Leon Underwood

Sungirl

Found at Sothebys, London
The Evill/Frost Collection I, Lot 14
15. Jun - 15. Jun 2011
Estimate: 15.000 - 25.000 GBP
Price realised: 91.250 GBP
Leon Underwood
1890 - 1975
SUNGIRL
inscribed with initials and dated 37
Roman stone
height: 38cm.; 15in.
The Leicester Galleries, London, where acquired by Wilfrid A. Evill for £30.0.0, by whom bequeathed to Honor Frost in 1963

A top price for Leon Underwood

The work Sungirl by Leon Underwood was worth GBP 91,250.00 (€ 100,951.16) to a buyer in June 2011. This price was achieved in the auction The Evill/Frost Collection I at Sothebys in London and exceeded the previously set upper estimate of GBP 25,000.00 many times over. This high result makes Sungirl the most expensive artwork by Leon Underwood that we have observed at auctions so far.

Ein Spitzenpreis für Leon Underwood

Die Arbeit Sungirl von Leon Underwood war einem Käufer im Juni 2011 GBP 91.250,00 (€ 100.951,16) wert. Dieser Preise wurde in der Auktion The Evill/Frost Collection I bei Sothebys in London erzielt und übertraf den zuvor angesetzten oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 25.000,00 um ein Vielfaches. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Sungirl zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Leon Underwood, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.

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