Helen Layfield Bradley
The tide was out at Blackpool
Estimate: 15.000 - 25.000 GBP
Price realised: 34.850 GBP
Price realised: 34.850 GBP
Description
Helen Layfield Bradley (1900-1979)
The tide was out at Blackpool
signed and dated 'HELEN BRADLEY/1972' and signed again with a fly (lower right), signed again, inscribed and dated again 'The tide was out at Blackpool so/Mother let George and I take our kite/on to the Sand Hills to fly it, but it/was time to go back to Grandpa's and/all morning Miss Carter (who wore pink)/and the Aunts had been looking out/for Mr Taylor (the Bank Manager). "Why he's/coming after all", said Dear Emily, but/her Mother said she must not wave to/a man, "it was most unlady like" and/she took Emily home another way, so/that they should not meet and the/year was 1907/Helen Layfield Bradley 1972' (on the artist's label attached to the backboard)
watercolour and gouache
14½ x 21½ in. (36.8 x 54.6 cm.)
The tide was out at Blackpool
signed and dated 'HELEN BRADLEY/1972' and signed again with a fly (lower right), signed again, inscribed and dated again 'The tide was out at Blackpool so/Mother let George and I take our kite/on to the Sand Hills to fly it, but it/was time to go back to Grandpa's and/all morning Miss Carter (who wore pink)/and the Aunts had been looking out/for Mr Taylor (the Bank Manager). "Why he's/coming after all", said Dear Emily, but/her Mother said she must not wave to/a man, "it was most unlady like" and/she took Emily home another way, so/that they should not meet and the/year was 1907/Helen Layfield Bradley 1972' (on the artist's label attached to the backboard)
watercolour and gouache
14½ x 21½ in. (36.8 x 54.6 cm.)
Upper estimate price exceeded by 39 %.
The work The tide was out at Blackpool by Helen Layfield Bradley was auctioned at Christies in London in December 2012. It achieved a price of GBP 34,850.00 (€ 42,979.73), exceeding the upper end of the estimate range by 39%. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Helen Layfield Bradley - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work Our First Morning in Blackpool, which sold at auction in November 2007 for GBP 94,100.00 (€ 131,764.35).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 39 % übertroffen
Die Arbeit The tide was out at Blackpool von Helen Layfield Bradley kam im Dezember 2012 bei Christies in London zur Auktion. Sie erzielte dabei einen Preis von GBP 34.850,00 (€ 42.979,73) und übertraf damit das obere Ende der Schätzpreisspanne um 39%. Für andere Arbeiten von Helen Layfield Bradley mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit Our First Morning in Blackpool beobachtet, die im November 2007 für GBP 94.100,00 (€ 131.764,35) versteigert wurde.
Helen Layfield Bradley - Auction history
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