Ernest Arthur Rowe
Hever Castle
Estimate: 2.500 - 3.500 GBP
Price realised: 4.113 GBP
Price realised: 4.113 GBP
Description
Ernest Arthur Rowe (1863-1922)
Hever Castle
signed and dated 'E.A. Rowe '20.' (lower right) and inscribed and dated 'Box fence, Hever Castle/1920' (on the reverse of the backing) and inscribed 'Hever Castle/"Midst shaven lawns that far around it creep/In one eternal undulating sweep./And scattered clumps that nod at one another/Each stiffly waving to its formal brother." No 18.' (on a label attached to the backboard) and with inscription 'Hever Castle E Arthur Rowe' (on a label attached to the backboard)
pencil and watercolour with gum arabic
10 x 14 in. (25.5 x 35.7 cm.)
Hever Castle
signed and dated 'E.A. Rowe '20.' (lower right) and inscribed and dated 'Box fence, Hever Castle/1920' (on the reverse of the backing) and inscribed 'Hever Castle/"Midst shaven lawns that far around it creep/In one eternal undulating sweep./And scattered clumps that nod at one another/Each stiffly waving to its formal brother." No 18.' (on a label attached to the backboard) and with inscription 'Hever Castle E Arthur Rowe' (on a label attached to the backboard)
pencil and watercolour with gum arabic
10 x 14 in. (25.5 x 35.7 cm.)
Upper estimated price slightly exceeded
The work Hever Castle by Ernest Arthur Rowe was auctioned at Christies in London in November 2001. It achieved a price of GBP 4,112.50 (€ 6,544.28), exceeding the upper end of the estimate range by 18%. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Ernest Arthur Rowe - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work The Gardens of Montacute House, Somerset, which sold at auction in June 2006 for GBP 14,400.00 (€ 20,836.56).
Oberer Schätzpreis leicht übertroffen
Die Arbeit Hever Castle von Ernest Arthur Rowe kam im November 2001 bei Christies in London zur Auktion. Sie erzielte dabei einen Preis von GBP 4.112,50 (€ 6.544,28) und übertraf damit das obere Ende der Schätzpreisspanne um 18%. Für andere Arbeiten von Ernest Arthur Rowe mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit The Gardens of Montacute House, Somerset beobachtet, die im Juni 2006 für GBP 14.400,00 (€ 20.836,56) versteigert wurde.
Ernest Arthur Rowe - Auction history
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