John Anster Fitzgerald
Fairies and a bird's nest
Estimate: 50.000 - 80.000 GBP
Price realised: 59.750 GBP
Price realised: 59.750 GBP
Description
John Anster Fitzgerald (1823-1906)
Fairies and a bird's nest
signed twice with initials 'FG' (lower right) and inscribed 'The Concert/"We Gather in loud choirs the twittering race,/That make a chorus with their single note;-/And tend on new fledged birds in every place,/That duly they may get their tunes by rote;/J.A. Fitzgerald./6 Hollywood Road/West Brompton' (on a fragmentary label attached to the backboard and with later transcription) and with inscription 'By Fitz-Gerald, originally in G r gr Uncle William/Burges's House, Tower House Melbury R d London' (on an old label attached to the backboard)
pencil, watercolour and bodycolour, with gum arabic, arched
10 1/8 x 7 7/8 in. (25.8 x 20 cm.)
Fairies and a bird's nest
signed twice with initials 'FG' (lower right) and inscribed 'The Concert/"We Gather in loud choirs the twittering race,/That make a chorus with their single note;-/And tend on new fledged birds in every place,/That duly they may get their tunes by rote;/J.A. Fitzgerald./6 Hollywood Road/West Brompton' (on a fragmentary label attached to the backboard and with later transcription) and with inscription 'By Fitz-Gerald, originally in G r gr Uncle William/Burges's House, Tower House Melbury R d London' (on an old label attached to the backboard)
pencil, watercolour and bodycolour, with gum arabic, arched
10 1/8 x 7 7/8 in. (25.8 x 20 cm.)
Auction result well in line with expectations
In November 2002 Christies in London held the auction British Art on Paper, which included the work Fairies and a bird's nest by John Anster Fitzgerald. The price achieved of GBP 59,750.00 (€ 93,565.42) was within expectations - the estimate range had previously been set by the auction house as GBP 50,000.00 – 80,000.00. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by John Anster Fitzgerald - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work The Dream After The Masked Ball (The Stuff Dreams Are Made Of), which sold at auction in November 2008 for GBP 301,250.00 (€ 364,233.89).
Auktionsergebnis im Rahmen der Erwartungen
Im November 2002 führte Christies in London die Auktion British Art on Paper durch, in der auch die Arbeit Fairies and a bird's nest von John Anster Fitzgerald zur Versteigerung kam. Der dabei erzielte Preis von GBP 59.750,00 (€ 93.565,42) lag im Rahmen der Erwartungen – die Schätzpreisspanne war von dem Auktionshaus zuvor mit GBP 50.000,00 – 80.000,00 angegeben worden. Für andere Arbeiten von John Anster Fitzgerald mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit The Dream After The Masked Ball (The Stuff Dreams Are Made Of) beobachtet, die im November 2008 für GBP 301.250,00 (€ 364.233,89) versteigert wurde.
John Anster Fitzgerald - Auction history
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