John Luke
Pax
Estimate: 80.000 - 120.000 GBP
Price realised: 225.000 GBP
Price realised: 225.000 GBP
Description
John Luke
1906 - 1975
PAX
signed and dated l.r.: J. LUKE./ 1943; inscribed on a label attached to the reverse: No 2 Medium - Oil/ "PAX"./ NOT FOR SALE/ John Luke/ Knappagh House/ Killylea/ Co. Antrim; further signed and inscribed with a detailed inscription of the artist's painting technique on another label attached to the reverse
tempera and oil on board
29.5 by 39cm., 11¾ by 15½in.
Mr P. Terris, thence by descent to Mr B. Terris; | Christie's, London, 28 June 1995, lot 106, where purchased by the present owners
1906 - 1975
PAX
signed and dated l.r.: J. LUKE./ 1943; inscribed on a label attached to the reverse: No 2 Medium - Oil/ "PAX"./ NOT FOR SALE/ John Luke/ Knappagh House/ Killylea/ Co. Antrim; further signed and inscribed with a detailed inscription of the artist's painting technique on another label attached to the reverse
tempera and oil on board
29.5 by 39cm., 11¾ by 15½in.
Mr P. Terris, thence by descent to Mr B. Terris; | Christie's, London, 28 June 1995, lot 106, where purchased by the present owners
A top price for John Luke
This artwork by John Luke achieved an unexpectedly high price at Sothebys in London in September 2018. In the Irish Art auction, the work Pax sold for GBP 225,000.00 (€ 252,703.92) - well above the upper estimate of GBP 120,000.00. This high result makes Pax the most expensive artwork by John Luke that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für John Luke
Dieses Kunstwerk von John Luke erzielte im September 2018 bei Sothebys in London einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Irish Art wurde die Arbeit Pax für GBP 225.000,00 (€ 252.703,92) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 120.000,00. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Pax zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von John Luke, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
John Luke - Auction history
