Jessie Willcox Smith
She Knew She Could Eat One Whenever She Wanted To, So She Was In No Hurry
Estimate: 50.000 - 70.000 USD
Price realised: 100.000 USD
Price realised: 100.000 USD
Description
Jessie Willcox Smith
1863 - 1935
SHE KNEW SHE COULD EAT ONE WHENEVER SHE WANTED TO, SO SHE WAS IN NO HURRY
signed Jessie Willcox Smith (lower right)
oil and charcoal on board
25 1/2 by 18 1/8 inches
(64.8 by 46 cm)
Painted in 1915.
Mrs. Arlene Farnsworth, Holden, Massachusetts | Sold: Skinner, Marlborough, Massachusetts, November 10, 1989, lot 191 (as The Grappe Arbour) | Rainone Galleries, Arlington, Texas | Private collection, Memphis, Tennessee
1863 - 1935
SHE KNEW SHE COULD EAT ONE WHENEVER SHE WANTED TO, SO SHE WAS IN NO HURRY
signed Jessie Willcox Smith (lower right)
oil and charcoal on board
25 1/2 by 18 1/8 inches
(64.8 by 46 cm)
Painted in 1915.
Mrs. Arlene Farnsworth, Holden, Massachusetts | Sold: Skinner, Marlborough, Massachusetts, November 10, 1989, lot 191 (as The Grappe Arbour) | Rainone Galleries, Arlington, Texas | Private collection, Memphis, Tennessee
Upper estimate price exceeded by 43 %.
In November 2017 Sothebys in New York held the auction American Art, which included the work She Knew She Could Eat One Whenever She Wanted To, So She Was In No Hurry by Jessie Willcox Smith. The »bidding war« ended at USD 100,000.00 (€ 84,047.74), 43% above the upper estimate. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Jessie Willcox Smith - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work How Doth the Little Busy Bee, which sold at auction in April 2011 for USD 386,500.00 (€ 260,778.62).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 43 % übertroffen
Im November 2017 führte Sothebys in New York die Auktion American Art durch, in der auch die Arbeit She Knew She Could Eat One Whenever She Wanted To, So She Was In No Hurry von Jessie Willcox Smith zur Versteigerung kam. Das »Bietergefecht« endete beim Preis von USD 100.000,00 (€ 84.047,74) und damit 43% über dem oberen Schätzpreis. Für andere Arbeiten von Jessie Willcox Smith mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit How Doth the Little Busy Bee beobachtet, die im April 2011 für USD 386.500,00 (€ 260.778,62) versteigert wurde.
Jessie Willcox Smith - Auction history
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