George Robert West
The United States Consulate in Keechong, Shanghai, 1849
Found at
Christies,
London
China Trade Paintings: Selections from the Kelton Collection, Lot 88
07.Nov - 07.Nov.2019
China Trade Paintings: Selections from the Kelton Collection, Lot 88
07.Nov - 07.Nov.2019
Estimate: 7.000 - 10.000 GBP
Price realised: 8.125 GBP
Price realised: 8.125 GBP
Description
signed ‘G.R. West’ (lower left)
pencil, pen and ink and watercolour on paper
10 x 14 ¼in. (25.4 36.2cm.)
with Kennedy Galleries, New York (94984). | Museum of the American China Trade, Milton, Massachusetts, by whom deaccessioned through Maine Arts Gallery, Salem, Massachusetts, from whom acquired by the late owner.
pencil, pen and ink and watercolour on paper
10 x 14 ¼in. (25.4 36.2cm.)
with Kennedy Galleries, New York (94984). | Museum of the American China Trade, Milton, Massachusetts, by whom deaccessioned through Maine Arts Gallery, Salem, Massachusetts, from whom acquired by the late owner.
Auction result well in line with expectations
In November 2019 Christies in London held the auction China Trade Paintings: Selections from the Kelton Collection, which included the work The United States Consulate in Keechong, Shanghai, 1849 by George Robert West. The price achieved of GBP 8,125.00 (€ 9,540.74) was within expectations - the estimate range had previously been set by the auction house as GBP 7,000.00 – 10,000.00. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by George Robert West - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work Shanghai Park: the spring race meeting of April 1849 taken from the top of Mr J. Grant’s house, which sold at auction in November 2019 for GBP 23,750.00 (€ 27,888.31).
Auktionsergebnis im Rahmen der Erwartungen
Im November 2019 führte Christies in London die Auktion China Trade Paintings: Selections from the Kelton Collection durch, in der auch die Arbeit The United States Consulate in Keechong, Shanghai, 1849 von George Robert West zur Versteigerung kam. Der dabei erzielte Preis von GBP 8.125,00 (€ 9.540,74) lag im Rahmen der Erwartungen – die Schätzpreisspanne war von dem Auktionshaus zuvor mit GBP 7.000,00 – 10.000,00 angegeben worden. Für andere Arbeiten von George Robert West mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit Shanghai Park: the spring race meeting of April 1849 taken from the top of Mr J. Grant’s house beobachtet, die im November 2019 für GBP 23.750,00 (€ 27.888,31) versteigert wurde.
George Robert West - Auction history
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