John Ruskin, H.R.W.S.
Nine studies for 'The Elements of Drawing'
Found at
Christies,
London (Online Auction)
Old Master & British Drawings & Watercolours, Lot 120
06.Jul - 27.Jul.2020
Old Master & British Drawings & Watercolours, Lot 120
06.Jul - 27.Jul.2020
Estimate: 5.000 - 8.000 GBP
Price realised: 6.875 GBP
Price realised: 6.875 GBP
Description
variously inscribed with the artist's instructions to the engraver: 'Do this very nicely'/ 'Make the dots quite at an even distance'/ 'Do in this lower one'/ 'Dear Miss Byfold [sic]/ I have two more and a little one coming/ after this. Of course I mean the line to be drawn neatly/ round it and no touches[?] to go on the margin./ Truly yours JR'
one pencil, eight pencil, pen and brown ink, one heightened with white, another with blue wash, one with partial Whatman watermark
4 1 ⁄ 2 x 7 1 ⁄ 8 in. (11.4 x 18.1 cm.) and smaller
H. N. Abrams, John Ruskin and the Victorian Eye, Phoenix, 1993, p. 87-91, figs. 62 a-j.
one pencil, eight pencil, pen and brown ink, one heightened with white, another with blue wash, one with partial Whatman watermark
4 1 ⁄ 2 x 7 1 ⁄ 8 in. (11.4 x 18.1 cm.) and smaller
H. N. Abrams, John Ruskin and the Victorian Eye, Phoenix, 1993, p. 87-91, figs. 62 a-j.
Auction result well in line with expectations
The work Nine studies for 'The Elements of Drawing' by John Ruskin was sold in the Old Master & British Drawings & Watercolours auction at Christies in London in July 2020. The price achieved of GBP 6,875.00 (€ 7,668.54) was within expectations - the estimate range had previously been set by the auction house as GBP 5,000.00 – 8,000.00. Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by John Ruskin achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work Bellinzona, Switzerland, looking north towards the St. Gotthard pass in November 2003 with an auction result of GBP 274,050.00 (€ 393,402.83).
Auktionsergebnis im Rahmen der Erwartungen
Die Arbeit Nine studies for 'The Elements of Drawing' von John Ruskin wurde im Juli 2020 in der Auktion Old Master & British Drawings & Watercolours bei Christies in London versteigert. Der dabei erzielte Preis von GBP 6.875,00 (€ 7.668,54) lag im Rahmen der Erwartungen – die Schätzpreisspanne war von dem Auktionshaus zuvor mit GBP 5.000,00 – 8.000,00 angegeben worden. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von John Ruskin erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit Bellinzona, Switzerland, looking north towards the St. Gotthard pass im November 2003 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von GBP 274.050,00 (€ 393.402,83).
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