John Lewis
Portrait of a lady, half-length, in a yellow dress with blue bows, feigned oval
Estimate: 7.000 - 10.000 GBP
Price realised: 7.440 GBP
Price realised: 7.440 GBP
Description
John Lewis (fl.1739-1769)
Portrait of a lady, half-length, in a yellow dress with blue bows, feigned oval
signed and dated 'J.n[raised] Lewis fecit 1754' (lower left)
oil on canvas
30½ x 25¼ in. (77.5 x 63.8 cm.)
Portrait of a lady, half-length, in a yellow dress with blue bows, feigned oval
signed and dated 'J.n[raised] Lewis fecit 1754' (lower left)
oil on canvas
30½ x 25¼ in. (77.5 x 63.8 cm.)
A top price for John Lewis - as previously expected
In May 2007 Christies in London held the auction The Irish Sale, which included the work Portrait of a lady, half-length, in a yellow dress with blue bows, feigned oval by John Lewis. The estimated price for the artwork was previously given by the auction house with a range of GBP 7,000.00 – 10,000.00, the actual price achieved of GBP 7,440.00 (€ 10,948.46) could thus just exceed the lower estimate. Even if this result could not surprise positively, Portrait of a lady, half-length, in a yellow dress with blue bows, feigned oval is the most expensive artwork by John Lewis that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis mit Ansage
Im Mai 2007 führte Christies in London die Auktion The Irish Sale durch, in der auch die Arbeit Portrait of a lady, half-length, in a yellow dress with blue bows, feigned oval von John Lewis zur Versteigerung kam. Der Schätzpreis für das Kunstwerk wurde von dem Auktionshaus zuvor mit einer Spanne von GBP 7.000,00 – 10.000,00 angegeben, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis von GBP 7.440,00 (€ 10.948,46) konnte den unteren Schätzpreis somit knapp übertreffen. Auch wenn das Ergebnis damit nicht positiv überraschen konnte, ist Portrait of a lady, half-length, in a yellow dress with blue bows, feigned oval das teuerste Kunstwerk von John Lewis, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
John Lewis - Auction history
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