Benjamin West, P.R.A.
Two Angels Singing
Estimate: 7.000 - 10.000 USD
Price realised: 18.750 USD
Price realised: 18.750 USD
Description
Benjamin West, P.R.A.
SWARTHMORE, PA 1738-1820 LONDON
TWO ANGELS SINGING
Watercolor, pen and brown ink;
signed lower right: B. West / 1783 -
430 by 295 mm; 17 by 11 5/8 in
With John Mitchell & Sons, London, by 1970; | sale, New York, Christie's, 20 January 1998, lot 406, | where acquired by Bernadette and William M.B. Berger, Denver, Colorado
SWARTHMORE, PA 1738-1820 LONDON
TWO ANGELS SINGING
Watercolor, pen and brown ink;
signed lower right: B. West / 1783 -
430 by 295 mm; 17 by 11 5/8 in
With John Mitchell & Sons, London, by 1970; | sale, New York, Christie's, 20 January 1998, lot 406, | where acquired by Bernadette and William M.B. Berger, Denver, Colorado
Upper estimate price exceeded by 88 %.
This artwork by Benjamin West achieved an unexpectedly high price at Sothebys in New York in January 2017. In the Old Master Drawings auction, the work Two Angels Singing sold for USD 18,750.00 (€ 17,370.76) - well above the upper estimate of USD 10,000.00. Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by Benjamin West achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work Portrait Of Prince William (1776-1834), Later 2Nd Duke Of Gloucester And Edinburgh, And His Elder Sister, Princess Sophia (1773-1844) Of Gloucester in July 2013 with an auction result of GBP 578,500.00 (€ 661,037.08).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 88 % übertroffen
Dieses Kunstwerk von Benjamin West erzielte im Januar 2017 bei Sothebys in New York einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Old Master Drawings wurde die Arbeit Two Angels Singing für USD 18.750,00 (€ 17.370,76) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von USD 10.000,00. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von Benjamin West erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit Portrait Of Prince William (1776-1834), Later 2Nd Duke Of Gloucester And Edinburgh, And His Elder Sister, Princess Sophia (1773-1844) Of Gloucester im Juli 2013 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von GBP 578.500,00 (€ 661.037,08).
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