Albert Bierstadt

The Cavalier

Found at Sothebys, New York
Important Americana, Lot 1534
13. Jan - 24. Jan 2022
Estimate: 40.000 - 60.000 USD
Price realised: 44.100 USD
Albert Bierstadt
1830 - 1902
The Cavalier
initialed AB (lower left)
oil on paper laid down on board
board: 19 1/4 by 13 3/4 inches (48.9 by 34.9 cm)
Painted circa 1853.
We thank Melissa Webster Speidel, President of the Bierstadt Foundation and Director of the Albert Bierstadt catalogue raisonné project, for her assistance cataloguing this lot.
Ellen R. Lempereur, Weston, Massachusetts | Vose Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts | Private collection, 1947 (acquired from the above) | By descent to the present owner

Auction result well in line with expectations

The work The Cavalier by Albert Bierstadt was auctioned at Sothebys in New York in January last year. The estimated price for the artwork was previously given by the auction house with a range of USD 40,000.00 – 60,000.00, the actual price achieved of USD 44,100.00 (€ 39,332.86) could thus just exceed the lower estimate. Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by Albert Bierstadt achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work Indians Spear Fishing in May 2008 with an auction result of USD 7,321,000.00 (€ 4,705,012.85).

Auktionsergebnis im Rahmen der Erwartungen

Die Arbeit The Cavalier von Albert Bierstadt kam im Januar letzten Jahres bei Sothebys in New York zur Auktion. Der Schätzpreis für das Kunstwerk wurde von dem Auktionshaus zuvor mit einer Spanne von USD 40.000,00 – 60.000,00 angegeben, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis von USD 44.100,00 (€ 39.332,86) konnte den unteren Schätzpreis somit knapp übertreffen. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von Albert Bierstadt erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit Indians Spear Fishing im Mai 2008 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von USD 7.321.000,00 (€ 4.705.012,85).

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