Ivon Hitchens
Still Life with Azaleas
Found at
Christies,
London
The Delighted Eye: Works from the Collection of Allen and Beryl Freer, Lot 353
23.Jan - 23.Jan.2020
The Delighted Eye: Works from the Collection of Allen and Beryl Freer, Lot 353
23.Jan - 23.Jan.2020
Estimate: 120.000 - 180.000 GBP
Price realised: 275.000 GBP
Price realised: 275.000 GBP
Description
signed and dated 'IVON HITCHENS.31' (lower right), signed again, inscribed and dated again twice '"Still Life Azaleas. 1931"/by Ivon Hitchens./Greenleaves. Lavington Common./Petworth. Sussex.' (on two artist's labels attached to the stretcher)
oil on canvas
24 x 20 in. (61 x 50.8 cm.)
Painted in 1931.
Purchased directly from the artist by the present owner, circa 1973.
oil on canvas
24 x 20 in. (61 x 50.8 cm.)
Painted in 1931.
Purchased directly from the artist by the present owner, circa 1973.
A top price for Ivon Hitchens
The work Still Life with Azaleas by Ivon Hitchens was sold in the The Delighted Eye: Works from the Collection of Allen and Beryl Freer auction at Christies in London in January 2020. It achieved a price of GBP 275,000.00 (€ 327,109.44), exceeding the upper end of the estimate range by 53%. This high result makes Still Life with Azaleas the most expensive artwork by Ivon Hitchens that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Ivon Hitchens
Die Arbeit Still Life with Azaleas von Ivon Hitchens wurde im Januar 2020 in der Auktion The Delighted Eye: Works from the Collection of Allen and Beryl Freer bei Christies in London versteigert. Sie erzielte dabei einen Preis von GBP 275.000,00 (€ 327.109,44) und übertraf damit das obere Ende der Schätzpreisspanne um 53%. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Still Life with Azaleas zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Ivon Hitchens, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
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