Anna Alma-Tadema
Returning light
Found at
Christies,
London
Victorian, Pre-Raphaelite and British Impressionist Art, Lot 72
11.Jul - 11.Jul.2017
Victorian, Pre-Raphaelite and British Impressionist Art, Lot 72
11.Jul - 11.Jul.2017
Estimate: 7.000 - 10.000 GBP
Price realised: 17.500 GBP
Price realised: 17.500 GBP
Description
signed and dated 'Anna Alma Tadema/1891' (lower right), further signed, inscribed and dated 'Returning light./Anna Tadema./1891./£20:00' (on the artist's label attached to the reverse) and further indistinctly signed and inscribed 'Returning Light/Anna, Alma Tadema/ [?] Grove End Road' (on an exhibition label attached to the reverse)
oil on panel
17 3/8 x 6 1/8 in. (44.1 x 15.6 cm.)
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 29 July 1977, lot 4.
oil on panel
17 3/8 x 6 1/8 in. (44.1 x 15.6 cm.)
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 29 July 1977, lot 4.
Upper estimate price exceeded by 75 %.
This artwork by Anna Alma-Tadema achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in London in July 2017. In the Victorian, Pre-Raphaelite and British Impressionist Art auction, the work Returning light sold for GBP 17,500.00 (€ 19,527.31) - well above the upper estimate of GBP 10,000.00. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Anna Alma-Tadema - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work The Garden Studio, which sold at auction in July 2020 for GBP 47,500.00 (€ 52,982.63).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 75 % übertroffen
Dieses Kunstwerk von Anna Alma-Tadema erzielte im Juli 2017 bei Christies in London einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Victorian, Pre-Raphaelite and British Impressionist Art wurde die Arbeit Returning light für GBP 17.500,00 (€ 19.527,31) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 10.000,00. Für andere Arbeiten von Anna Alma-Tadema mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit The Garden Studio beobachtet, die im Juli 2020 für GBP 47.500,00 (€ 52.982,63) versteigert wurde.
Anna Alma-Tadema - Auction history
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