William Blake
The Gambols Of Ghosts According With Their Affections Previous To The Final Judgement
Estimate: 400.000 - 600.000 USD
Price realised: 722.500 USD
Price realised: 722.500 USD
Description
William Blake
LONDON 1757 - 1827
THE GAMBOLS OF GHOSTS ACCORDING WITH THEIR AFFECTIONS PREVIOUS TO THE FINAL JUDGEMENT
Pen and black and gray inks and watercolor over traces of pencil, on the original wash-line mount;
traces of pencil inscription on the mount below, largely erased, the last two words may read variously D..l... or virtuously D..l.. and inscribed on the verso on the mount upper left: Not
269 by 207 mm; 10 5/8 by 8 1/8 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 12
LONDON 1757 - 1827
THE GAMBOLS OF GHOSTS ACCORDING WITH THEIR AFFECTIONS PREVIOUS TO THE FINAL JUDGEMENT
Pen and black and gray inks and watercolor over traces of pencil, on the original wash-line mount;
traces of pencil inscription on the mount below, largely erased, the last two words may read variously D..l... or virtuously D..l.. and inscribed on the verso on the mount upper left: Not
269 by 207 mm; 10 5/8 by 8 1/8 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 12
A top price for William Blake
In January 2013 Sothebys in New York held the auction Old Master Drawings, which included the work The Gambols Of Ghosts According With Their Affections Previous To The Final Judgement by William Blake. The »bidding war« ended at USD 722,500.00 (€ 531,875.74), 20% above the upper estimate. With this result, The Gambols Of Ghosts According With Their Affections Previous To The Final Judgement is even the most expensive work of art by William Blake that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für William Blake
Im Januar 2013 führte Sothebys in New York die Auktion Old Master Drawings durch, in der auch die Arbeit The Gambols Of Ghosts According With Their Affections Previous To The Final Judgement von William Blake zur Versteigerung kam. Das »Bietergefecht« endete beim Preis von USD 722.500,00 (€ 531.875,74) und damit 20% über dem oberen Schätzpreis. Mit diesem Ergebnis ist The Gambols Of Ghosts According With Their Affections Previous To The Final Judgement sogar das teuerste Kunstwerk von William Blake, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
William Blake - Auction history
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