Benjamin Walter Spiers
Un po' di Roma
Estimate: 8.000 - 12.000 GBP
Price realised: 38.400 GBP
Price realised: 38.400 GBP
Description
Benjamin Walter Spiers (fl.1875-1893)
Un po' di Roma
signed with initials and dated 'B.W.S. 1884' (lower right, on a folio) and further signed and inscribed 'ROYAL ACADEMY OF ARTS UN PO' di ROMA BY B.W. SPIERS. 70 HEREFORD RD. BAYSWATER.' (on the artist's label attached to the backboard)
pencil and watercolour heightened with bodycolour
20 3/8 x 25 5/8 in. (51.8 x 65.2 cm.)
Un po' di Roma
signed with initials and dated 'B.W.S. 1884' (lower right, on a folio) and further signed and inscribed 'ROYAL ACADEMY OF ARTS UN PO' di ROMA BY B.W. SPIERS. 70 HEREFORD RD. BAYSWATER.' (on the artist's label attached to the backboard)
pencil and watercolour heightened with bodycolour
20 3/8 x 25 5/8 in. (51.8 x 65.2 cm.)
A top price for Benjamin Walter Spiers
When the work Un po' di Roma by Benjamin Walter Spiers was auctioned at Christies in London in February 2007, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - GBP 12,000.00 but the actual price achieved was more than three times as high at GBP 38,400.00 (€ 56,926.62). This high result makes Un po' di Roma the most expensive artwork by Benjamin Walter Spiers that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Benjamin Walter Spiers
Als die Arbeit Un po' di Roma von Benjamin Walter Spiers im Februar 2007 bei Christies in London versteigert wurde, übertraf das Ergebnis die Erwartungen um ein Vielfaches. Der obere Schätzpreis war mit – rückwirkend betrachtet recht bescheidenen – GBP 12.000,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit GBP 38.400,00 (€ 56.926,62) mehr als dreimal so hoch. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Un po' di Roma zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Benjamin Walter Spiers, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
Benjamin Walter Spiers - Auction history
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