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Harry Clarke - The Playboy Of The Western World

Harry Clarke

The Playboy Of The Western World

Found at Sothebys, London
Irish Art, including Property from the Collection of Sir MichaelSmurfit, Lot 18
9. Sep - 9. Sep 2020
Estimate: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Property from the Collection of Sir Michael Smurfit
HARRY CLARKE
1889-1931
THE PLAYBOY OF THE WESTERN WORLD
watercolour, gouache and pencil
42.5 by 25cm., 16¾ by 9¾in.
Painted circa 1928.
Albert Wood; | Victor Wood; | The Fine Art Society, London, December 1989; | Christie's, Dublin, 29 June 1994, lot 136; | Sotheby’s, London, 21 May 1999, lot 308

Artwork auctioned at three times the upper estimate price

The work The Playboy Of The Western World by Harry Clarke was worth GBP 27,720.00 (€ 30,565.81) to a buyer in September 2020. This price was achieved in the auction Irish Art, including Property from the Collection of Sir MichaelSmurfit at Sothebys in London and exceeded the previously set upper estimate of GBP 8,000.00 many times over. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Harry Clarke - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work The Mother of Sorrows, Memorial to Sister Superior Mary of Saint Wilfrid, Principal of Dowanhill Training College, Glasgow, 1926, which sold at auction in May 2002 for GBP 65,725.00 (€ 102,926.24).

Kunstwerk zum Dreifachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert

Die Arbeit The Playboy Of The Western World von Harry Clarke war einem Käufer im September 2020 GBP 27.720,00 (€ 30.565,81) wert. Dieser Preise wurde in der Auktion Irish Art, including Property from the Collection of Sir MichaelSmurfit bei Sothebys in London erzielt und übertraf den zuvor angesetzten oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 8.000,00 um ein Vielfaches. Für andere Arbeiten von Harry Clarke mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit The Mother of Sorrows, Memorial to Sister Superior Mary of Saint Wilfrid, Principal of Dowanhill Training College, Glasgow, 1926 beobachtet, die im Mai 2002 für GBP 65.725,00 (€ 102.926,24) versteigert wurde.

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