George Isham Parkyns
Halifax, Nova Scotia; Four Views
Found at
Christies,
Paris
The Magnificent Library of Norman Bobins: Part One, American Color, Lot 63
16. Jun - 16. Jun 2023
The Magnificent Library of Norman Bobins: Part One, American Color, Lot 63
16. Jun - 16. Jun 2023
Estimate: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Description
Halifax, Nova Scotia; four views
George Isham Parkyns, c.1801
PARKYNS, George Isham (c.1750-c.1820). Suite of four views of Halifax, Nova Scotia, [London, 1801-c.1805?]
Lovely and fresh complete set of Parkyns’ Halifax views. “Parkyns visited Halifax in 1800, and made a series of four drawings in water-colour, which were published as coloured aquatints in London the following year … The set of four is now very rare. The original drawings of these four prints are in the McCord Museum, McGill University, Montreal" (Spendlove). Bobins 1469; Deàk 239; Spendlove, p.31.
The views comprise:
1. View from Fort Needham near Halifax. Signed in the plate “G.I. Parkins, 1801” and captioned “London, published as the Act directs, 29 April 1801.”
2. View of Halifax from Davis’s Mill
3. View from Cowies Hill near Halifax N.S
4. View of Halifax from Georges Island
Four hand-colored aquatint prints with gray wash and ruled borders (approx. 385 x 485mm sheet size). (A little creasing and soiling to borders, versos resized.) Tipped to mats and housed in modern quarter morocco solander case.
George Isham Parkyns, c.1801
PARKYNS, George Isham (c.1750-c.1820). Suite of four views of Halifax, Nova Scotia, [London, 1801-c.1805?]
Lovely and fresh complete set of Parkyns’ Halifax views. “Parkyns visited Halifax in 1800, and made a series of four drawings in water-colour, which were published as coloured aquatints in London the following year … The set of four is now very rare. The original drawings of these four prints are in the McCord Museum, McGill University, Montreal" (Spendlove). Bobins 1469; Deàk 239; Spendlove, p.31.
The views comprise:
1. View from Fort Needham near Halifax. Signed in the plate “G.I. Parkins, 1801” and captioned “London, published as the Act directs, 29 April 1801.”
2. View of Halifax from Davis’s Mill
3. View from Cowies Hill near Halifax N.S
4. View of Halifax from Georges Island
Four hand-colored aquatint prints with gray wash and ruled borders (approx. 385 x 485mm sheet size). (A little creasing and soiling to borders, versos resized.) Tipped to mats and housed in modern quarter morocco solander case.
Auction result well in line with expectations
The work Halifax, Nova Scotia; Four Views by George Isham Parkyns was auctioned at Christies in Paris in June this year. The estimated price for the artwork was previously given by the auction house with a range of USD 5,000.00 – 7,000.00, the actual price achieved of USD 5,040.00 (€ 4,615.38) could thus just exceed the lower estimate. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by George Isham Parkyns - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work Halifax, Nova Scotia, from Georges Island, c.1795, which sold at auction in September 2021 for GBP 11,475.00 (€ 13,351.32).
Auktionsergebnis im Rahmen der Erwartungen
Die Arbeit Halifax, Nova Scotia; Four Views von George Isham Parkyns kam im Juni diesen Jahres bei Christies in Paris zur Auktion. Der Schätzpreis für das Kunstwerk wurde von dem Auktionshaus zuvor mit einer Spanne von USD 5.000,00 – 7.000,00 angegeben, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis von USD 5.040,00 (€ 4.615,38) konnte den unteren Schätzpreis somit knapp übertreffen. Für andere Arbeiten von George Isham Parkyns mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit Halifax, Nova Scotia, from Georges Island, c.1795 beobachtet, die im September 2021 für GBP 11.475,00 (€ 13.351,32) versteigert wurde.
George Isham Parkyns - Auction history
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