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- Jacob Epstein
- Blue Primulas
Sir Jacob Epstein
Blue Primulas
Found at
Christies,
London
Modern British Art, Lot 167
29.Sep - 29.Sep.2020
Modern British Art, Lot 167
29.Sep - 29.Sep.2020
Estimate: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Description
signed 'Epstein' (lower right)
gouache on paper
17 ¼ x 22 ¼ in. (43.8 x 56.6 cm.)
Executed circa 1936.
with Arthur Tooth & Sons, London. | Anonymous sale; Christie's, South Kensington, 16 December 2010, lot 29, where purchased by the present owner.
gouache on paper
17 ¼ x 22 ¼ in. (43.8 x 56.6 cm.)
Executed circa 1936.
with Arthur Tooth & Sons, London. | Anonymous sale; Christie's, South Kensington, 16 December 2010, lot 29, where purchased by the present owner.
Upper estimate price exceeded by 75 %.
This artwork by Jacob Epstein achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in London in September 2020. In the Modern British Art auction, the work Blue Primulas sold for GBP 5,250.00 (€ 5,788.98) - well above the upper estimate of GBP 3,000.00. Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by Jacob Epstein achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work Sir Winston Churchill in June 2014 with an auction result of GBP 182,500.00 (€ 228,025.02).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 75 % übertroffen
Dieses Kunstwerk von Jacob Epstein erzielte im September 2020 bei Christies in London einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Modern British Art wurde die Arbeit Blue Primulas für GBP 5.250,00 (€ 5.788,98) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 3.000,00. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von Jacob Epstein erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit Sir Winston Churchill im Juni 2014 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von GBP 182.500,00 (€ 228.025,02).
