Jules Breton
Le pré fleuri à Courrières
Estimate: 70.000 - 100.000 USD
Price realised: 187.500 USD
Price realised: 187.500 USD
Description
signed and dated 'Jules Breton 88' (lower left)
oil on panel
10 ¼ x 13 7/8 in. (26 x 35.2 cm.)
The artist. | His sale; Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, 2-3 June 1911, lot 130. | M. Mérat, acquired at the above sale. | with Whitford & Hughes, London, by 1983. | Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 6 May 1998, lot 200. | Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
oil on panel
10 ¼ x 13 7/8 in. (26 x 35.2 cm.)
The artist. | His sale; Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, 2-3 June 1911, lot 130. | M. Mérat, acquired at the above sale. | with Whitford & Hughes, London, by 1983. | Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 6 May 1998, lot 200. | Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Upper estimate price exceeded by 88 %.
This artwork by Jules Breton achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in New York in October 2018. In the European Art: Part II auction, the work Le pré fleuri à Courrières sold for USD 187,500.00 (€ 165,460.64) - well above the upper estimate of USD 100,000.00. Admittedly, works by Jules Breton have also been auctioned for a multiple of this price - according to our records, the highest result so far was achieved by the work French les Communiantes in May 2016 with an auction result of USD 1,270,000.00 (€ 1,140,547.82).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 88 % übertroffen
Dieses Kunstwerk von Jules Breton erzielte im Oktober 2018 bei Christies in New York einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion European Art: Part II wurde die Arbeit Le pré fleuri à Courrières für USD 187.500,00 (€ 165.460,64) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von USD 100.000,00. Freilich wurden Arbeiten von Jules Breton auch schon für ein Vielfaches dieses Preises versteigert – das bisher höchste Ergebnis erzielte nach unseren Aufzeichnungen die Arbeit French les Communiantes im Mai 2016 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von USD 1.270.000,00 (€ 1.140.547,82).
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