Myles Birket Foster, R.W.S. - The Meet

Myles Birket Foster, R.W.S.

The Meet

Found at Christies, London
Important British & Irish Art, Lot 17
28. Nov - 28. Nov 2001
Estimate: 80.000 - 120.000 GBP
Price realised: 240.250 GBP
Description
Myles Birket Foster, R.W.S. (1825-1899)
The Meet
signed with monogram 'BF' (lower left)
pencil, watercolour and bodycolour with gum arabic
28 x 60 in. (71.1 x 152.4 cm.)
- S.R. Platt; Christie's, Lond
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A top price for Myles Birket Foster

This artwork by Myles Birket Foster achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in London in November 2001. In the Important British & Irish Art auction, the work The Meet sold for GBP 240,250.00 (€ 382,313.43) - well above the upper estimate of GBP 120,000.00. This high result makes The Meet the most expensive artwork by Myles Birket Foster that we have observed at auctions so far.

Ein Spitzenpreis für Myles Birket Foster

Dieses Kunstwerk von Myles Birket Foster erzielte im November 2001 bei Christies in London einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Important British & Irish Art wurde die Arbeit The Meet für GBP 240.250,00 (€ 382.313,43) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 120.000,00. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht The Meet zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Myles Birket Foster, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.

Myles Birket Foster - Auction history

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