Robert Walter Weir
Greenwich Boat Club
Estimate: 400.000 - 600.000 USD
Price realised: 1.202.500 USD
Price realised: 1.202.500 USD
Description
Robert Walter Weir1803-1889
GREENWICH BOAT CLUB
signed R.W. Weir and dated 1833, l.r.
oil on canvas
21 1/4 by 30 1/2 in.
(54 by 77.5 cm)
Walter M. Oddie, New York, by 1838 | Julia Austin Meigs, New York, circa 1865 (his wife) | Henry Meigs, New Jersey, circa 1880 (her brother) | Henry Meigs, Jr., New York, circa 1887 (his son) | Austin Graham Meigs, New York, circa 1902 (his son) | By descent in the family to the present owner
GREENWICH BOAT CLUB
signed R.W. Weir and dated 1833, l.r.
oil on canvas
21 1/4 by 30 1/2 in.
(54 by 77.5 cm)
Walter M. Oddie, New York, by 1838 | Julia Austin Meigs, New York, circa 1865 (his wife) | Henry Meigs, New Jersey, circa 1880 (her brother) | Henry Meigs, Jr., New York, circa 1887 (his son) | Austin Graham Meigs, New York, circa 1902 (his son) | By descent in the family to the present owner
A top price for Robert Walter Weir
This artwork by Robert Walter Weir achieved an unexpectedly high price at Sothebys in New York in December 2008. In the American Paintings, Drawings & Sculpture auction, the work Greenwich Boat Club sold for USD 1,202,500.00 (€ 863,927.01) - well above the upper estimate of USD 600,000.00. This high result makes Greenwich Boat Club the most expensive artwork by Robert Walter Weir that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Robert Walter Weir
Dieses Kunstwerk von Robert Walter Weir erzielte im Dezember 2008 bei Sothebys in New York einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion American Paintings, Drawings & Sculpture wurde die Arbeit Greenwich Boat Club für USD 1.202.500,00 (€ 863.927,01) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von USD 600.000,00. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Greenwich Boat Club zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Robert Walter Weir, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
Robert Walter Weir - Auction history
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