Thomas Worthington Whittredge
The Old Homestead, Newport, Rhode Island
Estimate: 300.000 - 500.000 USD
Price realised: 312.500 USD
Price realised: 312.500 USD
Description
Thomas Worthington Whittredge
1820 - 1910
THE OLD HOMESTEAD, NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND
signed W. Whittredge (lower right)
oil on canvas
35 3/8 by 55 1/2 inches
(90.4 by 140.9 cm)
Painted circa 1872.
Kennedy Galleries, New York, by 1970 | Acquired by the present owner from the above, circa 1970s
1820 - 1910
THE OLD HOMESTEAD, NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND
signed W. Whittredge (lower right)
oil on canvas
35 3/8 by 55 1/2 inches
(90.4 by 140.9 cm)
Painted circa 1872.
Kennedy Galleries, New York, by 1970 | Acquired by the present owner from the above, circa 1970s
Auction result well in line with expectations
The work The Old Homestead, Newport, Rhode Island by Worthington Whittredge was sold in the American Art auction at Sothebys in New York in May 2018. The estimated price for the artwork was previously given by the auction house with a range of USD 300,000.00 – 500,000.00, the actual price achieved of USD 312,500.00 (€ 267,780.63) could thus just exceed the lower estimate. Other works by Worthington Whittredge have already achieved higher auction prices, for example, in November 2016 the work The Pine Cone Gatherers was auctioned for USD 360,500.00 (€ 340,801.66).
Auktionsergebnis im Rahmen der Erwartungen
Die Arbeit The Old Homestead, Newport, Rhode Island von Worthington Whittredge wurde im Mai 2018 in der Auktion American Art bei Sothebys in New York versteigert. Der Schätzpreis für das Kunstwerk wurde von dem Auktionshaus zuvor mit einer Spanne von USD 300.000,00 – 500.000,00 angegeben, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis von USD 312.500,00 (€ 267.780,63) konnte den unteren Schätzpreis somit knapp übertreffen. Andere Arbeiten von Worthington Whittredge konnten bereits höhere Auktionspreise erzielen, so wurde im November 2016 die Arbeit The Pine Cone Gatherers für USD 360.500,00 (€ 340.801,66) versteigert.
Worthington Whittredge - Auction history
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