Cecil Collins, R.A.
The Greeting
Estimate: 30.000 - 50.000 GBP
Price realised: 70.000 GBP
Price realised: 70.000 GBP
Description
Cecil Collins, R.A.
1908-1989
THE GREETING
signed and dated 1943; inscribed and numbered on the reverse
oil on canvas
25.5 by 17.5cm.; 10 by 7in.
Alex. Reid & Lefevre Ltd, London, where acquired by Mrs H. N. Brailsford | Sale, Phillips London, 13th September 1988, lot 142 | Offer Waterman & Co., London, where acquired by the family of the present owner
1908-1989
THE GREETING
signed and dated 1943; inscribed and numbered on the reverse
oil on canvas
25.5 by 17.5cm.; 10 by 7in.
Alex. Reid & Lefevre Ltd, London, where acquired by Mrs H. N. Brailsford | Sale, Phillips London, 13th September 1988, lot 142 | Offer Waterman & Co., London, where acquired by the family of the present owner
A top price for Cecil Collins
The work The Greeting by Cecil Collins was auctioned at Sothebys in London in June 2015. It achieved a price of GBP 70,000.00 (€ 98,699.12), exceeding the upper end of the estimate range by 40%. With this result, The Greeting is even the most expensive work of art by Cecil Collins that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Cecil Collins
Die Arbeit The Greeting von Cecil Collins kam im Juni 2015 bei Sothebys in London zur Auktion. Sie erzielte dabei einen Preis von GBP 70.000,00 (€ 98.699,12) und übertraf damit das obere Ende der Schätzpreisspanne um 40%. Mit diesem Ergebnis ist The Greeting sogar das teuerste Kunstwerk von Cecil Collins, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
Cecil Collins - Auction history
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