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Wilhelmina Barns-Graham - Meditation (East) II

Wilhelmina Barns-Graham

Meditation (East) II

Found at Christies, London
The Delighted Eye: Works from the Collection of Allen and Beryl Freer, Lot 321
23.Jan - 23.Jan.2020
Estimate: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
signed, inscribed and dated '"MEDITATION/(EAST) II 1967"/W. Barns-Graham' (on the reverse), signed, inscribed and dated again '"MEDITATION/(EAST) 1967"/W. BARNS-GRAHAM' (on the stretcher)
oil on board
16 x 16 in. (41 x 41 cm.)
Painted in 1967.
with Lilian Gethie, Manchester, where purchased by the present owner.

Upper estimate price exceeded by 88 %.

This artwork by Wilhelmina Barns-Graham achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in London in January 2020. In the The Delighted Eye: Works from the Collection of Allen and Beryl Freer auction, the work Meditation (East) II sold for GBP 15,000.00 (€ 17,842.33) - well above the upper estimate of GBP 8,000.00. Admittedly, works by Wilhelmina Barns-Graham have also been auctioned for a multiple of this price - according to our records, the highest result so far was achieved by the work Glacier (Bone) in November 2016 with an auction result of GBP 106,250.00 (€ 125,364.55).

Oberer Schätzpreis um 88 % übertroffen

Dieses Kunstwerk von Wilhelmina Barns-Graham erzielte im Januar 2020 bei Christies in London einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion The Delighted Eye: Works from the Collection of Allen and Beryl Freer wurde die Arbeit Meditation (East) II für GBP 15.000,00 (€ 17.842,33) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 8.000,00. Freilich wurden Arbeiten von Wilhelmina Barns-Graham auch schon für ein Vielfaches dieses Preises versteigert – das bisher höchste Ergebnis erzielte nach unseren Aufzeichnungen die Arbeit Glacier (Bone) im November 2016 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von GBP 106.250,00 (€ 125.364,55).

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