Olivier Le May
Ball Given By The Duke De Liancourt For The Countess De Rochechouart, At Lisieux
Estimate: 8.000 - 12.000 GBP
Price realised: 11.875 GBP
Price realised: 11.875 GBP
Description
Olivier Le May
VALENCIENNES 1734 - 1797 PARIS
BALL GIVEN BY THE DUKE DE LIANCOURT FOR THE COUNTESS DE ROCHECHOUART, AT LISIEUX
Gouache over traces of pencil, within black borders;
signed and dated, lower right: O. Le May / Pinxit / 1771;
bears old inscription in pen and brown ink on the verso of the original backing: La Fête donnée par Le Duc de Liancourt/a Mme La Contesse de la Rochechouart/à Lisieux/1771
249 by 470 mm
Probably Élisabeth François Armide Durey de Morsan, Comtesse de Rochechouart (1757-1805), | Princesse de Carency, née Rochechouart, | thence by inheritance to her nephew Alphonse de Bauffremont (1792-1860), label on the verso of the original backing with inventory n. 34; | Collection de M. J. del V., her sale, Paris, Galerie Georges Petit, 28 May 1931, lot 41; | the Damiron Collection, Paris
VALENCIENNES 1734 - 1797 PARIS
BALL GIVEN BY THE DUKE DE LIANCOURT FOR THE COUNTESS DE ROCHECHOUART, AT LISIEUX
Gouache over traces of pencil, within black borders;
signed and dated, lower right: O. Le May / Pinxit / 1771;
bears old inscription in pen and brown ink on the verso of the original backing: La Fête donnée par Le Duc de Liancourt/a Mme La Contesse de la Rochechouart/à Lisieux/1771
249 by 470 mm
Probably Élisabeth François Armide Durey de Morsan, Comtesse de Rochechouart (1757-1805), | Princesse de Carency, née Rochechouart, | thence by inheritance to her nephew Alphonse de Bauffremont (1792-1860), label on the verso of the original backing with inventory n. 34; | Collection de M. J. del V., her sale, Paris, Galerie Georges Petit, 28 May 1931, lot 41; | the Damiron Collection, Paris
A top price for Olivier Lemay - as previously expected
The work Ball Given By The Duke De Liancourt For The Countess De Rochechouart, At Lisieux by Olivier Lemay was sold in the Old Master & British Works on Paper auction at Sothebys in London in July 2018. It changed hands for a price of GBP 11,875.00 (€ 13,314.49) achieving a result in the upper range of the estimate price range of GBP 8,000.00 – 12,000.00. Even if this result could not surprise positively, Ball Given By The Duke De Liancourt For The Countess De Rochechouart, At Lisieux is the most expensive artwork by Olivier Lemay that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis mit Ansage
Die Arbeit Ball Given By The Duke De Liancourt For The Countess De Rochechouart, At Lisieux von Olivier Lemay wurde im Juli 2018 in der Auktion Old Master & British Works on Paper bei Sothebys in London versteigert. Dabei wechselte sie für einen Preis von GBP 11.875,00 (€ 13.314,49) den Besitzer und erzielte damit ein Ergebnis im oberen Bereich der Schätzpreisspanne von GBP 8.000,00 – 12.000,00. Auch wenn das Ergebnis damit nicht positiv überraschen konnte, ist Ball Given By The Duke De Liancourt For The Countess De Rochechouart, At Lisieux das teuerste Kunstwerk von Olivier Lemay, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
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