Pancrace Bessa
Three Beetles And Three Butterfies: A Ground Beetle, A Calosoma Sycophantis, And A Cottonwood Stag Beetle; A Peacock (Inachus Io), And A Purple Emperor (Apatura Iris, Upper And Under Sides)
Found at
Christies,
New York
Old Master & Early British Drawings & Watercolors Including an Important Canadian Collection and a Distinguished Private Collection, Lot 137
31. Jan - 31. Jan 2013
Old Master & Early British Drawings & Watercolors Including an Important Canadian Collection and a Distinguished Private Collection, Lot 137
31. Jan - 31. Jan 2013
Estimate: 12.000 - 18.000 USD
Price realised: 15.000 USD
Price realised: 15.000 USD
Description
Pancrace Bessa (Paris 1772-1835 Ecouen)
Three beetles and three butterfies: a ground beetle, a Calosoma sycophantis, and a cottonwood stag beetle; a peacock (Inachus io), and a Purple Emperor (Apatura iris, upper and under sides)
signed 'P. Bessa.'
black chalk, watercolor and bodycolor heightened with white, watermark J WHATMAN TURKEY MILL
10½ x 8 5/8 in. (26.7 x 21.8 cm.)
Three beetles and three butterfies: a ground beetle, a Calosoma sycophantis, and a cottonwood stag beetle; a peacock (Inachus io), and a Purple Emperor (Apatura iris, upper and under sides)
signed 'P. Bessa.'
black chalk, watercolor and bodycolor heightened with white, watermark J WHATMAN TURKEY MILL
10½ x 8 5/8 in. (26.7 x 21.8 cm.)
Auction result well in line with expectations
The work Three Beetles And Three Butterfies: A Ground Beetle, A Calosoma Sycophantis, And A Cottonwood Stag Beetle; A Peacock (Inachus Io), And A Purple Emperor (Apatura Iris, Upper And Under Sides) by Pancrace Bessa was auctioned at Christies in New York in January 2013. The price achieved of USD 15,000.00 (€ 11,042.40) was within expectations - the estimate range had previously been set by the auction house as USD 12,000.00 – 18,000.00. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Pancrace Bessa - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work Corbeille De Fruits Et Fleurs Sur Un Entablement De Pierre Sur Lequel Repose Une Tourterelle, which sold at auction in November 2016 for EUR 43,750.00.
Auktionsergebnis im Rahmen der Erwartungen
Die Arbeit Three Beetles And Three Butterfies: A Ground Beetle, A Calosoma Sycophantis, And A Cottonwood Stag Beetle; A Peacock (Inachus Io), And A Purple Emperor (Apatura Iris, Upper And Under Sides) von Pancrace Bessa kam im Januar 2013 bei Christies in New York zur Auktion. Der dabei erzielte Preis von USD 15.000,00 (€ 11.042,40) lag im Rahmen der Erwartungen – die Schätzpreisspanne war von dem Auktionshaus zuvor mit USD 12.000,00 – 18.000,00 angegeben worden. Für andere Arbeiten von Pancrace Bessa mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit Corbeille De Fruits Et Fleurs Sur Un Entablement De Pierre Sur Lequel Repose Une Tourterelle beobachtet, die im November 2016 für EUR 43.750,00 versteigert wurde.
Pancrace Bessa - Auction history
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