Walter Crane, R.W.S.
La Belle Dame Sans Merci
Estimate: 20.000 - 30.000 GBP
Price realised: 46.850 GBP
Price realised: 46.850 GBP
Description
Walter Crane, R.W.S.
1845-1915
LA BELLE DAME SANS MERCI
signed and dated l.l.: WCrane March 1865
oil on canvas
48 by 58cm.; 19 by 23in.
Purchased from the artist by Mr Brown of Selkirk; | Sotheby's, 18 June 1985, lot 24; | Christopher Wood Gallery, London; | Private collection
1845-1915
LA BELLE DAME SANS MERCI
signed and dated l.l.: WCrane March 1865
oil on canvas
48 by 58cm.; 19 by 23in.
Purchased from the artist by Mr Brown of Selkirk; | Sotheby's, 18 June 1985, lot 24; | Christopher Wood Gallery, London; | Private collection
Upper estimate price exceeded by 56 %.
The work La Belle Dame Sans Merci by Walter Crane was sold in the Victorian & Edwardian Art auction at Sothebys in London in May 2011. The »bidding war« ended at GBP 46,850.00 (€ 53,573.12), 56% above the upper estimate. Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by Walter Crane achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work The Fate of Persephone that fair field Of Enna, where Proserpine, gathering flowers, Herself a fairer flower, by gloomy Dis Was gathered. (Paradise Lost, Book IV, lines 268-71) in June 2002 with an auction result of GBP 424,650.00 (€ 656,837.38).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 56 % übertroffen
Die Arbeit La Belle Dame Sans Merci von Walter Crane wurde im Mai 2011 in der Auktion Victorian & Edwardian Art bei Sothebys in London versteigert. Das »Bietergefecht« endete beim Preis von GBP 46.850,00 (€ 53.573,12) und damit 56% über dem oberen Schätzpreis. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von Walter Crane erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit The Fate of Persephone that fair field Of Enna, where Proserpine, gathering flowers, Herself a fairer flower, by gloomy Dis Was gathered. (Paradise Lost, Book IV, lines 268-71) im Juni 2002 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von GBP 424.650,00 (€ 656.837,38).
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