Sanford Robinson Gifford
A Lake Twilight
Estimate: 1.200.000 - 1.800.000 USD
Price realised: 2.900.000 USD
Price realised: 2.900.000 USD
Description
Sanford Robinson Gifford
1823 - 1880
A LAKE TWILIGHT
signed SR Gifford. and dated 1861. (lower right); also inscribed in another hand Twilight In the Green Mountains. Vt. by/S.R Gifford New York (on an original label affixed to the stretcher)
oil on canvas
16 1/8 by 28 1/4 inches
(41 by 71.8 cm)
The artist | Young Men's Association, Troy, New York, 1861 (acquired from the above) | M. Knoedler & Co., New York | James Maroney, Inc., New York | Vose Galleries, Boston, Massachusetts | Acquired by the present owner, by 1980
1823 - 1880
A LAKE TWILIGHT
signed SR Gifford. and dated 1861. (lower right); also inscribed in another hand Twilight In the Green Mountains. Vt. by/S.R Gifford New York (on an original label affixed to the stretcher)
oil on canvas
16 1/8 by 28 1/4 inches
(41 by 71.8 cm)
The artist | Young Men's Association, Troy, New York, 1861 (acquired from the above) | M. Knoedler & Co., New York | James Maroney, Inc., New York | Vose Galleries, Boston, Massachusetts | Acquired by the present owner, by 1980
A top price for Sanford Robinson Gifford
In May 2019 Sothebys in New York held the auction American Art, which included the work A Lake Twilight by Sanford Robinson Gifford. The »bidding war« ended at USD 2,900,000.00 (€ 2,601,130.15), 61% above the upper estimate. This high result makes A Lake Twilight the most expensive artwork by Sanford Robinson Gifford that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Sanford Robinson Gifford
Im Mai 2019 führte Sothebys in New York die Auktion American Art durch, in der auch die Arbeit A Lake Twilight von Sanford Robinson Gifford zur Versteigerung kam. Das »Bietergefecht« endete beim Preis von USD 2.900.000,00 (€ 2.601.130,15) und damit 61% über dem oberen Schätzpreis. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht A Lake Twilight zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Sanford Robinson Gifford, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
Sanford Robinson Gifford - Auction history
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