Alan Rogers
Speed Underground
Found at
Christies,
London
Posters With A Purpose: The London Transport Museum Sale, Lot 2
4. Oct - 4. Oct 2012
Posters With A Purpose: The London Transport Museum Sale, Lot 2
4. Oct - 4. Oct 2012
Estimate: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Description
Alan Rogers
SPEED UNDERGROUND
lithograph in colours, 1930, printed by The Broadway Press Ltd., London, condition A-; backed on linen
40 x 24½in. (101 x 62cm.)
SPEED UNDERGROUND
lithograph in colours, 1930, printed by The Broadway Press Ltd., London, condition A-; backed on linen
40 x 24½in. (101 x 62cm.)
A top price for Alan Rogers
This artwork by Alan Rogers achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in London in October 2012. In the Posters With A Purpose: The London Transport Museum Sale auction, the work Speed Underground sold for GBP 6,000.00 (€ 7,459.95) - well above the upper estimate of GBP 3,000.00. This high result makes Speed Underground the most expensive artwork by Alan Rogers that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Alan Rogers
Dieses Kunstwerk von Alan Rogers erzielte im Oktober 2012 bei Christies in London einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Posters With A Purpose: The London Transport Museum Sale wurde die Arbeit Speed Underground für GBP 6.000,00 (€ 7.459,95) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 3.000,00. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Speed Underground zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Alan Rogers, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
Alan Rogers - Auction history
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