Walter Crane, R.W.S.
Three illustrations and a preparatory study for Arthur Kelly's The Rosebud and Other Tales - 'The Lawn Tennis Ball'
Found at
Christies,
London
Christie's Interiors, Lot 488
7. Dec - 7. Dec 2010
Christie's Interiors, Lot 488
7. Dec - 7. Dec 2010
Estimate: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Description
Walter Crane, R.W.S. (1845-1915)
Three illustrations and a preparatory study for Arthur Kelly's The Rosebud and Other Tales - 'The Lawn Tennis Ball'
one signed with monogram (upper left) and three signed with monogram (lower left) and inscribed 'THE LAWN. TENNIS. BALL.' (lower left)
pen and black ink and watercolour, one heightened with white, three in one frame
8 x 6 in. (20.3 x 15.3 cm.) (4)
Three illustrations and a preparatory study for Arthur Kelly's The Rosebud and Other Tales - 'The Lawn Tennis Ball'
one signed with monogram (upper left) and three signed with monogram (lower left) and inscribed 'THE LAWN. TENNIS. BALL.' (lower left)
pen and black ink and watercolour, one heightened with white, three in one frame
8 x 6 in. (20.3 x 15.3 cm.) (4)
Auction result well in line with expectations
The work Three illustrations and a preparatory study for Arthur Kelly's The Rosebud and Other Tales - 'The Lawn Tennis Ball' by Walter Crane was auctioned at Christies in London in December 2010. The estimated price for the artwork was previously given by the auction house with a range of GBP 4,000.00 – 6,000.00, the actual price achieved of GBP 4,375.00 (€ 5,074.99) could thus just exceed the lower 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).
Auktionsergebnis im Rahmen der Erwartungen
Die Arbeit Three illustrations and a preparatory study for Arthur Kelly's The Rosebud and Other Tales - 'The Lawn Tennis Ball' von Walter Crane kam im Dezember 2010 bei Christies in London zur Auktion. Der Schätzpreis für das Kunstwerk wurde von dem Auktionshaus zuvor mit einer Spanne von GBP 4.000,00 – 6.000,00 angegeben, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis von GBP 4.375,00 (€ 5.074,99) konnte den unteren Schätzpreis somit knapp übertreffen. 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).
Walter Crane - Auction history
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