John Jensen
‘That’S What I Like About Shooting – It Transcends All Barriers!’
Found at
Sothebys,
London
The Political Cartoon Collection of Jeffrey Archer, Lot 188
14. Mar - 14. Mar 2018
The Political Cartoon Collection of Jeffrey Archer, Lot 188
14. Mar - 14. Mar 2018
Estimate: 700 - 900 GBP
Price realised: 1.188 GBP
Price realised: 1.188 GBP
Description
John Jensen
‘THAT’S WHAT I LIKE ABOUT SHOOTING – IT TRANSCENDS ALL BARRIERS!’
533 by 394mm., watercolour, bodycolour and ink, signed, mounted, framed and glazed
EXHIBITED: | ‘John Jensen's Showbiz’, Chris Beetles Gallery, 14 February-2 March 1990; | ‘The Illustrators. The British Art of Illustration 1800-1991’, Chris Beetles Gallery, | 27 November-20 December 1991, no 569;‘Having a Laugh, The British Art of the Cartoon’, Chris Beetles Gallery, April 2007
‘THAT’S WHAT I LIKE ABOUT SHOOTING – IT TRANSCENDS ALL BARRIERS!’
533 by 394mm., watercolour, bodycolour and ink, signed, mounted, framed and glazed
EXHIBITED: | ‘John Jensen's Showbiz’, Chris Beetles Gallery, 14 February-2 March 1990; | ‘The Illustrators. The British Art of Illustration 1800-1991’, Chris Beetles Gallery, | 27 November-20 December 1991, no 569;‘Having a Laugh, The British Art of the Cartoon’, Chris Beetles Gallery, April 2007
A top price for John Jensen
The work ‘That’S What I Like About Shooting – It Transcends All Barriers!’ by John Jensen was sold in the The Political Cartoon Collection of Jeffrey Archer auction at Sothebys in London in March 2018. The »bidding war« ended at GBP 1,188.00 (€ 1,352.60), 32% above the upper estimate. With this result, ‘That’S What I Like About Shooting – It Transcends All Barriers!’ is even the most expensive work of art by John Jensen that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für John Jensen
Die Arbeit ‘That’S What I Like About Shooting – It Transcends All Barriers!’ von John Jensen wurde im März 2018 in der Auktion The Political Cartoon Collection of Jeffrey Archer bei Sothebys in London versteigert. Das »Bietergefecht« endete beim Preis von GBP 1.188,00 (€ 1.352,60) und damit 32% über dem oberen Schätzpreis. Mit diesem Ergebnis ist ‘That’S What I Like About Shooting – It Transcends All Barriers!’ sogar das teuerste Kunstwerk von John Jensen, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
John Jensen - Auction history
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