Ford Madox Brown

Self Portrait, bust-length, in a brown coat

Found at Christies, London
Victorian & British Impressionist Pictures Including Drawings and Watercolours, Lot 24
15. Dec - 15. Dec 2010
Estimate: 20.000 - 30.000 GBP
Price realised: 63.650 GBP
Ford Madox Brown (1821-1893)
Self Portrait, bust-length, in a brown coat
inscribed by William Michael Rossetti 'By Ford Madox Brown/Himself/c.1845/Given by him to Lucy +/me c.1880' (on a label on the reverse)
oil on board
8 x 6 in. (20.3 x 15.2 cm.)

Upper estimate price exceeded by more than 100%

This artwork by Ford Madox Brown 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 Self Portrait, bust-length, in a brown coat sold for GBP 63,650.00 (€ 73,833.81) - well above the upper estimate of GBP 30,000.00. Admittedly, works by Ford Madox Brown have also been auctioned for a multiple of this price - according to our records, the highest result so far was achieved by the work The Last Of England in November 2004 with an auction result of GBP 206,850.00 (€ 297,552.61).

Oberer Schätzpreis um mehr als 100% übertroffen

Dieses Kunstwerk von Ford Madox Brown 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 Self Portrait, bust-length, in a brown coat für GBP 63.650,00 (€ 73.833,81) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 30.000,00. Freilich wurden Arbeiten von Ford Madox Brown auch schon für ein Vielfaches dieses Preises versteigert – das bisher höchste Ergebnis erzielte nach unseren Aufzeichnungen die Arbeit The Last Of England im November 2004 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von GBP 206.850,00 (€ 297.552,61).

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