William Blake
The Descent Of Man Into The Vale Of Death
Estimate: 200.000 - 300.000 USD
Price realised: 225.000 USD
Price realised: 225.000 USD
Description
William Blake
LONDON 1757 - 1827
THE DESCENT OF MAN INTO THE VALE OF DEATH
Pen and gray and black ink and watercolor over traces of pencil
234 by 135 mm; 9¼ by 5¼ in
Robert Cromek; | by inheritance to his widow; | Thomas Sivright, | his sale, Edinburgh, C.B. Tait, 10 February 1836, lot 1835 (part of lot); | possibly John Stannard (1795-1881); | by family descent until with Caladonia Books, Glasgow, by 2001; | sale, New York, Sotheby's, 2 May 2006, lot 8
LONDON 1757 - 1827
THE DESCENT OF MAN INTO THE VALE OF DEATH
Pen and gray and black ink and watercolor over traces of pencil
234 by 135 mm; 9¼ by 5¼ in
Robert Cromek; | by inheritance to his widow; | Thomas Sivright, | his sale, Edinburgh, C.B. Tait, 10 February 1836, lot 1835 (part of lot); | possibly John Stannard (1795-1881); | by family descent until with Caladonia Books, Glasgow, by 2001; | sale, New York, Sotheby's, 2 May 2006, lot 8
Auction result well in line with expectations
The work The Descent Of Man Into The Vale Of Death by William Blake was sold in the Master Drawings auction at Sothebys in New York in January 2016. The estimated price for the artwork was previously given by the auction house with a range of USD 200,000.00 – 300,000.00, the actual price achieved of USD 225,000.00 (€ 207,717.87) could thus just exceed the lower estimate. 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).
Auktionsergebnis im Rahmen der Erwartungen
Die Arbeit The Descent Of Man Into The Vale Of Death von William Blake wurde im Januar 2016 in der Auktion Master Drawings bei Sothebys in New York versteigert. Der Schätzpreis für das Kunstwerk wurde von dem Auktionshaus zuvor mit einer Spanne von USD 200.000,00 – 300.000,00 angegeben, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis von USD 225.000,00 (€ 207.717,87) konnte den unteren Schätzpreis somit knapp übertreffen. 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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