John Duncan Fergusson
Submarines and Camouflaged Battleship
Estimate: 400.000 - 600.000 GBP
Price realised: 1.074.000 GBP
Price realised: 1.074.000 GBP
Description
JOHN DUNCAN FERGUSSON (1874-1961)
Submarines and Camouflaged Battleship
signed 'J.D. FERGUSSON.' (on the reverse), inscribed 'SUBMARINES' (on the artist's label attached to the stretcher)
oil on canvas
30 x 34 in. (76.2 x 86.4 cm.)
Painted in 1918.
Submarines and Camouflaged Battleship
signed 'J.D. FERGUSSON.' (on the reverse), inscribed 'SUBMARINES' (on the artist's label attached to the stretcher)
oil on canvas
30 x 34 in. (76.2 x 86.4 cm.)
Painted in 1918.
A top price for John Duncan Fergusson
This artwork by John Duncan Fergusson achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in London in March this year. In the Modern British and Irish Art Evening Sale auction, the work Submarines and Camouflaged Battleship sold for GBP 1,074,000.00 (€ 1,221,882.45) - well above the upper estimate of GBP 600,000.00. This high result makes Submarines and Camouflaged Battleship the most expensive artwork by John Duncan Fergusson that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für John Duncan Fergusson
Dieses Kunstwerk von John Duncan Fergusson erzielte im März diesen Jahres bei Christies in London einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Modern British and Irish Art Evening Sale wurde die Arbeit Submarines and Camouflaged Battleship für GBP 1.074.000,00 (€ 1.221.882,45) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 600.000,00. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Submarines and Camouflaged Battleship zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von John Duncan Fergusson, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
John Duncan Fergusson - Auction history
