Bryan De Grineau
Air stewardesses in training for their highly complicated job: Instructors and pupils outside the 'mock up' of a Hermes aircraft at the B.O.A.C. Stewards' (illustrated); and God-speed and bon voyage! Her Majesty's departure from London Airport, as th
Found at
Christies,
London
Christie's Interiors, Lot 46
7. Oct - 7. Oct 2014
Christie's Interiors, Lot 46
7. Oct - 7. Oct 2014
Estimate: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Description
Bryan De Grineau (1883-1957)
Air stewardesses in training for their highly complicated job: Instructors and pupils outside the 'mock up' of a Hermes aircraft at the B.O.A.C. Stewards' (illustrated); and God-speed and bon voyage! Her Majesty's departure from London Airport, as the airliner left for the first stage of the Queen's six month circumnavigation of the Globe
the first signed, inscribed and dated 'BRYAN DE GRINEAU/B.O.A.C. HESTON/1951' (lower left); the second signed and inscribed 'BRYAN DE GRINEAU-/LONDON AIRPORT' (lower right)
pencil and black chalk heightened with white; unframed
21 x 30 in. (53.4 x 76 cm.); and similar
(2)
Air stewardesses in training for their highly complicated job: Instructors and pupils outside the 'mock up' of a Hermes aircraft at the B.O.A.C. Stewards' (illustrated); and God-speed and bon voyage! Her Majesty's departure from London Airport, as the airliner left for the first stage of the Queen's six month circumnavigation of the Globe
the first signed, inscribed and dated 'BRYAN DE GRINEAU/B.O.A.C. HESTON/1951' (lower left); the second signed and inscribed 'BRYAN DE GRINEAU-/LONDON AIRPORT' (lower right)
pencil and black chalk heightened with white; unframed
21 x 30 in. (53.4 x 76 cm.); and similar
(2)
Upper estimate price exceeded by 88 %.
This artwork by Bryan de Grineau achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in London in October 2014. In the Christie's Interiors auction, the work Air stewardesses in training for their highly complicated job: Instructors and pupils outside the 'mock up' of a Hermes aircraft at the B.O.A.C. Stewards' (illustrated); and God-speed and bon voyage! Her Majesty's departure from London Airport, as th sold for GBP 1,125.00 (€ 1,436.46) - well above the upper estimate of GBP 600.00. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Bryan de Grineau - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work I Spy Strangers: Churchill, which sold at auction in March 2018 for GBP 5,000.00 (€ 5,692.78).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 88 % übertroffen
Dieses Kunstwerk von Bryan de Grineau erzielte im Oktober 2014 bei Christies in London einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Christie's Interiors wurde die Arbeit Air stewardesses in training for their highly complicated job: Instructors and pupils outside the 'mock up' of a Hermes aircraft at the B.O.A.C. Stewards' (illustrated); and God-speed and bon voyage! Her Majesty's departure from London Airport, as th für GBP 1.125,00 (€ 1.436,46) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 600,00. Für andere Arbeiten von Bryan de Grineau mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit I Spy Strangers: Churchill beobachtet, die im März 2018 für GBP 5.000,00 (€ 5.692,78) versteigert wurde.
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