Constance Frederica Gordon Cumming
Benares, the four converging Ghats
Estimate: 1.000 - 1.500 GBP
Price realised: 2.040 GBP
Price realised: 2.040 GBP
Description
Constance Frederica Gordon Cumming (1837-1924)
Benares, the four converging Ghats
signed and inscribed 'Pilgrims making "the 5 mile circuit" round the holy city. See "In the Himalayas" page C.F.Gordon Cumming. Benares. showing the 4 converging ghats CFGC' (lower right)
watercolour heightened with white on paper
15¾ x 24 7/8in. (40 x 63.2cm.)
Benares, the four converging Ghats
signed and inscribed 'Pilgrims making "the 5 mile circuit" round the holy city. See "In the Himalayas" page C.F.Gordon Cumming. Benares. showing the 4 converging ghats CFGC' (lower right)
watercolour heightened with white on paper
15¾ x 24 7/8in. (40 x 63.2cm.)
Upper estimate price exceeded by 36 %.
The work Benares, the four converging Ghats by Constance Frederica Gordon Cumming was auctioned at Christies in London in May 2007. It achieved a price of GBP 2,040.00 (€ 3,002.00), exceeding the upper end of the estimate range by 36%. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Constance Frederica Gordon Cumming - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work Lankatilaka Temple, Sri Lanka, which sold at auction in October 2019 for GBP 6,875.00 (€ 7,974.51).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 36 % übertroffen
Die Arbeit Benares, the four converging Ghats von Constance Frederica Gordon Cumming kam im Mai 2007 bei Christies in London zur Auktion. Sie erzielte dabei einen Preis von GBP 2.040,00 (€ 3.002,00) und übertraf damit das obere Ende der Schätzpreisspanne um 36%. Für andere Arbeiten von Constance Frederica Gordon Cumming mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit Lankatilaka Temple, Sri Lanka beobachtet, die im Oktober 2019 für GBP 6.875,00 (€ 7.974,51) versteigert wurde.
Constance Frederica Gordon Cumming - Auction history
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