17 Lots for Sale 17698
Lot 1
Henry Warren (British, 1794-1879)
The return of the pilgrims from Mecca
pencil, watercolour and bodycolour on paper
36 x 48 in. (91.5 x 123 cm.)
estimate
£15,000 - £25,000
($19,395 - $32,325)

price realized
£28,750
($37,173)
Lot 2
Giulio Rosati (Italian, 1858-1917)
Bedouins on horseback
watercolour and pencil on paper
21 x 29 ½ in. (53.3 x 74.9 cm.)
estimate
£15,000 - £25,000
($19,395 - $32,325)

price realized
£33,750
($43,638)
Lot 3
Ettore Simonetti (ITALIAN, 1857–1909)
The connoisseur
watercolour and black ink on paper
21 x 30 in. (53 ½ x 76.2 cm.)
estimate
£25,000 - £35,000
($32,325 - $45,255)

price realized
£31,250
($40,406)
Lot 4
Rudolph Ernst (Austrian, 1854-1932)
The favourite
oil on panel
36 ¼ x 28 ¼ in. (92 x 71.6 cm.)
estimate
£120,000 - £180,000
($155,160 - $232,740)

price realized
£137,500
($177,787)
Lot 5
Otto Pilny (Swiss, 1866-1936)
Prayer in the desert
oil on canvas
31 5/8 x 47 3/8 in. (80.5 x 120.5 cm)
estimate
£12,000 - £18,000
($15,516 - $23,274)

price realized
£30,000
($38,790)
Lot 6
Charles Théodore Frère (French, 1814-1888)
A caravan in a sandstorm
oil on canvas
17 ¾ x 28 ¼ in. (45.1 x 71.7 cm.)
estimate
($15,516 - $23,274)

This lot was withdrawn from the sale

Lot 10
Gustav Bauernfeind (German, 1848-1904)
Forecourt of the Umayyad Mosque, Damascus
oil on panel
47 ¼ x 36 ¼ in. (120.8 x 92.2 cm.)
estimate
£3,200,000 - £4,200,000

price realized
£3,611,250
($4,669,346)
Lot 14
Charles Robertson (British, 1844-1891)
Prayer in the mosque of Sultan Hasan, Cairo
oil on canvas
24 x 35 7/8 in. (61 x 90.3 cm.)
estimate
£60,000 - £80,000
($77,580 - $103,440)

price realized
£218,750
($282,843)
Lot 15
Edwin Lord Weeks (American, 1849-1903)
Woman with a veil
oil on card
10 7/8 x 8 5/8 in. (27.5 x 22 cm.)
estimate
£6,000 - £8,000
($7,758 - $10,344)

price realized
£7,500
($9,697)
Lot 16
John Anster Fitzgerald (British, 1832-1906)
The Arab chief
oil on canvas
23 ¼ x 17 ¼ in. (59 x 44 cm.)
estimate
£8,000 - £12,000
($10,344 - $15,516)

price realized
£6,875
($8,889)
Lot 18
Henri Emilien Rousseau (French, 1875-1933)
La chasse au faucon
oil on canvas
24 x 32 in. (61 x 81.5 cm.)
estimate
£40,000 - £60,000
($51,720 - $77,580)

price realized
£47,500
($61,417)
Lot 19
Frederick Arthur Bridgman (American, 1847-1928)
Two young Algerians
oil on panel
16 x 12 in. (40.5 x 31.5 cm.)
estimate
£50,000 - £70,000
($64,650 - $90,510)

price realized
£262,500
($339,412)
Lot 20
Jean Joseph Benjamin Constant (French, 1845-1902)
An Afternoon Idyll
oil on canvas
24 ¼ x 39 ½ in. (61.6 x 100 cm.)
estimate
£80,000 - £120,000
($103,440 - $155,160)

price realized
£100,000
($129,300)
Lot 24
Jules Guérin (American, 1866–1946)
Prayer in the desert
pencil, chalk, bodycolour and charcoal on canvas
29 ½ x 19 7/8 in. (75 x 49.5 cm.)
estimate
£15,000 - £20,000
($19,395 - $25,860)

price realized
£20,000
($25,860)
Lot 26
Edwin Lord Weeks (American, 1849-1903)
A marriage procession in India
oil on canvas
13 7/8 x 20 ¼ in. (35.5 x 51.4 cm.)
estimate
£20,000 - £30,000
($25,860 - $38,790)

price realized
£22,500
($29,092)
Lot 28
Edwin Lord Weeks (American, 1849–1903)
Before the great Jami Masjid mosque, Mathura, India
oil on canvas
30 1/8 x 20 ¼ in. (76.5 x 51.5 cm.)
estimate
£100,000 - £200,000
($129,300 - $258,600)

price realized
£225,000
($290,925)
Lot 29
Edwin Lord Weeks (American, 1849-1903)
Six sketchbooks including studies of animals, figures, costumes and landscapes
estimate
£12,000 - £18,000
($15,516 - $23,274)

price realized
£15,000
($19,395)
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