Freeman s
La Sympathie (Lot 61) by Hippolyte Petitjean sold for $44,100, surpassing its pre-sale high estimate.
The Calm Sea, Nocturne (Lot 40) by Jacob Schikaneder, more than doubled its pre-sale high estimate to realize $346,500.
Freeman s
Roses (Lot 58) by Pierre-Auguste Renoir, which was deaccessioned by the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, Virginia, realized over triple its pre-sale high estimate, selling for $302,400.
Freeman s
Philadelphia-based
Freemanâs announced the results of its February 23 European Art & Old Masters auction,which realized over $6.4Mâthe best Fine Art sale total that Freemanâs has ever recorded. With spirited bidding throughout the sale from bidders both online and on the telephone, the 67-lot auction achieved an impressive 90% sell-through rate and nearly quadrupled its pre-sale high estimate.
Freeman s announces highlights included in the European Art & Old Masters sale
This major, recently rediscovered painting by Carl Moll. Executed in 1905, Weißes Interieur (White Interior) (Lot 56, $300,000-500,000) has never appeared on the market before.
PHILADELPHIA, PA
.-Freeman s will hold its latest European Art & Old Masters auction on February 23rd. The sale presents fine art from across the continent, celebrating a multitude of movements and their major artists.
Two founders of the Vienna Secession, Carl Moll and Gustav Klimt, headline the auctionhighlighted by an elegant interior scene by Moll. Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Jakob Schikaneder, and Maurice Utrillo are among the 19th and 20th-century European artists represented. The sale will also offer notable pieces by Old Masters, including recently rediscovered works by Valentin de Boulogne, Lionello Spada and Carlo Dolci.