Frederick Richard Pickersgill, R.A.
Britomart unarming
Found at
Christies,
London
British & European Art: Victorian, Pre-Raphaelite & British Impressionist Art, Lot 78
11.Jul - 11.Jul.2019
British & European Art: Victorian, Pre-Raphaelite & British Impressionist Art, Lot 78
11.Jul - 11.Jul.2019
Estimate: 40.000 - 60.000 GBP
Price realised: 75.000 GBP
Price realised: 75.000 GBP
Description
signed 'F.R. Pickersgill ARA.' (on the backboard)
oil on canvas, shaped top
50 x 42 in. (127 x 106.7 cm.)
S.R. Christie-Miller; Christie's, London, 7 July 1930, lot 24 (21 gns to Findlay). | Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 1 November 1990, lot 291. | Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 4 June 1997, lot 147.
oil on canvas, shaped top
50 x 42 in. (127 x 106.7 cm.)
S.R. Christie-Miller; Christie's, London, 7 July 1930, lot 24 (21 gns to Findlay). | Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 1 November 1990, lot 291. | Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 4 June 1997, lot 147.
A top price for Frederick Richard Pickersgill
In July 2019 Christies in London held the auction British & European Art: Victorian, Pre-Raphaelite & British Impressionist Art, which included the work Britomart unarming by Frederick Richard Pickersgill. The »bidding war« ended at GBP 75,000.00 (€ 82,345.01), 25% above the upper estimate. With this result, Britomart unarming is even the most expensive work of art by Frederick Richard Pickersgill that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Frederick Richard Pickersgill
Im Juli 2019 führte Christies in London die Auktion British & European Art: Victorian, Pre-Raphaelite & British Impressionist Art durch, in der auch die Arbeit Britomart unarming von Frederick Richard Pickersgill zur Versteigerung kam. Das »Bietergefecht« endete beim Preis von GBP 75.000,00 (€ 82.345,01) und damit 25% über dem oberen Schätzpreis. Mit diesem Ergebnis ist Britomart unarming sogar das teuerste Kunstwerk von Frederick Richard Pickersgill, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
Frederick Richard Pickersgill - Auction history
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