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19th Century European Paintings

16 December 2015 | 2:30 PM GMT | London

SALE TOTAL

4,895,500GBP
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  • 10
    Helene Schjerfbeck
    Girl with Blonde Hair
    LOT SOLD.869,000GBP
  • 12
    Helene Schjerfbeck
    Lemons in a Bowl
    LOT SOLD.533,000GBP
  • 14
    Anders Zorn
    Red Stockings
    LOT SOLD.485,000GBP
  • 19
    Joaquín Sorolla
    Oleanders, the Courtyard of the Artist's Home
    LOT SOLD.341,000GBP
  • 49
    Lancelot-Théodore Turpin de Crissé
    Vue du Temple de Jupiter et de l'Acropole
    LOT SOLD.209,000GBP
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Sale Number: L15102 Lots : 88

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Our 19th Century European Paintings sale saw strong international bidding. Nordic works accounted for the sale’s top prices, as Helene Schjerfbeck’s fresh-to-market modernist masterpieces Girl with Blonde Hair and Lemons in a Bowl sold respectively for £869,000 and £533,000. The former marks the artist’s third highest price at auction; the latter, the auction record for a still life by the artist. We are delighted that both works were purchased by different European institutions where they will be enjoyed by the public.

Anders Zorn’s Red Stockings of 1914 sold for £485,000, while Sorolla’s impressionistic painting of oleanders in the courtyard of his home – today the celebrated Museo Sorolla in Madrid – achieved £341,000. The sale saw particularly strong bidding for a group of three representative works by Gustave Courbet, of which the highest price was £131,000 for a seascape at Trouville.

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The sale offers an array of prime works by European artists, from Scandinavia to Spain. Four outstanding works by Finnish modernist Helene Schjerfbeck define the Nordic offerings, led by Girl with Blonde Hair and Lemons in a Bowl.

The cover lot, Alfred de Dreux’s L’entrée au bois, is a re-discovered oil and has not changed hands for over one hundred and fifty years. The Spanish section includes Joaquín Sorolla’s vibrant view of his own garden, colourful landscapes by Joaquim Mir, and a haunting Parisian nocturne by Hermenegildo Anglada-Camarasa.

In addition, the sale is distinguished by notable Polish, French, Dutch, and Belgian works, including a rare early view of the Acropolis by Turpin de Crissé, a sumptuous costume picture by Wladislaw Czachorski, and symbolist and impressionistic landscapes by William Degouve de Nuncques and Emile Claus respectively.

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Claude Piening
Senior Director
Head of Department, London
19th Century European Paintings
+44 (0)20 7293 5658
claude.piening@sothebys.com
Tessa Kostrzewa
Senior Director
Senior Specialist
19th Century European Paintings
+44 20 7293 5382
tessa.kostrzewa@sothebys.com
Richard Lowkes
Deputy Director
Specialist
19th Century European Paintings
+44 20 7293 5477
richard.lowkes@sothebys.com
Benedetta Pedrana
Cataloguer
19th Century European Paintings
+44 20 7293 6206
benedetta.pedrana@sothebys.com
Eleanor Hustler
Administrator
Contemporary Art
+44 20 7293 5751
eleanor.hustler@sothebys.com
Constanze Nogler
Associate Specialist
Contemporary Art
+1 212 894 1377
constanze.nogler@sothebys.com
   
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