Augustin Amant Constant Fidèle Edouart
An Album Of Silhouettes Of 'Irish Characters'
Found at
Sothebys,
London
British & Irish Art, Lot 60
23. May - 23. May 2013
British & Irish Art, Lot 60
23. May - 23. May 2013
Estimate: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Description
Augustin Amant Constant Fidèle Edouart
1789 - 1861
AN ALBUM OF SILHOUETTES OF 'IRISH CHARACTERS'
including portraits of Samuel Kyle, Bishop of Cork (d. 1848); Augustus Frederick Fitzgerald, 3 rd Duke of Leinster (1791-1874); Richard Whateley (1787-1863); Sir Joseph Mclean (d. 1839); Major Henry Sirr (1764-1841); Dr. William Magee, Archbishop of Dublin (1766-1831); William Cobbett (1762-1835); Thomas Elrington (1760-1835); William Carleton (1794-1869); and many more
One hundred and thirty-five sheets, approximately one hundred and three sihouettes applied to a lithographic base heightened with watercolour washes, nine silhouettes on brown wash, one brown wash and twenty-two lithographs, all bound in marble boards;
extensively inscribed with names of the sitters, many inscribed by the sitters themselves, dated between 1833 and 1834
Album size 28.3 by 22.3cm., 11 by 8¾in.
Anonymous sale, London, Christie's, 14 October 1992, lot 6
1789 - 1861
AN ALBUM OF SILHOUETTES OF 'IRISH CHARACTERS'
including portraits of Samuel Kyle, Bishop of Cork (d. 1848); Augustus Frederick Fitzgerald, 3 rd Duke of Leinster (1791-1874); Richard Whateley (1787-1863); Sir Joseph Mclean (d. 1839); Major Henry Sirr (1764-1841); Dr. William Magee, Archbishop of Dublin (1766-1831); William Cobbett (1762-1835); Thomas Elrington (1760-1835); William Carleton (1794-1869); and many more
One hundred and thirty-five sheets, approximately one hundred and three sihouettes applied to a lithographic base heightened with watercolour washes, nine silhouettes on brown wash, one brown wash and twenty-two lithographs, all bound in marble boards;
extensively inscribed with names of the sitters, many inscribed by the sitters themselves, dated between 1833 and 1834
Album size 28.3 by 22.3cm., 11 by 8¾in.
Anonymous sale, London, Christie's, 14 October 1992, lot 6
Auction result well in line with expectations
In May 2013 Sothebys in London held the auction British & Irish Art, which included the work An Album Of Silhouettes Of 'Irish Characters' by Augustin Amant Constant Fidèle Edouart. The estimated price for the artwork was previously given by the auction house with a range of GBP 30,000.00 – 50,000.00, the actual price achieved of GBP 32,500.00 (€ 37,997.57) could thus just exceed the lower estimate. Other works by Augustin Amant Constant Fidèle Edouart have already achieved higher auction prices, for example, in July 2014 the work An Album Of Silhouettes Of ‘Irish Characters' was auctioned for GBP 32,500.00 (€ 40,992.72).
Auktionsergebnis im Rahmen der Erwartungen
Im Mai 2013 führte Sothebys in London die Auktion British & Irish Art durch, in der auch die Arbeit An Album Of Silhouettes Of 'Irish Characters' von Augustin Amant Constant Fidèle Edouart zur Versteigerung kam. Der Schätzpreis für das Kunstwerk wurde von dem Auktionshaus zuvor mit einer Spanne von GBP 30.000,00 – 50.000,00 angegeben, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis von GBP 32.500,00 (€ 37.997,57) konnte den unteren Schätzpreis somit knapp übertreffen. Andere Arbeiten von Augustin Amant Constant Fidèle Edouart konnten bereits höhere Auktionspreise erzielen, so wurde im Juli 2014 die Arbeit An Album Of Silhouettes Of ‘Irish Characters' für GBP 32.500,00 (€ 40.992,72) versteigert.
Augustin Amant Constant Fidèle Edouart - Auction history
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