George Frederic Watts, O.M., R.A.
A Study with the Peacock's Feathers
Found at
Christies,
London
The Joe Setton Collection: from Pre-Raphaelites to Last Romantics, Lot 6
10. Dec - 10. Dec 2020
The Joe Setton Collection: from Pre-Raphaelites to Last Romantics, Lot 6
10. Dec - 10. Dec 2020
Estimate: 300.000 - 500.000 GBP
Price realised: 525.000 GBP
Price realised: 525.000 GBP
Description
Jean Louis Miéville (†); Christie's, London, 29 April 1899, lot 10, as A Fair Haired Girl (620 gns to Gribble). | Colonel Fairfax Rhodes (1845-1928), by 1906. | His sale; Sotheby's, London, 11 July 1934, lot 129, as The Amber Necklace. | with Agnew's, London, 1954, as The Amber Necklace. | Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 25 January 1980, lot 338, as The Peacock Fan. | with The Fine Art Society, London, January 1981, no. 9025, where purchased for the present collection.
Upper estimated price slightly exceeded
The work A Study with the Peacock's Feathers by George Frederick Watts was auctioned at Christies in London in December 2020. Here, the upper estimate of GBP 500,000.00 was slightly exceeded - the artwork found a new owner for GBP 525,000.00 (€ 586,471.79). However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by George Frederick Watts - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work Hope, which sold at auction in June 2001 for GBP 773,750.00 (€ 1,285,352.70).
Oberer Schätzpreis leicht übertroffen
Die Arbeit A Study with the Peacock's Feathers von George Frederick Watts kam im Dezember 2020 bei Christies in London zur Auktion. Dabei wurde der obere Schätzpreis von GBP 500.000,00 leicht übertroffen – das Kunstwerk fand für GBP 525.000,00 (€ 586.471,79) einen neuen Besitzer. Für andere Arbeiten von George Frederick Watts mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit Hope beobachtet, die im Juni 2001 für GBP 773.750,00 (€ 1.285.352,70) versteigert wurde.
George Frederick Watts - Auction history
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