Jacques Villon
L'Acrobate
Found at
Christies,
New York
Impressionist & Modern Art Evening Sale, Lot 22 C
12. May - 12. May 2016
Impressionist & Modern Art Evening Sale, Lot 22 C
12. May - 12. May 2016
Estimate: 800.000 - 1.200.000 USD
Price realised: 1.025.000 USD
Price realised: 1.025.000 USD
Description
signed with initials ‘JV’ (lower left); signed and titled 'Jacques Villon L'ACROBATE' (on the reverse)
oil over pencil on canvas
39 3/8 x 28 5/8 in. (99.8 x 72.7 cm.)
Painted in 1913
John J. Quinn, New York; Estate sale, American Art Galleries, Inc., New York, 10 February 1927, lot 260. | Ferdinand Howald, Columbus. | Florence Howald Shawan, Columbus (by descent from the above, circa 1934). | Virginia Bonnet and David Howald Shawan, Columbus (by descent from the above, by 1969). | E.V. Thaw & Co., Inc., New York. | Ruth G. Hardman, Tulsa (acquired from the above); Estate sale, Sotheby's, New York, 6 May 2004, lot 116. | Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
oil over pencil on canvas
39 3/8 x 28 5/8 in. (99.8 x 72.7 cm.)
Painted in 1913
John J. Quinn, New York; Estate sale, American Art Galleries, Inc., New York, 10 February 1927, lot 260. | Ferdinand Howald, Columbus. | Florence Howald Shawan, Columbus (by descent from the above, circa 1934). | Virginia Bonnet and David Howald Shawan, Columbus (by descent from the above, by 1969). | E.V. Thaw & Co., Inc., New York. | Ruth G. Hardman, Tulsa (acquired from the above); Estate sale, Sotheby's, New York, 6 May 2004, lot 116. | Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
A top price for Jacques Villon - as previously expected
The work L'Acrobate by Jacques Villon was sold in the Impressionist & Modern Art Evening Sale auction at Christies in New York in May 2016. The price achieved of USD 1,025,000.00 (€ 920,520.88) was within expectations - the estimate range had previously been set by the auction house as USD 800,000.00 – 1,200,000.00. Even if this result could not surprise positively, L'Acrobate is the most expensive artwork by Jacques Villon that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis mit Ansage
Die Arbeit L'Acrobate von Jacques Villon wurde im Mai 2016 in der Auktion Impressionist & Modern Art Evening Sale bei Christies in New York versteigert. Der dabei erzielte Preis von USD 1.025.000,00 (€ 920.520,88) lag im Rahmen der Erwartungen – die Schätzpreisspanne war von dem Auktionshaus zuvor mit USD 800.000,00 – 1.200.000,00 angegeben worden. Auch wenn das Ergebnis damit nicht positiv überraschen konnte, ist L'Acrobate das teuerste Kunstwerk von Jacques Villon, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
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