• Auction 18806

    Orientalist Art

    18 November 2020, London

    SALE TOTAL: 3,561,750 (GBP)
20 Lots for Sale 18806
Lot 5
Jean-Léon Gérôme (French, 1824-1904)
Chef arnaute
oil on panel
9 ¾ x 11 ¾ in. (24.6 x 30 cm.)
estimate
£200,000 - £300,000
($264,199 - $396,299)

price realized
£400,000
($530,800)
Lot 8
Rudolf Ernst (Austrian, 1854–1932)
The narghile Smoker
oil on panel
25 3/8 x 32 in. (64.5 x 81 cm.)
estimate
£60,000 - £80,000
($79,260 - $105,680)

price realized
£62,500
($82,937)
Lot 9
Giulio Rosati (Italian, 1858-1917)
Two horsemen
pencil and watercolour on paper
21 x 14 in. (53.2 x 35.5 cm.)
estimate
£6,000 - £8,000
($7,926 - $10,568)

price realized
£8,750
($11,611)
Lot 11
Giulio Rosati (Italian, 1858-1917)
The Carpet Seller
pencil and watercolour heightened with white on paper
21 x 14 ½ in. (53 x 36.3 cm.)
estimate
£8,000 - £12,000
($10,568 - $15,852)

price realized
£15,000
($19,905)
Lot 15
Rudolf Ernst (Austrian, 1854-1932)
A holy man by an entrance
oil on panel
17 x 13 in. (43 x 33 cm.)
estimate
£20,000 - £30,000
($26,420 - $39,630)

price realized
£25,000
($33,175)
Lot 16
Eugène Alexis Girardet (French, 1853–1907)
La Mosquée d’El Azar au Caire
oil on canvas
29 1/8 x 18 7/8 in. (74 x 48 cm.)
estimate
£25,000 - £35,000
($33,025 - $46,235)

price realized
£32,500
($43,127)
Lot 17
Mahmoud Mokhtar (Egyptian, 1891-1934)
Au Bord du Nil (On the Banks of the Nile)
bronze, dark brown patina
16 in. (42 cm.) high, the sculpture
24 in. (61 cm.) high, overall
estimate
£60,000 - £80,000
($79,260 - $105,680)

price realized
£75,000
($99,525)
Lot 18
Ludwig Hans Fischer (German, 1848-1915)
The Khamsin
oil on canvas
44 ½ x 32 ½ in. (113 x 82.5 cm.)
estimate
£40,000 - £60,000
($52,840 - $79,260)

price realized
£77,500
($102,842)
Lot 19
Gustav Bauernfeind (German, 1848-1904)
Warden of the Mosque, Damascus
oil on panel
43 x 33 in. (109.2 x 83.8 cm.)
estimate
£1,500,000 - £2,500,000
($1,981,499 - $3,302,499)

price realized
£2,662,500
($3,533,137)
Lot 21
Frederico Bartolini (Italian, fl. 1861-1908)
Musicians in the courtyard
watercolour on paper
29 ½ x 21 ½ in. (75 x 54.5 cm.)
estimate
£25,000 - £35,000
($33,025 - $46,235)

price realized
£31,250
($41,468)
Lot 24
Jan Baptist Huysmans (Belgian, 1826-1906)
Learning to read
oil on panel
12 x 15 ¼ in. (30.5 x 39 cm.)
estimate
£7,000 - £10,000
($9,247 - $13,210)

price realized
£20,000
($26,540)
Lot 27
Frederick Arthur Bridgman (American, 1847-1928)
A young girl by a river
oil on canvas
29 x 21 ½ in. (73 x 54.5 cm.)
estimate
£10,000 - £15,000
($13,210 - $19,815)

price realized
£10,000
($13,270)
Lot 28
Otto Pilny (Swiss, 1866-1936)
At Prayer
oil on canvas
18 x 36 ¼ in. (46 x 92 cm.)
estimate
£20,000 - £30,000
($26,420 - $39,630)

price realized
£25,000
($33,175)
Lot 30
Pasquale Romanelli (Italian, 1812–1887)
Sulamitide
white statuary marble
43 in. (109 cm.) high, the sculpture
83 ½ in. (212 cm.) high, overall; 24 in. (61 cm.) diameter
(2)
estimate
£40,000 - £60,000
($52,840 - $79,260)

price realized
£50,000
($66,350)
Lot 33
Addison Thomas Millar (American, 1860-1913)
Oriental shop
oil on canvas
18 1/8 x 24 in. (46 x 61.5 cm.)
estimate
£10,000 - £15,000
($13,210 - $19,815)

price realized
£12,500
($16,587)
Lot 34
Alfred Wordsworth Thompson (American, 1840-1896)
A bustling market place at the city wall, Tangiers
oil on canvas
19 1/8 x 32 in. (48.5 x 81.3 cm.)
estimate
£8,000 - £12,000
($10,568 - $15,852)

price realized
£7,500
($9,952)
Lot 35
Gustavo Simoni (Italian, 1845-1926)
A busy market, North Africa
pencil, watercolour and bodycolour heightened with gum arabic on paper
19 3/8 x 27 3/8 in. (49.3 x 69.5 cm.)
estimate
£10,000 - £15,000
($13,210 - $19,815)

price realized
£3,250
($4,312)
Lot 38
Isidore Alexandre Augustin Pils (French, 1813–1875)
Two North Africans conversing
oil on canvas
38 x 40 ½ cm. (14¾ x 15¾ in.)
estimate
£7,000 - £10,000
($9,247 - $13,210)

price realized
£6,000
($7,962)
Lot 39
Max Friedrich Ferdinand Rabes (German, 1864-1944)
'Gläubige': Two arabs at Prayer
oil on canvas
41 3/8 x 36 in. (105 x 92 cm.)
estimate
£15,000 - £25,000
($19,815 - $33,025)

price realized
£18,750
($24,881)
Lot 41
Giulio Aristide Sartorio (Italian,1860-1932)
The coast of Lebanon
oil on canvas board
23 5/8 x 29 ½ in. (60 x 74.5 cm.)
estimate
£15,000 - £25,000
($19,815 - $33,025)

price realized
£18,750
($24,881)
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