James Humbert Craig - A Soft Day, Connemara

James Humbert Craig

A Soft Day, Connemara

Found at Christies, London
The Irish Sale, Lot 21
10. May - 10. May 2007
Estimate: 20.000 - 30.000 GBP
Price realised: 69.600 GBP
Description
James Humbert Craig (1877-1944)
A Soft Day, Connemara
signed 'J.H. CRAIG.' (lower left)
oil on canvas
27½ x 34¼ in. (70 x 87 cm.)
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A top price for James Humbert Craig

This artwork by James Humbert Craig achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in London in May 2007. In the The Irish Sale auction, the work A Soft Day, Connemara sold for GBP 69,600.00 (€ 102,421.11) - well above the upper estimate of GBP 30,000.00. This high result makes A Soft Day, Connemara the most expensive artwork by James Humbert Craig that we have observed at auctions so far.

Ein Spitzenpreis für James Humbert Craig

Dieses Kunstwerk von James Humbert Craig erzielte im Mai 2007 bei Christies in London einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion The Irish Sale wurde die Arbeit A Soft Day, Connemara für GBP 69.600,00 (€ 102.421,11) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 30.000,00. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht A Soft Day, Connemara zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von James Humbert Craig, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.

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