John Smart
Self-Portrait
Found at
Sothebys,
London
Old Master Day Sale including Old Master Paintings, Drawings and British Works on Paper, Lot 247
29. Jul - 29. Jul 2020
Old Master Day Sale including Old Master Paintings, Drawings and British Works on Paper, Lot 247
29. Jul - 29. Jul 2020
Estimate: 4.000 - 6.000 GBP
Price realised: 60.000 GBP
Price realised: 60.000 GBP
Description
Property from the collection of the late Dr Erika Polh-Ströher (1919-2016)
JOHN SMART
Norwich 1742 - 1811 London
SELF-PORTRAIT
Pencil on laid paper, unframed;
signed and dated, lower centre: John Smart delineavit Seipsum Madras. 1793
unframed: 198 by 174 mm
Please note: Condition 11 of the Conditions of Business for Buyers (Online Only) is not applicable to this lot.
To view Shipping Calculator, please click here
By descent within the artist's family until, | sale, London, Sotheby's, 19 October 1981, lot 184, | where acquired by Dr Erika Polh-Ströher (1919-2016)
JOHN SMART
Norwich 1742 - 1811 London
SELF-PORTRAIT
Pencil on laid paper, unframed;
signed and dated, lower centre: John Smart delineavit Seipsum Madras. 1793
unframed: 198 by 174 mm
Please note: Condition 11 of the Conditions of Business for Buyers (Online Only) is not applicable to this lot.
To view Shipping Calculator, please click here
By descent within the artist's family until, | sale, London, Sotheby's, 19 October 1981, lot 184, | where acquired by Dr Erika Polh-Ströher (1919-2016)
Artwork auctioned at ten times the upper estimate price
The work Self-Portrait by John Smart was worth GBP 60,000.00 (€ 66,925.43) to a buyer in July 2020. This price was achieved in the auction Old Master Day Sale including Old Master Paintings, Drawings and British Works on Paper at Sothebys in London and exceeded the previously set upper estimate of GBP 6,000.00 many times over. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by John Smart - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work Portrait Of Muhammad 'Ali Khan, Nawab Of Arcot And Prince Of The Carnatic (1718-1795), which sold at auction in April 2008 for GBP 120,500.00 (€ 153,620.47).
Kunstwerk zum Zehnfachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert
Die Arbeit Self-Portrait von John Smart war einem Käufer im Juli 2020 GBP 60.000,00 (€ 66.925,43) wert. Dieser Preise wurde in der Auktion Old Master Day Sale including Old Master Paintings, Drawings and British Works on Paper bei Sothebys in London erzielt und übertraf den zuvor angesetzten oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 6.000,00 um ein Vielfaches. Für andere Arbeiten von John Smart mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit Portrait Of Muhammad 'Ali Khan, Nawab Of Arcot And Prince Of The Carnatic (1718-1795) beobachtet, die im April 2008 für GBP 120.500,00 (€ 153.620,47) versteigert wurde.
John Smart - Auction history
Other artists in this auction
