Helen Bradley
Happy Land
Estimate: 40.000 - 60.000 GBP
Price realised: 52.920 GBP
Price realised: 52.920 GBP
Description
HELEN BRADLEY (1900-1979)
Happy Land
signed with a fly (lower left), signed again, inscribed and dated 'There was a Happy Land, Far Far away…/Sang Albert, the new Curate and Miss Smith, who/urged the Children from the Mount Pleasant Mission to sing with all their might, but the Children wanted to begin the Treat straight away with the Tea, and/then the Races and sweets. All the Ladies from/Leesfield had helped to make it a Day to/Remember. Aunt Frances and Aunt Charlotte are/seeing that everyone gets a mug of Tea. Miss Carter (who/wore Pink) came, but did not bring her apron, so she/looked after our dogs, Gyp and Barney. Mother is also/helping, but is rather anxious lest George & I go/near the poor children, especially one little boy who has/put up his hand saying "Please Miss, I feel sick."/"Dear me," said Mother "what shall we do with him," but/we found out that the poor little boy hadn't had/anything to eat all day and had come over faint,/and the year was 1907/ Helen Layfield Bradley 1971.' (on the artist's label at
oil on canvas
22 x 32 in. (55.9 x 81.3 cm.)
Painted in 1971.
Happy Land
signed with a fly (lower left), signed again, inscribed and dated 'There was a Happy Land, Far Far away…/Sang Albert, the new Curate and Miss Smith, who/urged the Children from the Mount Pleasant Mission to sing with all their might, but the Children wanted to begin the Treat straight away with the Tea, and/then the Races and sweets. All the Ladies from/Leesfield had helped to make it a Day to/Remember. Aunt Frances and Aunt Charlotte are/seeing that everyone gets a mug of Tea. Miss Carter (who/wore Pink) came, but did not bring her apron, so she/looked after our dogs, Gyp and Barney. Mother is also/helping, but is rather anxious lest George & I go/near the poor children, especially one little boy who has/put up his hand saying "Please Miss, I feel sick."/"Dear me," said Mother "what shall we do with him," but/we found out that the poor little boy hadn't had/anything to eat all day and had come over faint,/and the year was 1907/ Helen Layfield Bradley 1971.' (on the artist's label at
oil on canvas
22 x 32 in. (55.9 x 81.3 cm.)
Painted in 1971.
Auction result well in line with expectations
In October last year Christies in London held the auction Modern British & Irish Art Day Sale, which included the work Happy Land by Helen Bradley. The price achieved of GBP 52,920.00 (€ 61,651.21) was within expectations - the estimate range had previously been set by the auction house as GBP 40,000.00 – 60,000.00. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Helen Bradley - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work Oh it's the King and Queen, which sold at auction in April 2019 for GBP 162,500.00 (€ 189,034.46).
Auktionsergebnis im Rahmen der Erwartungen
Im Oktober letzten Jahres führte Christies in London die Auktion Modern British & Irish Art Day Sale durch, in der auch die Arbeit Happy Land von Helen Bradley zur Versteigerung kam. Der dabei erzielte Preis von GBP 52.920,00 (€ 61.651,21) lag im Rahmen der Erwartungen – die Schätzpreisspanne war von dem Auktionshaus zuvor mit GBP 40.000,00 – 60.000,00 angegeben worden. Für andere Arbeiten von Helen Bradley mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit Oh it's the King and Queen beobachtet, die im April 2019 für GBP 162.500,00 (€ 189.034,46) versteigert wurde.
Helen Bradley - Auction history
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