Montague Dawson
The rising wind - 'Study for Gale Force Eight'
Estimate: 20.000 - 30.000 GBP
Price realised: 57.000 GBP
Price realised: 57.000 GBP
Description
Property from the Collection of the Late Sir Frank Williams, CBE
Montague Dawson (British, 1890-1973)
The rising wind - 'Study for Gale Force Eight'
signed 'MONTAGUE DAWSON' (lower left)
oil on canvas
51.7 x 41.6cm (20 3/8 x 16 3/8in).
With Frost & Reed, London, 1997, no. 58133 (as a pair with no. 58132). | Private collection, Australia (purchased as a pair from the above on 30 June 1997). | Anon. sale, Bonhams, London, 2 October 2013, lot 106 (as a pair). | With MacConnal-Mason & Son Ltd., London, no. W10580 as 'The rising wind' (purchased from the above as a pair). | Sir Frank Williams CBE, UK.
Montague Dawson (British, 1890-1973)
The rising wind - 'Study for Gale Force Eight'
signed 'MONTAGUE DAWSON' (lower left)
oil on canvas
51.7 x 41.6cm (20 3/8 x 16 3/8in).
With Frost & Reed, London, 1997, no. 58133 (as a pair with no. 58132). | Private collection, Australia (purchased as a pair from the above on 30 June 1997). | Anon. sale, Bonhams, London, 2 October 2013, lot 106 (as a pair). | With MacConnal-Mason & Son Ltd., London, no. W10580 as 'The rising wind' (purchased from the above as a pair). | Sir Frank Williams CBE, UK.
Upper estimate price exceeded by 90 %.
This artwork by Montague Dawson achieved an unexpectedly high price at Bonhams in London in October last year. In the The Marine Sale auction, the work The rising wind - 'Study for Gale Force Eight' sold for GBP 57,000.00 (€ 66,404.37) - well above the upper estimate of GBP 30,000.00. Admittedly, works by Montague Dawson have also been auctioned for a multiple of this price - according to our records, the highest result so far was achieved by the work The action between H.M.S. Shannon and the U.S.S. Chesapeake,1st June 1813 in February 2006 with an auction result of USD 486,400.00 (€ 407,882.60).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 90 % übertroffen
Dieses Kunstwerk von Montague Dawson erzielte im Oktober letzten Jahres bei Bonhams in London einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion The Marine Sale wurde die Arbeit The rising wind - 'Study for Gale Force Eight' für GBP 57.000,00 (€ 66.404,37) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 30.000,00. Freilich wurden Arbeiten von Montague Dawson auch schon für ein Vielfaches dieses Preises versteigert – das bisher höchste Ergebnis erzielte nach unseren Aufzeichnungen die Arbeit The action between H.M.S. Shannon and the U.S.S. Chesapeake,1st June 1813 im Februar 2006 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von USD 486.400,00 (€ 407.882,60).
Montague Dawson - Auction history
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