Stolen Art DealerFishing boats moored in a harbour, painted in loose horizontal strokes of blue with bright patches of green, yellow and orange and no modelled shading.
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Catalogue No. 1421 · Christie's · New York
Barques amarrées à l'Estaque
About $6.3 million in today’s money: 72 years of the typical US household’s income. Source
- Artist
- André Derain (French, 1880–1954)
- Title
- Barques amarrées à l'Estaque
- Date
- c. 1905-1906
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Size
- 38.3 x 46 cm (15 1/8 x 18 1/8 in.)
André Derain painted Barques amarrées à l'Estaque around 1905 to 1906. It is a small oil on canvas, 38.3 by 46 cm, and it shows fishing boats moored in a harbour. The surface is built from loose horizontal strokes of blue, with bright patches of green, yellow and orange. The boats are given no modelled shading.
Christie's dates the picture to about 1905 to 1906. The Kellermann catalogue raisonné, number 70, lists a work under the title Barques au port de Collioure and dates it to about 1905.
Christie's lists René Jean, Paris, as an early owner. By descent the painting reached Sylvie Maignan, Paris, around 1951, and Galerie Brame et Lorenceau, Paris, acquired it around 2014. The owners who later consigned it bought it from the gallery in May 2015.
Christie's sold it in New York on 17 November 2022, with an estimate of $5,000,000 to $7,000,000. The price realised was $5.58 million, which includes the buyer's premium.
The sale
- Auction house
- Christie's, New York
- Date
- 17 November 2022
- Lot
- 45
- Estimate
- $5,000,000–$7,000,000
- Sold for
- $5.6 million (including buyer’s premium) · $5,580,000
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Provenance
undated
René Jean, Paris
circa 1951
Sylvie Maignan, Paris (by descent from the above, circa 1951)
circa 2014
Galerie Brame et Lorenceau, Paris (acquired from the above, circa 2014)
2015-05
Acquired from the above by the late owners, May 2015
Sources
- Christie's, Derain, Barques amarrées à l'Estaque (20th Century Evening Sale)
- Christie's, 20th Century Evening Sale, New York, 17 November 2022 (live auction 20988)
Prices include the buyer’s premium, in US dollars at the time of sale, unless marked as a hammer price.