Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot
Venise, vue du Quai des Esclavons
Found at
Christies,
New York
The Collection of Peggy and David Rockefeller: 19th and 20th Century Art, Evening Sale, Lot 4
08.Mai - 08.Mai.2018
The Collection of Peggy and David Rockefeller: 19th and 20th Century Art, Evening Sale, Lot 4
08.Mai - 08.Mai.2018
Estimate: 8.000.000 - 12.000.000 USD
Price realised: 9.009.844 USD
Price realised: 9.009.844 USD
Description
signed and dated 'C. COROT. 1845.' (lower right)
oil on canvas
18 ¾ x 32 ¼ in. (47.6 x 81.9 cm.)
Painted in 1845
François-Parfait Robert, Mantes (gift from the artist, by 1875). | Marie-Adrienne-Eugénie Robert, née L'Évesque, Mantes (by descent from the above). | Louis Robert, Maurice Robert and Charles Robert, Mantes (by descent from the above). | Francis Demanche and his nephews, Paris (acquired from the above, 1926). | Schoeller (probably André Schoeller), Paris. | Wildenstein et Cie, Paris (acquired from the above, May 1957). | Wildenstein & Co. Inc., New York (acquired from the above). | Acquired
oil on canvas
18 ¾ x 32 ¼ in. (47.6 x 81.9 cm.)
Painted in 1845
François-Parfait Robert, Mantes (gift from the artist, by 1875). | Marie-Adrienne-Eugénie Robert, née L'Évesque, Mantes (by descent from the above). | Louis Robert, Maurice Robert and Charles Robert, Mantes (by descent from the above). | Francis Demanche and his nephews, Paris (acquired from the above, 1926). | Schoeller (probably André Schoeller), Paris. | Wildenstein et Cie, Paris (acquired from the above, May 1957). | Wildenstein & Co. Inc., New York (acquired from the above). | Acquired
A top price for Jean Baptiste Camille Corot - as previously expected
The work Venise, vue du Quai des Esclavons by Jean Baptiste Camille Corot was auctioned at Christies in New York in May 2018. The price achieved of USD 9,009,844.00 (€ 7,720,517.57) was within expectations - the estimate range had previously been set by the auction house as USD 8,000,000.00 – 12,000,000.00. Even if this result could not surprise positively, Venise, vue du Quai des Esclavons is the most expensive artwork by Jean Baptiste Camille Corot that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis mit Ansage
Die Arbeit Venise, vue du Quai des Esclavons von Jean Baptiste Camille Corot kam im Mai 2018 bei Christies in New York zur Auktion. Der dabei erzielte Preis von USD 9.009.844,00 (€ 7.720.517,57) lag im Rahmen der Erwartungen – die Schätzpreisspanne war von dem Auktionshaus zuvor mit USD 8.000.000,00 – 12.000.000,00 angegeben worden. Auch wenn das Ergebnis damit nicht positiv überraschen konnte, ist Venise, vue du Quai des Esclavons das teuerste Kunstwerk von Jean Baptiste Camille Corot, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
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