Peter Barrett

A quantity of illustrations including: An aardvark searching for food; A Himalayan black bear in a mountainous landscape; Three llamas in an extensive landscape; A fisher and a wolverine; A mink and a polecat; An otter shrew swimming; Four bush dogs;

Found at Christies, London
BRITISH AND CONTINENTAL DRAWINGS AND WATERCOLOURS AND ILLUST, Lot 170
6. Dec - 6. Dec 2001
Estimate: 300 - 500 GBP
Price realised: 329 GBP
Peter Barrett (b.1935)
A quantity of illustrations including: An aardvark searching for food; A Himalayan black bear in a mountainous landscape; Three llamas in an extensive landscape; A fisher and a wolverine; A mink and a polecat; An otter shrew swimming; Four bush dogs; and Indian muntjac deer grazing
seven signed and variously inscribed
watercolour, unframed
5½ x 6in. (14 x 15.2cm.); and smaller (8)

Auction result well in line with expectations

The work A quantity of illustrations including: An aardvark searching for food; A Himalayan black bear in a mountainous landscape; Three llamas in an extensive landscape; A fisher and a wolverine; A mink and a polecat; An otter shrew swimming; Four bush dogs; by Peter Barrett was auctioned at Christies in London in December 2001. The estimated price for the artwork was previously given by the auction house with a range of GBP 300.00 – 500.00, the actual price achieved of GBP 329.00 (€ 537.54) could thus just exceed the lower estimate. Admittedly, works by Peter Barrett have also been auctioned for a multiple of this price - according to our records, the highest result so far was achieved by the work A quantity of illustrations including: A family of orang-utans; A large gathering of guinea baboons; A mouse opossum on a twig; A haitian solenodon searching for food; A kangaroo with a joey in her pouch; Two manatees swimming; Two manatees on the se in December 2001 wit

Auktionsergebnis im Rahmen der Erwartungen

Die Arbeit A quantity of illustrations including: An aardvark searching for food; A Himalayan black bear in a mountainous landscape; Three llamas in an extensive landscape; A fisher and a wolverine; A mink and a polecat; An otter shrew swimming; Four bush dogs; von Peter Barrett kam im Dezember 2001 bei Christies in London zur Auktion. Der Schätzpreis für das Kunstwerk wurde von dem Auktionshaus zuvor mit einer Spanne von GBP 300,00 – 500,00 angegeben, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis von GBP 329,00 (€ 537,54) konnte den unteren Schätzpreis somit knapp übertreffen. Freilich wurden Arbeiten von Peter Barrett auch schon für ein Vielfaches dieses Preises versteigert – das bisher höchste Ergebnis erzielte nach unseren Aufzeichnungen die Arbeit [A quantity of illustrations including: A family of orang-utans; A large gathering of guinea baboons; A mouse opossum on a twig; A haitian solenodon searching for food; A kangaroo with a joey in her pouch; Two manatees swimming; Two ma

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