John Morgan, R.B.A.
The Fight (The Cricket Match)
Estimate: 200.000 - 300.000 GBP
Price realised: 422.500 GBP
Price realised: 422.500 GBP
Description
John Morgan, R.B.A.
1823-1886
THE FIGHT (THE CRICKET MATCH)
indistinctly signed and dated l.r.: J Morgan 186-
oil on canvas
68 by 104cm., 27 by 41in.
Bought by George Fox, Harefield, Wilmslow in 1872 for £252; | Christie's, London, 12 May 1877, sold for 240gns to 'Cox'; | Roy Miles, London where purchased by Christopher Forbes in 1979; | His sale, Christie's, London, 19 February 2003, lot 16, where purchased by the present owner
1823-1886
THE FIGHT (THE CRICKET MATCH)
indistinctly signed and dated l.r.: J Morgan 186-
oil on canvas
68 by 104cm., 27 by 41in.
Bought by George Fox, Harefield, Wilmslow in 1872 for £252; | Christie's, London, 12 May 1877, sold for 240gns to 'Cox'; | Roy Miles, London where purchased by Christopher Forbes in 1979; | His sale, Christie's, London, 19 February 2003, lot 16, where purchased by the present owner
A top price for John Morgan
In December 2014 Sothebys in London held the auction British & Irish Art, which included the work The Fight (The Cricket Match) by John Morgan. The »bidding war« ended at GBP 422,500.00 (€ 543,897.61), 41% above the upper estimate. With this result, The Fight (The Cricket Match) is even the most expensive work of art by John Morgan that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für John Morgan
Im Dezember 2014 führte Sothebys in London die Auktion British & Irish Art durch, in der auch die Arbeit The Fight (The Cricket Match) von John Morgan zur Versteigerung kam. Das »Bietergefecht« endete beim Preis von GBP 422.500,00 (€ 543.897,61) und damit 41% über dem oberen Schätzpreis. Mit diesem Ergebnis ist The Fight (The Cricket Match) sogar das teuerste Kunstwerk von John Morgan, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
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