Edward John Cobbett, R.B.A.
An afternoon rest
Found at
Christies,
London
British & European Art: Victorian, Pre-Raphaelite & British Impressionist Art, Lot 95
11.Jul - 11.Jul.2019
British & European Art: Victorian, Pre-Raphaelite & British Impressionist Art, Lot 95
11.Jul - 11.Jul.2019
Estimate: 2.000 - 3.000 GBP
Price realised: 5.250 GBP
Price realised: 5.250 GBP
Description
signed and dated 'E.J. Cobbett/1852' (lower left) and indistinctly inscribed 'Welsh.../painted 1852/by EJ Cobbett/sold...to J.H. Leatham Esq' (on a partial label attached to the reverse)
oil on canvas
30 x 41 in. (76.2 x 104.2 cm.)
J.H. Leatham. | Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 19 October 1983, lot 143.
oil on canvas
30 x 41 in. (76.2 x 104.2 cm.)
J.H. Leatham. | Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 19 October 1983, lot 143.
Upper estimate price exceeded by 75 %.
This artwork by Edward John Cobbett achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in London in July 2019. In the British & European Art: Victorian, Pre-Raphaelite & British Impressionist Art auction, the work An afternoon rest sold for GBP 5,250.00 (€ 5,764.15) - well above the upper estimate of GBP 3,000.00. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Edward John Cobbett - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work A wreath of wild flowers, which sold at auction in May 2002 for GBP 7,872.50 (€ 12,328.44).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 75 % übertroffen
Dieses Kunstwerk von Edward John Cobbett erzielte im Juli 2019 bei Christies in London einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion British & European Art: Victorian, Pre-Raphaelite & British Impressionist Art wurde die Arbeit An afternoon rest für GBP 5.250,00 (€ 5.764,15) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 3.000,00. Für andere Arbeiten von Edward John Cobbett mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit A wreath of wild flowers beobachtet, die im Mai 2002 für GBP 7.872,50 (€ 12.328,44) versteigert wurde.
Edward John Cobbett - Auction history
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