John Beasley Greene
Album Of Egypt And Algeria, 1852 - 1856
Estimate: 100.000 - 150.000 GBP
Price realised: 482.500 GBP
Price realised: 482.500 GBP
Description
John Beasley Greene
1832 - 1856
ALBUM OF EGYPT AND ALGERIA, 1852 - 1856
Album, contemporary green cloth with monogram gilt 'A.L.' on the cover, spine modern cloth, with 44 photographic prints individually pasted to blue albumen card. 43 prints by John Beasley Greene after paper negatives, 39 salt prints and 5 albumenised salt prints. 15 prints with the signature and reference number in the negative. Also included are drawings, watercolours and further handwritten documents in Arabic.
Prints from 23.2 x 30.2 cm to 24.5 x 31.4 cm (from 9 ¼ x 11 ¾ in. to 9 ¾ x 12 3/8 in.,
cards approx. 30.6 x 43.9 cm (12 x 17 ¼ in.), album approx. 31.5 x 44 cm (12 3/8 x 17 ¼ in.)
Private French Collection
1832 - 1856
ALBUM OF EGYPT AND ALGERIA, 1852 - 1856
Album, contemporary green cloth with monogram gilt 'A.L.' on the cover, spine modern cloth, with 44 photographic prints individually pasted to blue albumen card. 43 prints by John Beasley Greene after paper negatives, 39 salt prints and 5 albumenised salt prints. 15 prints with the signature and reference number in the negative. Also included are drawings, watercolours and further handwritten documents in Arabic.
Prints from 23.2 x 30.2 cm to 24.5 x 31.4 cm (from 9 ¼ x 11 ¾ in. to 9 ¾ x 12 3/8 in.,
cards approx. 30.6 x 43.9 cm (12 x 17 ¼ in.), album approx. 31.5 x 44 cm (12 3/8 x 17 ¼ in.)
Private French Collection
A top price for John Beasley Greene
The work Album Of Egypt And Algeria, 1852 - 1856 by John Beasley Greene was worth GBP 482,500.00 (€ 593,008.06) to a buyer in May 2014. This price was achieved in the auction Photographs at Sothebys in London and exceeded the previously set upper estimate of GBP 150,000.00 many times over. This high result makes Album Of Egypt And Algeria, 1852 - 1856 the most expensive artwork by John Beasley Greene that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für John Beasley Greene
Die Arbeit Album Of Egypt And Algeria, 1852 - 1856 von John Beasley Greene war einem Käufer im Mai 2014 GBP 482.500,00 (€ 593.008,06) wert. Dieser Preise wurde in der Auktion Photographs bei Sothebys in London erzielt und übertraf den zuvor angesetzten oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 150.000,00 um ein Vielfaches. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Album Of Egypt And Algeria, 1852 - 1856 zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von John Beasley Greene, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
John Beasley Greene - Auction history
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