Oliver Rhys
A Venetian Fruit Seller
Estimate: 8.000 - 12.000 GBP
Price realised: 15.600 GBP
Price realised: 15.600 GBP
Description
Oliver Rhys (fl.1876-1893)
A Venetian Fruit Seller
signed and dated 'Oliver Rhys./1889.' (lower right) and further signed and inscribed 'A.VENETIAN.FRUIT.SELLER./O.RHYS.' (on an old label attached to the reverse)
oil on canvas
30 3/8 x 20½ in. (77.2 x 52 cm.)
A Venetian Fruit Seller
signed and dated 'Oliver Rhys./1889.' (lower right) and further signed and inscribed 'A.VENETIAN.FRUIT.SELLER./O.RHYS.' (on an old label attached to the reverse)
oil on canvas
30 3/8 x 20½ in. (77.2 x 52 cm.)
A top price for Oliver Rhys
In November 2006 Christies in London held the auction Victorian & Traditionalist Pictures, which included the work A Venetian Fruit Seller by Oliver Rhys. The »bidding war« ended at GBP 15,600.00 (€ 23,166.49), 30% above the upper estimate. With this result, A Venetian Fruit Seller is even the most expensive work of art by Oliver Rhys that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Oliver Rhys
Im November 2006 führte Christies in London die Auktion Victorian & Traditionalist Pictures durch, in der auch die Arbeit A Venetian Fruit Seller von Oliver Rhys zur Versteigerung kam. Das »Bietergefecht« endete beim Preis von GBP 15.600,00 (€ 23.166,49) und damit 30% über dem oberen Schätzpreis. Mit diesem Ergebnis ist A Venetian Fruit Seller sogar das teuerste Kunstwerk von Oliver Rhys, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
Oliver Rhys - Auction history
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