Louis Abrahams
A Sketchbook Including Figure Studies, Portraits, Académies, Caricatures, Animals, Putti, And Landscapes
Estimate: 4.000 - 6.000 GBP
Price realised: 4.375 GBP
Price realised: 4.375 GBP
Description
two sheets signed 'L Abrahams' (twice), one sheet signed with monogram 'L A' (twice)
pencil, sanguine, white chalk, and grey wash on paper
on sixty-four sheets, oblong 8° (101 x 159mm.) diapered sheep, salmon endpapers, pocket to front (spine split, but firm, edges lightly rubbed)
with a loosely inserted brown wash drawing (a postcard to 'L Abrahams Esq 'Katoomba' Burnett St St Kilda' postmarked 'Melbourne DE 26 99'), probably by John Mather, depicting an artist (probably Abrahams) sketching by a river, with date '84' (lower right), and a photograph
Louis Abrahams (1852-1903), and thence by descent to the present owners.
pencil, sanguine, white chalk, and grey wash on paper
on sixty-four sheets, oblong 8° (101 x 159mm.) diapered sheep, salmon endpapers, pocket to front (spine split, but firm, edges lightly rubbed)
with a loosely inserted brown wash drawing (a postcard to 'L Abrahams Esq 'Katoomba' Burnett St St Kilda' postmarked 'Melbourne DE 26 99'), probably by John Mather, depicting an artist (probably Abrahams) sketching by a river, with date '84' (lower right), and a photograph
Louis Abrahams (1852-1903), and thence by descent to the present owners.
A top price for Louis Abrahams - as previously expected
The work A Sketchbook Including Figure Studies, Portraits, Académies, Caricatures, Animals, Putti, And Landscapes by Louis Abrahams was sold in the Australian Art 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 4,000.00 – 6,000.00, the actual price achieved of GBP 4,375.00 (€ 4,923.42) could thus just exceed the lower estimate. Even if this result could not surprise positively, A Sketchbook Including Figure Studies, Portraits, Académies, Caricatures, Animals, Putti, And Landscapes is the most expensive artwork by Louis Abrahams that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis mit Ansage
Die Arbeit A Sketchbook Including Figure Studies, Portraits, Académies, Caricatures, Animals, Putti, And Landscapes von Louis Abrahams wurde im Dezember 2017 in der Auktion Australian Art bei Christies in London versteigert. Der Schätzpreis für das Kunstwerk wurde von dem Auktionshaus zuvor mit einer Spanne von GBP 4.000,00 – 6.000,00 angegeben, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis von GBP 4.375,00 (€ 4.923,42) konnte den unteren Schätzpreis somit knapp übertreffen. Auch wenn das Ergebnis damit nicht positiv überraschen konnte, ist A Sketchbook Including Figure Studies, Portraits, Académies, Caricatures, Animals, Putti, And Landscapes das teuerste Kunstwerk von Louis Abrahams, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
Louis Abrahams - Auction history
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