Harry Beck
Underground Map
Found at
Christies,
London
Posters With A Purpose: The London Transport Museum Sale, Lot 318
4. Oct - 4. Oct 2012
Posters With A Purpose: The London Transport Museum Sale, Lot 318
4. Oct - 4. Oct 2012
Estimate: 2.000 - 3.000 GBP
Price realised: 10.625 GBP
Price realised: 10.625 GBP
Description
Harry Beck (Henry Charles Beck, 1902-1974)
UNDERGROUND MAP
lithograph in colours, 1933, printed by Waterlow & Sons Limited, London, condition B+; backed on linen
39½ x 50in. (100 x 127cm.)
UNDERGROUND MAP
lithograph in colours, 1933, printed by Waterlow & Sons Limited, London, condition B+; backed on linen
39½ x 50in. (100 x 127cm.)
A top price for Harry Beck
The work Underground Map by Harry Beck was worth GBP 10,625.00 (€ 13,210.32) to a buyer in October 2012. This price was achieved in the auction Posters With A Purpose: The London Transport Museum Sale at Christies in London and exceeded the previously set upper estimate of GBP 3,000.00 many times over. This high result makes Underground Map the most expensive artwork by Harry Beck that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Harry Beck
Die Arbeit Underground Map von Harry Beck war einem Käufer im Oktober 2012 GBP 10.625,00 (€ 13.210,32) wert. Dieser Preise wurde in der Auktion Posters With A Purpose: The London Transport Museum Sale bei Christies in London erzielt und übertraf den zuvor angesetzten oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 3.000,00 um ein Vielfaches. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Underground Map zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Harry Beck, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
Harry Beck - Auction history
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