Thomas Waterman Wood
A Critical Moment
Estimate: 60.000 - 80.000 USD
Price realised: 68.750 USD
Price realised: 68.750 USD
Description
Thomas Waterman Wood
1823 - 1903
A CRITICAL MOMENT
The present work refers to another painting of the same theme by the artist, Fresh Eggs, from 1881. When that work was shown at the Inter-States Exhibition in Chicago in the same year, it drew the attention of Daniel L. Wells, a successful Milwaukee businessman and art collector who commissioned Wood to paint another version of it for his collection. He did not want an exact copy, so Wood made a few changes, among them altering the viewing angle
We thank Paul Worman for his assistance in the cataloguing of this lot.
signed T.W. Wood and 1882 (lower left)
oil on canvas
30 by 20 inches
Daniel L. Wells, Milwaukee (acquired directly from the artist) | Bradley King Criley, Los Angeles
1823 - 1903
A CRITICAL MOMENT
The present work refers to another painting of the same theme by the artist, Fresh Eggs, from 1881. When that work was shown at the Inter-States Exhibition in Chicago in the same year, it drew the attention of Daniel L. Wells, a successful Milwaukee businessman and art collector who commissioned Wood to paint another version of it for his collection. He did not want an exact copy, so Wood made a few changes, among them altering the viewing angle
We thank Paul Worman for his assistance in the cataloguing of this lot.
signed T.W. Wood and 1882 (lower left)
oil on canvas
30 by 20 inches
Daniel L. Wells, Milwaukee (acquired directly from the artist) | Bradley King Criley, Los Angeles
Auction result well in line with expectations
The work A Critical Moment by Thomas Waterman Wood was auctioned at Sothebys in New York in April 2015. The price achieved of USD 68,750.00 (€ 61,592.90) was within expectations - the estimate range had previously been set by the auction house as USD 60,000.00 – 80,000.00. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Thomas Waterman Wood - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work Arguing the Question, which sold at auction in May 2007 for USD 180,000.00 (€ 133,799.15).
Auktionsergebnis im Rahmen der Erwartungen
Die Arbeit A Critical Moment von Thomas Waterman Wood kam im April 2015 bei Sothebys in New York zur Auktion. Der dabei erzielte Preis von USD 68.750,00 (€ 61.592,90) lag im Rahmen der Erwartungen – die Schätzpreisspanne war von dem Auktionshaus zuvor mit USD 60.000,00 – 80.000,00 angegeben worden. Für andere Arbeiten von Thomas Waterman Wood mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit Arguing the Question beobachtet, die im Mai 2007 für USD 180.000,00 (€ 133.799,15) versteigert wurde.
Thomas Waterman Wood - Auction history
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