Maurice A. Miles
For The Zoo
Found at
Christies,
London
Posters With A Purpose: The London Transport Museum Sale, Lot 191
4. Oct - 4. Oct 2012
Posters With A Purpose: The London Transport Museum Sale, Lot 191
4. Oct - 4. Oct 2012
Estimate: 2.000 - 3.000 GBP
Price realised: 6.000 GBP
Price realised: 6.000 GBP
Description
Maurice A. Miles
FOR THE ZOO
lithograph in colours, 1934, printed by The Baynard Press, condition A-; backed on linen
39½ x 24½in. (100 x 62cm.)
FOR THE ZOO
lithograph in colours, 1934, printed by The Baynard Press, condition A-; backed on linen
39½ x 24½in. (100 x 62cm.)
A top price for Maurice A. Miles
This artwork by Maurice A. Miles achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in London in October 2012. In the Posters With A Purpose: The London Transport Museum Sale auction, the work For The Zoo sold for GBP 6,000.00 (€ 7,459.95) - well above the upper estimate of GBP 3,000.00. This high result makes For The Zoo the most expensive artwork by Maurice A. Miles that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Maurice A. Miles
Dieses Kunstwerk von Maurice A. Miles erzielte im Oktober 2012 bei Christies in London einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Posters With A Purpose: The London Transport Museum Sale wurde die Arbeit For The Zoo für GBP 6.000,00 (€ 7.459,95) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 3.000,00. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht For The Zoo zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Maurice A. Miles, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
Maurice A. Miles - Auction history
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