Edward Lear
The Falls of the Kalama, Albania
Found at
Christies,
London
Victorian & British Impressionist Pictures Including Drawings and Watercolours, Lot 68
15. Dec - 15. Dec 2010
Victorian & British Impressionist Pictures Including Drawings and Watercolours, Lot 68
15. Dec - 15. Dec 2010
Estimate: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Description
Edward Lear (1812-1888)
The Falls of the Kalama, Albania
signed with monogram (lower right) and with inscription 'Falls of the Kalama/Albania/By E. Lear' (on the reverse of the mount)
pencil and watercolour heightened with touches of bodycolour, on paper
6½ x 10¼ in. (16.5 x 26 cm.)
The Falls of the Kalama, Albania
signed with monogram (lower right) and with inscription 'Falls of the Kalama/Albania/By E. Lear' (on the reverse of the mount)
pencil and watercolour heightened with touches of bodycolour, on paper
6½ x 10¼ in. (16.5 x 26 cm.)
Upper estimate price exceeded by 77 %.
This artwork by Edward Lear achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in London in December 2010. In the Victorian & British Impressionist Pictures Including Drawings and Watercolours auction, the work The Falls of the Kalama, Albania sold for GBP 10,625.00 (€ 12,324.97) - 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 Edward Lear achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work Kasr-es-Saiyyad in June 2007 with an auction result of GBP 938,400.00 (€ 1,392,538.40).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 77 % übertroffen
Dieses Kunstwerk von Edward Lear erzielte im Dezember 2010 bei Christies in London einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Victorian & British Impressionist Pictures Including Drawings and Watercolours wurde die Arbeit The Falls of the Kalama, Albania für GBP 10.625,00 (€ 12.324,97) 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 Edward Lear erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit Kasr-es-Saiyyad im Juni 2007 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von GBP 938.400,00 (€ 1.392.538,40).
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