Clarence Lawson Wood

"The Spirit is willing but the flesh is weak"

Found at Christies, London
ORIGINAL ILLUSTRATIONS AND PRINTED BOOKS, Lot 35
8. Dec - 8. Dec 2000
Estimate: 400 - 600 GBP
Price realised: 1.410 GBP
Clarence Lawson Wood (1878-1957)
"The Spirit is willing but the flesh is weak"
signed and dated 'LAWSON/WOOD./06' (lower left) and inscribed '-Deliver us from evil-/"The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak" (on the reverse)
pencil, watercolour and bodycolour
12¾ x 10in. (32.4 x 25.5cm.)

A top price for Clarence Lawson Wood

This artwork by Clarence Lawson Wood achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in London in December 2000. In the ORIGINAL ILLUSTRATIONS AND PRINTED BOOKS auction, the work "The Spirit is willing but the flesh is weak" sold for GBP 1,410.00 (€ 2,246.12) - well above the upper estimate of GBP 600.00. This high result makes "The Spirit is willing but the flesh is weak" the most expensive artwork by Clarence Lawson Wood that we have observed at auctions so far.

Ein Spitzenpreis für Clarence Lawson Wood

Dieses Kunstwerk von Clarence Lawson Wood erzielte im Dezember 2000 bei Christies in London einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion ORIGINAL ILLUSTRATIONS AND PRINTED BOOKS wurde die Arbeit "The Spirit is willing but the flesh is weak" für GBP 1.410,00 (€ 2.246,12) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 600,00. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht "The Spirit is willing but the flesh is weak" zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Clarence Lawson Wood, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.

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