Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller
View of Lake Altaussee and the Dachstein
Found at
Christies,
London
Classic Art Evening Sale: Antiquity to 20th Century, Lot 61
29.Jul - 29.Jul.2020
Classic Art Evening Sale: Antiquity to 20th Century, Lot 61
29.Jul - 29.Jul.2020
Estimate: 100.000 - 150.000 GBP
Price realised: 225.000 GBP
Price realised: 225.000 GBP
Description
View of Lake Altaussee and the Dachstein
signed and dated 'Waldmüller 1834' (centre right)
oil on panel
12 ¼ x 10 ½ in. (31 x 26.5 cm.)
Anonymous sale; Löscher, Vienna, 11-13 May 1863, lot 77. | Johann II. Fürst Liechtenstein, by 1907. | Dr. Hermann Eissler (1860-1953), Vienna, by 1930. | Banned from export under the Nazi regime and held in the apartment of the above, 29 October 1938. | Berta Morelli (1893 – 1975), Vienna, by December 1938, acquired as a gift from her father, Dr Hermann Eissler. | Purchased by Maria Almas Dietrich, Munich, together with two other paintings by Waldmüller from the above and Hortense Eissler f
signed and dated 'Waldmüller 1834' (centre right)
oil on panel
12 ¼ x 10 ½ in. (31 x 26.5 cm.)
Anonymous sale; Löscher, Vienna, 11-13 May 1863, lot 77. | Johann II. Fürst Liechtenstein, by 1907. | Dr. Hermann Eissler (1860-1953), Vienna, by 1930. | Banned from export under the Nazi regime and held in the apartment of the above, 29 October 1938. | Berta Morelli (1893 – 1975), Vienna, by December 1938, acquired as a gift from her father, Dr Hermann Eissler. | Purchased by Maria Almas Dietrich, Munich, together with two other paintings by Waldmüller from the above and Hortense Eissler f
Upper estimate price exceeded by 50 %.
The work View of Lake Altaussee and the Dachstein by Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller was auctioned at Christies in London in July 2020. It achieved a price of GBP 225,000.00 (€ 250,970.36), exceeding the upper end of the estimate range by 50%. Despite this good result, it is not the highest hammer price for an artwork by Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller; that achieved among the auctions we observed the lot Red and white grapes and silver tableware on a marble ledge sold at auction in July 2010 with the realized price of GBP 301,250.00 (€ 362,219.18).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 50 % übertroffen
Die Arbeit View of Lake Altaussee and the Dachstein von Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller kam im Juli 2020 bei Christies in London zur Auktion. Sie erzielte dabei einen Preis von GBP 225.000,00 (€ 250.970,36) und übertraf damit das obere Ende der Schätzpreisspanne um 50%. Trotz des guten Ergebnisses ist dies nicht der höchste Zuschlag für ein Kunstwerk von Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller; den erzielte unter den von uns beobachteten Auktionen die Arbeit Red and white grapes and silver tableware on a marble ledge im Juli 2010 mit dem Hammerpreis von GBP 301.250,00 (€ 362.219,18).
Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller - Auction history
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