Norman Wilkinson
The 1951 Exhibition from Shell-Mex House
Estimate: 3.000 - 5.000 GBP
Price realised: 17.750 GBP
Price realised: 17.750 GBP
Description
The 1951 Exhibition from Shell-Mex House
signed '-NORMAN WILKINSON-' (lower left)
oil on canvas
55.5 x 96cm (21 7/8 x 37 13/16in).
The Shell Collection | Their sale; Sotheby's, Olympia, 10 September 2003, lot 91, where acquired by the present owner | Private Collection, U.K.
signed '-NORMAN WILKINSON-' (lower left)
oil on canvas
55.5 x 96cm (21 7/8 x 37 13/16in).
The Shell Collection | Their sale; Sotheby's, Olympia, 10 September 2003, lot 91, where acquired by the present owner | Private Collection, U.K.
Artwork auctioned at three times the upper estimate price
When the work The 1951 Exhibition from Shell-Mex House by Norman Wilkinson was auctioned at Bonhams in London in April 2021, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - GBP 5,000.00 but the actual price achieved was more than three times as high at GBP 17,750.00 (€ 20,417.66). However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Norman Wilkinson - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work The Canadian Pacific liner Empress of Canada lying in Hong Kong harbour, which sold at auction in April last year for GBP 35,580.00 (€ 42,427.89).
Kunstwerk zum Dreifachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert
Als die Arbeit The 1951 Exhibition from Shell-Mex House von Norman Wilkinson im April 2021 bei Bonhams in London versteigert wurde, übertraf das Ergebnis die Erwartungen um ein Vielfaches. Der obere Schätzpreis war mit – rückwirkend betrachtet recht bescheidenen – GBP 5.000,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit GBP 17.750,00 (€ 20.417,66) mehr als dreimal so hoch. Für andere Arbeiten von Norman Wilkinson mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit The Canadian Pacific liner Empress of Canada lying in Hong Kong harbour beobachtet, die im April letzten Jahres für GBP 35.580,00 (€ 42.427,89) versteigert wurde.
Norman Wilkinson - Auction history
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