Sold
Maurice Denis, L'Île Chevalier
1894, Oil on canvas
Artcurial, Paris
Settled
Auction 24 Oct, 16:00 CESTFollow the sale at the house
The star lot of the sale: a Nabi vision of Brittany, painted in Loctudy in the summer of 1894 and bought from Denis by Vollard in 1899.
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The fact sheet
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 57 x 36.5 cm (22 1/2 x 14 3/8 in)
- Provenance
- Galerie Vollard, Paris (acquired from the artist, 1899); Madeleine de Galéa, then by descent; Galerie Wildenstein, New York; Grosvenor Gallery, London; Galerie Ary Jan, Paris; Louis Grandchamp des Raux Collection (acquired 2023)
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The house estimate
The estimate is only a starting point...
€700,000–1,000,000
The hammer fell at
€680,000
€900,320 with fees
Sold for 680,000 euros (900,320 with fees) at Artcurial, Paris, just under its 700,000 low estimate. The star lot of the Grandchamp des Raux collection still found a buyer.
The quick call
Will the hammer land above the high estimate?
Answer: No
How the calls lined up
Hammer
€680KThe result
Crowd
€890K+31%
House
€700K–€1M+3%
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