50.8 cm.
Executed circa 1907.
Charles Prendergast (the artist's brother; acquired by descent from the artist in 1924) | C.W. Kraushaar Art Galleries, New York | Arthur Bradley Campbell, Palm Beach (acquired in 1943) | Parke-Bernet Galleries New York, 27 October 1954, lot 7 (consigned by the above) | The Milch Galleries, New York (acquired from the above) | Collection of Meyer and Vivian Potamkin, Philadelphia (acquired from the above in 1954) | Sotheby's New York, 21 May 2003, lot 53 (consigned by the above) | Acquired from
Maurice Brazil Prendergast
1858 - 1924
Montparnasse
signed Prendergast (lower right)
watercolor and pencil on paper
13 ¾ by 20 in.
34.9 by 50.8 cm.
Executed circa 1907.
Charles Prendergast (the artist's brother; acquired by descent from the artist in 1924) | C.W. Kraushaar Art Galleries, New York | Arthur Bradley Campbell, Palm Beach (acquired in 1943) | Parke-Bernet Galleries New York, 27 October 1954, lot 7 (consigned by the above) | The Milch Galleries, New York (acquired from the above) | Collection of Meyer and Vivian Potamkin, Philadelphia (acquired from the above in 1954) | Sotheby's New York, 21 May 2003, lot 53 (consigned by the above) | Acquired from
Auction result misses estimated price range
When the work Montparnasse by Maurice Brazil Prendergast was auctioned at Sothebys in New York in May last year, the result was somewhat disappointing. The auction house had previously given the estimated price as a range of USD 200,000.00 – 300,000.00, of which not even the lower limit was reached - in fact, the artwork changed hands for USD 189,000.00 (€ 176,125.24). Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by Maurice Brazil Prendergast achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work The Stony Beach in May 2001 with an auction result of USD 3,526,000.00 (€ 4,170,313.42).
Auktionsergebnis verfehlt die Schätzpreisspanne
Als die Arbeit Montparnasse von Maurice Brazil Prendergast im Mai letzten Jahres bei Sothebys in New York versteigert wurde, fiel das Ergebnis ein wenig enttäuschend aus. Das Auktionshaus hatte den Schätzpreis zuvor mit einer Spanne von USD 200.000,00 – 300.000,00 angegeben, von der nicht einmal die Untergrenze erreicht wurde - tatsächlich wechselte das Kunstwerk für USD 189.000,00 (€ 176.125,24) den Besitzer. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von Maurice Brazil Prendergast erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit The Stony Beach im Mai 2001 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von USD 3.526.000,00 (€ 4.170.313,42).
Maurice Brazil Prendergast - Auction history
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