Charles Conder
British the Fatal Colors
Estimate: 250.000 - 350.000 AUD
Price realised: 702.000 AUD
Price realised: 702.000 AUD
Description
Charles Conder
1868 - 1909
BRITISHTHE FATAL COLORS
Signed and dated 1888 lower left; inscribed with title lower right
Oil on wood panel
36 by 20.5 cm
Lawrence Abrahams (possibly from the artist) | The Magnificent Collection of Australian Pictures made by the Late Lawrence Abrahams, Decoration Co., Melbourne, 16 June, 1919, lot 36 | George Page Cooper, Melbourne | The George Page Cooper Collection of Historical Australian Paintings, Old Masters, Bronzes etc., Leonard Joel, 21 - 22 November 1967, addendum | Mrs G.M. Chartres, Melbourne | Australian Paintings, Leonard Joel, Melbourne, 5 November
1868 - 1909
BRITISHTHE FATAL COLORS
Signed and dated 1888 lower left; inscribed with title lower right
Oil on wood panel
36 by 20.5 cm
Lawrence Abrahams (possibly from the artist) | The Magnificent Collection of Australian Pictures made by the Late Lawrence Abrahams, Decoration Co., Melbourne, 16 June, 1919, lot 36 | George Page Cooper, Melbourne | The George Page Cooper Collection of Historical Australian Paintings, Old Masters, Bronzes etc., Leonard Joel, 21 - 22 November 1967, addendum | Mrs G.M. Chartres, Melbourne | Australian Paintings, Leonard Joel, Melbourne, 5 November
A top price for Charles Conder
This artwork by Charles Conder achieved an unexpectedly high price at Sothebys in Melbourne in August 2008. In the Important Australian Art auction, the work British the Fatal Colors sold for AUD 702,000.00 (€ 409,791.12) - well above the upper estimate of AUD 350,000.00. This high result makes British the Fatal Colors the most expensive artwork by Charles Conder that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Charles Conder
Dieses Kunstwerk von Charles Conder erzielte im August 2008 bei Sothebys in Melbourne einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Important Australian Art wurde die Arbeit British the Fatal Colors für AUD 702.000,00 (€ 409.791,12) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von AUD 350.000,00. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht British the Fatal Colors zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Charles Conder, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
Charles Conder - Auction history
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