Winslow Homer
Where are the Boats?
Found at
Christies,
New York
The Collection of Peggy and David Rockefeller: Art of the Americas, Evening Sale, Lot 438
09.Mai - 09.Mai.2018
The Collection of Peggy and David Rockefeller: Art of the Americas, Evening Sale, Lot 438
09.Mai - 09.Mai.2018
Estimate: 1.500.000 - 2.500.000 USD
Price realised: 4.572.500 USD
Price realised: 4.572.500 USD
Description
signed and dated 'Winslow Homer/1883' (lower right)
watercolor and pencil on paper
image, 13 ½ x 19 5/8 in. (34.3 x 49.9 cm.);
sheet, 14 x 20 1/8 in. (35.6 x 51.1 cm.)
Executed in 1883.
The artist. | Doll & Richards, Boston, Massachusetts, acquired from the above, 1883. | George Baty Blake, Boston, Massachusetts, 1883. | John Armory Lowell Blake, Boston, Massachusetts, son of the above. | F.W. Bayley & Son, Boston, Massachusetts, 1930. | John S. Ames, Boston, Massachusetts, 1930. | Mrs. John S. Ames, North Easton, Massachusetts, by descent from the above, 1959. | David Ames, North Easton, Massachusetts, son of the above, gift from the above. | Firestone & Parson, Boston, Massac
watercolor and pencil on paper
image, 13 ½ x 19 5/8 in. (34.3 x 49.9 cm.);
sheet, 14 x 20 1/8 in. (35.6 x 51.1 cm.)
Executed in 1883.
The artist. | Doll & Richards, Boston, Massachusetts, acquired from the above, 1883. | George Baty Blake, Boston, Massachusetts, 1883. | John Armory Lowell Blake, Boston, Massachusetts, son of the above. | F.W. Bayley & Son, Boston, Massachusetts, 1930. | John S. Ames, Boston, Massachusetts, 1930. | Mrs. John S. Ames, North Easton, Massachusetts, by descent from the above, 1959. | David Ames, North Easton, Massachusetts, son of the above, gift from the above. | Firestone & Parson, Boston, Massac
A top price for Winslow Homer
This artwork by Winslow Homer achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in New York in May 2018. In the The Collection of Peggy and David Rockefeller: Art of the Americas, Evening Sale auction, the work Where are the Boats? sold for USD 4,572,500.00 (€ 3,918,166.24) - well above the upper estimate of USD 2,500,000.00. This high result makes Where are the Boats? the most expensive artwork by Winslow Homer that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Winslow Homer
Dieses Kunstwerk von Winslow Homer erzielte im Mai 2018 bei Christies in New York einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion The Collection of Peggy and David Rockefeller: Art of the Americas, Evening Sale wurde die Arbeit Where are the Boats? für USD 4.572.500,00 (€ 3.918.166,24) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von USD 2.500.000,00. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Where are the Boats? zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Winslow Homer, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
Winslow Homer - Auction history
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