Stephen Tennant

Album of figure studies including 'Leda, a sailor and the swan' (illustrated), Elizabeth I and studies of sailors

Found at Christies, London
Christie's Interiors, Lot 523
5. Oct - 5. Oct 2010
Estimate: 400 - 600 GBP
Price realised: 2.250 GBP
Stephen Tennant (1906-1986)
Album of figure studies including 'Leda, a sailor and the swan' (illustrated), Elizabeth I and studies of sailors
two inscribed with titles (lower right)
pencil, pen and black ink and watercolour
13 x 10 in. (33 x 25.4 cm.)

Artwork auctioned at three times the upper estimate price

When the work Album of figure studies including 'Leda, a sailor and the swan' (illustrated), Elizabeth I and studies of sailors by Stephen Tennant was auctioned at Christies in London in October 2010, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - GBP 600.00 but the actual price achieved was more than three times as high at GBP 2,250.00 (€ 2,594.29). Despite this good result, it is not the highest hammer price for an artwork by Stephen Tennant; that achieved among the auctions we observed the lot Six framed studies of sailors for Lascar, A Story of the Maritime Boulevard sold at auction in November 2008 with the realized price of GBP 3,500.00 (€ 4,231.76).

Kunstwerk zum Dreifachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert

Als die Arbeit Album of figure studies including 'Leda, a sailor and the swan' (illustrated), Elizabeth I and studies of sailors von Stephen Tennant im Oktober 2010 bei Christies in London versteigert wurde, übertraf das Ergebnis die Erwartungen um ein Vielfaches. Der obere Schätzpreis war mit – rückwirkend betrachtet recht bescheidenen – GBP 600,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit GBP 2.250,00 (€ 2.594,29) mehr als dreimal so hoch. Trotz des guten Ergebnisses ist dies nicht der höchste Zuschlag für ein Kunstwerk von Stephen Tennant; den erzielte unter den von uns beobachteten Auktionen die Arbeit Six framed studies of sailors for Lascar, A Story of the Maritime Boulevard im November 2008 mit dem Hammerpreis von GBP 3.500,00 (€ 4.231,76).

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