Christopher Wood
Girls by the Sea
Estimate: 40.000 - 60.000 GBP
Price realised: 88.200 GBP
Price realised: 88.200 GBP
Description
Christopher Wood
1901 - 1930
Girls by the Sea
oil on board
unframed: 42 by 34cm.; 16½ by 13½in.
framed: 53 by 45cm.; 20¾ by 17¾in.
Executed in 1927.
We are grateful to Robert Upstone for his kind assistance with the cataloguing of the present work, which will be included in his forthcoming catalogue raisonné for Christopher Wood.
Elizabeth Dalziel-Smith, the Artist’s sister | Crane Kalman Gallery, London, where acquired by the Monty and Barbie Passes in January 1973, and thence by descent | Their sale, Christie's London, 18 June 2019, lot 168, where acquired by the present owner
1901 - 1930
Girls by the Sea
oil on board
unframed: 42 by 34cm.; 16½ by 13½in.
framed: 53 by 45cm.; 20¾ by 17¾in.
Executed in 1927.
We are grateful to Robert Upstone for his kind assistance with the cataloguing of the present work, which will be included in his forthcoming catalogue raisonné for Christopher Wood.
Elizabeth Dalziel-Smith, the Artist’s sister | Crane Kalman Gallery, London, where acquired by the Monty and Barbie Passes in January 1973, and thence by descent | Their sale, Christie's London, 18 June 2019, lot 168, where acquired by the present owner
Upper estimate price exceeded by 47 %.
The work Girls by the Sea by Christopher Wood was sold in the Modern & Post War British Art Day Sale auction at Sothebys in London in June 2021. It achieved a price of GBP 88,200.00 (€ 102,775.93), exceeding the upper end of the estimate range by 47%. Admittedly, works by Christopher Wood have also been auctioned for a multiple of this price - according to our records, the highest result so far was achieved by the work Drying Sails, Mousehole, Cornwall in June last year with an auction result of GBP 479,100.00 (€ 556,577.92).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 47 % übertroffen
Die Arbeit Girls by the Sea von Christopher Wood wurde im Juni 2021 in der Auktion Modern & Post War British Art Day Sale bei Sothebys in London versteigert. Sie erzielte dabei einen Preis von GBP 88.200,00 (€ 102.775,93) und übertraf damit das obere Ende der Schätzpreisspanne um 47%. Freilich wurden Arbeiten von Christopher Wood auch schon für ein Vielfaches dieses Preises versteigert – das bisher höchste Ergebnis erzielte nach unseren Aufzeichnungen die Arbeit Drying Sails, Mousehole, Cornwall im Juni letzten Jahres mit einem Auktionsergebnis von GBP 479.100,00 (€ 556.577,92).
Christopher Wood - Auction history
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