Theodore Howard Somervell - The Matterhorn

Theodore Howard Somervell

The Matterhorn

Found at Christies, London
Travel, Science & Natural History, Lot 236
10. Oct - 10. Oct 2013
Estimate: 1.000 - 1.500 GBP
Price realised: 5.250 GBP
Description
Theodore Howard Somervell (1890-1975)
The Matterhorn
signed a dated on a label attached to the watercolour 'T.H.Somervell 1965' (lower left)
pencil and bodycolour on brown paper
12½ x 11½in. (31.7 x 29.2cm.)
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Artwork auctioned at three times the upper estimate price

When the work The Matterhorn by Theodore Howard Somervell was auctioned at Christies in London in October 2013, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - GBP 1,500.00 but the actual price achieved was more than three times as high at GBP 5,250.00 (€ 6,205.46). Despite this good result, it is not the highest hammer price for an artwork by Theodore Howard Somervell; that achieved among the auctions we observed the lot The Matterhorn sold at auction in September 2007 with the realized price of GBP 4,375.00 (€ 6,273.43).

Kunstwerk zum Dreifachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert

Als die Arbeit The Matterhorn von Theodore Howard Somervell im Oktober 2013 bei Christies in London versteigert wurde, übertraf das Ergebnis die Erwartungen um ein Vielfaches. Der obere Schätzpreis war mit – rückwirkend betrachtet recht bescheidenen – GBP 1.500,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit GBP 5.250,00 (€ 6.205,46) mehr als dreimal so hoch. Trotz des guten Ergebnisses ist dies nicht der höchste Zuschlag für ein Kunstwerk von Theodore Howard Somervell; den erzielte unter den von uns beobachteten Auktionen die Arbeit The Matterhorn im September 2007 mit dem Hammerpreis von GBP 4.375,00 (€ 6.273,43).

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