Maurice Denis
La Cuisinière
Found at
Christies,
New York
Impressionist and Modern Evening Sale Including Property from the John C. Whitehead Collection, Lot 30 C
14. May - 14. May 2015
Impressionist and Modern Evening Sale Including Property from the John C. Whitehead Collection, Lot 30 C
14. May - 14. May 2015
Estimate: 500.000 - 800.000 USD
Price realised: 2.629.000 USD
Price realised: 2.629.000 USD
Description
signed with monogram and dated 'MAVD 93' (lower left)
oil on canvas
32 1/8 x 23 3/8 in. (81.6 x 59.3 cm.)
Painted in 1893
Ambroise Vollard, Paris (acquired from the artist, 1901). | Private collection, France (circa 1941-1942). | J.L. Collection, Cherbourg, France (by 1994). | Acquired through Elizabeth Royer, Paris by Achim Moeller Fine Art on behalf of John C. Whitehead, 1996.
oil on canvas
32 1/8 x 23 3/8 in. (81.6 x 59.3 cm.)
Painted in 1893
Ambroise Vollard, Paris (acquired from the artist, 1901). | Private collection, France (circa 1941-1942). | J.L. Collection, Cherbourg, France (by 1994). | Acquired through Elizabeth Royer, Paris by Achim Moeller Fine Art on behalf of John C. Whitehead, 1996.
A top price for Maurice Denis
The work La Cuisinière by Maurice Denis was worth USD 2,629,000.00 (€ 2,391,304.35) to a buyer in May 2015. This price was achieved in the auction Impressionist and Modern Evening Sale Including Property from the John C. Whitehead Collection at Christies in New York and exceeded the previously set upper estimate of USD 800,000.00 many times over. This high result makes La Cuisinière the most expensive artwork by Maurice Denis that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Maurice Denis
Die Arbeit La Cuisinière von Maurice Denis war einem Käufer im Mai 2015 USD 2.629.000,00 (€ 2.391.304,35) wert. Dieser Preise wurde in der Auktion Impressionist and Modern Evening Sale Including Property from the John C. Whitehead Collection bei Christies in New York erzielt und übertraf den zuvor angesetzten oberen Schätzpreis von USD 800.000,00 um ein Vielfaches. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht La Cuisinière zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Maurice Denis, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
Maurice Denis - Auction history
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