William Bell Scott
Thou has left me ever, Jamie
Found at
Christies,
London
Victorian Pre-Raphaelite & British Impressionist Art, Lot 32
11.Jul - 11.Jul.2018
Victorian Pre-Raphaelite & British Impressionist Art, Lot 32
11.Jul - 11.Jul.2018
Estimate: 5.000 - 8.000 GBP
Price realised: 21.250 GBP
Price realised: 21.250 GBP
Description
signed 'W.B. SCOTT' (lower right) and further signed and inscribed 'Thou has left me ever, Jamie,/ Thou has left me ever, Burns./ William B. Scott/ Bellevue House, Chelsea.' (on the backboard)
pencil, watercolour and bodycolour heightened with gum arabic and with scratching out on paper
16 ½ x 26 in. (41.9 x 66 cm.)
Given by the artist to Alice Boyd, Penkill Castle, Ayrshire. | with The Stone Gallery, Newcastle. | Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 15 June 1982, lot 62. | with Julian Hartnoll, London.
pencil, watercolour and bodycolour heightened with gum arabic and with scratching out on paper
16 ½ x 26 in. (41.9 x 66 cm.)
Given by the artist to Alice Boyd, Penkill Castle, Ayrshire. | with The Stone Gallery, Newcastle. | Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 15 June 1982, lot 62. | with Julian Hartnoll, London.
Upper estimate price exceeded by more than 100%
This artwork by William Bell Scott achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in London in July 2018. In the Victorian Pre-Raphaelite & British Impressionist Art auction, the work Thou has left me ever, Jamie sold for GBP 21,250.00 (€ 23,825.92) - well above the upper estimate of GBP 8,000.00. Admittedly, works by William Bell Scott have also been auctioned for a multiple of this price - according to our records, the highest result so far was achieved by the work King Arthur carried to the Land of Enchantment "Some men yet say, in many parts of England, that Arthur is not dead; but by the will of our Lord Jesu, carried into another place, that he will come again, and win the holy cross. And men say there is w in July 2013 with an auction result of GBP 121,875.00 (€ 139,2
Oberer Schätzpreis um mehr als 100% übertroffen
Dieses Kunstwerk von William Bell Scott erzielte im Juli 2018 bei Christies in London einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Victorian Pre-Raphaelite & British Impressionist Art wurde die Arbeit Thou has left me ever, Jamie für GBP 21.250,00 (€ 23.825,92) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 8.000,00. Freilich wurden Arbeiten von William Bell Scott auch schon für ein Vielfaches dieses Preises versteigert – das bisher höchste Ergebnis erzielte nach unseren Aufzeichnungen die Arbeit King Arthur carried to the Land of Enchantment "Some men yet say, in many parts of England, that Arthur is not dead; but by the will of our Lord Jesu, carried into another place, that he will come again, and win the holy cross. And men say there is w im Juli 2013 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von GBP 121.875,00 (€ 139.263,43).
William Bell Scott - Auction history
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