C.J. Martin
View In Calcutta
Found at
Christies,
London (Online Auction)
Topographical Pictures, including China Trade Paintings. ARCTIC · AMERICAS · AFRICA · ASIA · AUSTRALASIA · ANTARCTICA, Lot 60
5. Nov - 5. Nov 2020
Topographical Pictures, including China Trade Paintings. ARCTIC · AMERICAS · AFRICA · ASIA · AUSTRALASIA · ANTARCTICA, Lot 60
5. Nov - 5. Nov 2020
Estimate: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Description
signed and dated 'C.J.MARTIN. / 1853.' (lower right), inscribed 'J. W. Linzee View of...' on the stretcher
oil on canvas
15 3⁄4 x 25 1⁄2 in. (40 x 64.7 cm.)
Four views of Calcutta painted by Martin for Linzee suggest the artist may have been in the employ of John W. Linzee, a Boston-born American supercargo who was lived on Mangoe Lane, just North of the Maidan in Calcutta in the 1850s and 1860s. The views, including the present canvas, are all of similar size, and may have been part of a suite of works painted for Linzee. Of the other three, two are in the Peabody Museum of Salem, Massachusetts, one inscribed 'Painted by C.J. Martin for John W. Lin
C.J. Martin is thought to have been an American artist, whose few surviving works see him active in Rio de Janeiro c.1848-51 and in India in 1852-53.
John William Linzee (1821-1915), Calcutta (according to the inscription on the stretcher).
oil on canvas
15 3⁄4 x 25 1⁄2 in. (40 x 64.7 cm.)
Four views of Calcutta painted by Martin for Linzee suggest the artist may have been in the employ of John W. Linzee, a Boston-born American supercargo who was lived on Mangoe Lane, just North of the Maidan in Calcutta in the 1850s and 1860s. The views, including the present canvas, are all of similar size, and may have been part of a suite of works painted for Linzee. Of the other three, two are in the Peabody Museum of Salem, Massachusetts, one inscribed 'Painted by C.J. Martin for John W. Lin
C.J. Martin is thought to have been an American artist, whose few surviving works see him active in Rio de Janeiro c.1848-51 and in India in 1852-53.
John William Linzee (1821-1915), Calcutta (according to the inscription on the stretcher).
Upper estimate price exceeded by more than 100%
This artwork by C. J. Martin achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in London in November 2020. In the Topographical Pictures, including China Trade Paintings. ARCTIC · AMERICAS · AFRICA · ASIA · AUSTRALASIA · ANTARCTICA auction, the work View In Calcutta sold for GBP 11,250.00 (€ 12,558.80) - well above the upper estimate of GBP 5,000.00. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by C. J. Martin - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work A group of merchants on a lawn, Rio de Janeiro, a glimpse of Corcovado beyond, which sold at auction in October 2014 for GBP 25,000.00 (€ 31,921.39).
Oberer Schätzpreis um mehr als 100% übertroffen
Dieses Kunstwerk von C. J. Martin erzielte im November 2020 bei Christies in London einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Topographical Pictures, including China Trade Paintings. ARCTIC · AMERICAS · AFRICA · ASIA · AUSTRALASIA · ANTARCTICA wurde die Arbeit View In Calcutta für GBP 11.250,00 (€ 12.558,80) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 5.000,00. Für andere Arbeiten von C. J. Martin mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit A group of merchants on a lawn, Rio de Janeiro, a glimpse of Corcovado beyond beobachtet, die im Oktober 2014 für GBP 25.000,00 (€ 31.921,39) versteigert wurde.
C. J. Martin - Auction history
