Emma Florence Harrison
Front cover design and illustrations for The Rhyme of a Run (two illustrated)
Found at
Christies,
London
British and Continental Watercolours including Original Book, Lot 287
1. Dec - 1. Dec 2004
British and Continental Watercolours including Original Book, Lot 287
1. Dec - 1. Dec 2004
Estimate: 800 - 1.200 GBP
Price realised: 7.768 GBP
Price realised: 7.768 GBP
Description
Emma Florence Harrison (fl.1877-1925)
Front cover design and illustrations for The Rhyme of a Run (two illustrated)
some signed with monogram, the majority inscribed with page titles (on the reverse)
black ink and watercolour heightened with white, unframed
9 x 11½ in. (23 x 29 cm.); and smaller (23)
Front cover design and illustrations for The Rhyme of a Run (two illustrated)
some signed with monogram, the majority inscribed with page titles (on the reverse)
black ink and watercolour heightened with white, unframed
9 x 11½ in. (23 x 29 cm.); and smaller (23)
Artwork auctioned at six times the upper estimate price
The work Front cover design and illustrations for The Rhyme of a Run (two illustrated) by Emma Florence Harrison was worth GBP 7,767.50 (€ 10,993.15) to a buyer in December 2004. This price was achieved in the auction British and Continental Watercolours including Original Book at Christies in London and exceeded the previously set upper estimate of GBP 1,200.00 many times over. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Emma Florence Harrison - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work Illustrations for Christina Rossetti's Goblin Market (three illustrated), which sold at auction in December 2004 for GBP 28,680.00 (€ 40,590.10).
Kunstwerk zum Sechsfachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert
Die Arbeit Front cover design and illustrations for The Rhyme of a Run (two illustrated) von Emma Florence Harrison war einem Käufer im Dezember 2004 GBP 7.767,50 (€ 10.993,15) wert. Dieser Preise wurde in der Auktion British and Continental Watercolours including Original Book bei Christies in London erzielt und übertraf den zuvor angesetzten oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 1.200,00 um ein Vielfaches. Für andere Arbeiten von Emma Florence Harrison mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit Illustrations for Christina Rossetti's Goblin Market (three illustrated) beobachtet, die im Dezember 2004 für GBP 28.680,00 (€ 40.590,10) versteigert wurde.
Emma Florence Harrison - Auction history
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