William Blake
Two Studies Of A Baby’S Head, Possibly Hannah Or Elizabeth Ann Linnell
Estimate: 4.000 - 6.000 GBP
Price realised: 11.250 GBP
Price realised: 11.250 GBP
Description
William Blake
LONDON 1757 - 1827
TWO STUDIES OF A BABY’S HEAD, POSSIBLY HANNAH OR ELIZABETH ANN LINNELL
Pencil and watercolour, on laid paper watermarked with a fleur-de-lis;
bears inscription lower right: Portrait of some / Infant by William Blake / vouched by Fed er. Tatham
370 by 260 mm
Catherine Blake, the artist's wife; | Frederick Tatham; | with Quaritch, London; | by whom sold, 30 June 1886, to Walford Graham Robertson; | sold by his executors, London, Christie’s, 22 June 1949, lot 66, bt. Winterbottom; | Alastair Winterbottom; | sale, London, Bonham’s, 11 March 2008, lot 27
LONDON 1757 - 1827
TWO STUDIES OF A BABY’S HEAD, POSSIBLY HANNAH OR ELIZABETH ANN LINNELL
Pencil and watercolour, on laid paper watermarked with a fleur-de-lis;
bears inscription lower right: Portrait of some / Infant by William Blake / vouched by Fed er. Tatham
370 by 260 mm
Catherine Blake, the artist's wife; | Frederick Tatham; | with Quaritch, London; | by whom sold, 30 June 1886, to Walford Graham Robertson; | sold by his executors, London, Christie’s, 22 June 1949, lot 66, bt. Winterbottom; | Alastair Winterbottom; | sale, London, Bonham’s, 11 March 2008, lot 27
Upper estimate price exceeded by 88 %.
This artwork by William Blake achieved an unexpectedly high price at Sothebys in London in July 2014. In the Old Master & British Drawings auction, the work Two Studies Of A Baby’S Head, Possibly Hannah Or Elizabeth Ann Linnell sold for GBP 11,250.00 (€ 14,189.79) - well above the upper estimate of GBP 6,000.00. Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by William Blake achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work The Gambols Of Ghosts According With Their Affections Previous To The Final Judgement in January 2013 with an auction result of USD 722,500.00 (€ 531,875.74).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 88 % übertroffen
Dieses Kunstwerk von William Blake erzielte im Juli 2014 bei Sothebys in London einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Old Master & British Drawings wurde die Arbeit Two Studies Of A Baby’S Head, Possibly Hannah Or Elizabeth Ann Linnell für GBP 11.250,00 (€ 14.189,79) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 6.000,00. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von William Blake erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit The Gambols Of Ghosts According With Their Affections Previous To The Final Judgement im Januar 2013 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von USD 722.500,00 (€ 531.875,74).
William Blake - Auction history
Other artists in this auction
