Claude-Louis Desrais

A tightrope walker crossing the Seine near the Concorde bridge in front of the governmental box on 15 August 1807

Found at Christies, New York
Old Master & 19th Century Drawings, Lot 115
24. Jan - 24. Jan 2006
Estimate: 3.000 - 5.000 USD
Price realised: 12.000 USD
Claude-Louis Desrais (1746-1816)
A tightrope walker crossing the Seine near the Concorde bridge in front of the governmental box on 15 August 1807
inscribed 'Vuë de la décoration du feu d'artifice, et de la loge de l'etat major prise entre le pont de la concorde et celui ci devant .ngal, moment ou Le Sieur furioso, danse sur une partie de la grande corde raide, la totalité n'ayant pu se tendre plus loing. - Réjouissance donnée sur la rivière de Seine, a l'occasion de la paix avec La Russie et La Prusse, et de la fête anniversaire du victorieux Empereur des Français, Napoleon 1 e r , Protecteur de la Confédération du Rhin.'
black chalk, pen and grey ink, grey and blue wash
11 x 16 7/8 in. (280 x 427 mm.)

Upper estimate price exceeded by more than 100%

This artwork by Claude-Louis Desrais achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in New York in January 2006. In the Old Master & 19th Century Drawings auction, the work A tightrope walker crossing the Seine near the Concorde bridge in front of the governmental box on 15 August 1807 sold for USD 12,000.00 (€ 9,870.04) - well above the upper estimate of USD 5,000.00. Despite this good result, it is not the highest hammer price for an artwork by Claude-Louis Desrais; that achieved among the auctions we observed the lot Monsieur Mesmer'S Baquet sold at auction in January 2012 with the realized price of USD 15,000.00 (€ 11,491.61).

Oberer Schätzpreis um mehr als 100% übertroffen

Dieses Kunstwerk von Claude-Louis Desrais erzielte im Januar 2006 bei Christies in New York einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Old Master & 19th Century Drawings wurde die Arbeit A tightrope walker crossing the Seine near the Concorde bridge in front of the governmental box on 15 August 1807 für USD 12.000,00 (€ 9.870,04) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von USD 5.000,00. Trotz des guten Ergebnisses ist dies nicht der höchste Zuschlag für ein Kunstwerk von Claude-Louis Desrais; den erzielte unter den von uns beobachteten Auktionen die Arbeit Monsieur Mesmer'S Baquet im Januar 2012 mit dem Hammerpreis von USD 15.000,00 (€ 11.491,61).

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