William James
The Molo, Venice: Looking West Towards The Dogana And Santa Maria Della Salute, The Biblioteca Marciana Right
Found at
Sothebys,
New York
Important Old Master Paintings Including European Works of Art, Lot 425
25. Jan - 25. Jan 2008
Important Old Master Paintings Including European Works of Art, Lot 425
25. Jan - 25. Jan 2008
Estimate: 40.000 - 60.000 USD
Price realised: 289.000 USD
Price realised: 289.000 USD
Description
William James
ACTIVE 1730-1780
THE MOLO, VENICE: LOOKING WEST TOWARDS THE DOGANA AND SANTA MARIA DELLA SALUTE, THE BIBLIOTECA MARCIANA RIGHT
oil on canvas
31 3/4 by 52 1/4 in.; 80.8 by 132.8 cm.
Prince Littler, Esq., Chestham Park, Henfield, Sussex; | By whom sold, New York, Sotheby Parke-Bernet, September 25, 1968, lot 8, unsold, but purchased after the sale for $8,000; | Sold, London, Sotheby's, November 19, 1969, lot 14, for £4,000; | With Richard Green, London, from whom purchased by the late collector in 1993.
ACTIVE 1730-1780
THE MOLO, VENICE: LOOKING WEST TOWARDS THE DOGANA AND SANTA MARIA DELLA SALUTE, THE BIBLIOTECA MARCIANA RIGHT
oil on canvas
31 3/4 by 52 1/4 in.; 80.8 by 132.8 cm.
Prince Littler, Esq., Chestham Park, Henfield, Sussex; | By whom sold, New York, Sotheby Parke-Bernet, September 25, 1968, lot 8, unsold, but purchased after the sale for $8,000; | Sold, London, Sotheby's, November 19, 1969, lot 14, for £4,000; | With Richard Green, London, from whom purchased by the late collector in 1993.
Artwork auctioned at four times the upper estimate price
When the work The Molo, Venice: Looking West Towards The Dogana And Santa Maria Della Salute, The Biblioteca Marciana Right by William James was auctioned at Sothebys in New York in January 2008, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - USD 60,000.00 but the actual price achieved was more than four times as high at USD 289,000.00 (€ 194,730.81). Despite this good result, it is not the highest hammer price for an artwork by William James; that achieved among the auctions we observed the lot The Bucintoro Returning To The Molo On Ascension Day, Venice sold at auction in April 2008 with the realized price of USD 325,000.00 (€ 208,761.56).
Kunstwerk zum Vierfachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert
Als die Arbeit The Molo, Venice: Looking West Towards The Dogana And Santa Maria Della Salute, The Biblioteca Marciana Right von William James im Januar 2008 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 60.000,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit USD 289.000,00 (€ 194.730,81) mehr als viermal so hoch. Trotz des guten Ergebnisses ist dies nicht der höchste Zuschlag für ein Kunstwerk von William James; den erzielte unter den von uns beobachteten Auktionen die Arbeit The Bucintoro Returning To The Molo On Ascension Day, Venice im April 2008 mit dem Hammerpreis von USD 325.000,00 (€ 208.761,56).
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