Edith Lawrence
Portrait of Eileen Mayo
Estimate: 5.000 - 8.000 GBP
Price realised: 16.250 GBP
Price realised: 16.250 GBP
Description
signed 'EDITH/LAWRENCE' (lower right)
oil on paper laid on panel
21 x 17 in. (53.4 x 43.2 cm.)
Painted in 1926.
with Walker Art Gallery, London. | Private collection, Paris, where purchased by the present owner in 2018.
oil on paper laid on panel
21 x 17 in. (53.4 x 43.2 cm.)
Painted in 1926.
with Walker Art Gallery, London. | Private collection, Paris, where purchased by the present owner in 2018.
A top price for Edith Lawrence
This artwork by Edith Lawrence achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in London in September 2020. In the Modern British Art auction, the work Portrait of Eileen Mayo sold for GBP 16,250.00 (€ 17,918.27) - well above the upper estimate of GBP 8,000.00. This high result makes Portrait of Eileen Mayo the most expensive artwork by Edith Lawrence that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Edith Lawrence
Dieses Kunstwerk von Edith Lawrence erzielte im September 2020 bei Christies in London einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Modern British Art wurde die Arbeit Portrait of Eileen Mayo für GBP 16.250,00 (€ 17.918,27) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 8.000,00. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Portrait of Eileen Mayo zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Edith Lawrence, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
Edith Lawrence - Auction history
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