Mabel Lucie Atwell
We're going on a ride on dear old quack - all the way there and all the way back.
Found at
Christies,
London
British Art on Paper including Original Book Illustrations, Lot 172
13. Jun - 13. Jun 2002
British Art on Paper including Original Book Illustrations, Lot 172
13. Jun - 13. Jun 2002
Estimate: 1.000 - 1.500 GBP
Price realised: 5.288 GBP
Price realised: 5.288 GBP
Description
Mabel Lucie Atwell (1879-1964)
We're going on a ride on dear old quack - all the way there and all the way back.
signed 'MABEL/LUCIE/ATWELL' (lower right) and inscribed 'WE'RE GOING ON A/RIDE/ON DEAR/OLD/QUACK-,/ALL THE WAY THERE,/AND-ALL THE WAY BACK.' (throughout)
pencil, pen and black ink and watercolour, heightened with white, lightly squared for transfer, unframed
14¼ x 11¼in. (16.2 x 28.2cm.)
and four other unframed illustrations by the same hand including: Pixies, pixies, I declare; Tom-Tom the piper's son; There's a funny see-saw; and Mary had a little lamb (5)
We're going on a ride on dear old quack - all the way there and all the way back.
signed 'MABEL/LUCIE/ATWELL' (lower right) and inscribed 'WE'RE GOING ON A/RIDE/ON DEAR/OLD/QUACK-,/ALL THE WAY THERE,/AND-ALL THE WAY BACK.' (throughout)
pencil, pen and black ink and watercolour, heightened with white, lightly squared for transfer, unframed
14¼ x 11¼in. (16.2 x 28.2cm.)
and four other unframed illustrations by the same hand including: Pixies, pixies, I declare; Tom-Tom the piper's son; There's a funny see-saw; and Mary had a little lamb (5)
A top price for Mabel Lucie Attwell
When the work We're going on a ride on dear old quack - all the way there and all the way back. by Mabel Lucie Attwell was auctioned at Christies in London in June 2002, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - GBP 1,500.00 but the actual price achieved was more than three times as high at GBP 5,287.50 (€ 8,178.57). This high result makes We're going on a ride on dear old quack - all the way there and all the way back. the most expensive artwork by Mabel Lucie Attwell that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Mabel Lucie Attwell
Als die Arbeit We're going on a ride on dear old quack - all the way there and all the way back. von Mabel Lucie Attwell im Juni 2002 bei Christies in London versteigert wurde, übertraf das Ergebnis die Erwartungen um ein Vielfaches. Der obere Schätzpreis war mit – rückwirkend betrachtet recht bescheidenen – GBP 1.500,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit GBP 5.287,50 (€ 8.178,57) mehr als dreimal so hoch. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht We're going on a ride on dear old quack - all the way there and all the way back. zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Mabel Lucie Attwell, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
Mabel Lucie Attwell - Auction history
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