George Robert West
Shanghai Park: the spring race meeting of April 1849 taken from the top of Mr J. Grant’s house
Found at
Christies,
London
China Trade Paintings: Selections from the Kelton Collection, Lot 89
07.Nov - 07.Nov.2019
China Trade Paintings: Selections from the Kelton Collection, Lot 89
07.Nov - 07.Nov.2019
Estimate: 10.000 - 15.000 GBP
Price realised: 23.750 GBP
Price realised: 23.750 GBP
Description
signed ‘G.R. West’ (lower left)
pencil and watercolour heightened with white on paper
8 ¾ x 14 ½in. (22.3 x 36.8cm.)
with Martyn Gregory, London, 1985, cat.41, no.138 (when described as titled on the original mount).
pencil and watercolour heightened with white on paper
8 ¾ x 14 ½in. (22.3 x 36.8cm.)
with Martyn Gregory, London, 1985, cat.41, no.138 (when described as titled on the original mount).
A top price for George Robert West
The work Shanghai Park: the spring race meeting of April 1849 taken from the top of Mr J. Grant’s house by George Robert West was auctioned at Christies in London in November 2019. It achieved a price of GBP 23,750.00 (€ 27,888.31), exceeding the upper end of the estimate range by 58%. This high result makes Shanghai Park: the spring race meeting of April 1849 taken from the top of Mr J. Grant’s house the most expensive artwork by George Robert West that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für George Robert West
Die Arbeit Shanghai Park: the spring race meeting of April 1849 taken from the top of Mr J. Grant’s house von George Robert West kam im November 2019 bei Christies in London zur Auktion. Sie erzielte dabei einen Preis von GBP 23.750,00 (€ 27.888,31) und übertraf damit das obere Ende der Schätzpreisspanne um 58%. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Shanghai Park: the spring race meeting of April 1849 taken from the top of Mr J. Grant’s house zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von George Robert West, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
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