Walter Crane, R.W.S.
Three illustrations for Arthur Kelly's The Rosebud and Other Tales - 'The Lump of Coal'
Estimate: 4.000 - 6.000 GBP
Price realised: 4.375 GBP
Price realised: 4.375 GBP
Description
Walter Crane, R.W.S. (1845-1915)
Three illustrations for Arthur Kelly's The Rosebud and Other Tales - 'The Lump of Coal'
the first signed with monogram (lower right) and inscribed '"Spring had come"/THE/LUMP OF/COAL' (lower left); the second and third signed with monogram (lower right)
pen and black ink and watercolour, two heightened with white
8 x 6 in. (20.3 x 15.3 cm.) (3)
Three illustrations for Arthur Kelly's The Rosebud and Other Tales - 'The Lump of Coal'
the first signed with monogram (lower right) and inscribed '"Spring had come"/THE/LUMP OF/COAL' (lower left); the second and third signed with monogram (lower right)
pen and black ink and watercolour, two heightened with white
8 x 6 in. (20.3 x 15.3 cm.) (3)
Auction result well in line with expectations
In December 2010 Christies in London held the auction Christie's Interiors, which included the work Three illustrations for Arthur Kelly's The Rosebud and Other Tales - 'The Lump of Coal' by Walter Crane. 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
Im Dezember 2010 führte Christies in London die Auktion Christie's Interiors durch, in der auch die Arbeit Three illustrations for Arthur Kelly's The Rosebud and Other Tales - 'The Lump of Coal' von Walter Crane zur Versteigerung kam. 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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