Georges Goursat ‘Sem’
A group of caricatures, (six from the White Bottoms series) depicting scenes of dancing, revelry and racing and featuring notable society figures of the day including Baron Maurice de Rothschild and H.H. Sir Sultan Muhammed Shah, Aga Khan
Estimate: 300 - 500 GBP
Price realised: 6.500 GBP
Price realised: 6.500 GBP
Description
handcoloured lithographs with pencil annotations, published 1927
19 x 12 ¼ in. (48.2 x 31cm.)
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19 x 12 ¼ in. (48.2 x 31cm.)
(8)
Artwork auctioned at 13 times the upper estimate price
The work A group of caricatures, (six from the White Bottoms series) depicting scenes of dancing, revelry and racing and featuring notable society figures of the day including Baron Maurice de Rothschild and H.H. Sir Sultan Muhammed Shah, Aga Khan by Georges Goursat was worth GBP 6,500.00 (€ 7,331.80) to a buyer in November 2018. This price was achieved in the auction Annabel's at Christies in London and exceeded the previously set upper estimate of GBP 500.00 many times over. Despite this good result, it is not the highest hammer price for an artwork by Georges Goursat; that achieved among the auctions we observed the lot Monte-Carlo sold at auction in November 2017 with the realized price of HKD 106,250.00 (€ 11,439.42).
Kunstwerk zum 13-fachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert
Die Arbeit A group of caricatures, (six from the White Bottoms series) depicting scenes of dancing, revelry and racing and featuring notable society figures of the day including Baron Maurice de Rothschild and H.H. Sir Sultan Muhammed Shah, Aga Khan von Georges Goursat war einem Käufer im November 2018 GBP 6.500,00 (€ 7.331,80) wert. Dieser Preise wurde in der Auktion Annabel's bei Christies in London erzielt und übertraf den zuvor angesetzten oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 500,00 um ein Vielfaches. Trotz des guten Ergebnisses ist dies nicht der höchste Zuschlag für ein Kunstwerk von Georges Goursat; den erzielte unter den von uns beobachteten Auktionen die Arbeit Monte-Carlo im November 2017 mit dem Hammerpreis von HKD 106.250,00 (€ 11.439,42).
Georges Goursat - Auction history
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