William Blake
The Death of Ezekiel’s Wife
Estimate: 80.000 - 120.000 USD
Price realised: 289.800 USD
Price realised: 289.800 USD
Description
Property from a Distinguished American Private Collection
William Blake
London 1757 - 1827
The Death of Ezekiel’s Wife
Pen and black ink with black and grey washes over pencil, heightened with scratching out
339 by 477 mm; 13 3/8 by 18 5/8 in
Catherine Blake (1762-1831), the artist's wife; | Frederick Tatham (1805-1878); | his sale, London, Sotheby's, 29 April 1862, lot 164 (part of lot), bt. F.T. Palgrave, | Sir Frederick Turner Palgrave (1824-1897), by whom inscribed, verso, | by whom given as a wedding present to Mr and Mrs Henry Adams, | by inheritance to his niece Mrs Robert Homan, née Abigail Adams, | by inheritance to the present owner
William Blake
London 1757 - 1827
The Death of Ezekiel’s Wife
Pen and black ink with black and grey washes over pencil, heightened with scratching out
339 by 477 mm; 13 3/8 by 18 5/8 in
Catherine Blake (1762-1831), the artist's wife; | Frederick Tatham (1805-1878); | his sale, London, Sotheby's, 29 April 1862, lot 164 (part of lot), bt. F.T. Palgrave, | Sir Frederick Turner Palgrave (1824-1897), by whom inscribed, verso, | by whom given as a wedding present to Mr and Mrs Henry Adams, | by inheritance to his niece Mrs Robert Homan, née Abigail Adams, | by inheritance to the present owner
Upper estimate price exceeded by more than 100%
This artwork by William Blake achieved an unexpectedly high price at Sothebys in New York in January 2021. In the Old Master Drawings auction, the work The Death of Ezekiel’s Wife sold for USD 289,800.00 (€ 238,813.35) - well above the upper estimate of USD 120,000.00. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by William Blake - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work The Gambols Of Ghosts According With Their Affections Previous To The Final Judgement, which sold at auction in January 2013 for USD 722,500.00 (€ 531,875.74).
Oberer Schätzpreis um mehr als 100% übertroffen
Dieses Kunstwerk von William Blake erzielte im Januar 2021 bei Sothebys in New York einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Old Master Drawings wurde die Arbeit The Death of Ezekiel’s Wife für USD 289.800,00 (€ 238.813,35) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von USD 120.000,00. Für andere Arbeiten von William Blake mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit The Gambols Of Ghosts According With Their Affections Previous To The Final Judgement beobachtet, die im Januar 2013 für USD 722.500,00 (€ 531.875,74) versteigert wurde.
William Blake - Auction history
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