Ithell Colquhoun
Nativity
Estimate: 6.000 - 8.000 GBP
Price realised: 63.900 GBP
Price realised: 63.900 GBP
Description
Ithell Colquhoun (British, 1906-1988)
Nativity
inscribed '64' (lower right); signed and further inscribed 'ROME SCHOLARSHIP IN/MURAL PAINTING/ I. Colquhoun/10 Charlbert St/N.W.8' (verso); further signed, titled and dated 'ITHELL COLQUHOUN. NATIVITY c.1929.' (partially visible, on canvas overlap)
oil on canvas
41 x 51 cm. (16 1/8 x 20 in.)
Painted in 1929
Sale; Sotheby's, London, 19 November 1980, lot 298 | Sale; Bonhams, London, 20 October 1994, lot 57 | Sale; Sotheby's, London, 8 March 1995, lot 126 | Sale; Phillips, London 1 October 1996, lot 241 | Sale; Bonhams, Knightsbridge, 20 September 2005, lot 43, where acquired by the present owner | Private Collection, U.K.
Nativity
inscribed '64' (lower right); signed and further inscribed 'ROME SCHOLARSHIP IN/MURAL PAINTING/ I. Colquhoun/10 Charlbert St/N.W.8' (verso); further signed, titled and dated 'ITHELL COLQUHOUN. NATIVITY c.1929.' (partially visible, on canvas overlap)
oil on canvas
41 x 51 cm. (16 1/8 x 20 in.)
Painted in 1929
Sale; Sotheby's, London, 19 November 1980, lot 298 | Sale; Bonhams, London, 20 October 1994, lot 57 | Sale; Sotheby's, London, 8 March 1995, lot 126 | Sale; Phillips, London 1 October 1996, lot 241 | Sale; Bonhams, Knightsbridge, 20 September 2005, lot 43, where acquired by the present owner | Private Collection, U.K.
Artwork auctioned at seven times the upper estimate price
When the work Nativity by Ithell Colquhoun was auctioned at Bonhams in London in September this year, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - GBP 8,000.00 but the actual price achieved was more than seven times as high at GBP 63,900.00 (€ 63,900.00). Despite this good result, it is not the highest hammer price for an artwork by Ithell Colquhoun; that achieved among the auctions we observed the lot Sunflower sold at auction in September this year with the realized price of GBP 79,140.00 (€ 79,140.00).
Kunstwerk zum Siebenfachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert
Als die Arbeit Nativity von Ithell Colquhoun im September diesen Jahres bei Bonhams in London versteigert wurde, übertraf das Ergebnis die Erwartungen um ein Vielfaches. Der obere Schätzpreis war mit – rückwirkend betrachtet recht bescheidenen – GBP 8.000,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit GBP 63.900,00 (€ 63.900,00) mehr als siebenmal so hoch. Trotz des guten Ergebnisses ist dies nicht der höchste Zuschlag für ein Kunstwerk von Ithell Colquhoun; den erzielte unter den von uns beobachteten Auktionen die Arbeit Sunflower im September diesen Jahres mit dem Hammerpreis von GBP 79.140,00 (€ 79.140,00).
Ithell Colquhoun - Auction history
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