Georg Dionysius Ehret
The White Lily
Found at
Sothebys,
London
A Fine Line: Master Works on Paper from Five Centuries, Lot 61
18. Jun - 7. Jul 2021
A Fine Line: Master Works on Paper from Five Centuries, Lot 61
18. Jun - 7. Jul 2021
Estimate: 15.000 - 20.000 GBP
Price realised: 18.900 GBP
Price realised: 18.900 GBP
Description
From the Collection of Henry Rogers Broughton, 2nd Baron Fairhaven (1900-1973)
Georg Dionysius Ehret
Heidelberg 1708 - 1770 London
The White Lily
Watercolour and bodycolour, heightened with gum arabic on laid paper;
inscribed lower left: Prinum. americanum. / Lilio - Asphodelus Americanus, Semper-virens maximus, polyananthos albus / Com. Rar. Pl. i4. / Linn: Sp: Pl: 292, numbered lower centre: 7
503 by 354 mm
Henry Rogers Broughton, 2nd Lord Fairhaven (1900-1973); | by descent to the present owner
Georg Dionysius Ehret
Heidelberg 1708 - 1770 London
The White Lily
Watercolour and bodycolour, heightened with gum arabic on laid paper;
inscribed lower left: Prinum. americanum. / Lilio - Asphodelus Americanus, Semper-virens maximus, polyananthos albus / Com. Rar. Pl. i4. / Linn: Sp: Pl: 292, numbered lower centre: 7
503 by 354 mm
Henry Rogers Broughton, 2nd Lord Fairhaven (1900-1973); | by descent to the present owner
Auction result well in line with expectations
The work The White Lily by Georg Dionysius Ehret was sold in the A Fine Line: Master Works on Paper from Five Centuries auction at Sothebys in London in July 2021. It changed hands for a price of GBP 18,900.00 (€ 22,164.17) achieving a result in the upper range of the estimate price range of GBP 15,000.00 – 20,000.00. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Georg Dionysius Ehret - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work Gloriosa superba (Glory Lily), which sold at auction in June 2001 for GBP 30,550.00 (€ 50,749.63).
Auktionsergebnis im Rahmen der Erwartungen
Die Arbeit The White Lily von Georg Dionysius Ehret wurde im Juli 2021 in der Auktion A Fine Line: Master Works on Paper from Five Centuries bei Sothebys in London versteigert. Dabei wechselte sie für einen Preis von GBP 18.900,00 (€ 22.164,17) den Besitzer und erzielte damit ein Ergebnis im oberen Bereich der Schätzpreisspanne von GBP 15.000,00 – 20.000,00. Für andere Arbeiten von Georg Dionysius Ehret mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit Gloriosa superba (Glory Lily) beobachtet, die im Juni 2001 für GBP 30.550,00 (€ 50.749,63) versteigert wurde.
Georg Dionysius Ehret - Auction history
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