Sir Joshua Reynolds, P.R.A.
Girl Leaning On A Pedestal, Or The Laughing Girl
Found at
Sothebys,
London
Old Masters Day Sale, Lot 164
5. Dec - 5. Dec 2019
Old Masters Day Sale, Lot 164
5. Dec - 5. Dec 2019
Estimate: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Description
Property from a European Private Collection
SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS, P.R.A.
Plympton, Devon 1723 - 1792 London
Girl leaning on a pedestal, or The Laughing Girl
oil on canvas
75.6 x 62.7 cm.; 29¾ x 24⅝ in.
George Francis Wyndham, 4th Earl of Egremont (1786–1845); | By whom sold, London, Christie's, 21 May 1892, lot 90, to McLean for £194–5s.; | With Donaldson; | With Dowdeswell & Dowdeswell, London, after 1887 (purchased from the above); | T.W. Bacon (purchased from the above for £300 in 1894); | By descent to A.W. Bacon; | By whom sold, London, Sotheby's, 15 March 1978, lot 37 (as The Laughing Girl), where acquired by the family of the prese
SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS, P.R.A.
Plympton, Devon 1723 - 1792 London
Girl leaning on a pedestal, or The Laughing Girl
oil on canvas
75.6 x 62.7 cm.; 29¾ x 24⅝ in.
George Francis Wyndham, 4th Earl of Egremont (1786–1845); | By whom sold, London, Christie's, 21 May 1892, lot 90, to McLean for £194–5s.; | With Donaldson; | With Dowdeswell & Dowdeswell, London, after 1887 (purchased from the above); | T.W. Bacon (purchased from the above for £300 in 1894); | By descent to A.W. Bacon; | By whom sold, London, Sotheby's, 15 March 1978, lot 37 (as The Laughing Girl), where acquired by the family of the prese
Artwork auctioned at four times the upper estimate price
When the work Girl Leaning On A Pedestal, Or The Laughing Girl by Joshua Reynolds was auctioned at Sothebys in London in December 2019, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - GBP 40,000.00 but the actual price achieved was more than four times as high at GBP 193,750.00 (€ 228,989.82). Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by Joshua Reynolds achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work Portrait of Lady Frances Marsham, later Countess of Romney (1755-1795), full-length, in a yellow dress and pink shawl, in a park landscape in July 2014 with an auction result of GBP 4,786,500.00 (€ 6,037,281.44).
Kunstwerk zum Vierfachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert
Als die Arbeit Girl Leaning On A Pedestal, Or The Laughing Girl von Joshua Reynolds im Dezember 2019 bei Sothebys in London versteigert wurde, übertraf das Ergebnis die Erwartungen um ein Vielfaches. Der obere Schätzpreis war mit – rückwirkend betrachtet recht bescheidenen – GBP 40.000,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit GBP 193.750,00 (€ 228.989,82) mehr als viermal so hoch. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von Joshua Reynolds erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit Portrait of Lady Frances Marsham, later Countess of Romney (1755-1795), full-length, in a yellow dress and pink shawl, in a park landscape im Juli 2014 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von GBP 4.786.500,00 (€ 6.037.281,44).
Joshua Reynolds - Auction history
