Eric Gill, A.R.A.
Three Illustrations From Canticum Canticorum
Estimate: 600 - 800 GBP
Price realised: 8.750 GBP
Price realised: 8.750 GBP
Description
Eric Gill, A.R.A.
1882-1940
THREE ILLUSTRATIONS FROM CANTICUM CANTICORUM
Three wood engravings, 1930, Invenerunt Me Custodes signed in pencil and numbered 5/15, on wove papers, each framed
Quantity: 3
largest plate: 8.6 by 6.8cm.; 3 3/8 by 2 5/8 in.
smallest plate: 5.8 by 6.6cm.; 2 1/4 by 2 5/8 in.
Wolsley Fine Arts, London, where acquired by David Bowie
1882-1940
THREE ILLUSTRATIONS FROM CANTICUM CANTICORUM
Three wood engravings, 1930, Invenerunt Me Custodes signed in pencil and numbered 5/15, on wove papers, each framed
Quantity: 3
largest plate: 8.6 by 6.8cm.; 3 3/8 by 2 5/8 in.
smallest plate: 5.8 by 6.6cm.; 2 1/4 by 2 5/8 in.
Wolsley Fine Arts, London, where acquired by David Bowie
Artwork auctioned at ten times the upper estimate price
When the work Three Illustrations From Canticum Canticorum by Eric Gill was auctioned at Sothebys in London in November 2016, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - GBP 800.00 but the actual price achieved was more than ten times as high at GBP 8,750.00 (€ 10,324.14). Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by Eric Gill achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work St Joan of Arc in June 2015 with an auction result of GBP 2,210,500.00 (€ 3,116,777.25).
Kunstwerk zum Zehnfachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert
Als die Arbeit Three Illustrations From Canticum Canticorum von Eric Gill im November 2016 bei Sothebys in London versteigert wurde, übertraf das Ergebnis die Erwartungen um ein Vielfaches. Der obere Schätzpreis war mit – rückwirkend betrachtet recht bescheidenen – GBP 800,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit GBP 8.750,00 (€ 10.324,14) mehr als zehnmal so hoch. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von Eric Gill erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit St Joan of Arc im Juni 2015 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von GBP 2.210.500,00 (€ 3.116.777,25).
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