Sir John Everett Millais, PRA
Forget-Me-Not
Estimate: 200.000 - 300.000 GBP
Price realised: 302.700 GBP
Price realised: 302.700 GBP
Description
Sir John Everett Millais, PRA (British, 1829-1896)
Forget-Me-Not
signed with monogram and dated '1883' (lower left)
oil on canvas
84 x 63.5cm (33 1/16 x 25in).
The artist and his wife, Effie, Lady Millais. | Her bequest (will of 26 July 1897, Scottish Probate Office) to their son John Guille Millais. | Sold by John Guille Millais, Christie's, 26 May 1900 (lot 100), bought by Sir James Kitson, Bart. (later 1st Baron Airedale), Gledhow Hall, Leeds, 1,500 guineas. | By descent to his daughter Emily Kitson. | Sold from her estate, Tower Lodge, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, 28 November 1961, bought by her first cousin once removed Grosvenor Talbot Griffith, Old Swindon House, Swindon Village, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. | Bequeathed to the present owners. | Private collection, UK.
Forget-Me-Not
signed with monogram and dated '1883' (lower left)
oil on canvas
84 x 63.5cm (33 1/16 x 25in).
The artist and his wife, Effie, Lady Millais. | Her bequest (will of 26 July 1897, Scottish Probate Office) to their son John Guille Millais. | Sold by John Guille Millais, Christie's, 26 May 1900 (lot 100), bought by Sir James Kitson, Bart. (later 1st Baron Airedale), Gledhow Hall, Leeds, 1,500 guineas. | By descent to his daughter Emily Kitson. | Sold from her estate, Tower Lodge, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, 28 November 1961, bought by her first cousin once removed Grosvenor Talbot Griffith, Old Swindon House, Swindon Village, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. | Bequeathed to the present owners. | Private collection, UK.
Upper estimated price slightly exceeded
In March this year Bonhams held the auction 19th Century and British Impressionist Art, which included the work Forget-Me-Not by John Everett Millais. Here, the upper estimate of GBP 300,000.00 was slightly exceeded - the artwork found a new owner for GBP 302,700.00 (€ 344,379.72). Admittedly, works by John Everett Millais have also been auctioned for a multiple of this price - according to our records, the highest result so far was achieved by the work Sisters in July 2013 with an auction result of GBP 2,301,875.00 (€ 2,630,293.40).
Oberer Schätzpreis leicht übertroffen
Im März diesen Jahres führte Bonhams die Auktion 19th Century and British Impressionist Art durch, in der auch die Arbeit Forget-Me-Not von John Everett Millais zur Versteigerung kam. Dabei wurde der obere Schätzpreis von GBP 300.000,00 leicht übertroffen – das Kunstwerk fand für GBP 302.700,00 (€ 344.379,72) einen neuen Besitzer. Freilich wurden Arbeiten von John Everett Millais auch schon für ein Vielfaches dieses Preises versteigert – das bisher höchste Ergebnis erzielte nach unseren Aufzeichnungen die Arbeit Sisters im Juli 2013 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von GBP 2.301.875,00 (€ 2.630.293,40).
John Everett Millais - Auction history
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