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- Luke Sullivan
- A young lady, facing right in lace-bordered white dress, rope of pearls and drop pearl fastened with green bow at corsage, pearl necklace tied with green ribbon and drop pearl earrings, pearls and falling gauze scarf in her upswept brown hair
Luke Sullivan
A young lady, facing right in lace-bordered white dress, rope of pearls and drop pearl fastened with green bow at corsage, pearl necklace tied with green ribbon and drop pearl earrings, pearls and falling gauze scarf in her upswept brown hair
Found at
Christies,
London
IMPORTANT PORTRAIT MINIATURES, GOLD BOXES & OBJECTS OF VERTU, Lot 161
21. Nov - 21. Nov 2000
IMPORTANT PORTRAIT MINIATURES, GOLD BOXES & OBJECTS OF VERTU, Lot 161
21. Nov - 21. Nov 2000
Estimate: 600 - 800 GBP
Price realised: 1.528 GBP
Price realised: 1.528 GBP
Description
LUKE SULLIVAN (1705-1771)
A young lady, facing right in lace-bordered white dress, rope of pearls and drop pearl fastened with green bow at corsage, pearl necklace tied with green ribbon and drop pearl earrings, pearls and falling gauze scarf in her upswept brown hair
signed with monogram and dated 'LS: 1761' (lower right)
oval, 13/8 in. (35 mm.) high, gilt-metal mount within tortoiseshell mount
A young lady, facing right in lace-bordered white dress, rope of pearls and drop pearl fastened with green bow at corsage, pearl necklace tied with green ribbon and drop pearl earrings, pearls and falling gauze scarf in her upswept brown hair
signed with monogram and dated 'LS: 1761' (lower right)
oval, 13/8 in. (35 mm.) high, gilt-metal mount within tortoiseshell mount
Upper estimate price exceeded by 91 %.
This artwork by Luke Sullivan achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in London in November 2000. In the IMPORTANT PORTRAIT MINIATURES, GOLD BOXES & OBJECTS OF VERTU auction, the work A young lady, facing right in lace-bordered white dress, rope of pearls and drop pearl fastened with green bow at corsage, pearl necklace tied with green ribbon and drop pearl earrings, pearls and falling gauze scarf in her upswept brown hair sold for GBP 1,527.50 (€ 2,496.64) - well above the uppe However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Luke Sullivan - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work Portrait Of A Lady, Possibly Kitty Fisher , which sold at auction in April 2008 for GBP 6,250.00 (€ 7,967.87).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 91 % übertroffen
Dieses Kunstwerk von Luke Sullivan erzielte im November 2000 bei Christies in London einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion IMPORTANT PORTRAIT MINIATURES, GOLD BOXES & OBJECTS OF VERTU wurde die Arbeit A young lady, facing right in lace-bordered white dress, rope of pearls and drop pearl fastened with green bow at corsage, pearl necklace tied with green ribbon and drop pearl earrings, pearls and falling gauze scarf in her upswept brown hair für GBP 1.527,50 (€ 2.496,64) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 800,00. Für andere Arbeiten von Luke Sullivan mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit Portrait Of A Lady, Possibly Kitty Fisher beobachtet, die im April 2008 für GBP 6.250,00 (€ 7.967,87) versteigert wurde.