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19th Century European Art

09 May 2014 | 10:00 AM EDT | New York

SALE TOTAL

16,454,500USD
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  • 14
    Marie-François Firmin-Girard
    Le Quai aux Fleurs
    LOT SOLD.3,021,000USD
  • 27
    John William Waterhouse, R.A., R.I.
    Fair Rosamund
    LOT SOLD.1,505,000USD
  • 18
    Jean-François Raffaëlli
    Bonhomme venant de peindre sa barrière
    (Man Having Just Painted His Fence)
    LOT SOLD.1,505,000USD
  • 24
    John William Godward
    When the Heart is Young
    LOT SOLD.1,445,000USD
  • 19
    Gustave Courbet
    Deux bateaux sur la plage
    LOT SOLD.749,000USD
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Sale Number: N09143 Lots : 98

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Our 9 May sale brought $16.5 million. Leading the auction was Marie-François Firmin-Girard's Le Quai aux Fleurs, whose price was driven to $3 million by multiple determined bidders, reaching over six times its estimate. This expansive, panoramic work propelled the artist to international fame upon its submission to the Salon of 1876. The cover lot of the catalogue, Bonhomme venant de peindre sa barrière (Man Having Just Painted His Fence) by Raffaëlli, surpassed expectations, bringing $1.5 million, over its estimate of $1 million. This extraordinary image is one of the masterpieces of Raffaëlli's career and comes from an Important Private American Collection. All results are now available online. 

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Our 19th Century European Art sale features both iconic, well-known works and new discoveries which, together, point to the diversity of the category. Highlights include masterpieces from an Important American Collection, including  Jean-François Raffaëlli’s Bonhomme venant de peindre sa barrière (Man Having Just Painted His Fence) and Gustave Courbet’s Deux bateaux sur la plage. This impressive canvas by Courbet is one of an extraordinary group by the artist consigned by various owners, including Mademoiselle Jacquet, La Laitière de Saintonge, and Falaises d’Étretat.  The sale also features Jean-Léon Gérôme’s dramatic Cléopâtre et César.

This season’s sale reveals a number of masterworks that have not been seen or exhibited in many decades. Marie-François Firmin-Girard’s Le Quai aux Fleurs and John William Godward’s When the Heart is Young are but a few examples of many.

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Seth Armitage
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Co-Head of Department, New York
19th Century European Art
+1 212 606 7140
seth.armitage@sothebys.com
Mark Buck
Vice President
Co-Head of Department, New York
19th Century European Art
+1 212 894 1667
mark.buck@sothebys.com
Hermione Sharp
Associate Specialist
Photographs
+1 212 894 1149
Hermione.sharp@sothebys.com
   
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