Richard Dadd
Puck
Found at
Sothebys,
London
A GREAT BRITISH COLLECTION: The pictures collected by Sir David and Lady Scott, sold to benefit the Finnis Scott Foundation, Lot 104
19. Nov - 19. Nov 2008
A GREAT BRITISH COLLECTION: The pictures collected by Sir David and Lady Scott, sold to benefit the Finnis Scott Foundation, Lot 104
19. Nov - 19. Nov 2008
Estimate: 300.000 - 500.000 GBP
Price realised: 313.250 GBP
Price realised: 313.250 GBP
Description
Richard Dadd
1817 - 1886
PUCK
signed and dated l.r.: Rd Dadd 1841
oil on canvas
59.2 by 59.2 cm., 23 1/4 by 23 1/4 in.
Henry Farrer (1821-1906), of Green Hammerton Hall, Yorkshire, by whom purchased at the Royal Society of British Artists, 1841; | Major Thomas Birchall, of Ribbleton Hall, Preston, by 1857, and thence by family descent; | John Rickett, 1964; | J. S. Maas and Co, London, where bought by Sir David Scott, 2 December 1975 for £11,500.
1817 - 1886
PUCK
signed and dated l.r.: Rd Dadd 1841
oil on canvas
59.2 by 59.2 cm., 23 1/4 by 23 1/4 in.
Henry Farrer (1821-1906), of Green Hammerton Hall, Yorkshire, by whom purchased at the Royal Society of British Artists, 1841; | Major Thomas Birchall, of Ribbleton Hall, Preston, by 1857, and thence by family descent; | John Rickett, 1964; | J. S. Maas and Co, London, where bought by Sir David Scott, 2 December 1975 for £11,500.
A top price for Richard Dadd - as previously expected
The work Puck by Richard Dadd was auctioned at Sothebys in London in November 2008. The estimated price for the artwork was previously given by the auction house with a range of GBP 300,000.00 – 500,000.00, the actual price achieved of GBP 313,250.00 (€ 378,742.79) could thus just exceed the lower estimate. Even if this result could not surprise positively, Puck is the most expensive artwork by Richard Dadd that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis mit Ansage
Die Arbeit Puck von Richard Dadd kam im November 2008 bei Sothebys in London zur Auktion. Der Schätzpreis für das Kunstwerk wurde von dem Auktionshaus zuvor mit einer Spanne von GBP 300.000,00 – 500.000,00 angegeben, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis von GBP 313.250,00 (€ 378.742,79) konnte den unteren Schätzpreis somit knapp übertreffen. Auch wenn das Ergebnis damit nicht positiv überraschen konnte, ist Puck das teuerste Kunstwerk von Richard Dadd, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
Richard Dadd - Auction history
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