Edith Martineau, A.R.W.S.
Aurora Leigh
Found at
Christies,
London
Victorian Pre-Raphaelite & British Impressionist Art, Lot 50
13.Dez - 13.Dez.2017
Victorian Pre-Raphaelite & British Impressionist Art, Lot 50
13.Dez - 13.Dez.2017
Estimate: 5.000 - 8.000 GBP
Price realised: 10.000 GBP
Price realised: 10.000 GBP
Description
signed 'Edith Martineau. 1881.' (lower left) and further signed and inscribed 'Aurora Leigh/ by/ Edith Martineau/ 35 Gordon Sq./ London' (on the artist's label on the reverse)
pencil and watercolour heightened with bodycolour and gum arabic on paper laid on board
23 x 12 ½ in. (58.4 x 31.8 cm.)
Benjamin Armitage. | with Charles Nicholls, Manchester. | Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, Sussex, 25 October 1994, lot 180 | Anonymous sale; Phillips, London, 6 November 2000, lot 86, where purchased by the present owner.
pencil and watercolour heightened with bodycolour and gum arabic on paper laid on board
23 x 12 ½ in. (58.4 x 31.8 cm.)
Benjamin Armitage. | with Charles Nicholls, Manchester. | Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, Sussex, 25 October 1994, lot 180 | Anonymous sale; Phillips, London, 6 November 2000, lot 86, where purchased by the present owner.
A top price for Edith Martineau
The work Aurora Leigh by Edith Martineau was auctioned at Christies in London in December 2017. It achieved a price of GBP 10,000.00 (€ 11,253.54), exceeding the upper end of the estimate range by 25%. With this result, Aurora Leigh is even the most expensive work of art by Edith Martineau that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Edith Martineau
Die Arbeit Aurora Leigh von Edith Martineau kam im Dezember 2017 bei Christies in London zur Auktion. Sie erzielte dabei einen Preis von GBP 10.000,00 (€ 11.253,54) und übertraf damit das obere Ende der Schätzpreisspanne um 25%. Mit diesem Ergebnis ist Aurora Leigh sogar das teuerste Kunstwerk von Edith Martineau, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
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