John Martin - Illustrations to Paradise Lost

John Martin

Illustrations to Paradise Lost

Found at Christies, London
Old Master Prints, Lot 156
9. Dec - 9. Dec 2021
Estimate: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
JOHN MARTIN (1789-1854)
Illustrations to Paradise Lost
the complete set of 24 mezzotints, some plates with etching and touches of drypoint, 1824-27, on laid paper, three with watermark T. Dupuy, two plates on wove paper, one with watermark 1825, a very fine lettered proof set of the First Edition (Large Version), very dark and velvety impressions, printing very sharply and with intense contrasts, published by Septimus Prowett, London, with his address, printed by Chatfield & Co. and J. Lahee, each plate scratch lettered Proof or PROOF, without text (as issued), the full sheets with very wide margins, bound with tissue guards in contemporary purple half-roan over marbled paper covered boards with gilt-tooled spine and black morocco gilt-lettering
Plates 253 x 364 mm.
Sheets 378 x 560 mm. (and similar)
Book 575 x 390 mm. (overall)

Auction result well in line with expectations

The work Illustrations to Paradise Lost by John Martin was auctioned at Christies in London in December 2021. The estimated price for the artwork was previously given by the auction house with a range of GBP 30,000.00 – 50,000.00, the actual price achieved of GBP 31,250.00 (€ 37,274.70) could thus just exceed the lower estimate. Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by John Martin achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work The Celestial City And The River Of Bliss in July 2015 with an auction result of GBP 2,725,000.00 (€ 3,863,134.75).

Auktionsergebnis im Rahmen der Erwartungen

Die Arbeit Illustrations to Paradise Lost von John Martin kam im Dezember 2021 bei Christies in London zur Auktion. Der Schätzpreis für das Kunstwerk wurde von dem Auktionshaus zuvor mit einer Spanne von GBP 30.000,00 – 50.000,00 angegeben, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis von GBP 31.250,00 (€ 37.274,70) konnte den unteren Schätzpreis somit knapp übertreffen. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von John Martin erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit The Celestial City And The River Of Bliss im Juli 2015 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von GBP 2.725.000,00 (€ 3.863.134,75).

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