Louis-Ernest Barrias
La nature se dévoilant devant la science (Nature Revealing Herself Before Science)
Estimate: 30.000 - 50.000 USD
Price realised: 68.750 USD
Price realised: 68.750 USD
Description
LOUIS-ERNEST BARRIAS (FRENCH, 1841-1905)
La nature se dévoilant devant la science (Nature Revealing Herself Before Science)
signed 'E. Barrias' (on the reverse), inscribed 'Susse F res Ed ts Paris' (on the reverse) and stamped with Susse Frères foundry cachet (on the reverse)
gilt bronze, marble, lapis lazuli
29 in. (73.6 cm.) high
Executed circa 1905.
La nature se dévoilant devant la science (Nature Revealing Herself Before Science)
signed 'E. Barrias' (on the reverse), inscribed 'Susse F res Ed ts Paris' (on the reverse) and stamped with Susse Frères foundry cachet (on the reverse)
gilt bronze, marble, lapis lazuli
29 in. (73.6 cm.) high
Executed circa 1905.
Upper estimate price exceeded by 38 %.
The work La nature se dévoilant devant la science (Nature Revealing Herself Before Science) by Louis-Ernest Barrias was sold in the European Art Part II auction at Christies in October 2021. It achieved a price of USD 68,750.00 (€ 59,513.50), exceeding the upper end of the estimate range by 38%. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Louis-Ernest Barrias - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work La jeune fille de Bou-Saada, which sold at auction in May 2000 for USD 121,500.00 (€ 130,253.00).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 38 % übertroffen
Die Arbeit La nature se dévoilant devant la science (Nature Revealing Herself Before Science) von Louis-Ernest Barrias wurde im Oktober 2021 in der Auktion European Art Part II bei Christies versteigert. Sie erzielte dabei einen Preis von USD 68.750,00 (€ 59.513,50) und übertraf damit das obere Ende der Schätzpreisspanne um 38%. Für andere Arbeiten von Louis-Ernest Barrias mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit La jeune fille de Bou-Saada beobachtet, die im Mai 2000 für USD 121.500,00 (€ 130.253,00) versteigert wurde.
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