William Merritt Chase
I Think I Am Ready Now (The Mirror, The Pink Dress)
Found at
Sothebys,
New York
American Paintings, Drawings & Sculpture, Lot 48
22. MAY - 22. MAY 2008
American Paintings, Drawings & Sculpture, Lot 48
22. MAY - 22. MAY 2008
Estimate: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Description
William Merritt Chase1849-1916
I THINK I AM READY NOW (THE MIRROR, THE PINK DRESS)
signed Wm. M. Chase, l.l.
oil on canvas
32 1/2 by 17 1/2 in.
(82.6 by 44.5 cm)
Painted circa 1883.
Moore's Art Gallery, New York, 1887 | Waldo Johnson, Pomfret, Connecticut | M. Knoedler & Co., New York, 1948 (acquired from the above) | Josephine Rawson, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1948 (acquired from the above) | Hirschl & Adler Galleries, New York | Acquired from the above, 1958
I THINK I AM READY NOW (THE MIRROR, THE PINK DRESS)
signed Wm. M. Chase, l.l.
oil on canvas
32 1/2 by 17 1/2 in.
(82.6 by 44.5 cm)
Painted circa 1883.
Moore's Art Gallery, New York, 1887 | Waldo Johnson, Pomfret, Connecticut | M. Knoedler & Co., New York, 1948 (acquired from the above) | Josephine Rawson, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1948 (acquired from the above) | Hirschl & Adler Galleries, New York | Acquired from the above, 1958
A top price for William Merritt Chase
This artwork by William Merritt Chase achieved an unexpectedly high price at Sothebys in New York in May 2008. In the American Paintings, Drawings & Sculpture auction, the work I Think I Am Ready Now (The Mirror, The Pink Dress) sold for USD 6,649,000.00 (€ 4,273,136.25) - well above the upper estimate of USD 2,500,000.00. This high result makes I Think I Am Ready Now (The Mirror, The Pink Dress) the most expensive artwork by William Merritt Chase that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für William Merritt Chase
Dieses Kunstwerk von William Merritt Chase erzielte im Mai 2008 bei Sothebys in New York einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion American Paintings, Drawings & Sculpture wurde die Arbeit I Think I Am Ready Now (The Mirror, The Pink Dress) für USD 6.649.000,00 (€ 4.273.136,25) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von USD 2.500.000,00. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht I Think I Am Ready Now (The Mirror, The Pink Dress) zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von William Merritt Chase, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
William Merritt Chase - Auction history
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