Edmund Blair Leighton
A King And A Beggar Maid
Estimate: 500.000 - 700.000 GBP
Price realised: 662.500 GBP
Price realised: 662.500 GBP
Description
Edmund Blair Leighton
1852-1922
A KING AND A BEGGAR MAID
signed and dated l.l.: E. BLAIR LEIGHTON. 1898
oil on canvas
163 by 123cm., 64 by 48½in.
From the artist to Thomas Agnew & Sons, 1898; | W. Wilson, 1904; | Christie's, 31 July 1922, lot 113, to W.W. Sampson; | Christie's, 15 June 1973 lot 61; | Christie's, 3 November 2000 , lot 9, where bought for The Collection of Fred and Sherry Ross; | Bought privately in 2007 by the present owner
1852-1922
A KING AND A BEGGAR MAID
signed and dated l.l.: E. BLAIR LEIGHTON. 1898
oil on canvas
163 by 123cm., 64 by 48½in.
From the artist to Thomas Agnew & Sons, 1898; | W. Wilson, 1904; | Christie's, 31 July 1922, lot 113, to W.W. Sampson; | Christie's, 15 June 1973 lot 61; | Christie's, 3 November 2000 , lot 9, where bought for The Collection of Fred and Sherry Ross; | Bought privately in 2007 by the present owner
Auction result well in line with expectations
The work A King And A Beggar Maid by Edmund Blair Leighton was auctioned at Sothebys in London in May 2014. It changed hands for a price of GBP 662,500.00 (€ 814,233.87) achieving a result in the upper range of the estimate price range of GBP 500,000.00 – 700,000.00. Other works by Edmund Blair Leighton have already achieved higher auction prices, for example, in June 2000 the work God Speed was auctioned for GBP 707,750.00 (€ 1,121,870.87).
Auktionsergebnis im Rahmen der Erwartungen
Die Arbeit A King And A Beggar Maid von Edmund Blair Leighton kam im Mai 2014 bei Sothebys in London zur Auktion. Dabei wechselte sie für einen Preis von GBP 662.500,00 (€ 814.233,87) den Besitzer und erzielte damit ein Ergebnis im oberen Bereich der Schätzpreisspanne von GBP 500.000,00 – 700.000,00. Andere Arbeiten von Edmund Blair Leighton konnten bereits höhere Auktionspreise erzielen, so wurde im Juni 2000 die Arbeit God Speed für GBP 707.750,00 (€ 1.121.870,87) versteigert.
Edmund Blair Leighton - Auction history
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