Henry John Stock
The Great Red Dragon And The Woman Clothed With The Sun; And The Whore Of Babylon
Found at
Christies,
London
Victorian Pre-Raphaelite & British Impressionist Art, Lot 31
13.Dez - 13.Dez.2017
Victorian Pre-Raphaelite & British Impressionist Art, Lot 31
13.Dez - 13.Dez.2017
Estimate: 4.000 - 6.000 GBP
Price realised: 8.750 GBP
Price realised: 8.750 GBP
Description
both signed and dated '1902/ H.J. Stock' (lower right)
pencil and watercolour heightened with bodycolour on paper, one heightened with gum arabic
both 13 ½ x 9 ½ in. (34.3 x 24.1 cm.)
(2)
The artist, from whom acquired by | Francis P. Osmaston, and by descent until | Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 4 November 1994, lots 57 and 59, where purchased by the father of the present owner.
pencil and watercolour heightened with bodycolour on paper, one heightened with gum arabic
both 13 ½ x 9 ½ in. (34.3 x 24.1 cm.)
(2)
The artist, from whom acquired by | Francis P. Osmaston, and by descent until | Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 4 November 1994, lots 57 and 59, where purchased by the father of the present owner.
Upper estimate price exceeded by 46 %.
The work The Great Red Dragon And The Woman Clothed With The Sun; And The Whore Of Babylon by Henry John Stock was sold in the Victorian Pre-Raphaelite & British Impressionist Art auction at Christies in London in December 2017. The »bidding war« ended at GBP 8,750.00 (€ 9,846.84), 46% above the upper estimate. Admittedly, works by Henry John Stock have also been auctioned for a multiple of this price - according to our records, the highest result so far was achieved by the work The Uplifting of Psyche 'By the help of a divinity not our own' - Virgil in June 2015 with an auction result of GBP 56,250.00 (€ 79,311.79).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 46 % übertroffen
Die Arbeit The Great Red Dragon And The Woman Clothed With The Sun; And The Whore Of Babylon von Henry John Stock wurde im Dezember 2017 in der Auktion Victorian Pre-Raphaelite & British Impressionist Art bei Christies in London versteigert. Das »Bietergefecht« endete beim Preis von GBP 8.750,00 (€ 9.846,84) und damit 46% über dem oberen Schätzpreis. Freilich wurden Arbeiten von Henry John Stock auch schon für ein Vielfaches dieses Preises versteigert – das bisher höchste Ergebnis erzielte nach unseren Aufzeichnungen die Arbeit The Uplifting of Psyche 'By the help of a divinity not our own' - Virgil im Juni 2015 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von GBP 56.250,00 (€ 79.311,79).
Henry John Stock - Auction history
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