John Sell Cotman
In the Grampians, a drover with his dog and cattle beyond
Found at
Christies,
London
Old Master & British Drawings & Watercolours, Lot 96
05.Jul - 05.Jul.2017
Old Master & British Drawings & Watercolours, Lot 96
05.Jul - 05.Jul.2017
Estimate: 60.000 - 100.000 GBP
Price realised: 118.750 GBP
Price realised: 118.750 GBP
Description
signed 'JS Cotman' (lower left)
pencil and watercolour heightened with bodycolour and with scratching out
9 x 13 1/8 in. (22.9 x 33 cm.)
Dr. Harold H. Cotman. | Dr. John Sell Cotman. | Mrs. Dorothy Cotman; Sotheby’s, London, 14 July 1988, lot 135. | Private Collection, U.S.A., until 1997. | with Spink Leger, London, 1999, where purchased by the present owner.
pencil and watercolour heightened with bodycolour and with scratching out
9 x 13 1/8 in. (22.9 x 33 cm.)
Dr. Harold H. Cotman. | Dr. John Sell Cotman. | Mrs. Dorothy Cotman; Sotheby’s, London, 14 July 1988, lot 135. | Private Collection, U.S.A., until 1997. | with Spink Leger, London, 1999, where purchased by the present owner.
A top price for John Sell Cotman
The work In the Grampians, a drover with his dog and cattle beyond by John Sell Cotman was sold in the Old Master & British Drawings & Watercolours auction at Christies in London in July 2017. It achieved a price of GBP 118,750.00 (€ 132,506.76), exceeding the upper end of the estimate range by 19%. With this result, In the Grampians, a drover with his dog and cattle beyond is even the most expensive work of art by John Sell Cotman that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für John Sell Cotman
Die Arbeit In the Grampians, a drover with his dog and cattle beyond von John Sell Cotman wurde im Juli 2017 in der Auktion Old Master & British Drawings & Watercolours bei Christies in London versteigert. Sie erzielte dabei einen Preis von GBP 118.750,00 (€ 132.506,76) und übertraf damit das obere Ende der Schätzpreisspanne um 19%. Mit diesem Ergebnis ist In the Grampians, a drover with his dog and cattle beyond sogar das teuerste Kunstwerk von John Sell Cotman, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
John Sell Cotman - Auction history
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