Gwyther Irwin
The Day the Sky Fell Through
Found at
Christies,
London (Online Auction)
Modern/British & Irish Art, Lot 389
16.Nov - 23.Nov.2018
Modern/British & Irish Art, Lot 389
16.Nov - 23.Nov.2018
Estimate: 3.500 - 4.500 GBP
Price realised: 17.500 GBP
Price realised: 17.500 GBP
Description
signed 'Irwin' (upper right); signed again, inscribed and numbered 'Irwin/ The Day the Sky Fell Through/ N.5' (on the reverse)
torn paper collage and mixed media on board, unframed
47⅞ x 32¼ in. (121.8 x 81.8 cm.)
Executed in 1959.
There is an oil abstract composition by the same hand on the verso.
with Galerie Internationale d'Art Contemporain, Paris. | Anonymous sale; Christie's, Amsterdam, 10 July 1999, lot 329, part lot, where purchased by the present owner.
torn paper collage and mixed media on board, unframed
47⅞ x 32¼ in. (121.8 x 81.8 cm.)
Executed in 1959.
There is an oil abstract composition by the same hand on the verso.
with Galerie Internationale d'Art Contemporain, Paris. | Anonymous sale; Christie's, Amsterdam, 10 July 1999, lot 329, part lot, where purchased by the present owner.
Artwork auctioned at three times the upper estimate price
The work The Day the Sky Fell Through by Gwyther Irwin was worth GBP 17,500.00 (€ 19,739.47) to a buyer in November 2018. This price was achieved in the auction Modern/British & Irish Art at Christies in London and exceeded the previously set upper estimate of GBP 4,500.00 many times over. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Gwyther Irwin - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work West Of Thornton, which sold at auction in July 2007 for GBP 45,600.00 (€ 67,726.53).
Kunstwerk zum Dreifachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert
Die Arbeit The Day the Sky Fell Through von Gwyther Irwin war einem Käufer im November 2018 GBP 17.500,00 (€ 19.739,47) wert. Dieser Preise wurde in der Auktion Modern/British & Irish Art bei Christies in London erzielt und übertraf den zuvor angesetzten oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 4.500,00 um ein Vielfaches. Für andere Arbeiten von Gwyther Irwin mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit West Of Thornton beobachtet, die im Juli 2007 für GBP 45.600,00 (€ 67.726,53) versteigert wurde.
Gwyther Irwin - Auction history
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