James Smetham
The Mandolin
Found at
Christies,
London
Victorian Pre-Raphaelite & British Impressionist Art, Lot 21
13.Dez - 13.Dez.2017
Victorian Pre-Raphaelite & British Impressionist Art, Lot 21
13.Dez - 13.Dez.2017
Estimate: 100.000 - 150.000 GBP
Price realised: 476.750 GBP
Price realised: 476.750 GBP
Description
signed and dated 'JSmetham/1866-' (centre left)
oil on canvas
19 ½ x 16 in. (49.5 x 40.7 cm.)
Acquired directly from the artist by James Englebert Vanner (1831-1906), and by descent to his widow. | Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 10 June 1970, lot 258, as 'James Smetham, A young lady in exotic costume playing an Oriental lute'. | with J. S. Maas, London, as 'James Smetham and Dante Gabriel Rossetti, The Lute Player'.
oil on canvas
19 ½ x 16 in. (49.5 x 40.7 cm.)
Acquired directly from the artist by James Englebert Vanner (1831-1906), and by descent to his widow. | Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 10 June 1970, lot 258, as 'James Smetham, A young lady in exotic costume playing an Oriental lute'. | with J. S. Maas, London, as 'James Smetham and Dante Gabriel Rossetti, The Lute Player'.
A top price for James Smetham
When the work The Mandolin by James Smetham was auctioned at Christies in London in December 2017, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - GBP 150,000.00 but the actual price achieved was more than three times as high at GBP 476,750.00 (€ 536,512.29). This high result makes The Mandolin the most expensive artwork by James Smetham that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für James Smetham
Als die Arbeit The Mandolin von James Smetham im Dezember 2017 bei Christies in London versteigert wurde, übertraf das Ergebnis die Erwartungen um ein Vielfaches. Der obere Schätzpreis war mit – rückwirkend betrachtet recht bescheidenen – GBP 150.000,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit GBP 476.750,00 (€ 536.512,29) mehr als dreimal so hoch. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht The Mandolin zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von James Smetham, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
James Smetham - Auction history
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