Honoré Daumier

L'Avocat pathétique

Found at Sothebys, New York
From Daumier to Olitski: Select Works from The William Louis-Dreyfus Foundation and Family Collections, Lot 1
13. Sep - 23. Sep 2021
Estimate: 60.000 - 80.000 USD
Price realised: 100.800 USD
Property from the Louis-Dreyfus Family Collections
Honoré Daumier
1810 - 1879
L'Avocat pathétique
Signed with the initials h.D (lower right)
Charcoal, pen and ink, brush and ink and pencil on paper
8¾ by 6⅛ in. (22.2 by 15.6 cm)
Framed: 16⅝ by 14 in. (42.3 by 35.5 cm)
Executed circa 1850-55.
Henry Marcel, Paris | Jos Hessel, Paris | Étienne Bignou, Paris | Private Collection, The Netherlands (acquired by 1924) | Private Collection, Switzerland (and sold: Sotheby's, London, June 22, 2004, lot 412) | Jan Krugier & Mary-Anne Poniatowsky, Geneva (acquired at the above sale and sold: Sotheby's, London, June 24, 2014, lot 388) | William Louis-Dreyfus, Mount Kisco, New York (acquired at the above sale) | The Louis-Dreyfus Family Collections (gifted by the above in 2016)

Upper estimate price exceeded by 26%

The work L'Avocat pathétique by Honoré Daumier was sold in the From Daumier to Olitski: Select Works from The William Louis-Dreyfus Foundation and Family Collections auction at Sothebys in New York in September last year. The »bidding war« ended at USD 100,800 (€ 87,069), 26% above the upper estimate. Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by Honoré Daumier achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work Les Avocats — Le Parquet Des Avocats in May 2013 with an auction result of USD 2,629,000 (€ 2,024,176).

Oberer Schätzpreis um 26% übertroffen

Die Arbeit L'Avocat pathétique von Honoré Daumier wurde im September letzten Jahres in der Auktion From Daumier to Olitski: Select Works from The William Louis-Dreyfus Foundation and Family Collections bei Sothebys in New York versteigert. Das »Bietergefecht« endete beim Preis von USD 100.800 (€ 87.069) und damit 26% über dem oberen Schätzpreis. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von Honoré Daumier erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit Les Avocats — Le Parquet Des Avocats im Mai 2013 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von USD 2.629.000 (€ 2.024.176).

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