Robert Dighton
The Contrast
Found at
Sothebys,
London
Old Master & British Drawings including French Masterworks from the Dormeuil Collection, Lot 161
3. Jul - 3. Jul 2013
Old Master & British Drawings including French Masterworks from the Dormeuil Collection, Lot 161
3. Jul - 3. Jul 2013
Estimate: 3.000 - 5.000 GBP
Price realised: 3.125 GBP
Price realised: 3.125 GBP
Description
Robert Dighton
LONDON 1752 - 1814
THE CONTRAST
together with The London Dentist, by the same hand
Quantity: 2
Both pen and black ink and watercolour, heightened with touches of bodycolour, on laid paper;
both signed lower right: Dighton del-, the first inscribed lower left and lower centre: Ve [sic] ave [sic] Drub’a you / Dam-minable The Contrast / you Lye - / Damnable; the second indistinctly inscribed lower left and lower centre
Both, Carington Bowles (1724-1793); | by family descent until sold, London, Sotheby's, 30 April 1953, lot 464 (as an album), bt. Sabin; | with The Sabin Galleries, London; | by whom sold to Jeffrey Rose, 1 May 1953; | his executor's sale, London, Sotheby's, 23 February 1978, the first lot 97; the second lot 62; | with Abbott & Holder, London; | Michael Winner (1934-2012) | Engraved: | for Carington Bowles (1724-1793), the first circa 1783; the se
LONDON 1752 - 1814
THE CONTRAST
together with The London Dentist, by the same hand
Quantity: 2
Both pen and black ink and watercolour, heightened with touches of bodycolour, on laid paper;
both signed lower right: Dighton del-, the first inscribed lower left and lower centre: Ve [sic] ave [sic] Drub’a you / Dam-minable The Contrast / you Lye - / Damnable; the second indistinctly inscribed lower left and lower centre
Both, Carington Bowles (1724-1793); | by family descent until sold, London, Sotheby's, 30 April 1953, lot 464 (as an album), bt. Sabin; | with The Sabin Galleries, London; | by whom sold to Jeffrey Rose, 1 May 1953; | his executor's sale, London, Sotheby's, 23 February 1978, the first lot 97; the second lot 62; | with Abbott & Holder, London; | Michael Winner (1934-2012) | Engraved: | for Carington Bowles (1724-1793), the first circa 1783; the se
Auction result well in line with expectations
In July 2013 Sothebys in London held the auction Old Master & British Drawings including French Masterworks from the Dormeuil Collection, which included the work The Contrast by Robert Dighton. The estimated price for the artwork was previously given by the auction house with a range of GBP 3,000.00 – 5,000.00, the actual price achieved of GBP 3,125.00 (€ 3,570.86) could thus just exceed the lower estimate. Other works by Robert Dighton have already achieved higher auction prices, for example, in July 2013 the work Tally Ho! was auctioned for GBP 4,375.00 (€ 4,999.20).
Auktionsergebnis im Rahmen der Erwartungen
Im Juli 2013 führte Sothebys in London die Auktion Old Master & British Drawings including French Masterworks from the Dormeuil Collection durch, in der auch die Arbeit The Contrast von Robert Dighton zur Versteigerung kam. Der Schätzpreis für das Kunstwerk wurde von dem Auktionshaus zuvor mit einer Spanne von GBP 3.000,00 – 5.000,00 angegeben, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis von GBP 3.125,00 (€ 3.570,86) konnte den unteren Schätzpreis somit knapp übertreffen. Andere Arbeiten von Robert Dighton konnten bereits höhere Auktionspreise erzielen, so wurde im Juli 2013 die Arbeit Tally Ho! für GBP 4.375,00 (€ 4.999,20) versteigert.
Robert Dighton - Auction history
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