Michel Anguier
Neptune agité
Found at
Sothebys,
Paris
Tableaux Dessins Sculptures 1300-1900, Session I, Lot 28
15. Jun - 15. Jun 2021
Tableaux Dessins Sculptures 1300-1900, Session I, Lot 28
15. Jun - 15. Jun 2021
Estimate: 300.000 - 500.000 EUR
Price realised: 1.525.000 EUR
Price realised: 1.525.000 EUR
Description
A prestigious French collection: a Connoisseur’s cabinet
Michel Anguier
1612 - 1686
Neptune agité
brown patinated bronze; on a Boulle marquetry ebonized wood and brass base
(2)
H. (bronze) 52 cm; 20½ in.; (base) 12,5 x 29,5 x 30,5 cm, 4¾ by 11½ by 11 4/5 in.
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Provenant d’une prestigieuse collection Française: Le Cabinet d’un Amateur Michel Anguier
Dr. Otto Wittman collection (1911-2001), Montecito, California, | former Director of the Toledo Museum of Art, | then chief curator J. Paul Getty museum, Los Angeles; | His sale Christie's New York, Oct 26, 2001, lot 233. | __________________________________________________________________________ | Collection Dr. Otto Wittman (1911-2001), Montecito, Californie, | ancien directeur du Toledo Museum of Art, Ohio, | et conservateur en chef du J. Paul Getty museum, Los Angeles; | Sa vente Christie�
Michel Anguier
1612 - 1686
Neptune agité
brown patinated bronze; on a Boulle marquetry ebonized wood and brass base
(2)
H. (bronze) 52 cm; 20½ in.; (base) 12,5 x 29,5 x 30,5 cm, 4¾ by 11½ by 11 4/5 in.
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Provenant d’une prestigieuse collection Française: Le Cabinet d’un Amateur Michel Anguier
Dr. Otto Wittman collection (1911-2001), Montecito, California, | former Director of the Toledo Museum of Art, | then chief curator J. Paul Getty museum, Los Angeles; | His sale Christie's New York, Oct 26, 2001, lot 233. | __________________________________________________________________________ | Collection Dr. Otto Wittman (1911-2001), Montecito, Californie, | ancien directeur du Toledo Museum of Art, Ohio, | et conservateur en chef du J. Paul Getty museum, Los Angeles; | Sa vente Christie�
A top price for Michel Anguier
The work Neptune agité by Michel Anguier was worth EUR 1,525,000.00 to a buyer in June 2021. This price was achieved in the auction Tableaux Dessins Sculptures 1300-1900, Session I at Sothebys in Paris and exceeded the previously set upper estimate of EUR 500,000.00 many times over. This high result makes Neptune agité the most expensive artwork by Michel Anguier that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Michel Anguier
Die Arbeit Neptune agité von Michel Anguier war einem Käufer im Juni 2021 EUR 1.525.000,00 wert. Dieser Preise wurde in der Auktion Tableaux Dessins Sculptures 1300-1900, Session I bei Sothebys in Paris erzielt und übertraf den zuvor angesetzten oberen Schätzpreis von EUR 500.000,00 um ein Vielfaches. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Neptune agité zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Michel Anguier, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
Michel Anguier - Auction history
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