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CHICAGO – Antiquities from the collection of famed art dealer Ernest Brummer (1891-1964) more than quadrupled their presale estimate, commanding a combined total of more than $2 million at Hindman on December 5. All 38 lots from the legendary collection sold, with lots achieving as much as 25 times their estimates. The pieces came by descent from Brummer’s widow Ella Bache Brummer and then to her nephew John Laszlo of Atlanta, Georgia.
Ernest Brummer was a renowned art dealer who, along with his brother Joseph, founded the historically significant Brummer Galleries, which held paramount importance in both New York and Paris during the early to mid-20th century. The galleries played a pivotal role in shaping the tastes and collections of art enthusiasts and museums alike.
The top lot of the day was a Roman marble head of a youth wearing a laurel wreath, which sold for a staggering $400,000 ($504,000 with buyer’s premium) against an estimate of $40,000-$60,000. The head depicted a youth with uniformly idealized features and classic proportions, suggesting it was inspired by the famed fifth-century BCE works of Polykleitos. Variants of well-known Greek originals became fashionable during the Republican period with the Roman elite, who utilized these loose so-called ‘copies’ to create mythological ensembles to decorate their gardens and villas. The marble head had been in the U.S. for more than a century, having been owned by the New York architect Isaac Newton Phelps Stokes (1867-1944) from the 1920s.
Another Roman marble head that drew significant attention was a second century CE head of a triton that sold for $180,000 ($226,800 with buyer’s premium), easily surpassing its $80,000-$120,000 estimate. The head closely resembles the pair of tritons at the Musei Capitolini that originally flanked the famed Commodus portrait of Horti Lamiani, leading to the logical conclusion that the head is also meant to belong to a mythological creature with the torso of a man and an elaborate fishtail.
A deep provenance was key to the performance of many lots. Leading the Egyptian category was a 19in wood sculpture depicting the head of Osiris, which sold for $250,000 ($315,000 with buyer’s premium), more than 10 times its presale estimate of $30,000-$50,000. Not only had this 26th Dynasty piece survived more than two millennia in remarkable condition, it had a modern-day ownership history dating back to the German missionary and collector Rev. Johann Lieder (1798-1865) and then, from 1861, to the great Egyptology collection of William Tyssen-Amherst (1835-1909).
The Brummer collection was offered as a single-owner session to begin Hindman’s Antiquities & Ancient Art auction, which achieved a sales total of $2.95 million.
“The results today show just how impactful the Brummer legacy remains even decades after their legendary gallery closed its doors,” said Hindman’s Director and Senior Specialist of Antiquities & Ancient Art, Jacob Coley. “The carefully curated collection, spanning various artistic periods and styles, embodied the Brummers’ discerning taste and passion for art.”
Additional property from the Brummer collection will be offered in various Hindman auctions during 2023 and early 2024, including a mid-15th-century French limestone figure of the Foolish Virgin, which will appear in the February 2024 European Furniture & Decorative Arts auction.
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Roman marble head of a youth wearing a laurel wreath, which sold for $400,000 ($504,000 with buyer’s premium) at Hindman.
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Roman second century CE head of a triton, which sold for $180,000 ($226,800 with buyer’s premium) at Hindman.
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Egyptian wood sculpture depicting the head of Osiris, which sold for $250,000 ($315,000 with buyer’s premium) at Hindman.
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Hellenistic bronze hypnos, which sold for $110,000 ($138,600 with buyer’s premium) at Hindman.
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Roman green schist bust of Jupiter, which sold for $100,000 ($126,000 with buyer’s premium) at Hindman.
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