Robert Anning Bell, R.A.
'See where my love a-maying goes/with sweet Dame Flora playing.'
Estimate: 1.500 - 2.000 GBP
Price realised: 2.629 GBP
Price realised: 2.629 GBP
Description
Robert Anning Bell, R.A. (1863-1933)
'See where my love a-maying goes/with sweet Dame Flora playing.'
signed 'R.A. Bell.' (lower right) and inscribed '"See where my love a ma[ying goes]/with sweet Dame Flora [playing]"' (on the reverse) and signed again and inscribed 'See where my love a-maying goes/With sweet Dame Flora playing'/Robert Anning Bell A.R.A., R.W.S./...28 Holland Park Road W.14/ NoI' (on the artists' label attached to the reverse of the frame)
black chalk and watercolour, heightened with white, on ordinary pasteboard
15 x 10½ (38.2 x 26.7 cm.)
'See where my love a-maying goes/with sweet Dame Flora playing.'
signed 'R.A. Bell.' (lower right) and inscribed '"See where my love a ma[ying goes]/with sweet Dame Flora [playing]"' (on the reverse) and signed again and inscribed 'See where my love a-maying goes/With sweet Dame Flora playing'/Robert Anning Bell A.R.A., R.W.S./...28 Holland Park Road W.14/ NoI' (on the artists' label attached to the reverse of the frame)
black chalk and watercolour, heightened with white, on ordinary pasteboard
15 x 10½ (38.2 x 26.7 cm.)
Upper estimate price exceeded by 31 %.
The work 'See where my love a-maying goes/with sweet Dame Flora playing.' by Robert Anning Bell was sold in the British Art on Paper auction at Christies in London in November 2003. The »bidding war« ended at GBP 2,629.00 (€ 3,773.97), 31% above the upper estimate. Admittedly, works by Robert Anning Bell have also been auctioned for a multiple of this price - according to our records, the highest result so far was achieved by the work Four Reliefs: A Mermaid; The Fortune Teller; And The Ball Of Wool (Two Linked Designs) in September 2021 with an auction result of GBP 20,000.00 (€ 23,270.28).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 31 % übertroffen
Die Arbeit 'See where my love a-maying goes/with sweet Dame Flora playing.' von Robert Anning Bell wurde im November 2003 in der Auktion British Art on Paper bei Christies in London versteigert. Das »Bietergefecht« endete beim Preis von GBP 2.629,00 (€ 3.773,97) und damit 31% über dem oberen Schätzpreis. Freilich wurden Arbeiten von Robert Anning Bell auch schon für ein Vielfaches dieses Preises versteigert – das bisher höchste Ergebnis erzielte nach unseren Aufzeichnungen die Arbeit Four Reliefs: A Mermaid; The Fortune Teller; And The Ball Of Wool (Two Linked Designs) im September 2021 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von GBP 20.000,00 (€ 23.270,28).
Robert Anning Bell - Auction history
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