By Jean-Antoine Houdon
A Marble Bust Of A Roman Youth
Estimate: 70.000 - 100.000 USD
Price realised: 87.500 USD
Price realised: 87.500 USD
Description
On a circular white marble socle, signed and dated Houdon, F. 1775 to the reverse
13 3/4 in. (34.9 cm.) high; 17 3/8 in. (44.1 cm.) high (overall)
Private collection, East Providence, Rhode Island. | (Possibly) Anonymous sale, Parke-Bernet, New York, 8-9 January 1959.
13 3/4 in. (34.9 cm.) high; 17 3/8 in. (44.1 cm.) high (overall)
Private collection, East Providence, Rhode Island. | (Possibly) Anonymous sale, Parke-Bernet, New York, 8-9 January 1959.
A top price for Jean-Antoine Houdon - as previously expected
The work A Marble Bust Of A Roman Youth by Jean-Antoine Houdon was auctioned at Christies in New York in May 2019. The price achieved of USD 87,500.00 (€ 78,482.38) was within expectations - the estimate range had previously been set by the auction house as USD 70,000.00 – 100,000.00. Even if this result could not surprise positively, A Marble Bust Of A Roman Youth is the most expensive artwork by Jean-Antoine Houdon that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis mit Ansage
Die Arbeit A Marble Bust Of A Roman Youth von Jean-Antoine Houdon kam im Mai 2019 bei Christies in New York zur Auktion. Der dabei erzielte Preis von USD 87.500,00 (€ 78.482,38) lag im Rahmen der Erwartungen – die Schätzpreisspanne war von dem Auktionshaus zuvor mit USD 70.000,00 – 100.000,00 angegeben worden. Auch wenn das Ergebnis damit nicht positiv überraschen konnte, ist A Marble Bust Of A Roman Youth das teuerste Kunstwerk von Jean-Antoine Houdon, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
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