John Singer Sargent
San Geremia
Found at
Christies,
New York
The Collection of Peggy and David Rockefeller: Art of the Americas, Evening Sale, Lot 434
09.Mai - 09.Mai.2018
The Collection of Peggy and David Rockefeller: Art of the Americas, Evening Sale, Lot 434
09.Mai - 09.Mai.2018
Estimate: 3.000.000 - 5.000.000 USD
Price realised: 9.087.500 USD
Price realised: 9.087.500 USD
Description
signed and dated 'John S. Sargent 1913' (lower right)
oil on canvas
22 x 28 in. (55.9 x 71.1 cm.)
Painted in 1913.
Violet Sargent Ormond, sister of the artist, 1925. | H.E. Conrad Ormond, son of the above, by descent, 1955. | Private collection, by descent, 1979. | Sotheby's, New York, 6 December 1984, lot 165, sold by the above. | Acquired by the late owners from the above.
oil on canvas
22 x 28 in. (55.9 x 71.1 cm.)
Painted in 1913.
Violet Sargent Ormond, sister of the artist, 1925. | H.E. Conrad Ormond, son of the above, by descent, 1955. | Private collection, by descent, 1979. | Sotheby's, New York, 6 December 1984, lot 165, sold by the above. | Acquired by the late owners from the above.
A top price for John Singer Sargent
This artwork by John Singer Sargent achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in New York in May 2018. In the The Collection of Peggy and David Rockefeller: Art of the Americas, Evening Sale auction, the work San Geremia sold for USD 9,087,500.00 (€ 7,787,060.84) - well above the upper estimate of USD 5,000,000.00. This high result makes San Geremia the most expensive artwork by John Singer Sargent that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für John Singer Sargent
Dieses Kunstwerk von John Singer Sargent erzielte im Mai 2018 bei Christies in New York einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion The Collection of Peggy and David Rockefeller: Art of the Americas, Evening Sale wurde die Arbeit San Geremia für USD 9.087.500,00 (€ 7.787.060,84) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von USD 5.000.000,00. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht San Geremia zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von John Singer Sargent, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
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