Willard LeRoy Metcalf
The Red Oak
Estimate: 300.000 - 500.000 USD
Price realised: 348.500 USD
Price realised: 348.500 USD
Description
Willard LeRoy Metcalf
1858 - 1925
THE RED OAK
signed Willard L. Metcalf (lower right)
oil on canvas
24 by 24 inches
(61 by 61 cm)
Painted circa 1911.
Ellen Biddle Shipman, New York | Cary Jackson (her grandson), New York | Douglas Cary Jackson (his son), New York | By descent until 1996 | Spanierman Gallery, New York, 1997 | Private collection, New York | Betty Krulik Gallery, New York | Acquired by the present owner from the above
1858 - 1925
THE RED OAK
signed Willard L. Metcalf (lower right)
oil on canvas
24 by 24 inches
(61 by 61 cm)
Painted circa 1911.
Ellen Biddle Shipman, New York | Cary Jackson (her grandson), New York | Douglas Cary Jackson (his son), New York | By descent until 1996 | Spanierman Gallery, New York, 1997 | Private collection, New York | Betty Krulik Gallery, New York | Acquired by the present owner from the above
Auction result well in line with expectations
The work The Red Oak by Willard Leroy Metcalf was sold in the American Art auction at Sothebys in New York in May 2017. 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 348,500.00 (€ 310,163.76) could thus just exceed the lower estimate. Other works by Willard Leroy Metcalf have already achieved higher auction prices, for example, in May 2014 the work October Festival was auctioned for USD 545,000.00 (€ 399,560.12).
Auktionsergebnis im Rahmen der Erwartungen
Die Arbeit The Red Oak von Willard Leroy Metcalf wurde im Mai 2017 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 348.500,00 (€ 310.163,76) konnte den unteren Schätzpreis somit knapp übertreffen. Andere Arbeiten von Willard Leroy Metcalf konnten bereits höhere Auktionspreise erzielen, so wurde im Mai 2014 die Arbeit October Festival für USD 545.000,00 (€ 399.560,12) versteigert.
Willard Leroy Metcalf - Auction history
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