Pierre-Jean David D'Angers
Four Portrait Medallions Of Intellectuals Including Charles Lenormant, Pigault-Lebrun, Gaspare Spontini, And Charles Nodier
Found at
Sothebys,
New York
Joseph H. Hirshhorn: Collector for a Nation, Part II, Lot 67
6. Apr - 6. Apr 2021
Joseph H. Hirshhorn: Collector for a Nation, Part II, Lot 67
6. Apr - 6. Apr 2021
Estimate: 800 - 1.200 USD
Price realised: 7.560 USD
Price realised: 7.560 USD
Description
Sold by the Order of the Trustees of The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden to Benefit its Acquisition Program
Pierre-Jean David d'Angers
1788 - 1856
Four Portrait Medallions of Intellectuals including Charles Lenormant, Pigault-Lebrun, Gaspare Spontini, and Charles Nodier
one signed and dated David 1830 and inscribed Charles Lenormant
one signed and dated David 1831 and inscribed Pigault Lebrun
one signed and dated David 1830 and inscribed Spontini
one signed and dated David 1831 and inscribed Charles Nordier
bronze with dark brown patina diameters: from 5 ½ to 6 inches (14 to 15.2cm)
Victor Hugo, Paris (sold: Hugo Household Estate, Paris, June 8, 1852) | Private collection, Paris, 1976 | Jacques Fisher, Paris | Shepherd Gallery, New York | Acquired by the present owner in 1976
Pierre-Jean David d'Angers
1788 - 1856
Four Portrait Medallions of Intellectuals including Charles Lenormant, Pigault-Lebrun, Gaspare Spontini, and Charles Nodier
one signed and dated David 1830 and inscribed Charles Lenormant
one signed and dated David 1831 and inscribed Pigault Lebrun
one signed and dated David 1830 and inscribed Spontini
one signed and dated David 1831 and inscribed Charles Nordier
bronze with dark brown patina diameters: from 5 ½ to 6 inches (14 to 15.2cm)
Victor Hugo, Paris (sold: Hugo Household Estate, Paris, June 8, 1852) | Private collection, Paris, 1976 | Jacques Fisher, Paris | Shepherd Gallery, New York | Acquired by the present owner in 1976
Artwork auctioned at six times the upper estimate price
When the work Four Portrait Medallions Of Intellectuals Including Charles Lenormant, Pigault-Lebrun, Gaspare Spontini, And Charles Nodier by Pierre-Jean David d'Angers was auctioned at Sothebys in New York in April 2021, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - USD 1,200.00 but the actual price achieved was more than six times as high at USD 7,560.00 (€ 6,284.29). Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by Pierre-Jean David d'Angers achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work Buste En Marbre Blanc En Hermès Représentant Marie-Joseph-Gilbert Du Motier, Marquis De La Fayette (1757-1834) in June 2010 with an auction result of EUR 1,521,000.00.
Kunstwerk zum Sechsfachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert
Als die Arbeit Four Portrait Medallions Of Intellectuals Including Charles Lenormant, Pigault-Lebrun, Gaspare Spontini, And Charles Nodier von Pierre-Jean David d'Angers im April 2021 bei Sothebys in New York versteigert wurde, übertraf das Ergebnis die Erwartungen um ein Vielfaches. Der obere Schätzpreis war mit – rückwirkend betrachtet recht bescheidenen – USD 1.200,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit USD 7.560,00 (€ 6.284,29) mehr als sechsmal so hoch. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von Pierre-Jean David d'Angers erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit Buste En Marbre Blanc En Hermès Représentant Marie-Joseph-Gilbert Du Motier, Marquis De La Fayette (1757-1834) im Juni 2010 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von EUR 1.521.000,00.
Pierre-Jean David d'Angers - Auction history
Other artists in this auction
