Charles James Adams
Rough Pastures
Found at
Christies,
London
BRITISH AND CONTINENTAL WATERCOLOURS AND DRAWINGS, Lot 1
3. May - 3. May 2001
BRITISH AND CONTINENTAL WATERCOLOURS AND DRAWINGS, Lot 1
3. May - 3. May 2001
Estimate: 300 - 500 GBP
Price realised: 2.233 GBP
Price realised: 2.233 GBP
Description
Charles James Adams (1859-1931) Rough Pastures
signed 'C.J Adams' (lower left) and further signed and inscribed 'Rough Pastures/C.J Adams' (on an old label attached to the backboard)
pencil and watercolour with scratching out
10½ x 15in. (26.6 x 38.2cm.)
a watercolour of sheep resting in a wooded landscape and three watercolours in one mount entitled "Near Barnmouth", "Snowdon" and "Pass of Llanberis" by the same hand (3)
signed 'C.J Adams' (lower left) and further signed and inscribed 'Rough Pastures/C.J Adams' (on an old label attached to the backboard)
pencil and watercolour with scratching out
10½ x 15in. (26.6 x 38.2cm.)
a watercolour of sheep resting in a wooded landscape and three watercolours in one mount entitled "Near Barnmouth", "Snowdon" and "Pass of Llanberis" by the same hand (3)
Artwork auctioned at four times the upper estimate price
When the work Rough Pastures by Charles James Adams was auctioned at Christies in London in May 2001, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - GBP 500.00 but the actual price achieved was more than four times as high at GBP 2,232.50 (€ 3,742.84). However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Charles James Adams - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work Cattle Warming Themselves On A Summer'S Day; And Wintertime, Cattle By A Fence (Illustrated), which sold at auction in November 2006 for GBP 6,600.00 (€ 9,801.21).
Kunstwerk zum Vierfachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert
Als die Arbeit Rough Pastures von Charles James Adams im Mai 2001 bei Christies in London versteigert wurde, übertraf das Ergebnis die Erwartungen um ein Vielfaches. Der obere Schätzpreis war mit – rückwirkend betrachtet recht bescheidenen – GBP 500,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit GBP 2.232,50 (€ 3.742,84) mehr als viermal so hoch. Für andere Arbeiten von Charles James Adams mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit Cattle Warming Themselves On A Summer'S Day; And Wintertime, Cattle By A Fence (Illustrated) beobachtet, die im November 2006 für GBP 6.600,00 (€ 9.801,21) versteigert wurde.
Charles James Adams - Auction history
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