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- The Water-Babies (A Group Of Five Works)
Jessie Willcox Smith
The Water-Babies (A Group Of Five Works)
Found at
Sothebys,
New York
American Art, Lot 75
6. Mar - 6. Mar 2019
American Art, Lot 75
6. Mar - 6. Mar 2019
Estimate: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Description
Jessie Willcox Smith
1863 - 1935
THE WATER-BABIES (A GROUP OF FIVE WORKS)
each: signed Jessie Willcox Smith (lower right); one also inscribed Signed for-/Thomas Oakley/CHRISTMAS-1919 (lower right)
each: ink and watercolor on paper
the largest: 8 1/4 by 21 inches (22 by 53 cm)
Frank E. Fowler, Lookout Mountain, Tennessee | S. Hallock du Pont, Jr., Florida, 1975 (acquired from the above) | By descent to the present owner
1863 - 1935
THE WATER-BABIES (A GROUP OF FIVE WORKS)
each: signed Jessie Willcox Smith (lower right); one also inscribed Signed for-/Thomas Oakley/CHRISTMAS-1919 (lower right)
each: ink and watercolor on paper
the largest: 8 1/4 by 21 inches (22 by 53 cm)
Frank E. Fowler, Lookout Mountain, Tennessee | S. Hallock du Pont, Jr., Florida, 1975 (acquired from the above) | By descent to the present owner
Auction result well in line with expectations
The work The Water-Babies (A Group Of Five Works) by Jessie Willcox Smith was auctioned at Sothebys in New York in March 2019. The estimated price for the artwork was previously given by the auction house with a range of USD 7,000.00 – 10,000.00, the actual price achieved of USD 7,500.00 (€ 6,679.73) could thus just exceed the lower estimate. Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by Jessie Willcox Smith achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work How Doth the Little Busy Bee in April 2011 with an auction result of USD 386,500.00 (€ 260,778.62).
Auktionsergebnis im Rahmen der Erwartungen
Die Arbeit The Water-Babies (A Group Of Five Works) von Jessie Willcox Smith kam im März 2019 bei Sothebys in New York zur Auktion. Der Schätzpreis für das Kunstwerk wurde von dem Auktionshaus zuvor mit einer Spanne von USD 7.000,00 – 10.000,00 angegeben, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis von USD 7.500,00 (€ 6.679,73) konnte den unteren Schätzpreis somit knapp übertreffen. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von Jessie Willcox Smith erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit How Doth the Little Busy Bee im April 2011 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von USD 386.500,00 (€ 260.778,62).
