Tuesday, January 3, 2012

Audubon Plates from The Birds of America

Yesterday's post featured John James Audubon's complete The Birds of America, the classic ornithologic work. Today's post shows four individual plates from the famous set. The Birds of America is based on the watercolors of Audubon, but the actual engraving was done by Robert Havell.




AFTER JOHN JAMES AUDUBON
BY ROBERT HAVELL
Black-billed Cuckoo (Plate XXXII)
Coccyzus erythrophthalmus
Variant 1
engraving with etching, aquatint and hand-coloring, circa 1828, on J Whatman Turkey Mill watermark 1827, framed
P. 18 5/8 x 26 3/8 in. (473 x 670 mm.)
S. 26 3/8 x 39¼ in. (670 x 997 mm.) 

Update January 20, 2012: Price Realized

    $10,000
  • Sales totals are hammer price plus buyer’s premium and do not reflect costs, financing fees or application of buyer’s or seller’s credits.

Estimate 

    $3,000 - $5,000
Sale Information
Sale 2533 Lot 97
Important American Furniture and Folk Art 
20 January 2012 
New York, Rockefeller Plaza 


AFTER JOHN JAMES AUDUBON
BY ROBERT HAVELL
White-crowned Pigeon (Plate CLXXVII)
Columba leucocephala
engraving with etching, aquatint and hand-coloring, circa 1833, on J Whatman watermark 1833, framed
P. 25 3/8 x 20 5/8 in. (645 x 524 mm.)
S. 38½ x 25 5/8 in. (978 x 651 mm.) 

Update January 20, 2012: Price Realized

    $6,875
  • Sales totals are hammer price plus buyer’s premium and do not reflect costs, financing fees or application of buyer’s or seller’s credits.

Estimate

    $7,000 - $10,000
Sale Information
Sale 2533 Lot 98
Important American Furniture and Folk Art
 20 January 2012 
New York, Rockefeller Plaza 


AFTER JOHN JAMES AUDUBON
BY ROBERT HAVELL
Great white Heron (Plate CCLXXXI)
Ardea occidentalis
engraving with etching, aquatint and hand-coloring, circa 1835, on J Whatman watermark 1836, framed
S. 25¼ x 38¼ in. (641 x 972 mm.) 

Update January 20, 2012: Price Realized

    $20,000
  • Sales totals are hammer price plus buyer’s premium and do not reflect costs, financing fees or application of buyer’s or seller’s credits.

Estimate 

    $20,000 - $30,000



AFTER JOHN JAMES AUDUBON

BY ROBERT HAVELL

Trumpeter Swan (Plate CCCCVI)

Cygnus buccinatorengraving with etching, aquatint and hand-coloring, circa 1838, on J Whatman watermark, 1838P. 25 5/8 x 38¼ in. (651 x 972 mm.)S. 25 7/8 x 39 3/8 in. (657 x 1000 mm.)

Update January 20, 2012: Price Realized

    $50,000
  • Sales totals are hammer price plus buyer’s premium and do not reflect costs, financing fees or application of buyer’s or seller’s credits.
Estimate

    $50,000 - $70,000
Sale Information
20 January 2012 New York, Rockefeller Plaza



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