Ben Marshall
'Bravura', an iron-grey filly, with James Robinson up, with her owner Sir Robert Keith Dick, Bt., her trainer mounted on a grey pony to the left, on Newmarket Heath
Found at
Christies,
London
The B.J. Eastwood Collection: Important Sporting and Irish Pictures, Lot 29
9. Jul - 9. Jul 2021
The B.J. Eastwood Collection: Important Sporting and Irish Pictures, Lot 29
9. Jul - 9. Jul 2021
Estimate: 150.000 - 200.000 GBP
Price realised: 200.000 GBP
Price realised: 200.000 GBP
Description
Ben Marshall (1768-1835)
'Bravura', an iron-grey filly, with James Robinson up, with her owner Sir Robert Keith Dick, Bt., her trainer mounted on a grey pony to the left, on Newmarket Heath
signed, inscribed and dated 'Bravura/B. Marshall/1825' (centre left, on the trough)
oil on canvas
40 x 50 ½ in. (101.6 x 128.3 cm.)
Painted in 1825.
- Alfred H. Caspary; Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, 29 - 30 April 1955, lot 252. | Huntington Hartford, New York. | The Mr. and Mrs. Jack R. Dick Collection (Part Two) ; Sotheby's, London, 26 June 1974, lot 70. | Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 18 April 1986, lot 56, where acquired for the present collection.
'Bravura', an iron-grey filly, with James Robinson up, with her owner Sir Robert Keith Dick, Bt., her trainer mounted on a grey pony to the left, on Newmarket Heath
signed, inscribed and dated 'Bravura/B. Marshall/1825' (centre left, on the trough)
oil on canvas
40 x 50 ½ in. (101.6 x 128.3 cm.)
Painted in 1825.
- Alfred H. Caspary; Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, 29 - 30 April 1955, lot 252. | Huntington Hartford, New York. | The Mr. and Mrs. Jack R. Dick Collection (Part Two) ; Sotheby's, London, 26 June 1974, lot 70. | Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 18 April 1986, lot 56, where acquired for the present collection.
A top price for Ben Marshall - as previously expected
The work 'Bravura', an iron-grey filly, with James Robinson up, with her owner Sir Robert Keith Dick, Bt., her trainer mounted on a grey pony to the left, on Newmarket Heath by Ben Marshall was auctioned at Christies in London in July 2021. The auction ended at the price of GBP 200,000.00 (€ 234,541.47), which exactly corresponded to the upper end of the estimated price range of GBP 150,000.00 – 200,000.00. Even if this result could not surprise positively, 'Bravura', an iron-grey filly, with James Robinson up, with her owner Sir Robert Keith Dick, Bt., her trainer mounted on a grey pony to the left, on Newmarket Heath is the most expensive artwork by Ben Marshall that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis mit Ansage
Die Arbeit 'Bravura', an iron-grey filly, with James Robinson up, with her owner Sir Robert Keith Dick, Bt., her trainer mounted on a grey pony to the left, on Newmarket Heath von Ben Marshall kam im Juli 2021 bei Christies in London zur Auktion. Das dabei erzielte Ergebnis von GBP 200.000,00 (€ 234.541,47) entsprach exakt dem oberen Ende der Schätzpreisspanne von GBP 150.000,00 – 200.000,00. Auch wenn das Ergebnis damit nicht positiv überraschen konnte, ist 'Bravura', an iron-grey filly, with James Robinson up, with her owner Sir Robert Keith Dick, Bt., her trainer mounted on a grey pony to the left, on Newmarket Heath das teuerste Kunstwerk von Ben Marshall, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.