Sir Matthew Smith
Mediterranean landscape with trees (i; ii; iii)
Estimate: 600 - 800 GBP
Price realised: 6.875 GBP
Price realised: 6.875 GBP
Description
signed with inititals 'MS' (lower right), signed again 'Matthew Smith' (on the reverse) (ii); signed 'Matthew Smith' (on the reverse) (iii)
watercolour and gouache on paper (i; ii; iii)
4 ¾ x 5 ¾ in. (12 x 14.5 cm.) (i); 6 x 4 5/8 in. (15.2 x 11.7 cm.) (ii); 4 5/8 x 5 ¾ in. (11.7 x 14.5 cm.) (iii)
(3)
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 7 June 1978, lot 128, where purchased by Monty and Barbie Passes, and by descent.
watercolour and gouache on paper (i; ii; iii)
4 ¾ x 5 ¾ in. (12 x 14.5 cm.) (i); 6 x 4 5/8 in. (15.2 x 11.7 cm.) (ii); 4 5/8 x 5 ¾ in. (11.7 x 14.5 cm.) (iii)
(3)
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 7 June 1978, lot 128, where purchased by Monty and Barbie Passes, and by descent.
Artwork auctioned at eight times the upper estimate price
When the work Mediterranean landscape with trees (i; ii; iii) by Matthew Smith was auctioned at Christies in London in September 2020, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - GBP 800.00 but the actual price achieved was more than eight times as high at GBP 6,875.00 (€ 7,580.81). Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by Matthew Smith achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work Connie Martin in January 2020 with an auction result of GBP 212,500.00 (€ 252,766.38).
Kunstwerk zum Achtfachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert
Als die Arbeit Mediterranean landscape with trees (i; ii; iii) von Matthew Smith im September 2020 bei Christies in London versteigert wurde, übertraf das Ergebnis die Erwartungen um ein Vielfaches. Der obere Schätzpreis war mit – rückwirkend betrachtet recht bescheidenen – GBP 800,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit GBP 6.875,00 (€ 7.580,81) mehr als achtmal so hoch. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von Matthew Smith erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit Connie Martin im Januar 2020 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von GBP 212.500,00 (€ 252.766,38).
Matthew Smith - Auction history
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