Alfred Wallis
The Wreck of the Alba 17.4 x 40 cm. (6 7/8 x 15 3/4 in.)
Estimate: 20.000 - 30.000 GBP
Price realised: 53.220 GBP
Price realised: 53.220 GBP
Description
Alfred Wallis (British, 1855-1942)
The Wreck of the Alba
signed 'A WALLIS' (verso)
pencil and oil on cardboard
17.4 x 40 cm. (6 7/8 x 15 3/4 in.)
With Waddington Galleries, London | Lord McAlpine | With The Mayor Gallery, London, where acquired by | Christopher Hull, thence by descent to the present owner | Private Collection, U.K.
The Wreck of the Alba
signed 'A WALLIS' (verso)
pencil and oil on cardboard
17.4 x 40 cm. (6 7/8 x 15 3/4 in.)
With Waddington Galleries, London | Lord McAlpine | With The Mayor Gallery, London, where acquired by | Christopher Hull, thence by descent to the present owner | Private Collection, U.K.
Upper estimate price exceeded by 77 %.
This artwork by Alfred Wallis achieved an unexpectedly high price at Bonhams in London in November last year. In the Modern British and Irish Art auction, the work The Wreck of the Alba 17.4 x 40 cm. (6 7/8 x 15 3/4 in.) sold for GBP 53,220.00 (€ 61,669.83) - well above the upper estimate of GBP 30,000.00. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Alfred Wallis - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work St Ives Bay With Godrevy, which sold at auction in May 2012 for GBP 145,250.00 (€ 180,975.11).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 77 % übertroffen
Dieses Kunstwerk von Alfred Wallis erzielte im November letzten Jahres bei Bonhams in London einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Modern British and Irish Art wurde die Arbeit The Wreck of the Alba 17.4 x 40 cm. (6 7/8 x 15 3/4 in.) für GBP 53.220,00 (€ 61.669,83) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 30.000,00. Für andere Arbeiten von Alfred Wallis mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit St Ives Bay With Godrevy beobachtet, die im Mai 2012 für GBP 145.250,00 (€ 180.975,11) versteigert wurde.
Alfred Wallis - Auction history
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