Francois Louis Thomas Francia
Fishing boats off an island fort; and Study of a beached boat
Found at
Christies,
London
Old Master Drawings and British Drawings and Watercolours, Lot 159
7. Dec - 7. Dec 2016
Old Master Drawings and British Drawings and Watercolours, Lot 159
7. Dec - 7. Dec 2016
Estimate: 1.000 - 1.500 GBP
Price realised: 3.000 GBP
Price realised: 3.000 GBP
Description
both signed with monogram (on the sail and the stern respectively)
pencil, grey ink and grey wash, heightened with white on blue paper, one watermark J WHATMAN, one fragmentary watermark
both 7 x 10 ½ in. (17.8 x 26.7 cm.) each; and Attributed to Anthony Vandyke Copley Fielding, P.O.W.S. (1778-1855), Shipping in heavy seas, watercolour
(3)
Sir William Pilkington.
pencil, grey ink and grey wash, heightened with white on blue paper, one watermark J WHATMAN, one fragmentary watermark
both 7 x 10 ½ in. (17.8 x 26.7 cm.) each; and Attributed to Anthony Vandyke Copley Fielding, P.O.W.S. (1778-1855), Shipping in heavy seas, watercolour
(3)
Sir William Pilkington.
Upper estimate price exceeded by 100 %.
This artwork by François Louis Thomas Francia achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in London in December 2016. In the Old Master Drawings and British Drawings and Watercolours auction, the work Fishing boats off an island fort; and Study of a beached boat sold for GBP 3,000.00 (€ 3,507.49) - well above the upper estimate of GBP 1,500.00. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by François Louis Thomas Francia - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work Chasse-marée (fishing luggers) making sail, off Calais, which sold at auction in January 2003 for GBP 8,365.00 (€ 12,811.95).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 100 % übertroffen
Dieses Kunstwerk von François Louis Thomas Francia erzielte im Dezember 2016 bei Christies in London einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Old Master Drawings and British Drawings and Watercolours wurde die Arbeit Fishing boats off an island fort; and Study of a beached boat für GBP 3.000,00 (€ 3.507,49) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 1.500,00. Für andere Arbeiten von François Louis Thomas Francia mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit Chasse-marée (fishing luggers) making sail, off Calais beobachtet, die im Januar 2003 für GBP 8.365,00 (€ 12.811,95) versteigert wurde.
François Louis Thomas Francia - Auction history
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