Sir William Coldstream
Flower study
Estimate: 800 - 1.200 GBP
Price realised: 5.250 GBP
Price realised: 5.250 GBP
Description
signed with initials 'WMC.' (lower right)
ink
11 7/8 X 7 7/8 in. (30 x 20 cm.)
There is a view of St Magnus Martyr and St Nicholas Cole Abbey, by the same hand, on the reverse.
Samuel Carr was chairman of the publishers B.T. Batsford, and a keen collector of Modern British Art. His brother, the well-known Northern Irish painter Tom Carr, introduced Sam to his Slade School and Euston Road School contemporaries. Sam struck up a particularly close friendship with Victor Pasmore and purchased many works directly from him.
ink
11 7/8 X 7 7/8 in. (30 x 20 cm.)
There is a view of St Magnus Martyr and St Nicholas Cole Abbey, by the same hand, on the reverse.
Samuel Carr was chairman of the publishers B.T. Batsford, and a keen collector of Modern British Art. His brother, the well-known Northern Irish painter Tom Carr, introduced Sam to his Slade School and Euston Road School contemporaries. Sam struck up a particularly close friendship with Victor Pasmore and purchased many works directly from him.
Artwork auctioned at four times the upper estimate price
When the work Flower study by William Coldstream was auctioned at Christies in London in November 2017, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - GBP 1,200.00 but the actual price achieved was more than four times as high at GBP 5,250.00 (€ 5,959.53). Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by William Coldstream achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work Seated Nude in November 2012 with an auction result of GBP 73,250.00 (€ 90,236.57).
Kunstwerk zum Vierfachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert
Als die Arbeit Flower study von William Coldstream im November 2017 bei Christies in London versteigert wurde, übertraf das Ergebnis die Erwartungen um ein Vielfaches. Der obere Schätzpreis war mit – rückwirkend betrachtet recht bescheidenen – GBP 1.200,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit GBP 5.250,00 (€ 5.959,53) mehr als viermal so hoch. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von William Coldstream erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit Seated Nude im November 2012 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von GBP 73.250,00 (€ 90.236,57).
William Coldstream - Auction history
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