Ivon Hitchens
Tree, Sky & Ragwort (Giant Oak Series)
Estimate: 35.000 - 55.000 GBP
Price realised: 82.950 GBP
Price realised: 82.950 GBP
Description
Ivon Hitchens (British, 1893-1979)
Tree, Sky & Ragwort (Giant Oak Series)
oil on canvas
40 x 106.2 cm. (15 5/8 x 41 3/4 in.)
Painted in 1978
The Artist's Estate | With Waddington Galleries, London (as Tree, Sky & Ragwort (Giant Oak Series) aka Open Country with Ragwort), 25 March 1993, where acquired by | Miss Elizabeth Creak | Her Estate Sale; Bonhams, London, 28 May 2014, lot 66 | With The Redfern Gallery, London, where acquired by the present owner | Private Collection, U.K.
Tree, Sky & Ragwort (Giant Oak Series)
oil on canvas
40 x 106.2 cm. (15 5/8 x 41 3/4 in.)
Painted in 1978
The Artist's Estate | With Waddington Galleries, London (as Tree, Sky & Ragwort (Giant Oak Series) aka Open Country with Ragwort), 25 March 1993, where acquired by | Miss Elizabeth Creak | Her Estate Sale; Bonhams, London, 28 May 2014, lot 66 | With The Redfern Gallery, London, where acquired by the present owner | Private Collection, U.K.
Upper estimate price exceeded by 51 %.
The work Tree, Sky & Ragwort (Giant Oak Series) by Ivon Hitchens was sold in the Modern British & Irish Art auction at Bonhams in London in June this year. It achieved a price of GBP 82,950.00 (€ 96,539.52), exceeding the upper end of the estimate range by 51%. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Ivon Hitchens - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work Still Life with Azaleas, which sold at auction in January 2020 for GBP 275,000.00 (€ 327,109.44).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 51 % übertroffen
Die Arbeit Tree, Sky & Ragwort (Giant Oak Series) von Ivon Hitchens wurde im Juni diesen Jahres in der Auktion Modern British & Irish Art bei Bonhams in London versteigert. Sie erzielte dabei einen Preis von GBP 82.950,00 (€ 96.539,52) und übertraf damit das obere Ende der Schätzpreisspanne um 51%. Für andere Arbeiten von Ivon Hitchens mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit Still Life with Azaleas beobachtet, die im Januar 2020 für GBP 275.000,00 (€ 327.109,44) versteigert wurde.
Ivon Hitchens - Auction history
