John Minton
Jamaican Village
Estimate: 100.000 - 150.000 GBP
Price realised: 293.000 GBP
Price realised: 293.000 GBP
Description
signed and dated 'John Minton 1951' (lower right), signed again and inscribed 'MINTON/John/37 HAMILTON/LONDON/JAMAICAN VILL.../No. 1.' (on a fragment of the artist's label attached to the stretcher)
oil on canvas
60 x 142½ in. (152.4 x 362 cm.)
A gift from the artist to the present owner's father, Professor John Norris Wood, and by descent.
oil on canvas
60 x 142½ in. (152.4 x 362 cm.)
A gift from the artist to the present owner's father, Professor John Norris Wood, and by descent.
A top price for John Minton
This artwork by John Minton achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in London in November 2016. In the Modern British & Irish Art Evening Sale auction, the work Jamaican Village sold for GBP 293,000.00 (€ 345,711.19) - well above the upper estimate of GBP 150,000.00. This high result makes Jamaican Village the most expensive artwork by John Minton that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für John Minton
Dieses Kunstwerk von John Minton erzielte im November 2016 bei Christies in London einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Modern British & Irish Art Evening Sale wurde die Arbeit Jamaican Village für GBP 293.000,00 (€ 345.711,19) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 150.000,00. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Jamaican Village zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von John Minton, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
John Minton - Auction history
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