Jean-Antoine Watteau
Three Head Studies Of A Girl Wearing A Hat
Found at
Christies,
New York
The Ann & Gordon Getty Collection: Volume 1 | Important Pictures and Decorative Arts, Evening Sale, Lot 18
20. Oct - 20. Oct 2022
The Ann & Gordon Getty Collection: Volume 1 | Important Pictures and Decorative Arts, Evening Sale, Lot 18
20. Oct - 20. Oct 2022
Estimate: 1.500.000 - 2.500.000 USD
Price realised: 3.420.000 USD
Price realised: 3.420.000 USD
Description
JEAN-ANTOINE WATTEAU (VALENCIENNES 1684-1721 NOGENT-SUR-MARNE)
Three head studies of a girl wearing a hat
black and red chalk, graphite, watermark with letters ‘[…OA…ENE]’
5 1/2 x 9 3/4 in. (14 x 24.7 cm.)
Three head studies of a girl wearing a hat
black and red chalk, graphite, watermark with letters ‘[…OA…ENE]’
5 1/2 x 9 3/4 in. (14 x 24.7 cm.)
Upper estimate price exceeded by 37 %.
The work Three Head Studies Of A Girl Wearing A Hat by Jean-Antoine Watteau was sold in the The Ann & Gordon Getty Collection: Volume 1 | Important Pictures and Decorative Arts, Evening Sale auction at Christies in New York in October last year. It achieved a price of USD 3,420,000.00 (€ 3,442,721.96), exceeding the upper end of the estimate range by 37%. Admittedly, works by Jean-Antoine Watteau have also been auctioned for a multiple of this price - according to our records, the highest result so far was achieved by the work La Surprise: A couple embracing while a figure dressed as Mezzetin tunes a guitar in July 2008 with an auction result of GBP 12,361,250.00 (€ 15,705,107.29).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 37 % übertroffen
Die Arbeit Three Head Studies Of A Girl Wearing A Hat von Jean-Antoine Watteau wurde im Oktober letzten Jahres in der Auktion The Ann & Gordon Getty Collection: Volume 1 | Important Pictures and Decorative Arts, Evening Sale bei Christies in New York versteigert. Sie erzielte dabei einen Preis von USD 3.420.000,00 (€ 3.442.721,96) und übertraf damit das obere Ende der Schätzpreisspanne um 37%. Freilich wurden Arbeiten von Jean-Antoine Watteau auch schon für ein Vielfaches dieses Preises versteigert – das bisher höchste Ergebnis erzielte nach unseren Aufzeichnungen die Arbeit La Surprise: A couple embracing while a figure dressed as Mezzetin tunes a guitar im Juli 2008 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von GBP 12.361.250,00 (€ 15.705.107,29).
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