Ethel Spowers
Wet Afternoon (Coppel ES14)
Found at
Christies,
London
Old Master, Decorative, Modern & Contemporary Prints, Lot 120
19. Apr - 19. Apr 2011
Old Master, Decorative, Modern & Contemporary Prints, Lot 120
19. Apr - 19. Apr 2011
Estimate: 3.000 - 5.000 GBP
Price realised: 51.650 GBP
Price realised: 51.650 GBP
Description
Ethel Spowers (1890-1947)
Wet Afternoon (Coppel ES14)
linocut in colours, 1929-30, on buff oriental laid paper, signed in pencil, dated, titled and numbered 21/50, with margins, some faint foxing, glue staining top margin, minor paper loss extreme top sheet edge, a 4mm hairline tear top centre, a 6mm. tear along the top edge from where the image is glued and a break in the paper lower centre of the image, framed
S. 276 x 220 mm.
Wet Afternoon (Coppel ES14)
linocut in colours, 1929-30, on buff oriental laid paper, signed in pencil, dated, titled and numbered 21/50, with margins, some faint foxing, glue staining top margin, minor paper loss extreme top sheet edge, a 4mm hairline tear top centre, a 6mm. tear along the top edge from where the image is glued and a break in the paper lower centre of the image, framed
S. 276 x 220 mm.
Artwork auctioned at ten times the upper estimate price
The work Wet Afternoon (Coppel ES14) by Ethel Spowers was worth GBP 51,650.00 (€ 58,166.80) to a buyer in April 2011. This price was achieved in the auction Old Master, Decorative, Modern & Contemporary Prints at Christies in London and exceeded the previously set upper estimate of GBP 5,000.00 many times over. Despite this good result, it is not the highest hammer price for an artwork by Ethel Spowers; that achieved among the auctions we observed the lot Bank Holiday, 1935 sold at auction in November 2020 with the realized price of AUD 79,950.00 (€ 66,914.96).
Kunstwerk zum Zehnfachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert
Die Arbeit Wet Afternoon (Coppel ES14) von Ethel Spowers war einem Käufer im April 2011 GBP 51.650,00 (€ 58.166,80) wert. Dieser Preise wurde in der Auktion Old Master, Decorative, Modern & Contemporary Prints bei Christies in London erzielt und übertraf den zuvor angesetzten oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 5.000,00 um ein Vielfaches. Trotz des guten Ergebnisses ist dies nicht der höchste Zuschlag für ein Kunstwerk von Ethel Spowers; den erzielte unter den von uns beobachteten Auktionen die Arbeit Bank Holiday, 1935 im November 2020 mit dem Hammerpreis von AUD 79.950,00 (€ 66.914,96).
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