John James Audubon
Red-Breasted Nuthatch
Found at
Christies,
New York
The Private Collection of William S. Reese: Part Two, Lot 114
26. May - 26. May 2022
The Private Collection of William S. Reese: Part Two, Lot 114
26. May - 26. May 2022
Estimate: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Description
Red-breasted Nuthatch
John James Audubon, 1829
AUDUBON, John James (1785-1851), after. – HAVELL, Robert (1793-1878).
Red-breasted Nuthatch (Plate CV)
Sitta Canadensis
"Audubon probably made this painting in August of 1829, in Pennsylvania. After his return from his first trip to England, he spent the summer of 1829 painting in New Jersey and Pennsylvania" (Low, p. 88).
Engraving with hand-coloring, etching, and aquatint, with margins. Plate size 497 x 310 mm (960 x 645 mm sheet). (Some very pale offsetting and mat-shadow, top quarter of sheet affixed to mat board.) Matted and framed.
John James Audubon, 1829
AUDUBON, John James (1785-1851), after. – HAVELL, Robert (1793-1878).
Red-breasted Nuthatch (Plate CV)
Sitta Canadensis
"Audubon probably made this painting in August of 1829, in Pennsylvania. After his return from his first trip to England, he spent the summer of 1829 painting in New Jersey and Pennsylvania" (Low, p. 88).
Engraving with hand-coloring, etching, and aquatint, with margins. Plate size 497 x 310 mm (960 x 645 mm sheet). (Some very pale offsetting and mat-shadow, top quarter of sheet affixed to mat board.) Matted and framed.
Artwork auctioned at four times the upper estimate price
When the work Red-Breasted Nuthatch by John James Audubon was auctioned at Christies in New York in May this year, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - USD 1,500 but the actual price achieved was more than three times as high at USD 6,300 (€ 5,871). 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).
Kunstwerk zum Vierfachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert
Als die Arbeit Red-Breasted Nuthatch von John James Audubon im Mai diesen Jahres bei Christies in New York versteigert wurde, übertraf das Ergebnis die Erwartungen um ein Vielfaches. Der obere Schätzpreis war mit – rückwirkend betrachtet recht bescheidenen – USD 1.500 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit USD 6.300 (€ 5.871) mehr als viermal so hoch. 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).
John James Audubon - Auction history
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