John Emms
A Well-Earned Rest
Estimate: 40.000 - 60.000 USD
Price realised: 107.100 USD
Price realised: 107.100 USD
Description
JOHN EMMS (BRITISH, 1841-1912)
A Well-Earned Rest
signed 'JNO EMMS' (lower right)
oil on canvas
28 x 36 in. (71.1 x 91.4 cm.)
Painted circa 1885.
A Well-Earned Rest
signed 'JNO EMMS' (lower right)
oil on canvas
28 x 36 in. (71.1 x 91.4 cm.)
Painted circa 1885.
Upper estimate price exceeded by 79 %.
This artwork by John Emms achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in Paris in October this year. In the European Art auction, the work A Well-Earned Rest sold for USD 107,100.00 (€ 101,343.68) - well above the upper estimate of USD 60,000.00. Admittedly, works by John Emms have also been auctioned for a multiple of this price - according to our records, the highest result so far was achieved by the work British the Kennel Club: Saladin, Witchcraft, Champion, Stately, Ladye, Dusty; Old Faithfuls: Sally, Graff..., Gorgius, Rockwood, Bell... (Two Works) in May 2012 with an auction result of USD 554,500.00 (€ 448,479.46).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 79 % übertroffen
Dieses Kunstwerk von John Emms erzielte im Oktober diesen Jahres bei Christies in Paris einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion European Art wurde die Arbeit A Well-Earned Rest für USD 107.100,00 (€ 101.343,68) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von USD 60.000,00. Freilich wurden Arbeiten von John Emms auch schon für ein Vielfaches dieses Preises versteigert – das bisher höchste Ergebnis erzielte nach unseren Aufzeichnungen die Arbeit British the Kennel Club: Saladin, Witchcraft, Champion, Stately, Ladye, Dusty; Old Faithfuls: Sally, Graff..., Gorgius, Rockwood, Bell... (Two Works) im Mai 2012 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von USD 554.500,00 (€ 448.479,46).
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