Henry Charles Brewer
A street scene in Carmona, Spain
Found at
Christies,
London
BRITISH AND CONTINENTAL WATERCOLOURS AND DRAWINGS, Lot 159
14. Sep - 14. Sep 2000
BRITISH AND CONTINENTAL WATERCOLOURS AND DRAWINGS, Lot 159
14. Sep - 14. Sep 2000
Estimate: 250 - 350 GBP
Price realised: 1.175 GBP
Price realised: 1.175 GBP
Description
Henry Charles Brewer (1866-1943)
A street scene in Carmona, Spain
signed, inscribed and dated 'Henry C. Brewer./Carmona 1923.' (lower left) and further inscribed 'Carmona Spain./Henry Charles Brewer. R.I./34 Perryon Road/Acton W.3./Oct 31.1923./Dear Sir/Thank you for a cheque/in payment for my small/picture at the RA this year./I trust you will like the picture.../in your rooms. I thought it/myself a good sketch and/enjoyed making it. Perhaps/it might add a little to its possible value that I am a/member of the Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolours./Yours sincerely,/Henry. C. Brewer' (on an old label attached to the backboard)
pencil and watercolour with touches of white heightening
13¾ x 9½in. (35 x 24cm.)
A street scene in Carmona, Spain
signed, inscribed and dated 'Henry C. Brewer./Carmona 1923.' (lower left) and further inscribed 'Carmona Spain./Henry Charles Brewer. R.I./34 Perryon Road/Acton W.3./Oct 31.1923./Dear Sir/Thank you for a cheque/in payment for my small/picture at the RA this year./I trust you will like the picture.../in your rooms. I thought it/myself a good sketch and/enjoyed making it. Perhaps/it might add a little to its possible value that I am a/member of the Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolours./Yours sincerely,/Henry. C. Brewer' (on an old label attached to the backboard)
pencil and watercolour with touches of white heightening
13¾ x 9½in. (35 x 24cm.)
Artwork auctioned at three times the upper estimate price
When the work A street scene in Carmona, Spain by Henry Charles Brewer was auctioned at Christies in London in September 2000, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - GBP 350.00 but the actual price achieved was more than three times as high at GBP 1,175.00 (€ 1,966.13). However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Henry Charles Brewer - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work A view of the Thames taken from the top of Tower Bridge, which sold at auction in September 2012 for GBP 3,750.00 (€ 4,705.58).
Kunstwerk zum Dreifachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert
Als die Arbeit A street scene in Carmona, Spain von Henry Charles Brewer im September 2000 bei Christies in London versteigert wurde, übertraf das Ergebnis die Erwartungen um ein Vielfaches. Der obere Schätzpreis war mit – rückwirkend betrachtet recht bescheidenen – GBP 350,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit GBP 1.175,00 (€ 1.966,13) mehr als dreimal so hoch. Für andere Arbeiten von Henry Charles Brewer mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit A view of the Thames taken from the top of Tower Bridge beobachtet, die im September 2012 für GBP 3.750,00 (€ 4.705,58) versteigert wurde.
Henry Charles Brewer - Auction history
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