Helen Layfield Bradley
We sat beside the River Wyre
Estimate: 12.000 - 18.000 GBP
Price realised: 15.000 GBP
Price realised: 15.000 GBP
Description
Helen Layfield Bradley (1900-1979)
We sat beside the River Wyre
signed and with a fly 'HELEN BRADLEY' (lower right), signed again, inscribed and dated 'We sat besides the river Wyre/waiting for Grandpa who always/talked to the Farmer. We didn't/like walking through the fields because/Mother and the Aunts, also Miss Carter/(who wore Pink) didn't like cows./Mr Taylor (the Bank Manager) came/with us and said that we need not/be afraid - he would look after us./But we loved the river and the lovely/Summer evenings and the drive back/in the wagonette with Poinee [sic] clip-/clopping back to Grandpa's, and the/year was 1907./Helen Layfield Bradley 1972' (on a label attached to the backboard)
watercolour and bodycolour
14¼ x 21½ in. (36.8 x 54.6 cm.)
We sat beside the River Wyre
signed and with a fly 'HELEN BRADLEY' (lower right), signed again, inscribed and dated 'We sat besides the river Wyre/waiting for Grandpa who always/talked to the Farmer. We didn't/like walking through the fields because/Mother and the Aunts, also Miss Carter/(who wore Pink) didn't like cows./Mr Taylor (the Bank Manager) came/with us and said that we need not/be afraid - he would look after us./But we loved the river and the lovely/Summer evenings and the drive back/in the wagonette with Poinee [sic] clip-/clopping back to Grandpa's, and the/year was 1907./Helen Layfield Bradley 1972' (on a label attached to the backboard)
watercolour and bodycolour
14¼ x 21½ in. (36.8 x 54.6 cm.)
Auction result well in line with expectations
The work We sat beside the River Wyre by Helen Layfield Bradley was auctioned at Christies in London in March 2012. The price achieved of GBP 15,000.00 (€ 17,982.23) was within expectations - the estimate range had previously been set by the auction house as GBP 12,000.00 – 18,000.00. Admittedly, works by Helen Layfield 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 Our First Morning in Blackpool in November 2007 with an auction result of GBP 94,100.00 (€ 131,764.35).
Auktionsergebnis im Rahmen der Erwartungen
Die Arbeit We sat beside the River Wyre von Helen Layfield Bradley kam im März 2012 bei Christies in London zur Auktion. Der dabei erzielte Preis von GBP 15.000,00 (€ 17.982,23) lag im Rahmen der Erwartungen – die Schätzpreisspanne war von dem Auktionshaus zuvor mit GBP 12.000,00 – 18.000,00 angegeben worden. Freilich wurden Arbeiten von Helen Layfield Bradley auch schon für ein Vielfaches dieses Preises versteigert – das bisher höchste Ergebnis erzielte nach unseren Aufzeichnungen die Arbeit Our First Morning in Blackpool im November 2007 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von GBP 94.100,00 (€ 131.764,35).
Helen Layfield Bradley - Auction history
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