Thomas Eakins
Portrait Of Dr. Joseph Leidy, Ii
Estimate: 50.000 - 70.000 USD
Price realised: 352.800 USD
Price realised: 352.800 USD
Description
Property of The Newark Museum of Art, Sold to Support Museum Collections
Thomas Eakins
1844 - 1916
Portrait of Dr. Joseph Leidy, II
signed Eakins (lower right); also initialed T.E. (on the reverse prior to lining)
oil on canvas
50 by 36 inches
(127 by 91.4 cm)
Painted in 1890.
The artist | Mrs. Thomas Eakins (his wife) | Newman Galleries, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Wallace M. Scudder, 1935 (acquired from the above) | Gift to the present owner from the above, 1935
Thomas Eakins
1844 - 1916
Portrait of Dr. Joseph Leidy, II
signed Eakins (lower right); also initialed T.E. (on the reverse prior to lining)
oil on canvas
50 by 36 inches
(127 by 91.4 cm)
Painted in 1890.
The artist | Mrs. Thomas Eakins (his wife) | Newman Galleries, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Wallace M. Scudder, 1935 (acquired from the above) | Gift to the present owner from the above, 1935
Artwork auctioned at five times the upper estimate price
When the work Portrait Of Dr. Joseph Leidy, Ii by Thomas Eakins was auctioned at Sothebys in New York in May 2021, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - USD 70,000.00 but the actual price achieved was more than five times as high at USD 352,800.00 (€ 289,322.62). Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by Thomas Eakins achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work Cowboys in the Badlands in May 2003 with an auction result of USD 5,383,500.00 (€ 4,575,471.70).
Kunstwerk zum Fünffachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert
Als die Arbeit Portrait Of Dr. Joseph Leidy, Ii von Thomas Eakins im Mai 2021 bei Sothebys in New York versteigert wurde, übertraf das Ergebnis die Erwartungen um ein Vielfaches. Der obere Schätzpreis war mit – rückwirkend betrachtet recht bescheidenen – USD 70.000,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit USD 352.800,00 (€ 289.322,62) mehr als fünfmal so hoch. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von Thomas Eakins erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit Cowboys in the Badlands im Mai 2003 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von USD 5.383.500,00 (€ 4.575.471,70).
Thomas Eakins - Auction history
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