Evelyn De Morgan
Portraits of Alice Mildred and Winifred Julia Spencer Stanhope
Found at
Christies,
London
Victorian Pre-Raphaelite & British Impressionist Art, Lot 103
11.Jul - 11.Jul.2018
Victorian Pre-Raphaelite & British Impressionist Art, Lot 103
11.Jul - 11.Jul.2018
Estimate: 20.000 - 30.000 GBP
Price realised: 125.000 GBP
Price realised: 125.000 GBP
Description
signed with monogram and dated '1884' (centre right) and further signed and inscribed 'Portraits of/Mildred and Freda Spencer Stanhope/Evelyn de Morgan/1 The Vale Kings.../Chelsea SW' (on a partial label attached to the reverse)
oil on canvas
17 ½ x 31 5/8 in. (44.5 x 80.4 cm.)
in the original frame
with Stanley Woolston, Cambridge, where purchased by the present owner, circa 1960.
oil on canvas
17 ½ x 31 5/8 in. (44.5 x 80.4 cm.)
in the original frame
with Stanley Woolston, Cambridge, where purchased by the present owner, circa 1960.
Artwork auctioned at four times the upper estimate price
The work Portraits of Alice Mildred and Winifred Julia Spencer Stanhope by Evelyn de Morgan was worth GBP 125,000.00 (€ 140,152.49) to a buyer in July 2018. This price was achieved in the auction Victorian Pre-Raphaelite & British Impressionist Art at Christies in London and exceeded the previously set upper estimate of GBP 30,000.00 many times over. Admittedly, works by Evelyn de Morgan have also been auctioned for a multiple of this price - according to our records, the highest result so far was achieved by the work Gloria in Excelsis in December 2020 with an auction result of GBP 622,500.00 (€ 695,387.98).
Kunstwerk zum Vierfachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert
Die Arbeit Portraits of Alice Mildred and Winifred Julia Spencer Stanhope von Evelyn de Morgan war einem Käufer im Juli 2018 GBP 125.000,00 (€ 140.152,49) wert. Dieser Preise wurde in der Auktion Victorian Pre-Raphaelite & British Impressionist Art bei Christies in London erzielt und übertraf den zuvor angesetzten oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 30.000,00 um ein Vielfaches. Freilich wurden Arbeiten von Evelyn de Morgan auch schon für ein Vielfaches dieses Preises versteigert – das bisher höchste Ergebnis erzielte nach unseren Aufzeichnungen die Arbeit Gloria in Excelsis im Dezember 2020 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von GBP 622.500,00 (€ 695.387,98).
Evelyn de Morgan - Auction history
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