John Byam Liston Shaw
The Queen of Hearts
Found at
Christies,
London
The Joe Setton Collection: from Pre-Raphaelites to Last Romantics, Lot 5
10. Dec - 10. Dec 2020
The Joe Setton Collection: from Pre-Raphaelites to Last Romantics, Lot 5
10. Dec - 10. Dec 2020
Estimate: 250.000 - 350.000 GBP
Price realised: 790.500 GBP
Price realised: 790.500 GBP
Description
Pickford Waller, and by descent to his daughter | Miss Sibyl Waller (†); Christie's, London, 4 October 1973, lot 226. | with Hartnoll & Eyre, London, 1973, where purchased for the present collection.
A top price for Byam Shaw
This artwork by Byam Shaw achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in London in December 2020. In the The Joe Setton Collection: from Pre-Raphaelites to Last Romantics auction, the work The Queen of Hearts sold for GBP 790,500.00 (€ 883,058.95) - well above the upper estimate of GBP 350,000.00. This high result makes The Queen of Hearts the most expensive artwork by Byam Shaw that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Byam Shaw
Dieses Kunstwerk von Byam Shaw erzielte im Dezember 2020 bei Christies in London einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion The Joe Setton Collection: from Pre-Raphaelites to Last Romantics wurde die Arbeit The Queen of Hearts für GBP 790.500,00 (€ 883.058,95) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 350.000,00. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht The Queen of Hearts zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Byam Shaw, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.