Adam Buck
The Expiation Of Orestes
Found at
Christies,
London
Old Masters including Old Master & British Drawings and Watercolours, Lot 275
08.Dez - 08.Dez.2017
Old Masters including Old Master & British Drawings and Watercolours, Lot 275
08.Dez - 08.Dez.2017
Estimate: 1.000 - 1.500 GBP
Price realised: 4.750 GBP
Price realised: 4.750 GBP
Description
signed and dated 'Adam Buck 1813' (lower left) and inscribed 'The Expiation of Orestes/ From a Greek Vase in the possession/ of Mr Luppi.' (verso)
pencil and watercolour heightened with bodycolour on board
9 1/8 x 9 ¾ in. (23.2 x 24.7 cm.)
pencil and watercolour heightened with bodycolour on board
9 1/8 x 9 ¾ in. (23.2 x 24.7 cm.)
Artwork auctioned at three times the upper estimate price
When the work The Expiation Of Orestes by Adam Buck was auctioned at Christies in London in December 2017, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - GBP 1,500.00 but the actual price achieved was more than three times as high at GBP 4,750.00 (€ 5,345.43). Despite this good result, it is not the highest hammer price for an artwork by Adam Buck; that achieved among the auctions we observed the lot A Naval Officer holding his sword under his right arm, facing right in blue coat with black facings, yellow trousers, frilled cravat and black stock, powdered hair en queue sold at auction in May 2002 with the realized price of GBP 5,975.00 (€ 9,356.93).
Kunstwerk zum Dreifachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert
Als die Arbeit The Expiation Of Orestes von Adam Buck im Dezember 2017 bei Christies in London versteigert wurde, übertraf das Ergebnis die Erwartungen um ein Vielfaches. Der obere Schätzpreis war mit – rückwirkend betrachtet recht bescheidenen – GBP 1.500,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit GBP 4.750,00 (€ 5.345,43) mehr als dreimal so hoch. Trotz des guten Ergebnisses ist dies nicht der höchste Zuschlag für ein Kunstwerk von Adam Buck; den erzielte unter den von uns beobachteten Auktionen die Arbeit A Naval Officer holding his sword under his right arm, facing right in blue coat with black facings, yellow trousers, frilled cravat and black stock, powdered hair en queue im Mai 2002 mit dem Hammerpreis von GBP 5.975,00 (€ 9.356,93).
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