Hugh William Williams
Figures outside the Hephaestion, Athens, Greece
Found at
Christies,
London
Old Master & Early British Drawings & Watercolours, Lot 285
6. Dec - 6. Dec 2012
Old Master & Early British Drawings & Watercolours, Lot 285
6. Dec - 6. Dec 2012
Estimate: 3.000 - 5.000 GBP
Price realised: 12.500 GBP
Price realised: 12.500 GBP
Description
Hugh William 'Grecian' Williams (?Devon 1773-1829 Edinburgh)
Figures outside the Hephaestion, Athens, Greece
pencil and watercolour heightened with touches of bodycolour and with scratching out
16½ x 25½ in. (42 x 64.8 cm.)
Figures outside the Hephaestion, Athens, Greece
pencil and watercolour heightened with touches of bodycolour and with scratching out
16½ x 25½ in. (42 x 64.8 cm.)
Upper estimate price exceeded by more than 100%
This artwork by Hugh William Williams achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in London in December 2012. In the Old Master & Early British Drawings & Watercolours auction, the work Figures outside the Hephaestion, Athens, Greece sold for GBP 12,500.00 (€ 15,415.97) - well above the upper estimate of GBP 5,000.00. Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by Hugh William Williams achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work An extensive view of the Acropolis and Athens, Greece, with the Herodeion Atticon below in July 2011 with an auction result of GBP 157,250.00 (€ 180,467.90).
Oberer Schätzpreis um mehr als 100% übertroffen
Dieses Kunstwerk von Hugh William Williams erzielte im Dezember 2012 bei Christies in London einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Old Master & Early British Drawings & Watercolours wurde die Arbeit Figures outside the Hephaestion, Athens, Greece für GBP 12.500,00 (€ 15.415,97) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 5.000,00. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von Hugh William Williams erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit An extensive view of the Acropolis and Athens, Greece, with the Herodeion Atticon below im Juli 2011 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von GBP 157.250,00 (€ 180.467,90).
Hugh William Williams - Auction history
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