Edmund Blair Leighton
My Lady Passeth By
Estimate: 100.000 - 150.000 USD
Price realised: 187.500 USD
Price realised: 187.500 USD
Description
signed and dated 'E. BLAIR LEIGHTON. 1914.' (lower left)
oil on canvas
67 x 43 ½ in. (170.2 x 110.5 cm.)
with Reading Fine Art Gallery, Ltd., by September 1973. | Anonymous sale; Phillips, London, 13 December 1976, lot 131, as My Lady Fair. | Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 2 November 1995, lot 223, as My Fair Lady. | Simon Bonython, acquired at the above sale. | Acquired directly from the above by the present owner.
oil on canvas
67 x 43 ½ in. (170.2 x 110.5 cm.)
with Reading Fine Art Gallery, Ltd., by September 1973. | Anonymous sale; Phillips, London, 13 December 1976, lot 131, as My Lady Fair. | Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 2 November 1995, lot 223, as My Fair Lady. | Simon Bonython, acquired at the above sale. | Acquired directly from the above by the present owner.
Upper estimate price exceeded by 25 %.
The work My Lady Passeth By by Edmund Blair Leighton was auctioned at Christies in New York in October 2019. It achieved a price of USD 187,500.00 (€ 168,086.06), exceeding the upper end of the estimate range by 25%. Admittedly, works by Edmund Blair Leighton have also been auctioned for a multiple of this price - according to our records, the highest result so far was achieved by the work God Speed in June 2000 with an auction result of GBP 707,750.00 (€ 1,121,870.87).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 25 % übertroffen
Die Arbeit My Lady Passeth By von Edmund Blair Leighton kam im Oktober 2019 bei Christies in New York zur Auktion. Sie erzielte dabei einen Preis von USD 187.500,00 (€ 168.086,06) und übertraf damit das obere Ende der Schätzpreisspanne um 25%. Freilich wurden Arbeiten von Edmund Blair Leighton auch schon für ein Vielfaches dieses Preises versteigert – das bisher höchste Ergebnis erzielte nach unseren Aufzeichnungen die Arbeit God Speed im Juni 2000 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von GBP 707.750,00 (€ 1.121.870,87).
Edmund Blair Leighton - Auction history
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