John James Audubon
Bald Eagle
Found at
Christies,
New York
The Private Collection of William S. Reese: Part Two, Lot 107
26. May - 26. May 2022
The Private Collection of William S. Reese: Part Two, Lot 107
26. May - 26. May 2022
Estimate: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Description
Bald Eagle
John James Audubon, 1828
AUDUBON, John James (1785-1851), after. – LIZARS, W.H. and HAVELL, Robert (1793-1878).
White-headed Eagle (Plate XXXI)
Falco leucocephalus
Variant 1. Depicts the American bald eagle feasting on a catfish. "Audubon was dissatisfied with the earlier painting he had done in Missouri in 1820, in which the bird was feeding on a goose; so in London in 1828 he made a new painting with the catfish instead ... Although Audubon was confused about the young Bald Eagle which he painted for plate XI, which he called Bird of Washington, he had the species correct for the bird he painted here (an adult)" (Low, pp. 46-47).
Engraving with hand-coloring, etching, and aquatint, dated 1828, on watermarked J Whatman paper dated 1828. 637 x 950 mm sheet size. (Edges with a little minor light soiling and a couple of closed edge-tears; a few pale spots in upper left corner of sky.) Matted.
John James Audubon, 1828
AUDUBON, John James (1785-1851), after. – LIZARS, W.H. and HAVELL, Robert (1793-1878).
White-headed Eagle (Plate XXXI)
Falco leucocephalus
Variant 1. Depicts the American bald eagle feasting on a catfish. "Audubon was dissatisfied with the earlier painting he had done in Missouri in 1820, in which the bird was feeding on a goose; so in London in 1828 he made a new painting with the catfish instead ... Although Audubon was confused about the young Bald Eagle which he painted for plate XI, which he called Bird of Washington, he had the species correct for the bird he painted here (an adult)" (Low, pp. 46-47).
Engraving with hand-coloring, etching, and aquatint, dated 1828, on watermarked J Whatman paper dated 1828. 637 x 950 mm sheet size. (Edges with a little minor light soiling and a couple of closed edge-tears; a few pale spots in upper left corner of sky.) Matted.
Auction result well in line with expectations
The work Bald Eagle by John James Audubon was sold in the The Private Collection of William S. Reese: Part Two auction at Christies in New York in May this year. The price achieved of USD 17,640 (€ 16,438) was within expectations - the estimate range had previously been given by the auction house as USD 15,000 - 25,000. Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by John James Audubon achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work in June 2018 with an auction result of USD 9,650,000 (€ 8,264,109).
Auktionsergebnis im Rahmen der Erwartungen
Die Arbeit Bald Eagle von John James Audubon wurde im Mai diesen Jahres in der Auktion The Private Collection of William S. Reese: Part Two bei Christies in New York versteigert. Der dabei erzielte Preis von USD 17.640 (€ 16.438) lag im Rahmen der Erwartungen – die Schätzpreisspanne war von dem Auktionshaus zuvor mit USD 15.000 – 25.000 angegeben worden. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von John James Audubon erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit im Juni 2018 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von USD 9.650.000 (€ 8.264.109).
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