John Riley Wilmer
Piccarda
Found at
Sothebys,
London
Victorian, Pre-Raphaelite & British Impressionist Art, Lot 50
12. Jul - 12. Jul 2018
Victorian, Pre-Raphaelite & British Impressionist Art, Lot 50
12. Jul - 12. Jul 2018
Estimate: 5.000 - 7.000 GBP
Price realised: 12.500 GBP
Price realised: 12.500 GBP
Description
John Riley Wilmer
1883-1941
PICCARDA
signed and dated l.r.: J RILEY WILMER 1919; inscribed, titled in a cartouche and signed on the reverse: Number I./ PICCARDA/ JOHN RILEY WILMER./ "GAYHURST.," PENNANCE ROAD.,/ FALMOUTH., CORNWALL.
oil on canvas
123 by 192cm., 48½ by 75½in.
1883-1941
PICCARDA
signed and dated l.r.: J RILEY WILMER 1919; inscribed, titled in a cartouche and signed on the reverse: Number I./ PICCARDA/ JOHN RILEY WILMER./ "GAYHURST.," PENNANCE ROAD.,/ FALMOUTH., CORNWALL.
oil on canvas
123 by 192cm., 48½ by 75½in.
A top price for John Riley Wilmer
This artwork by John Riley Wilmer achieved an unexpectedly high price at Sothebys in London in July 2018. In the Victorian, Pre-Raphaelite & British Impressionist Art auction, the work Piccarda sold for GBP 12,500.00 (€ 14,015.25) - well above the upper estimate of GBP 7,000.00. This high result makes Piccarda the most expensive artwork by John Riley Wilmer that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für John Riley Wilmer
Dieses Kunstwerk von John Riley Wilmer erzielte im Juli 2018 bei Sothebys in London einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Victorian, Pre-Raphaelite & British Impressionist Art wurde die Arbeit Piccarda für GBP 12.500,00 (€ 14.015,25) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 7.000,00. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Piccarda zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von John Riley Wilmer, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
John Riley Wilmer - Auction history
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