William Alexander
A Sheet of Figure And Animals Studies, Including A Man Looking Over A Wall And Cats Sleeping
Estimate: 800 - 1.200 GBP
Price realised: 1.920 GBP
Price realised: 1.920 GBP
Description
William Alexander (1767-1816)
A sheet of figure and animals studies, including a man looking over a wall and cats sleeping
pencil with grey, ochre and pink wash
4½ x 6¾ in. (11.5 x 17.2 cm.)
A sheet of figure and animals studies, including a man looking over a wall and cats sleeping
pencil with grey, ochre and pink wash
4½ x 6¾ in. (11.5 x 17.2 cm.)
Upper estimate price exceeded by 60 %.
The work A Sheet of Figure And Animals Studies, Including A Man Looking Over A Wall And Cats Sleeping by William Alexander was auctioned at Christies in London in June 2007. It achieved a price of GBP 1,920.00 (€ 2,849.18), exceeding the upper end of the estimate range by 60%. Admittedly, works by William Alexander have also been auctioned for a multiple of this price - according to our records, the highest result so far was achieved by the work Walls enclosing a city or town called Pou-een-gin, November 3rd 1793 in November 2019 with an auction result of GBP 16,250.00 (€ 19,081.47).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 60 % übertroffen
Die Arbeit A Sheet of Figure And Animals Studies, Including A Man Looking Over A Wall And Cats Sleeping von William Alexander kam im Juni 2007 bei Christies in London zur Auktion. Sie erzielte dabei einen Preis von GBP 1.920,00 (€ 2.849,18) und übertraf damit das obere Ende der Schätzpreisspanne um 60%. Freilich wurden Arbeiten von William Alexander auch schon für ein Vielfaches dieses Preises versteigert – das bisher höchste Ergebnis erzielte nach unseren Aufzeichnungen die Arbeit Walls enclosing a city or town called Pou-een-gin, November 3rd 1793 im November 2019 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von GBP 16.250,00 (€ 19.081,47).
William Alexander - Auction history
![William Alexander - The Costume of China. London: William Miller, 1805 [watermarked 1794-1802]. 4° (327 x 265mm). 48 hand-coloured aquatint plates after Alexander. (Without half-title or dedication as often, occasional spotting, some offsetting onto text leaves, one plate wi](/images/william-alexander_the-costume-of-china-london-william-miller-1805-watermarked-1794-1802-4deg-327-x-265mm-48-hand-coloured-aquatint-plates-after-alexander-without-half-title-or-dedication-as-often-occasional-spotting-some-offsetting-onto-text-leaves-one-pl_AID596912_320x320.jpg)
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