Honoré Daumier
Les Avocats — Le Parquet Des Avocats
Found at
Sothebys,
New York
Impressionist & Modern Art Evening Sale, Lot 42
7. May - 7. May 2013
Impressionist & Modern Art Evening Sale, Lot 42
7. May - 7. May 2013
Estimate: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Description
Honoré Daumier
1810 - 1879
LES AVOCATS — LE PARQUET DES AVOCATS
Signed h. Daumier (upper left)
Pen and ink, watercolor and gouache on paper
23.5 by 31.5 cm
Executed in the early 1860s.
(possibly) Adolphe-Victor Geoffroy-Dechame (on consignment from the artist) | (possibly) Galerie Barbazanges, Paris | Galerie Brame, Paris | Knoedler Gallery, New York | John Nicholas Brown, Providence (by 1929) | Acquavella Galleries, New York (acquired from the above) | John T. Dorrance, Jr., New York (acquired from the above in 1986) | By descent from the above in 1989
1810 - 1879
LES AVOCATS — LE PARQUET DES AVOCATS
Signed h. Daumier (upper left)
Pen and ink, watercolor and gouache on paper
23.5 by 31.5 cm
Executed in the early 1860s.
(possibly) Adolphe-Victor Geoffroy-Dechame (on consignment from the artist) | (possibly) Galerie Barbazanges, Paris | Galerie Brame, Paris | Knoedler Gallery, New York | John Nicholas Brown, Providence (by 1929) | Acquavella Galleries, New York (acquired from the above) | John T. Dorrance, Jr., New York (acquired from the above in 1986) | By descent from the above in 1989
A top price for Honoré Daumier
The work Les Avocats — Le Parquet Des Avocats by Honoré Daumier was worth USD 2,629,000.00 (€ 2,024,176.16) to a buyer in May 2013. This price was achieved in the auction Impressionist & Modern Art Evening Sale at Sothebys in New York and exceeded the previously set upper estimate of USD 800,000.00 many times over. This high result makes Les Avocats — Le Parquet Des Avocats the most expensive artwork by Honoré Daumier that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Honoré Daumier
Die Arbeit Les Avocats — Le Parquet Des Avocats von Honoré Daumier war einem Käufer im Mai 2013 USD 2.629.000,00 (€ 2.024.176,16) wert. Dieser Preise wurde in der Auktion Impressionist & Modern Art Evening Sale bei Sothebys in New York erzielt und übertraf den zuvor angesetzten oberen Schätzpreis von USD 800.000,00 um ein Vielfaches. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Les Avocats — Le Parquet Des Avocats zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Honoré Daumier, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
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