John Webber, R.A.
A View In Nootka Sound
Estimate: 200.000 - 300.000 GBP
Price realised: 224.750 GBP
Price realised: 224.750 GBP
Description
signed and dated 'J. Webber . del 1784.' (lower left), with inscription 'Webber / 814' on the mount, with Sir Bruce Ingram's collector's stamp on the reverse of the mount
pencil, pen and ink and watercolour on paper
22 1/8 x 18 ¼in. (56.3 x 46.3cm.)
with Francis Edwards, 1929 (unnumbered catalogue no 6: 'A fine spirited picture of a view on the Coast of Kamschatka, showing natives in a canoe, others by the side of a stream, with hills and mountains raising up in the rear.'). | James Edge-Partington (1854-1930). | with Francis Edwards (Catalogue of the Australasian Collection of Books and Pictures formed by the late James Edge-Partington, London, 1934, 169 (2539 'Original Water-Colour Drawing of a View in Kamschatka, painted by J. Webber fro
pencil, pen and ink and watercolour on paper
22 1/8 x 18 ¼in. (56.3 x 46.3cm.)
with Francis Edwards, 1929 (unnumbered catalogue no 6: 'A fine spirited picture of a view on the Coast of Kamschatka, showing natives in a canoe, others by the side of a stream, with hills and mountains raising up in the rear.'). | James Edge-Partington (1854-1930). | with Francis Edwards (Catalogue of the Australasian Collection of Books and Pictures formed by the late James Edge-Partington, London, 1934, 169 (2539 'Original Water-Colour Drawing of a View in Kamschatka, painted by J. Webber fro
A top price for John Webber - as previously expected
The work A View In Nootka Sound by John Webber was sold in the Topographical Pictures auction at Christies in London in December 2017. The estimated price for the artwork was previously given by the auction house with a range of GBP 200,000.00 – 300,000.00, the actual price achieved of GBP 224,750.00 (€ 252,923.20) could thus just exceed the lower estimate. Even if this result could not surprise positively, A View In Nootka Sound is the most expensive artwork by John Webber that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis mit Ansage
Die Arbeit A View In Nootka Sound von John Webber wurde im Dezember 2017 in der Auktion Topographical Pictures bei Christies in London versteigert. Der Schätzpreis für das Kunstwerk wurde von dem Auktionshaus zuvor mit einer Spanne von GBP 200.000,00 – 300.000,00 angegeben, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis von GBP 224.750,00 (€ 252.923,20) konnte den unteren Schätzpreis somit knapp übertreffen. Auch wenn das Ergebnis damit nicht positiv überraschen konnte, ist A View In Nootka Sound das teuerste Kunstwerk von John Webber, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
John Webber - Auction history
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