Cecil Beaton

Audrey Hepburn as Eliza Doolittle, 1963

Found at Christies, London
Audrey Hepburn: The Personal Collection, Lot 168
27.Sep - 27.Sep.2017
Estimate: 2.000 - 3.000 GBP
Price realised: 93.750 GBP
Audrey Hepburn as Eliza Doolittle, 1963
gelatin silver print
stamped ‘please acknowledge photograph by Cecil Beaton’ (verso)
sheet: 13 7/8 x 11 in. (35.2 x 27.9 cm.)

A top price for Cecil Beaton

When the work Audrey Hepburn as Eliza Doolittle, 1963 by Cecil Beaton was auctioned at Christies in London in September 2017, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - GBP 3,000.00 but the actual price achieved was more than 31 times as high at GBP 93,750.00 (€ 106,360.58). This high result makes Audrey Hepburn as Eliza Doolittle, 1963 the most expensive artwork by Cecil Beaton that we have observed at auctions so far.

Ein Spitzenpreis für Cecil Beaton

Als die Arbeit Audrey Hepburn as Eliza Doolittle, 1963 von Cecil Beaton im September 2017 bei Christies in London versteigert wurde, übertraf das Ergebnis die Erwartungen um ein Vielfaches. Der obere Schätzpreis war mit – rückwirkend betrachtet recht bescheidenen – GBP 3.000,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit GBP 93.750,00 (€ 106.360,58) mehr als 31-mal so hoch. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Audrey Hepburn as Eliza Doolittle, 1963 zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Cecil Beaton, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.

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