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- Illustration To Homer'S Odyssey: Odysseus Terrified By The Ghosts
John Flaxman, R.A.
Illustration To Homer'S Odyssey: Odysseus Terrified By The Ghosts
Estimate: 4.000 - 6.000 GBP
Price realised: 4.200 GBP
Price realised: 4.200 GBP
Description
John Flaxman, R.A. (1755-1826)
Illustration to Homer's Odyssey: Odysseus terrified by the ghosts
numbered 'No. 17.-' (upper left); another inscription has been erased below Odysseus's right foot
pencil, pen and brown ink
8¾ x 12 1/8 in. (21 x 30.8 cm.)
Illustration to Homer's Odyssey: Odysseus terrified by the ghosts
numbered 'No. 17.-' (upper left); another inscription has been erased below Odysseus's right foot
pencil, pen and brown ink
8¾ x 12 1/8 in. (21 x 30.8 cm.)
Auction result well in line with expectations
The work Illustration To Homer'S Odyssey: Odysseus Terrified By The Ghosts by John Flaxman was sold in the British Art on Paper auction at Christies in London in November 2006. The estimated price for the artwork was previously given by the auction house with a range of GBP 4,000.00 – 6,000.00, the actual price achieved of GBP 4,200.00 (€ 6,237.13) could thus just exceed the lower estimate. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by John Flaxman - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work Angels Rescuing A Soul From The Ranks of The Dead, which sold at auction in June 2006 for GBP 14,400.00 (€ 20,836.56).
Auktionsergebnis im Rahmen der Erwartungen
Die Arbeit Illustration To Homer'S Odyssey: Odysseus Terrified By The Ghosts von John Flaxman wurde im November 2006 in der Auktion British Art on Paper bei Christies in London versteigert. Der Schätzpreis für das Kunstwerk wurde von dem Auktionshaus zuvor mit einer Spanne von GBP 4.000,00 – 6.000,00 angegeben, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis von GBP 4.200,00 (€ 6.237,13) konnte den unteren Schätzpreis somit knapp übertreffen. Für andere Arbeiten von John Flaxman mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit Angels Rescuing A Soul From The Ranks of The Dead beobachtet, die im Juni 2006 für GBP 14.400,00 (€ 20.836,56) versteigert wurde.