David Low
‘Nuremberg’ (‘No Drums, No Trumpets, No Banners – Pah! How Much Better We Would Have Done It’)
Found at
Sothebys,
London
The Political Cartoon Collection of Jeffrey Archer, Lot 100
14. Mar - 14. Mar 2018
The Political Cartoon Collection of Jeffrey Archer, Lot 100
14. Mar - 14. Mar 2018
Estimate: 2.000 - 3.000 GBP
Price realised: 20.000 GBP
Price realised: 20.000 GBP
Description
David Low
‘NUREMBERG’ (‘NO DRUMS, NO TRUMPETS, NO BANNERS – PAH! HOW MUCH BETTER WE WOULD HAVE DONE IT’)
343 by 406mm., pen and ink with pencil, signed, inscribed with title and caption, and dated ‘Low original Nov 22 1945’, mounted, framed and glazed, minor discolouration to lower right margin
EXHIBITED: | 'Images of Power: From the Jeffrey Archer Cartoon Collection', Monnow Valley Arts, 3 September - 30 October 2011; ‘The Illustrators. The British Art of Illustration 1837-2011’, Chris Beetles Gallery, November 2011-January 2012, no 237
‘NUREMBERG’ (‘NO DRUMS, NO TRUMPETS, NO BANNERS – PAH! HOW MUCH BETTER WE WOULD HAVE DONE IT’)
343 by 406mm., pen and ink with pencil, signed, inscribed with title and caption, and dated ‘Low original Nov 22 1945’, mounted, framed and glazed, minor discolouration to lower right margin
EXHIBITED: | 'Images of Power: From the Jeffrey Archer Cartoon Collection', Monnow Valley Arts, 3 September - 30 October 2011; ‘The Illustrators. The British Art of Illustration 1837-2011’, Chris Beetles Gallery, November 2011-January 2012, no 237
A top price for David Low
When the work ‘Nuremberg’ (‘No Drums, No Trumpets, No Banners – Pah! How Much Better We Would Have Done It’) by David Low was auctioned at Sothebys in London in March 2018, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - GBP 3,000.00 but the actual price achieved was more than six times as high at GBP 20,000.00 (€ 22,771.10). This high result makes ‘Nuremberg’ (‘No Drums, No Trumpets, No Banners – Pah! How Much Better We Would Have Done It’) the most expensive artwork by David Low that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für David Low
Als die Arbeit ‘Nuremberg’ (‘No Drums, No Trumpets, No Banners – Pah! How Much Better We Would Have Done It’) von David Low im März 2018 bei Sothebys in London versteigert wurde, übertraf das Ergebnis die Erwartungen um ein Vielfaches. Der obere Schätzpreis war mit – rückwirkend betrachtet recht bescheidenen – GBP 3.000,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit GBP 20.000,00 (€ 22.771,10) mehr als sechsmal so hoch. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht ‘Nuremberg’ (‘No Drums, No Trumpets, No Banners – Pah! How Much Better We Would Have Done It’) zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von David Low, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
David Low - Auction history
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