Fred Enock
Head of Vespa vulgaris: seventeen diagrams showing the anatomy of wasps and ants; five diagrams of the nest of trap-door spider; five diagrams of the anatomy and preying of devil's coach horse beetle
Estimate: 2.000 - 3.000 GBP
Price realised: 5.250 GBP
Price realised: 5.250 GBP
Description
Fred Enock (1845-1916)
Head of Vespa vulgaris: seventeen diagrams showing the anatomy of wasps and ants; five diagrams of the nest of trap-door spider; five diagrams of the anatomy and preying of devil's coach horse beetle
printed titles
pen and watercolour on paper, cut out and mounted on black gouache sheets, backed with linen
17¾ x 17¾in. (45.5 x 45.5cm.) and similar (27)
Head of Vespa vulgaris: seventeen diagrams showing the anatomy of wasps and ants; five diagrams of the nest of trap-door spider; five diagrams of the anatomy and preying of devil's coach horse beetle
printed titles
pen and watercolour on paper, cut out and mounted on black gouache sheets, backed with linen
17¾ x 17¾in. (45.5 x 45.5cm.) and similar (27)
Upper estimate price exceeded by 75 %.
This artwork by Fred Enock achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in London in April 2011. In the Travel, Science and Natural History auction, the work Head of Vespa vulgaris: seventeen diagrams showing the anatomy of wasps and ants; five diagrams of the nest of trap-door spider; five diagrams of the anatomy and preying of devil's coach horse beetle sold for GBP 5,250.00 (€ 5,912.40) - well above the upper estimate of GBP 3,000.00. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Fred Enock - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work The Willow Saw Fly: nineteen diagrams showing the anatomy, habits of saw flies and their larvae, which sold at auction in April 2011 for GBP 11,250.00 (€ 12,669.44).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 75 % übertroffen
Dieses Kunstwerk von Fred Enock erzielte im April 2011 bei Christies in London einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Travel, Science and Natural History wurde die Arbeit Head of Vespa vulgaris: seventeen diagrams showing the anatomy of wasps and ants; five diagrams of the nest of trap-door spider; five diagrams of the anatomy and preying of devil's coach horse beetle für GBP 5.250,00 (€ 5.912,40) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 3.000,00. Für andere Arbeiten von Fred Enock mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit The Willow Saw Fly: nineteen diagrams showing the anatomy, habits of saw flies and their larvae beobachtet, die im April 2011 für GBP 11.250,00 (€ 12.669,44) versteigert wurde.
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