Willem Witsen
Carriages at the Victoria Embankment, London
Estimate: 15.000 - 25.000 EUR
Price realised: 68.500 EUR
Price realised: 68.500 EUR
Description
signed 'Willem Witsen' (lower right)
chalk, watercolour and gouache on paper
485 x 680 mm.
Executed circa 1890.
with Kunsthandel E.J. van Wisselingh, Amsterdam, 1910. | Mrs. I. Insinger, Bilthoven. | (Possibly) Acquired from the above and thence by descent to the present owner.
chalk, watercolour and gouache on paper
485 x 680 mm.
Executed circa 1890.
with Kunsthandel E.J. van Wisselingh, Amsterdam, 1910. | Mrs. I. Insinger, Bilthoven. | (Possibly) Acquired from the above and thence by descent to the present owner.
A top price for Willem Witsen
This artwork by Willem Witsen achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in Amsterdam in June 2017. In the 19th Century & Modern Art auction, the work Carriages at the Victoria Embankment, London sold for EUR 68,500.00 - well above the upper estimate of EUR 25,000.00. This high result makes Carriages at the Victoria Embankment, London the most expensive artwork by Willem Witsen that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Willem Witsen
Dieses Kunstwerk von Willem Witsen erzielte im Juni 2017 bei Christies in Amsterdam einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion 19th Century & Modern Art wurde die Arbeit Carriages at the Victoria Embankment, London für EUR 68.500,00 versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von EUR 25.000,00. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Carriages at the Victoria Embankment, London zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Willem Witsen, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
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