John Frederick Lewis, R.A.
A Turkish School In The Vicinity Of Cairo - A Study
Estimate: 15.000 - 20.000 GBP
Price realised: 60.000 GBP
Price realised: 60.000 GBP
Description
John Frederick Lewis, R.A.
LONDON 1804 - 1876 WALTON-ON-THAMES
A TURKISH SCHOOL IN THE VICINITY OF CAIRO - A STUDY
Watercolour over pencil, heightened with bodycolour and gum arabic, on two joined sheets of paper
657 by 555 mm
Sir Thomas Devitt, 1 st Bt. (1839-1923); | his executor's sale, London, Christie's, 16 May 1924, lot 22, bt. Leggatt (17 gns.); | with The Leicester Galleries, London
LONDON 1804 - 1876 WALTON-ON-THAMES
A TURKISH SCHOOL IN THE VICINITY OF CAIRO - A STUDY
Watercolour over pencil, heightened with bodycolour and gum arabic, on two joined sheets of paper
657 by 555 mm
Sir Thomas Devitt, 1 st Bt. (1839-1923); | his executor's sale, London, Christie's, 16 May 1924, lot 22, bt. Leggatt (17 gns.); | with The Leicester Galleries, London
Artwork auctioned at three times the upper estimate price
When the work A Turkish School In The Vicinity Of Cairo - A Study by John Frederick Lewis was auctioned at Sothebys in London in July 2017, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - GBP 20,000.00 but the actual price achieved was more than three times as high at GBP 60,000.00 (€ 66,950.79). Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by John Frederick Lewis achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work The Midday Meal, Cairo in June 2005 with an auction result of GBP 2,472,000.00 (€ 3,663,660.11).
Kunstwerk zum Dreifachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert
Als die Arbeit A Turkish School In The Vicinity Of Cairo - A Study von John Frederick Lewis im Juli 2017 bei Sothebys in London versteigert wurde, übertraf das Ergebnis die Erwartungen um ein Vielfaches. Der obere Schätzpreis war mit – rückwirkend betrachtet recht bescheidenen – GBP 20.000,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit GBP 60.000,00 (€ 66.950,79) mehr als dreimal so hoch. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von John Frederick Lewis erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit The Midday Meal, Cairo im Juni 2005 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von GBP 2.472.000,00 (€ 3.663.660,11).
John Frederick Lewis - Auction history
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