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- Portrait of a gentleman, bust-length in three-quarter profile
Maurice Quentin de La Tour
Portrait of a gentleman, bust-length in three-quarter profile
Found at
Christies,
New York
Old Master & 19th Century Paintings, Drawings, & Watercolors, Lot 142
27. Jan - 27. Jan 2010
Old Master & 19th Century Paintings, Drawings, & Watercolors, Lot 142
27. Jan - 27. Jan 2010
Estimate: 15.000 - 20.000 USD
Price realised: 10.000 USD
Price realised: 10.000 USD
Description
Maurice Quentin De La Tour (Saint Quentin 1704-1788)
Portrait of a gentleman, bust-length in three-quarter profile
pastel on two joined sheets of paper
22¼ x 18½ in. (56.5 x 47.3 cm.), oval
Portrait of a gentleman, bust-length in three-quarter profile
pastel on two joined sheets of paper
22¼ x 18½ in. (56.5 x 47.3 cm.), oval
Auction result misses estimated price range
When the work Portrait of a gentleman, bust-length in three-quarter profile by Maurice Quentin de la Tour was auctioned at Christies in New York in January 2010, the result was somewhat disappointing. The auction house had previously given the estimated price as a range of USD 15,000.00 – 20,000.00, of which not even the lower limit was reached - in fact, the artwork changed hands for USD 10,000.00 (€ 7,209.81). Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by Maurice Quentin de la Tour achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work Portrait Of Jacques Dumont Le Romain Playing The Guitar in January 2009 with an auction result of USD 1,258,500.00 (€ 982,895.97).
Auktionsergebnis verfehlt die Schätzpreisspanne
Als die Arbeit Portrait of a gentleman, bust-length in three-quarter profile von Maurice Quentin de la Tour im Januar 2010 bei Christies in New York versteigert wurde, fiel das Ergebnis ein wenig enttäuschend aus. Das Auktionshaus hatte den Schätzpreis zuvor mit einer Spanne von USD 15.000,00 – 20.000,00 angegeben, von der nicht einmal die Untergrenze erreicht wurde - tatsächlich wechselte das Kunstwerk für USD 10.000,00 (€ 7.209,81) den Besitzer. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von Maurice Quentin de la Tour erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit Portrait Of Jacques Dumont Le Romain Playing The Guitar im Januar 2009 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von USD 1.258.500,00 (€ 982.895,97).