Peter Barrett
A quantity of illustrations of various subjects including: A prowling tiger; Tiny little Tina sitting amongst the daisies; Toad and the angry washerwoman; A mantis and a gecko; A field blossoming with flowers; A Continental landscape by a lake; A lar
Found at
Christies,
London
BRITISH AND CONTINENTAL DRAWINGS AND WATERCOLOURS AND ILLUST, Lot 172
6. Dec - 6. Dec 2001
BRITISH AND CONTINENTAL DRAWINGS AND WATERCOLOURS AND ILLUST, Lot 172
6. Dec - 6. Dec 2001
Estimate: 300 - 500 GBP
Price realised: 494 GBP
Price realised: 494 GBP
Description
Peter Barrett (b.1935)
A quantity of illustrations of various subjects including: A prowling tiger; Tiny little Tina sitting amongst the daisies; Toad and the angry washerwoman; A mantis and a gecko; A field blossoming with flowers; A Continental landscape by a lake; A large number of insects amongst the roses; and A scorpion hiding in a wall with a lizard below
all signed and variously inscribed
pencil and watercolour, unframed
17¾ x 14in. (45 x 35.5cm.); and smaller (8)
A quantity of illustrations of various subjects including: A prowling tiger; Tiny little Tina sitting amongst the daisies; Toad and the angry washerwoman; A mantis and a gecko; A field blossoming with flowers; A Continental landscape by a lake; A large number of insects amongst the roses; and A scorpion hiding in a wall with a lizard below
all signed and variously inscribed
pencil and watercolour, unframed
17¾ x 14in. (45 x 35.5cm.); and smaller (8)
Auction result well in line with expectations
The work A quantity of illustrations of various subjects including: A prowling tiger; Tiny little Tina sitting amongst the daisies; Toad and the angry washerwoman; A mantis and a gecko; A field blossoming with flowers; A Continental landscape by a lake; A lar by Peter Barrett was sold in the BRITISH AND CONTINENTAL DRAWINGS AND WATERCOLOURS AND ILLUST auction at Christies in London in December 2001. It changed hands for a price of GBP 493.50 (€ 806.31) achieving a result in the upper range of the estimate price range of GBP 300.00 – 500.00. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Peter Barrett - we have observed the highest auction result to date for 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, which sold at au
Auktionsergebnis im Rahmen der Erwartungen
Die Arbeit A quantity of illustrations of various subjects including: A prowling tiger; Tiny little Tina sitting amongst the daisies; Toad and the angry washerwoman; A mantis and a gecko; A field blossoming with flowers; A Continental landscape by a lake; A lar von Peter Barrett wurde im Dezember 2001 in der Auktion BRITISH AND CONTINENTAL DRAWINGS AND WATERCOLOURS AND ILLUST bei Christies in London versteigert. Dabei wechselte sie für einen Preis von GBP 493,50 (€ 806,31) den Besitzer und erzielte damit ein Ergebnis im oberen Bereich der Schätzpreisspanne von GBP 300,00 – 500,00. Für andere Arbeiten von Peter Barrett mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für 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 mana
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