Sir William Nicholson

Gurnards

Found at Christies, London
Annabel's, Lot 32
20.Nov - 20.Nov.2018
Estimate: 25.000 - 40.000 GBP
Price realised: 102.500 GBP
signed 'Nicholson' (lower centre)
oil on canvas
11¾ x 16 in. (29.8 x 40.6 cm.)
Painted in 1931.
with Leicester Galleries, London. | T.E. Milligan Grundy, 1943. | with Roland, Browse & Delbanco, London, 1949. | 1st Baron Wilmot, 1956, and by descent to Lady Wilmot. | Her sale; Sotheby's, London, 16 December 1964, lot 36. | with Marlborough Fine Art, London. | Acquired by Mark Birley by 1990.

Upper estimate price exceeded by more than 100%

This artwork by Sir William Nicholson achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in London in November 2018. In the Annabel's auction, the work Gurnards sold for GBP 102,500.00 (€ 115,616.89) - well above the upper estimate of GBP 40,000.00. Admittedly, works by Sir William Nicholson have also been auctioned for a multiple of this price - according to our records, the highest result so far was achieved by the work Sunflowers in March this year with an auction result of GBP 756,000.00 (€ 860,096.03).

Oberer Schätzpreis um mehr als 100% übertroffen

Dieses Kunstwerk von Sir William Nicholson erzielte im November 2018 bei Christies in London einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Annabel's wurde die Arbeit Gurnards für GBP 102.500,00 (€ 115.616,89) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 40.000,00. Freilich wurden Arbeiten von Sir William Nicholson auch schon für ein Vielfaches dieses Preises versteigert – das bisher höchste Ergebnis erzielte nach unseren Aufzeichnungen die Arbeit Sunflowers im März diesen Jahres mit einem Auktionsergebnis von GBP 756.000,00 (€ 860.096,03).

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