Helen Bradley
Great Aunt Jane Telling a Story
Estimate: 8.000 - 12.000 GBP
Price realised: 19.200 GBP
Price realised: 19.200 GBP
Description
Helen Bradley (British, 1900-1979)
Great Aunt Jane Telling a Story
signed 'HELEN BRADLEY' and with fly insignia (lower left); titled 'Gt Aunt Jane telling a Story' (on a studio label attached to the verso); inscribed '"Oh look George, if Great Aunt Jane hasnt gone to/sleep again, just when she was getting to the/nicest part." She was telling us a most beautiful/story about God who has just come to live/quite near to her, in a shed on the lonely moor/near Harts Head Pike. Mother said, "Hush children/let Great Aunt Jane sleep, she's getting very old./She's only having a little cat-nap and will soon/waken"; so George and I sat very still and soon/she opened her eyes and said, "Dear me, children, I/must have just dropped off, where was I", and she/went on to tell us that God would order the 'Thing'/which lived on the moors, and if it saw children, it would/bite them, I know God would say to it, "Be off with you",/and it would run over the hill to Mossley. When/we were going home down the lonely lane, George said that/he could hear it coming, but I wasnt afraid because I/knew God was near and would look after me, and the year was/1906.' (on an artist's label attached to the verso)
oil on canvas board
33.3 x 24 cm. (13 1/8 x 9 3/8 in.)
With W.H. Patterson, London, 1981 | Sale; Christie's, London, 4 June 1999, lot 262, where acquired by the present owner | Private Collection, U.K.
Great Aunt Jane Telling a Story
signed 'HELEN BRADLEY' and with fly insignia (lower left); titled 'Gt Aunt Jane telling a Story' (on a studio label attached to the verso); inscribed '"Oh look George, if Great Aunt Jane hasnt gone to/sleep again, just when she was getting to the/nicest part." She was telling us a most beautiful/story about God who has just come to live/quite near to her, in a shed on the lonely moor/near Harts Head Pike. Mother said, "Hush children/let Great Aunt Jane sleep, she's getting very old./She's only having a little cat-nap and will soon/waken"; so George and I sat very still and soon/she opened her eyes and said, "Dear me, children, I/must have just dropped off, where was I", and she/went on to tell us that God would order the 'Thing'/which lived on the moors, and if it saw children, it would/bite them, I know God would say to it, "Be off with you",/and it would run over the hill to Mossley. When/we were going home down the lonely lane, George said that/he could hear it coming, but I wasnt afraid because I/knew God was near and would look after me, and the year was/1906.' (on an artist's label attached to the verso)
oil on canvas board
33.3 x 24 cm. (13 1/8 x 9 3/8 in.)
With W.H. Patterson, London, 1981 | Sale; Christie's, London, 4 June 1999, lot 262, where acquired by the present owner | Private Collection, U.K.
Upper estimate price exceeded by 60 %.
The work Great Aunt Jane Telling a Story by Helen Bradley was auctioned at Bonhams in London in June this year. It achieved a price of GBP 19,200.00 (€ 22,345.49), exceeding the upper end of the estimate range by 60%. Admittedly, works by Helen Bradley have also been auctioned for a multiple of this price - according to our records, the highest result so far was achieved by the work Oh it's the King and Queen in April 2019 with an auction result of GBP 162,500.00 (€ 189,034.46).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 60 % übertroffen
Die Arbeit Great Aunt Jane Telling a Story von Helen Bradley kam im Juni diesen Jahres bei Bonhams in London zur Auktion. Sie erzielte dabei einen Preis von GBP 19.200,00 (€ 22.345,49) und übertraf damit das obere Ende der Schätzpreisspanne um 60%. Freilich wurden Arbeiten von Helen Bradley auch schon für ein Vielfaches dieses Preises versteigert – das bisher höchste Ergebnis erzielte nach unseren Aufzeichnungen die Arbeit Oh it's the King and Queen im April 2019 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von GBP 162.500,00 (€ 189.034,46).
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