Alfred William Hunt
Mount Snowdon Through Clearing Clouds
Found at
Sothebys,
London
A Green and Pleasant Land: Two Centuries of British Landscape Painting, Lot 131
22. May - 22. May 2014
A Green and Pleasant Land: Two Centuries of British Landscape Painting, Lot 131
22. May - 22. May 2014
Estimate: 5.000 - 7.000 GBP
Price realised: 23.750 GBP
Price realised: 23.750 GBP
Description
Alfred William Hunt
1830 - 1896
MOUNT SNOWDON THROUGH CLEARING CLOUDS
signed and dated l.r.: Alfred W Hunt/ 1857
watercolour with scratching out
31.5 by 48.5cm., 12½ by 19in.
Charles Nobbs, York; | Tennants, Leyburn, 23 November 2006, lot 777 (as Mountainous Landscape with Swirling Clouds) | The Maas Gallery, London, April 2007
1830 - 1896
MOUNT SNOWDON THROUGH CLEARING CLOUDS
signed and dated l.r.: Alfred W Hunt/ 1857
watercolour with scratching out
31.5 by 48.5cm., 12½ by 19in.
Charles Nobbs, York; | Tennants, Leyburn, 23 November 2006, lot 777 (as Mountainous Landscape with Swirling Clouds) | The Maas Gallery, London, April 2007
Artwork auctioned at three times the upper estimate price
The work Mount Snowdon Through Clearing Clouds by Alfred William Hunt was worth GBP 23,750.00 (€ 29,189.52) to a buyer in May 2014. This price was achieved in the auction A Green and Pleasant Land: Two Centuries of British Landscape Painting at Sothebys in London and exceeded the previously set upper estimate of GBP 7,000.00 many times over. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Alfred William Hunt - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work 'When the leaves begin to turn', which sold at auction in June 2004 for GBP 52,580.00 (€ 78,254.79).
Kunstwerk zum Dreifachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert
Die Arbeit Mount Snowdon Through Clearing Clouds von Alfred William Hunt war einem Käufer im Mai 2014 GBP 23.750,00 (€ 29.189,52) wert. Dieser Preise wurde in der Auktion A Green and Pleasant Land: Two Centuries of British Landscape Painting bei Sothebys in London erzielt und übertraf den zuvor angesetzten oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 7.000,00 um ein Vielfaches. Für andere Arbeiten von Alfred William Hunt mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit 'When the leaves begin to turn' beobachtet, die im Juni 2004 für GBP 52.580,00 (€ 78.254,79) versteigert wurde.
Alfred William Hunt - Auction history
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