George Chinnery
The Reeves Macao Album, 1836-1837
Found at
Christies,
London
Exploration and Travel:AsiaIncluding China Trade Paintings, Lot 100
13. Jul - 13. Jul 2006
Exploration and Travel:AsiaIncluding China Trade Paintings, Lot 100
13. Jul - 13. Jul 2006
Estimate: 60.000 - 80.000 GBP
Price realised: 332.800 GBP
Price realised: 332.800 GBP
Description
George Chinnery (1774-1852)
The Reeves Macao Album, 1836-1837
signed with initials and inscribed on the front pastedown 'I have added a few sketches in water colour which I hope you'll approve of - GC', approximately 200 sketches of Macao and environs comprising scenery and street scenes, sketches of Chinese figures, Tanka boats and boat people, animals, junks, sampans and other sailing craft, 69 leaves, with one loosely inserted sheet (with sketches after Chinnery), 45 pages with multiple sketches, 31 pages with single sketches, including one view of Sao Francisco Fort across two pages, the majority pencil filled in with pen and sepia ink, 5 watercolour, 5 pencil, pen and ink and sepia wash, 9 pencil, the leaves 273 x 203mm., one panoramic sketch of S. Pedro Fort and the Praya Grande extended on the left with an addition 121 x 191mm., the majority inscribed in Chinnery's (Gurney) shorthand and dated (18)37, five dated 1836. 4° album, original half pigskin over boards, 2 [?later but contemporary] white metal clasps at fore-edges, blue speckled e
The Reeves Macao Album, 1836-1837
signed with initials and inscribed on the front pastedown 'I have added a few sketches in water colour which I hope you'll approve of - GC', approximately 200 sketches of Macao and environs comprising scenery and street scenes, sketches of Chinese figures, Tanka boats and boat people, animals, junks, sampans and other sailing craft, 69 leaves, with one loosely inserted sheet (with sketches after Chinnery), 45 pages with multiple sketches, 31 pages with single sketches, including one view of Sao Francisco Fort across two pages, the majority pencil filled in with pen and sepia ink, 5 watercolour, 5 pencil, pen and ink and sepia wash, 9 pencil, the leaves 273 x 203mm., one panoramic sketch of S. Pedro Fort and the Praya Grande extended on the left with an addition 121 x 191mm., the majority inscribed in Chinnery's (Gurney) shorthand and dated (18)37, five dated 1836. 4° album, original half pigskin over boards, 2 [?later but contemporary] white metal clasps at fore-edges, blue speckled e
A top price for George Chinnery
When the work The Reeves Macao Album, 1836-1837 by George Chinnery was auctioned at Christies in London in July 2006, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - GBP 80,000.00 but the actual price achieved was more than four times as high at GBP 332,800.00 (€ 487,180.19). This high result makes The Reeves Macao Album, 1836-1837 the most expensive artwork by George Chinnery that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für George Chinnery
Als die Arbeit The Reeves Macao Album, 1836-1837 von George Chinnery im Juli 2006 bei Christies in London versteigert wurde, übertraf das Ergebnis die Erwartungen um ein Vielfaches. Der obere Schätzpreis war mit – rückwirkend betrachtet recht bescheidenen – GBP 80.000,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit GBP 332.800,00 (€ 487.180,19) mehr als viermal so hoch. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht The Reeves Macao Album, 1836-1837 zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von George Chinnery, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
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