Marian Ellis Rowan

Decorated Screen with Wildflowers, c.1880

Found at Bonhams, Sydney
Important Australian Art, Lot 12
17. Nov - 17. Nov 2021
Estimate: 18.000 - 25.000 AU$
Price realised: 59.040 AU$
Decorated Screen with Wildflowers, c.1880
each artwork signed lower centre: 'Ellis Rowan'
watercolour and gouache on paper (painted panels), inset to four-fold screen, decorated with embroidered panel designs, velvet panels and tapestry backing
54.0 x 37.0cm (21 1/4 x 14 9/16in). each (sheet)
screen 188.0cm (74in). high

A top price for Marian Ellis Rowan

This artwork by Marian Ellis Rowan achieved an unexpectedly high price at Bonhams in Sydney in November 2021. In the Important Australian Art auction, the work Decorated Screen with Wildflowers, c.1880 sold for AUD 59,040.00 (€ 52,307.96) - well above the upper estimate of AUD 25,000.00. This high result makes Decorated Screen with Wildflowers, c.1880 the most expensive artwork by Marian Ellis Rowan that we have observed at auctions so far.

Ein Spitzenpreis für Marian Ellis Rowan

Dieses Kunstwerk von Marian Ellis Rowan erzielte im November 2021 bei Bonhams in Sydney einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Important Australian Art wurde die Arbeit Decorated Screen with Wildflowers, c.1880 für AUD 59.040,00 (€ 52.307,96) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von AUD 25.000,00. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Decorated Screen with Wildflowers, c.1880 zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Marian Ellis Rowan, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.

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