Edward Wadsworth, A.R.A.
Myra Chigerovitch
Estimate: 6.000 - 8.000 GBP
Price realised: 10.000 GBP
Price realised: 10.000 GBP
Description
signed, dedicated and dated 'To Myra Chigerovitch./Christmas 1946/Edward Wadsworth.' (on the artist's label attached to the reverse)
tempera on panel
14 x 10 in. (35.6 x 25.6 cm.)
After the First World War many artists began to return to a more traditional aesthetic and style, rejecting the avant-garde. Wadsworth began to paint incredibly detailed compositions, often using the very traditional medium of tempera; as demonstrated in this portrait of Myra Chigerovitch (née Davis).
Chigerovitch was an artist, who shared a studio in St John's Wood and was close friends with John Minton and Michael Ayrton, whose portrait she painted. In the late 1930s and 1940s she lived nearby Wadsworth in East Sussex, and sat for him for this present portrait. The painting was give to Myra Chigerovitch as a Christmas present in 1946 which is a testament to their great friendship.
We are very grateful to Dr Jonathan Black F.R.S.A. for his assistance in cataloguing this work.
A gift from the artist to Myra Chigerovitch, the present owner's mother, 1946, and by descent.
tempera on panel
14 x 10 in. (35.6 x 25.6 cm.)
After the First World War many artists began to return to a more traditional aesthetic and style, rejecting the avant-garde. Wadsworth began to paint incredibly detailed compositions, often using the very traditional medium of tempera; as demonstrated in this portrait of Myra Chigerovitch (née Davis).
Chigerovitch was an artist, who shared a studio in St John's Wood and was close friends with John Minton and Michael Ayrton, whose portrait she painted. In the late 1930s and 1940s she lived nearby Wadsworth in East Sussex, and sat for him for this present portrait. The painting was give to Myra Chigerovitch as a Christmas present in 1946 which is a testament to their great friendship.
We are very grateful to Dr Jonathan Black F.R.S.A. for his assistance in cataloguing this work.
A gift from the artist to Myra Chigerovitch, the present owner's mother, 1946, and by descent.
Upper estimate price exceeded by 25 %.
The work Myra Chigerovitch by Edward Wadsworth was sold in the Modern/British Art Online auction at Christies in London in November 2017. It achieved a price of GBP 10,000.00 (€ 11,351.49), exceeding the upper end of the estimate range by 25%. Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by Edward Wadsworth achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work Imaginary Harbour I in November 2016 with an auction result of GBP 197,000.00 (€ 232,440.63).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 25 % übertroffen
Die Arbeit Myra Chigerovitch von Edward Wadsworth wurde im November 2017 in der Auktion Modern/British Art Online bei Christies in London versteigert. Sie erzielte dabei einen Preis von GBP 10.000,00 (€ 11.351,49) und übertraf damit das obere Ende der Schätzpreisspanne um 25%. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von Edward Wadsworth erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit Imaginary Harbour I im November 2016 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von GBP 197.000,00 (€ 232.440,63).
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