John Anster Fitzgerald

The Wounded Squirrel

Found at Christies, London
Important British & Irish Art, Lot 29
28. Nov - 28. Nov 2001
Estimate: 60.000 - 80.000 GBP
Price realised: 124.750 GBP
John Anster Fitzgerald (1832-1906)
The Wounded Squirrel
signed 'J A. Fitzgerald' (lower left) and signed again, inscribed and numbered 'No 1/The Wounded/Squirrel/J.A. Fitzgerald/233 Stanhope St/Regents Park/NW' (on the artist's label attached to the backboard)
pencil, watercolour and bodycolour, with gum arabic
18½ x 13 in. (47 x 33 cm.)
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Upper estimate price exceeded by 56 %.

The work The Wounded Squirrel by John Anster Fitzgerald was auctioned at Christies in London in November 2001. It achieved a price of GBP 124,750.00 (€ 198,516.55), exceeding the upper end of the estimate range by 56%. Despite this good result, it is not the highest hammer price for an artwork by John Anster Fitzgerald; that achieved among the auctions we observed the lot The Dream After The Masked Ball (The Stuff Dreams Are Made Of) sold at auction in November 2008 with the realized price of GBP 301,250.00 (€ 364,233.89).

Oberer Schätzpreis um 56 % übertroffen

Die Arbeit The Wounded Squirrel von John Anster Fitzgerald kam im November 2001 bei Christies in London zur Auktion. Sie erzielte dabei einen Preis von GBP 124.750,00 (€ 198.516,55) und übertraf damit das obere Ende der Schätzpreisspanne um 56%. Trotz des guten Ergebnisses ist dies nicht der höchste Zuschlag für ein Kunstwerk von John Anster Fitzgerald; den erzielte unter den von uns beobachteten Auktionen die Arbeit The Dream After The Masked Ball (The Stuff Dreams Are Made Of) im November 2008 mit dem Hammerpreis von GBP 301.250,00 (€ 364.233,89).

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