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- Boy with a Dolphin
David Wynne
Boy with a Dolphin
Found at
Christies,
London
Modern | British & Irish Art, Lot 19
21.Mrz - 21.Mrz.2018
Modern | British & Irish Art, Lot 19
21.Mrz - 21.Mrz.2018
Estimate: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Description
signed with initials and numbered 'DW 4/6' (at the base of the tail)
bronze with a green/brown patina
23 ¾ in. (60.5 cm.) long, excluding metal base
Conceived in 1972.
Sold with a limited edition (49/150) signed copy of D. Elliot, Boy With a Dolphin: The Life and Work of David Wynne, London, 2010 and a signed print of a Stag (49/150) by the artist.
Acquired directly from the artist by Eric Darley. | Acquired from the above by the present owner, circa 1997.
bronze with a green/brown patina
23 ¾ in. (60.5 cm.) long, excluding metal base
Conceived in 1972.
Sold with a limited edition (49/150) signed copy of D. Elliot, Boy With a Dolphin: The Life and Work of David Wynne, London, 2010 and a signed print of a Stag (49/150) by the artist.
Acquired directly from the artist by Eric Darley. | Acquired from the above by the present owner, circa 1997.
Artwork auctioned at three times the upper estimate price
The work Boy with a Dolphin by David Wynne was worth GBP 100,000.00 (€ 113,855.52) to a buyer in March 2018. This price was achieved in the auction Modern | British & Irish Art at Christies in London and exceeded the previously set upper estimate of GBP 30,000.00 many times over. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by David Wynne - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work Boy with a Dolphin, which sold at auction in March 2017 for GBP 353,000.00 (€ 413,681.16).
Kunstwerk zum Dreifachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert
Die Arbeit Boy with a Dolphin von David Wynne war einem Käufer im März 2018 GBP 100.000,00 (€ 113.855,52) wert. Dieser Preise wurde in der Auktion Modern | British & Irish Art bei Christies in London erzielt und übertraf den zuvor angesetzten oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 30.000,00 um ein Vielfaches. Für andere Arbeiten von David Wynne mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit Boy with a Dolphin beobachtet, die im März 2017 für GBP 353.000,00 (€ 413.681,16) versteigert wurde.
