Sir Muirhead Bone
Manhattan Excavation (Campbell & Dodgson 390)
Estimate: 800 - 1.200 GBP
Price realised: 2.250 GBP
Price realised: 2.250 GBP
Description
Sir Muirhead Bone (1876-1953)
Manhattan Excavation (Campbell & Dodgson 390)
drypoint, 1928, on wove paper, seventeenth or eighteenth state (of nineteen), signed in pencil, one of a total of 151 copies in all, with margins, a very small abrasion in the lower image, with pale light- and mount-staining, unobtrusive scattered foxing in the margins, remains of old glue to the right sheet edge on the reverse, with associated discolouration, otherwise in good condition, framed
P. 314 x 258 mm., S. 394 x 329 mm.
Manhattan Excavation (Campbell & Dodgson 390)
drypoint, 1928, on wove paper, seventeenth or eighteenth state (of nineteen), signed in pencil, one of a total of 151 copies in all, with margins, a very small abrasion in the lower image, with pale light- and mount-staining, unobtrusive scattered foxing in the margins, remains of old glue to the right sheet edge on the reverse, with associated discolouration, otherwise in good condition, framed
P. 314 x 258 mm., S. 394 x 329 mm.
Upper estimate price exceeded by 88 %.
This artwork by David Muirhead Bone achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in London in June 2008. In the Prints & Multiples auction, the work Manhattan Excavation (Campbell & Dodgson 390) sold for GBP 2,250.00 (€ 2,844.08) - well above the upper estimate of GBP 1,200.00. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by David Muirhead Bone - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work Soho Square, London, which sold at auction in June 2001 for GBP 5,287.50 (€ 8,783.59).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 88 % übertroffen
Dieses Kunstwerk von David Muirhead Bone erzielte im Juni 2008 bei Christies in London einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Prints & Multiples wurde die Arbeit Manhattan Excavation (Campbell & Dodgson 390) für GBP 2.250,00 (€ 2.844,08) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 1.200,00. Für andere Arbeiten von David Muirhead Bone mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit Soho Square, London beobachtet, die im Juni 2001 für GBP 5.287,50 (€ 8.783,59) versteigert wurde.
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