James Barry
Saint Sebastian
Estimate: 10.000 - 15.000 GBP
Price realised: 27.500 GBP
Price realised: 27.500 GBP
Description
soft-ground etching with roulette work and foul biting, circa 1776, on wove paper without watermark, the only known impression, printing with a light, varied plate tone and many scratches and other irregularities in the plate, with small margins, a small repair at the upper left sheet corner, generally in good condition, framed
Plate 10 7/8 x 7 1/4 in. (27,6 x 18,5 cm.)
Sheet 11 1/8 x 7 5/8 in. (28,3 x 19,3 cm.)
Possibly the artist’s sale; Christie’s London, 11 April 1807, part of lot 58 (sold £4-16).
Plate 10 7/8 x 7 1/4 in. (27,6 x 18,5 cm.)
Sheet 11 1/8 x 7 5/8 in. (28,3 x 19,3 cm.)
Possibly the artist’s sale; Christie’s London, 11 April 1807, part of lot 58 (sold £4-16).
Upper estimate price exceeded by 83 %.
This artwork by James Barry achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in London in September 2016. In the Brian Sewell - Critic & Collector auction, the work Saint Sebastian sold for GBP 27,500.00 (€ 31,848.42) - well above the upper estimate of GBP 15,000.00. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by James Barry - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work Seated male nude, which sold at auction in September 2016 for GBP 87,500.00 (€ 101,335.87).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 83 % übertroffen
Dieses Kunstwerk von James Barry erzielte im September 2016 bei Christies in London einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Brian Sewell - Critic & Collector wurde die Arbeit Saint Sebastian für GBP 27.500,00 (€ 31.848,42) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 15.000,00. Für andere Arbeiten von James Barry mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit Seated male nude beobachtet, die im September 2016 für GBP 87.500,00 (€ 101.335,87) versteigert wurde.
James Barry - Auction history
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