John Walter Wolseley
Design Painting for 'Concerning the Making of Steel'
Found at
Christies,
Sydney
AUSTRALIAN, INTERNATIONAL & CONTEMPORARY PAINTINGS, Lot 615
26. Aug - 27. Aug 2003
AUSTRALIAN, INTERNATIONAL & CONTEMPORARY PAINTINGS, Lot 615
26. Aug - 27. Aug 2003
Estimate: 2.000 - 3.000 AUD
Price realised: 5.640 AUD
Price realised: 5.640 AUD
Description
JOHN WALTER WOLSELEY (b. 1938)
Design Painting for 'Concerning the Making of Steel'
signed and dated 'John Wolseley Started Nov. Finished 6/Sept 94' (upper left); titled 'Design Painting for 'Concerning the Making of Steel' on gallery label (affixed to the reverse)
pencil, watercolour and pastel
55 x 122 cm
Executed in 1993-94
Design Painting for 'Concerning the Making of Steel'
signed and dated 'John Wolseley Started Nov. Finished 6/Sept 94' (upper left); titled 'Design Painting for 'Concerning the Making of Steel' on gallery label (affixed to the reverse)
pencil, watercolour and pastel
55 x 122 cm
Executed in 1993-94
Upper estimate price exceeded by 88 %.
This artwork by John Walter Wolseley achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in Sydney in August 2003. In the AUSTRALIAN, INTERNATIONAL & CONTEMPORARY PAINTINGS auction, the work Design Painting for 'Concerning the Making of Steel' sold for AUD 5,640.00 (€ 3,331.84) - well above the upper estimate of AUD 3,000.00. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by John Walter Wolseley - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work Concerning the Making of Steel, which sold at auction in August 2003 for AUD 19,975.00 (€ 11,800.27).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 88 % übertroffen
Dieses Kunstwerk von John Walter Wolseley erzielte im August 2003 bei Christies in Sydney einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion AUSTRALIAN, INTERNATIONAL & CONTEMPORARY PAINTINGS wurde die Arbeit Design Painting for 'Concerning the Making of Steel' für AUD 5.640,00 (€ 3.331,84) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von AUD 3.000,00. Für andere Arbeiten von John Walter Wolseley mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit Concerning the Making of Steel beobachtet, die im August 2003 für AUD 19.975,00 (€ 11.800,27) versteigert wurde.
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