Camille Souter
Two Nuns
Estimate: 4.000 - 6.000 GBP
Price realised: 8.400 GBP
Price realised: 8.400 GBP
Description
Camille Souter (b. 1929)
Two Nuns
signed, inscribed and dated 'Camille Souter Dublin 56' (lower right), inscribed again and dated again 'Famiglia Collierotte/56/Two Nuns' (on the reverse)
oil on paper
8½ x 6 in. (21.5 x 15.2 cm.)
Two Nuns
signed, inscribed and dated 'Camille Souter Dublin 56' (lower right), inscribed again and dated again 'Famiglia Collierotte/56/Two Nuns' (on the reverse)
oil on paper
8½ x 6 in. (21.5 x 15.2 cm.)
Upper estimate price exceeded by 40 %.
The work Two Nuns by Camille Souter was sold in the The Irish Sale auction at Christies in London in May 2007. The »bidding war« ended at GBP 8,400.00 (€ 12,361.17), 40% above the upper estimate. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Camille Souter - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work The two old Turnips, which sold at auction in May 2002 for GBP 21,510.00 (€ 33,684.95).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 40 % übertroffen
Die Arbeit Two Nuns von Camille Souter wurde im Mai 2007 in der Auktion The Irish Sale bei Christies in London versteigert. Das »Bietergefecht« endete beim Preis von GBP 8.400,00 (€ 12.361,17) und damit 40% über dem oberen Schätzpreis. Für andere Arbeiten von Camille Souter mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit The two old Turnips beobachtet, die im Mai 2002 für GBP 21.510,00 (€ 33.684,95) versteigert wurde.
Camille Souter - Auction history
