Baron Adolph De Meyer
Water Lilies
Found at
Christies,
London
Masterpieces of Design & Photography, Lot 34
03.Okt - 03.Okt.2017
Masterpieces of Design & Photography, Lot 34
03.Okt - 03.Okt.2017
Estimate: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Description
platinum print, on layered mount
signed in pencil 'De Meyer' (on the third paper inter-mount); the successive inter-mounts of cream, grey and cream paper (the second with 'Mercantile Bond' watermark) inter-mounted on cream board
image/sheet: 9 5/8 x 13 ¼ in. (24.4 x 33.6 cm.)
primary paper mount: 9 ¾ x 13 ½ in. (24.6 x 34.3 cm.)
secondary paper mount: 9 7/8 x 13 5/8 in. (25.1 x 34.6 cm.)
tertiary paper mount: 12 ½ x 14 ½ in. (31.7 x 36.9 cm.)
board mount: 18 x 19 in. (45.7 x 48.2 cm.)
Photographed circa 1906 and printed circa 1906
The Artist. | Karl Struss. | Estate of Karl Struss. | Private Collection, USA (acquired circa 1979) | Anon. sale, Christie’s New York, 8 October 2009, lot 819. | Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
signed in pencil 'De Meyer' (on the third paper inter-mount); the successive inter-mounts of cream, grey and cream paper (the second with 'Mercantile Bond' watermark) inter-mounted on cream board
image/sheet: 9 5/8 x 13 ¼ in. (24.4 x 33.6 cm.)
primary paper mount: 9 ¾ x 13 ½ in. (24.6 x 34.3 cm.)
secondary paper mount: 9 7/8 x 13 5/8 in. (25.1 x 34.6 cm.)
tertiary paper mount: 12 ½ x 14 ½ in. (31.7 x 36.9 cm.)
board mount: 18 x 19 in. (45.7 x 48.2 cm.)
Photographed circa 1906 and printed circa 1906
The Artist. | Karl Struss. | Estate of Karl Struss. | Private Collection, USA (acquired circa 1979) | Anon. sale, Christie’s New York, 8 October 2009, lot 819. | Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
A top price for Adolphe de Meyer - as previously expected
The work Water Lilies by Adolphe de Meyer was auctioned at Christies in London in October 2017. The estimated price for the artwork was previously given by the auction house with a range of GBP 120,000.00 – 180,000.00, the actual price achieved of GBP 125,000.00 (€ 142,524.47) could thus just exceed the lower estimate. Even if this result could not surprise positively, Water Lilies is the most expensive artwork by Adolphe de Meyer that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis mit Ansage
Die Arbeit Water Lilies von Adolphe de Meyer kam im Oktober 2017 bei Christies in London zur Auktion. Der Schätzpreis für das Kunstwerk wurde von dem Auktionshaus zuvor mit einer Spanne von GBP 120.000,00 – 180.000,00 angegeben, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis von GBP 125.000,00 (€ 142.524,47) konnte den unteren Schätzpreis somit knapp übertreffen. Auch wenn das Ergebnis damit nicht positiv überraschen konnte, ist Water Lilies das teuerste Kunstwerk von Adolphe de Meyer, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
Adolphe de Meyer - Auction history
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