John William Lewin
A Natural History of the Birds of New South Wales
Found at
Christies,
Sydney
AUSTRALIAN, INTERNATIONAL & CONTEMPORARY PAINTINGS, Lot 156
26. Aug - 27. Aug 2003
AUSTRALIAN, INTERNATIONAL & CONTEMPORARY PAINTINGS, Lot 156
26. Aug - 27. Aug 2003
Estimate: 20.000 - 30.000 AUD
Price realised: 30.550 AUD
Price realised: 30.550 AUD
Description
JOHN WILLIAM LEWIN (1770-1819)
A Natural History of the Birds of New South Wales
Collected, Engrave and Faithfully Painted after Nature, 26 pages letterpress watermarked J Whatman or J Whatman 1821, 26 finely hand-coloured etching plates by and after John Lewin including 9 watermarked J Whatman 1825, (frontispiece faintly offset onto title, some offsetting onto facing text, minor offsetting on some plates), publisher's red half roan, grey boards, original printed label on upper cover, spine lettered in gilt Lewin's Birds, head and foot of spine repaired, extremities rubbed, corners worn), small folio (14.5 x 10.5 in, 365 x 267 mm), G. Schulze for J. H. Bohte, London 1822 [i.e. not before 1825]
THIRD (AND FIRST COMPLETE) EDITION, FIRST ISSUE WITH THE 1822 TITLE PAGE. EARLIER STATES OF PLATES 3 AND 19-26 WITHOUT PLATE NUMBERS. CONTAINING EIGHT PREVIOUSLY UNPUBLISHED PLATES (7, 19-25) THAT HAD BEEN ETCHED BY LEWIN BEFORE HIS DEATH.
A Natural History of the Birds of New South Wales
Collected, Engrave and Faithfully Painted after Nature, 26 pages letterpress watermarked J Whatman or J Whatman 1821, 26 finely hand-coloured etching plates by and after John Lewin including 9 watermarked J Whatman 1825, (frontispiece faintly offset onto title, some offsetting onto facing text, minor offsetting on some plates), publisher's red half roan, grey boards, original printed label on upper cover, spine lettered in gilt Lewin's Birds, head and foot of spine repaired, extremities rubbed, corners worn), small folio (14.5 x 10.5 in, 365 x 267 mm), G. Schulze for J. H. Bohte, London 1822 [i.e. not before 1825]
THIRD (AND FIRST COMPLETE) EDITION, FIRST ISSUE WITH THE 1822 TITLE PAGE. EARLIER STATES OF PLATES 3 AND 19-26 WITHOUT PLATE NUMBERS. CONTAINING EIGHT PREVIOUSLY UNPUBLISHED PLATES (7, 19-25) THAT HAD BEEN ETCHED BY LEWIN BEFORE HIS DEATH.
Upper estimated price slightly exceeded
The work A Natural History of the Birds of New South Wales by John William Lewin was sold in the AUSTRALIAN, INTERNATIONAL & CONTEMPORARY PAINTINGS auction at Christies in Sydney in August 2003. Here, the upper estimate of AUD 30,000.00 was slightly exceeded - the artwork found a new owner for AUD 30,550.00 (€ 18,047.47). Other works by John William Lewin have achieved even higher prices, we observed the highest auction result so far of GBP 27,720.00 (€ 32,609.94) in May last year for the work A Natural History of the Birds of New South Wales, 1838.
Oberer Schätzpreis leicht übertroffen
Die Arbeit A Natural History of the Birds of New South Wales von John William Lewin wurde im August 2003 in der Auktion AUSTRALIAN, INTERNATIONAL & CONTEMPORARY PAINTINGS bei Christies in Sydney versteigert. Dabei wurde der obere Schätzpreis von AUD 30.000,00 leicht übertroffen – das Kunstwerk fand für AUD 30.550,00 (€ 18.047,47) einen neuen Besitzer. Andere Arbeiten von John William Lewin haben noch höhere Preise erzielt - wir haben das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis von GBP 27.720,00 (€ 32.609,94) im Mai letzten Jahres für die Arbeit A Natural History of the Birds of New South Wales, 1838 beobachtet.
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