Sir Matthew Smith
Peonies and Lilies
Estimate: 30.000 - 50.000 GBP
Price realised: 75.000 GBP
Price realised: 75.000 GBP
Description
oil on canvas
30 1/8 x 25 1/8 in. (76.5 x 63.7 cm.)
Painted in 1927.
with Arthur Tooth & Sons, London. | Purchased at the 1927 exhibition by G.P. Dudley Wallis, Manchester. | with Storran Gallery, London, by 1939, where acquired by Vivien Leigh, Lady Olivier (1913-1967), London, by 1958. | with Lefevre Gallery, London, where acquired by Max Aitken, 1st Lord Beaverbrook (1879-1964) in 1960. | The Beaverbrook Foundation sale; Sotheby's, London, 15 December 2010, lot 120.
30 1/8 x 25 1/8 in. (76.5 x 63.7 cm.)
Painted in 1927.
with Arthur Tooth & Sons, London. | Purchased at the 1927 exhibition by G.P. Dudley Wallis, Manchester. | with Storran Gallery, London, by 1939, where acquired by Vivien Leigh, Lady Olivier (1913-1967), London, by 1958. | with Lefevre Gallery, London, where acquired by Max Aitken, 1st Lord Beaverbrook (1879-1964) in 1960. | The Beaverbrook Foundation sale; Sotheby's, London, 15 December 2010, lot 120.
Upper estimate price exceeded by 50 %.
The work Peonies and Lilies by Matthew Smith was auctioned at Christies in London in November 2019. It achieved a price of GBP 75,000.00 (€ 88,068.34), exceeding the upper end of the estimate range by 50%. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Matthew Smith - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work Connie Martin, which sold at auction in January 2020 for GBP 212,500.00 (€ 252,766.38).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 50 % übertroffen
Die Arbeit Peonies and Lilies von Matthew Smith kam im November 2019 bei Christies in London zur Auktion. Sie erzielte dabei einen Preis von GBP 75.000,00 (€ 88.068,34) und übertraf damit das obere Ende der Schätzpreisspanne um 50%. Für andere Arbeiten von Matthew Smith mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit Connie Martin beobachtet, die im Januar 2020 für GBP 212.500,00 (€ 252.766,38) versteigert wurde.
Matthew Smith - Auction history
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