Harry Clarke, R.H.A. - Message Found in a Bottle for \'Tales of Mystery and Imagination\' by Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1949)

Harry Clarke, R.H.A.

Message Found in a Bottle for 'Tales of Mystery and Imagination' by Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1949)

Found at Christies, London
Victorian & British Impressionist Pictures Including Drawings and Watercolours, Lot 33
15. Dec - 15. Dec 2010
Estimate: 5.000 - 8.000 GBP
Price realised: 20.000 GBP
Description
Harry Clarke, R.H.A. (1889-1931)
Message Found in a Bottle for 'Tales of Mystery and Imagination' by Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1949)
signed and dated 'HARRY CLARKE '19' (lower left, within cartouche) and signed again (on the reverse) and inscribed 'Poes Tales/"M.S. found in a bottle"/Tales of Mystery & Imagination/by E.A. Poe. Harrap.1918' (on the reverse, date crossed out)
pencil, pen and black ink, on vellum
8¼ x 6¼ in. (21 x 15.8 cm.)
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Upper estimate price exceeded by more than 100%

This artwork by Harry Clarke achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in London in December 2010. In the Victorian & British Impressionist Pictures Including Drawings and Watercolours auction, the work Message Found in a Bottle for 'Tales of Mystery and Imagination' by Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1949) sold for GBP 20,000.00 (€ 23,199.94) - well above the upper estimate of GBP 8,000.00. Admittedly, works by Harry Clarke have also been auctioned for a multiple of this price - according to our records, the highest result so far was achieved by the work The Mother of Sorrows, Memorial to Sister Superior Mary of Saint Wilfrid, Principal of Dowanhill Training College, Glasgow, 1926 in May 2002 with an auction result of GBP 65,725.00 (€ 102,926.24).

Oberer Schätzpreis um mehr als 100% übertroffen

Dieses Kunstwerk von Harry Clarke erzielte im Dezember 2010 bei Christies in London einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Victorian & British Impressionist Pictures Including Drawings and Watercolours wurde die Arbeit Message Found in a Bottle for 'Tales of Mystery and Imagination' by Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1949) für GBP 20.000,00 (€ 23.199,94) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 8.000,00. Freilich wurden Arbeiten von Harry Clarke auch schon für ein Vielfaches dieses Preises versteigert – das bisher höchste Ergebnis erzielte nach unseren Aufzeichnungen die Arbeit The Mother of Sorrows, Memorial to Sister Superior Mary of Saint Wilfrid, Principal of Dowanhill Training College, Glasgow, 1926 im Mai 2002 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von GBP 65.725,00 (€ 102.926,24).

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