Victor Dubreuil Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Victor Dubreuil Art Value Price Guide

Nov. 22, 2024
Dubreuil, Victor
Est: -
1842 Ayron/Frankreich. Nach dem Dienst in der Armee arbeitete er als Bankdirektor, gründete eine Zeitung und arbeitete für eine afrikanische Firma, bis er des Diebstahls von einer halben Millionen Franc bezichtigt wurde, 1882 Immigration in die USA, Autodidakt, eigenes Atelier in Manhattan. Öl/Lw. An die Wand gepinnte One Silver Dollar Note. U.l. sign. 24 x 32 cm. (36 x 44,5 cm). R. Lit.: 1.
Peege Auktionshaus
May. 17, 2024
Victor Dubreuil (American, 1846-1946) Oil on Panel "Ten Dollar Silver Note", H 9" W 11"
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
Signed in the lower left. Trompe l'oeil painting of a ten dollar silver note hanging from a ribbon in front of a knotty wood surface. Having a modern giltwood frame, H 14.25", W 16.25". Hammer Galleries, NY label on the verso. Two Berry-Hill Galleries, NY labels on the verso: Old Money: American Tompe l'oeil Images of Money, Nov.11- Dec. 17, 1988. Virtual Reality: American trompe l'oeil Paintings May 18-June 30, 1994. Provenance: Collection of a prominent, Grosse Pointe Park, MI collector of American art.
DuMouchelles
May. 17, 2024
Victor Dubreuil (American, 1846-1946) Trompe L'œil Oil on Canvas "One Dollar", H 7.75" W 11.75"
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
Signed in the lower right. Trompe l'œil oil on canvas of a one dollar bill tacked down. Having a modern giltwood frame, H 14.25", W 18.25". Provenance: Collection of a prominent, Grosse Pointe Park, MI collector of American art.
DuMouchelles
Jun. 14, 2020
Victor Dubreuil (American/French, B.C. 1842–1946), , Grapes on a Barn Board
Est: $5,000 - $8,000
Victor Dubreuil (American/French, B.C. 1842–1946) Grapes on a Barn Board Signed 'V.Dubreuil' bottom left, oil on canvas 7 1/2 x 9 1/2 in. (19.1 x 24.1cm) provenance: The Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio. By descent in the Butler family. Hirschl & Adler Galleries, Inc., New York, New York. Private Collection, Ohio. LITERATURE: Dorinda Evans, "Toward Understanding Victor Dubreuil," in American Art, vol. 36, no. 3, Fall 2012, pp. 66-85, fig. 14, illustrated p. 79. NOTE: Little is known about Victor Dubreuil. Born in 1842 to middle-class parents in Ayron, near Paris, he first embraced a career in finance, working as a clerk in one of the capital's banks. He later left for New York in 1888 after being linked to a monetary scandal that involved forgery and misappropriation of funds. Upon his arrival in the United States, Dubreuil applied for citizenship and found short-term employment as a stable boy in Manhattan. It was there, during his free-time, that he taught himself to paint landscapes, portraits, genre scenes and still lifes, particularly trompe l'oeil paintings. Soon, he made a name for himself by selling his highly-praised illusionary representations of banknotes, US bills and silver coins, often rivalling with fellow artists John Haberle (1856-1933) and William Harnett (1848-1892). Although his technique may not have been as refined as such established artists, and his paintings lacked a certain polish, Dubreuil drew admiration for his inventiveness, and for introducing entertaining (sometimes complex) allegories that called the attention of the viewer, and at the same time spoke to his socialist sympathies, and denunciation of capitalism, which he considered alienating. The present work fits within this theme, as it relates to a monetary transaction and involves the viewer. As Dorinda Evans puts it "composed of a few coins struck to a wood plank and a cluster of grapes, it is a bizarre and meager offering with no known visual precursors." In fact, it illustrates one of François Rabelais' (1483-1553) morales, which Dubreuil knew very well since he was working on an annotated version of all the works by the French humanist (then considered the greatest author France had ever produced, whose writing contained endless hidden messages and many possible interpretations). In this satire about the foolishness of rushing to war, Rabelais introduces a group of bakers, taking their flat buns into the city to sell them on the market. On their way, they are approached by shepherds harvesting grapes, who ask to buy some of the buns, as the combination of flat bread and grapes was considered to be a "celestial" meal. In exchange for the buns, the shepherds offer a fair price and even some grapes, to which the bakers respond with rudeness, calling the shepherds belittling names. As both sides become more heated, the once-small dispute evolves into a full-on war. Through this painting, Dubreuil positions himself as an honest shepherd, laying out onto the canvas some coins and a cluster of grape in exchange for a fair price from his viewer, that will enable him to survive. The purpose is not to entice us with an alluring representation of overflowing bills that would make us instantly rich, but to help us understand the difficult status of a living artist, constantly struggling to make ends meet and hoping for brighter days. As Evans further explains: "with this painting, the impoverished Dubreuil, who had become versatile in order to support himself, seems to be symbolically attempting to trade what he has to offer. Unlike his money pictures however, this scene would not be widely viewed as tempting. In fact, the meagerness of this offering, and its subject, merely bread, in order to live, is the point." To some extent, the painting functions as a corrective to the money barrel pieces that Dubreuil executed early on. Not only does it encourage Christian charity, but it also depicts Dubreuil as a respectable artist who can be trusted with the money he is given. Luckily for the artist, Rablais said that the prayers of those who ask for things in moderation never go unanswered...
Freeman's | Hindman
Nov. 19, 2018
Victor Dubreuil (1846-1946) Still life with champagne, cigars, and a pack of playing cards 12 x 10in overall: 23 x 21in
Est: $4,000 - $6,000
Victor Dubreuil (1846-1946) Still life with champagne, cigars, and a pack of playing cards signed 'V. Dubreuil' (upper right)oil on canvas12 x 10inoverall: 23 x 21in
Bonhams
Jul. 30, 2016
VICTOR DUBREUIL | Still Life with Ten Dollar Silver Note; Still Life with One Dollar Note: Two Paintings
Est: $2,500 - $3,500
SOLD WITHOUT RESERVE. Each signed 'V. Dubreuil'; both, oil on canvas.
Sotheby's
Jun. 11, 2016
Boxing Oil Painting by Dubrecuil
Est: $20,000 - $30,000
The International Contest between Heenan & Sayers. Victor Dubreuil (c. 1840-1908). Oil on canvas. 31 1/2 x 41 1/2 inches canvas, 36 1/8 x 46 3/8 inches framed. On the morning of 17 April 1860 boxings inaugural world title international boxing match took place and, illegal as it may have been, sporting historians on each side of the Atlantic accept that Heenan v Sayers, US v England, in a Hampshire field, was the one and only true beginning the very first of many thousands of fights of the century. (F. Keating).
Arader Galleries
Jun. 09, 2016
VICTOR DUBREUIL | A Few Bills
Est: $4,000 - $6,000
oil on canvas
Sotheby's
Apr. 28, 2016
VICTOR DUBREUIL, American/French (1846-1946), Five-Dollar Bills, oil on canvas, signed lower right., 10 x 12 inches
Est: $6,000 - $8,000
VICTOR DUBREUIL American/French (1846-1946) Five-Dollar Bills oil on canvas, signed lower right. 10 x 12 inches Provenance: Valdemar F. Jacobsen, Huntington, New York, until 2011; to his estate.
Shannon's
Jan. 01, 2016
Victor Dubreuil (1846-1946) Hand Over the Money American Trompe L'oeil Images of Currency oil on canvas signed lower lef...
Est: $4,000 - $8,000
Victor Dubreuil (1846-1946) Hand Over the Money American Trompe L'oeil Images of Currency oil on canvas signed lower left: V. Dubreuil Berry-Hill Galleries N.Y. label on reverse, catalogue #22 10" x 12" Provenance: The Estate of Natalie Rafferty
Nadeau's Auction Gallery
Oct. 29, 2015
VICTOR DUBREUIL, American/French (1846-1946), Still Life with Money Pile and Champagne, oil on canvas, signed lower left., 12 x 16
Est: $4,000 - $6,000
VICTOR DUBREUIL American/French (1846-1946) Still Life with Money Pile and Champagne oil on canvas, signed lower left. 12 x 16 Provenance: Alexander Gallery, New York; Keno Auctions, New York, May 1, 2010, Lot 375; Property of an American Collection.
Shannon's
Mar. 27, 2015
Victor Dubreuil Ayron, 1842 - (?), après 1900 Trompe-l'oeil aux billets de mille francs et au revolver Huile sur toile (Toile d'orig.
Est: €20,000 - €30,000
Victor Dubreuil Ayron, 1842 - (?), après 1900 Trompe-l'oeil aux billets de mille francs et au revolver Huile sur toile (Toile d'origine) Signée 'V. Dubreuil' en bas à gauche Dans son cadre d'origine en bois et stuc dorés portant l'inscription 'Voilà cependant pourquoi l'humanité peine, travaille, / veille, navigue et bataille. Résultat ? ... L'inconnu !' sur un cartouche dans le bas 'TROMPE-L'OEIL WITH THOUSAND FRANCS NOTES AND A REVOLVER', OIL ON CANVAS, SIGNED, BY V. DUBREUIL h: 65 w: 48,50 cm Provenance : Acquis par l'actuel propriétaire dans les années 1970 ; Collection particulière, Île-de-France Commentaire : Cet étonnant tableau retiendra l'attention des collectionneurs de sujets insolites et des amateurs…d'argent ! Nous connaissons peu de choses de cet artiste né en France qui arrive à New York en 1888 et réalisa une partie de sa carrière aux Etats-Unis. Une interview qu'il réalisa auprès d'un journaliste new-yorkais en 1893 nous apprend qu'il avait été successivement portier, clerc de banque, journaliste, soldat au sein de l'armée française au Mexique et enfin, beaucoup plus intéressant, un agitateur aux idées socialistes bien établies. Son œuvre peint doit être analysé au regard de cette personnalité si originale. Ce peintre amateur aux idées anarchistes représenta de façon récurrente des liasses entières de billets de banques, dollars, francs ou autres monnaies dans la veine des peintres de natures morte hollandais de l'Age d'or aux discours moralisateurs qui illustraient si bien les idées protestantes. En ajoutant une arme près de ces montagnes de billets, le peintre se veut à la fois provocateur et à la fois chroniqueur de l'actualité souvent cruelle de son époque. Les pistolets que l'on retrouve dans nombre des toiles de Victor Dubreuil invitent le spectateur à prendre les armes pour s'emparer d'une telle fortune. Ces révolvers illustrent aussi le règne de la violence et le culte de l'argent roi dans une Amérique où tout semble possible, à l'heure de la conquête de l'Ouest et de la découverte du pétrole qui seront à l'origine d'immenses fortunes. Comme l'explique Guillaume Faroult dans un article paru récemment (1) la guerre de Sécession provoque une rupture dans l'approche de la nature morte : " Les peintres de natures mortes, tel William Hernett (1848-1892), se focalisent de nouveau sur des objets spécifiquement américains et se spécialisent dans les trompe-l'œil aux résonances symboliques, voire subversives (…). Le peintre John Haberle (1856-1933) met en exergue le rapport à l'argent dans l'Amérique au plus fort de son essor économique. Les services secrets américains avaient accusé Haberle de faire dans ses représentations de dollars de véritables contrefaçons. " Très certainement réalisé en France après les années passées aux Etats-Unis, notre tableau fut sans doute encadré par l'artiste lui-même. L'inscription apposée sur la plaque illustre clairement les sentiments révolutionnaires de l'artiste. 1 - Guillaume Faroult, " Quand maïs et billets de banque font irruption dans les natures mortes ", in Grande Galerie, Le journal du Louvre, n°30, déc. 2014 - janvier-février 2015, p.56.
Artcurial
Apr. 02, 2014
Victor Dubreuil American, 1880-1910 Fresh Peanuts, circa 1890
Est: $4,000 - $6,000
Victor Dubreuil American, 1880-1910 Fresh Peanuts, circa 1890 Signed V Dubreuil and inscribed indistinctly (ur) Oil on canvas 8 x 10 inches Provenance: Kennedy Galleries, New York Private collection, New York Exhibited: Columbus, OH, Columbus Museum of Art, More Than Meets the Eye: The Art of Trompe l'Oeil, Dec. 7, 1985-Jan. 22, 1986: traveled to; West Palm Beach, FL, Norton Gallery & School of Art, Mar. 21, 1985-Apr. 27, 1986 New York, Spanierman Gallery, LLC, The Christmas Show: Great Things in Small Packages, Nov. 17-Dec. 31, 2001 Greenwich, CT, Bruce Museum, By Arrangement: Still Life Paintings from the Art Market, Nov. 20, 2004-Jan. 17, 2005 Literature: E.P. Jane Connell & William Kloss. More Than Meets the Eye: the Art of Trompe L'Oeil. Columbus Museum of Art, 1985, exh. cat. no. 21, p. 64, illus. p. 72. Born in France, Victor Dubreuil was living in New York City by 1886. He is best known for trompe l'oeil images of money tacked to a wall or spilling from barrels, in which he suggested the temptations of fortune, playing on viewers' desires for wealth and better lives. Here he portrayed a more readily available enticement; in the late nineteenth century, peanuts were sold by street vendors and at circuses. Portraying the stacked nuts, in a framed niche behind a glass enclosure (of which we are made aware by cracks in its surface), he entices the viewer with this "snack food" of its era while playfully making it out of our reach. He may have created his image in response to De Scott Evans's Free Samples: Take One (circa 1890, Museum of Fine Arts Boston), of a similar subject. The varied textures of the elements in this image reveal Dubreuil's skill as a trompe l'oeilist. C The Spanierman Gallery, LLC
DOYLE Auctioneers & Appraisers
Oct. 16, 2013
Victor Dubreuil American, 1880-1910 Barrels of Money, circa 1898
Est: $70,000 - $100,000
Victor Dubreuil American, 1880-1910 Barrels of Money, circa 1898 Signed V. Dubreuil (ll) Oil on canvas 24 x 18 inches C
DOYLE Auctioneers & Appraisers
Sep. 29, 2010
VICTOR DUBREUIL
Est: $8,000 - $12,000
VICTOR DUBREUIL 1846 - 1946 TWO DOLLAR BILL oil on canvas 7 1/4 by 10 inches 18.5 by 25.5 cm.
Sotheby's
Jun. 19, 2010
Victor DUBREUIL (act.c.1886-1900) Jeune garçon marchant. Huile sur panneau. Signée en bas à gauche. 24 x 18,5 cm.
Est: €2,500 - €3,000
Victor DUBREUIL (act.c.1886-1900) Jeune garçon marchant. Huile sur panneau. Signée en bas à gauche. 24 x 18,5 cm.
Leclere - Maison de ventes
May. 01, 2010
Victor Dubreuil (active 1886-1900) STILL LIFE WITH MONEY PILE AND CHAMPAGNE
Est: $8,000 - $12,000
Victor Dubreuil (active 1886-1900) STILL LIFE WITH MONEY PILE AND CHAMPAGNE signed L.L. "V Dubreuil" oil on canvas 12 by 16 in. Provenance: Acquired from Alexander Gallery, New York, May, 1985
Keno Auctions
Jun. 19, 2009
Victor Dubreuil 1846 - 1946 , The International Contest Between Heenan and Sayers at Farnborough Oil on canvas
Est: $20,000 - $30,000
Signed V. Dubreuil (lower right) Oil on canvas
Sotheby's
Oct. 10, 2007
Victor Dubreuil 1880-1910 , 100 Franc Note oil on canvas
Est: $8,000 - $12,000
signed V. Dubreuil , l.r.; signed Dubreuil and inscribed Paris on the reverse oil on canvas
Sotheby's
Nov. 10, 2006
VICTOR DUBREUIL (American, active 1880 - 1910)
Est: $50,000 - $75,000
VICTOR DUBREUIL (American, active 1880 - 1910) The International Contest between Heenan & Sayers, circa 1880s Oil on canvas 31-1/2 x 41-1/2 inches Signed lower right, V. Dubreuil PROVENANCE: Private Collection EXHIBITED: The Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio, The Artist at Ringside, March 29 - March 10, 1992, exh. cat. p. 72 (illus. in color on cover); The National Art Museum of Sport, Indianapolis, Indiana, June 1 - August 2, 1992 Spanierman Gallery, LLC, New York, Tranquil America: A Century of Painting, 1840 - 1940, November 4, 2000 - February 28, 2001 LITERATURE: Tranquil America: A Century of Painting, 1840 - 1940, (Spanierman Gallery, LLC: New York, 2000), pl. 9, color illus.
Heritage Auctions
Oct. 26, 2006
VICTOR B. DUBREUIL
Est: $12,000 - $18,000
Five Dollar Bills, c. 1888-1900
Shannon's
Dec. 05, 2002
Victor Dubreuil (1880-1910)
Est: $100,000 - $150,000
Barrels of Money signed 'V. Dubreuil' (lower right) oil on canvas 24 x 20 in. (61 x 50.8 cm.) NOTES During his career as an artist Victor Dubreuil produced an obsessive amount of satirical still lifes depicting money. His exacting style of painting is related to that of his contemporaries John Haberle, William Harnett and other American painters who painted in the trompe l'oeil style, but it can be said that his style is more humorous and inventive. Barrels of Money is an alluring still life, depicting several barrels overflowing with United States currency. The viewer is presented with the illusion of un-obtainable riches, a fortune for a man of the turn of the century. Dubreuil toys with the viewers' desires for a better life, tempting them with fortune. We can only speculate that while painting this picture Dubreuil may have wanted to touch upon the struggle between wealth and poverty in American society. He was a frequent visitor at the Old Dickens House, a bar in Manhattan, located at the corner of Seventh Avenue and 38th Street; it is said that he often paid his bills with his paintings because of a lack of money. Barrels of Money may be a reflection of Dubreuil's own dream and desire for wealth. It is worth noting that the United States Secretary of Treasury must have seen Victor Dubreuil as a threat to the nation and the artist may have been seriously suspected of participating in counterfeiting the U.S. dollar. A larger version of Barrels of Money was confiscated by the secret service and then held for several years under lock and key. The real reason for this is still undisclosed and the original painting has since been destroyed under a 1909 mandate, but several versions still exist, Barrels of Money being one of them.
Christie's