Walter Crane, R.W.S.
Pegasus
Found at
Christies,
London
British Art: Victorian, Pre-Raphaelite & British Impressionist Art, Lot 118
12.Dez - 12.Dez.2019
British Art: Victorian, Pre-Raphaelite & British Impressionist Art, Lot 118
12.Dez - 12.Dez.2019
Estimate: 30.000 - 50.000 GBP
Price realised: 68.750 GBP
Price realised: 68.750 GBP
Description
signed with device and dated '18/89' (lower left) and further signed and inscribed 'No.2. R.W.S. PEGASUS./Walter Crane A.R.W.S.: /Beaumont Lodge./Shepherd's Bush. London/W3' (on the artist's label attached to the stretcher)
pencil, watercolour and bodycolour with gum arabic on paper laid on linen
28 x 28 in. (71 x 71 cm.)
Albert Dawson (†); Christie's, London, 3 June 2004, lot 177.
pencil, watercolour and bodycolour with gum arabic on paper laid on linen
28 x 28 in. (71 x 71 cm.)
Albert Dawson (†); Christie's, London, 3 June 2004, lot 177.
Upper estimate price exceeded by 38 %.
The work Pegasus by Walter Crane was sold in the British Art: Victorian, Pre-Raphaelite & British Impressionist Art auction at Christies in London in December 2019. It achieved a price of GBP 68,750.00 (€ 81,254.45), exceeding the upper end of the estimate range by 38%. Admittedly, works by Walter Crane have also been auctioned for a multiple of this price - according to our records, the highest result so far was achieved 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 38 % übertroffen
Die Arbeit Pegasus von Walter Crane wurde im Dezember 2019 in der Auktion British Art: Victorian, Pre-Raphaelite & British Impressionist Art bei Christies in London versteigert. Sie erzielte dabei einen Preis von GBP 68.750,00 (€ 81.254,45) und übertraf damit das obere Ende der Schätzpreisspanne um 38%. Freilich wurden Arbeiten von Walter Crane auch schon für ein Vielfaches dieses Preises versteigert – das bisher höchste Ergebnis erzielte nach unseren Aufzeichnungen 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).
Walter Crane - Auction history
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