Thomas Girtin
Dryburgh Abbey, Berwickshire
Estimate: 50.000 - 80.000 USD
Price realised: 52.500 USD
Price realised: 52.500 USD
Description
Thomas Girtin
SOUTHWARK 1775-1802 LONDON
DRYBURGH ABBEY, BERWICKSHIRE
Watercolor over pencil heightened with stopping out and gum arabic
207 by 165 mm; 8 1/8 by 6 1/2 in
Charles Plumptre Johnson, Sevenoaks, Kent; | his executors' sale, London, Sotheby's, 22 April 1942, lot 59, to the artist's great-grandson, Thomas Girtin (1874-1961); | by descent to his son, Thomas Girtin (1912-1994); | his sale, London, Sotheby's, 14 July 1994, lot 103, illustrated on the front cover (detail); | where acquired by the present owner
SOUTHWARK 1775-1802 LONDON
DRYBURGH ABBEY, BERWICKSHIRE
Watercolor over pencil heightened with stopping out and gum arabic
207 by 165 mm; 8 1/8 by 6 1/2 in
Charles Plumptre Johnson, Sevenoaks, Kent; | his executors' sale, London, Sotheby's, 22 April 1942, lot 59, to the artist's great-grandson, Thomas Girtin (1874-1961); | by descent to his son, Thomas Girtin (1912-1994); | his sale, London, Sotheby's, 14 July 1994, lot 103, illustrated on the front cover (detail); | where acquired by the present owner
Auction result well in line with expectations
The work Dryburgh Abbey, Berwickshire by Thomas Girtin was sold in the Old Master Drawings auction at Sothebys in New York in January 2017. The estimated price for the artwork was previously given by the auction house with a range of USD 50,000.00 – 80,000.00, the actual price achieved of USD 52,500.00 (€ 48,638.13) could thus just exceed the lower estimate. Admittedly, works by Thomas Girtin have also been auctioned for a multiple of this price - according to our records, the highest result so far was achieved by the work Durham Cathedral And Castle in July 2010 with an auction result of GBP 265,250.00 (€ 318,933.24).
Auktionsergebnis im Rahmen der Erwartungen
Die Arbeit Dryburgh Abbey, Berwickshire von Thomas Girtin wurde im Januar 2017 in der Auktion Old Master Drawings bei Sothebys in New York versteigert. Der Schätzpreis für das Kunstwerk wurde von dem Auktionshaus zuvor mit einer Spanne von USD 50.000,00 – 80.000,00 angegeben, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis von USD 52.500,00 (€ 48.638,13) konnte den unteren Schätzpreis somit knapp übertreffen. Freilich wurden Arbeiten von Thomas Girtin auch schon für ein Vielfaches dieses Preises versteigert – das bisher höchste Ergebnis erzielte nach unseren Aufzeichnungen die Arbeit Durham Cathedral And Castle im Juli 2010 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von GBP 265.250,00 (€ 318.933,24).
Thomas Girtin - Auction history
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