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- Ooh! It is the Roar of the Lion, Hurry or We Shall be Caught, It's Only a Fog Horn
Louis William Wain
Ooh! It is the Roar of the Lion, Hurry or We Shall be Caught, It's Only a Fog Horn
Estimate: 1.000 - 1.500 GBP
Price realised: 4.480 GBP
Price realised: 4.480 GBP
Description
Louis William Wain (British, 1860-1939)
Ooh! It is the Roar of the Lion, Hurry or We Shall be Caught, It's Only a Fog Horn
signed 'Louis Wain.' (lower left), titled 'Ooh! It is the roar of the lion./Hurry or we shall be caught./Its only a fog horn.' (beneath cats)
pen and ink on paper
35.5 x 24.5cm (14 x 9 5/8in).
With Chris Beetles Gallery, London | With Henry Boxer Gallery, London, where acquired by the present owner, 2021 | Private Collection, South Korea
Ooh! It is the Roar of the Lion, Hurry or We Shall be Caught, It's Only a Fog Horn
signed 'Louis Wain.' (lower left), titled 'Ooh! It is the roar of the lion./Hurry or we shall be caught./Its only a fog horn.' (beneath cats)
pen and ink on paper
35.5 x 24.5cm (14 x 9 5/8in).
With Chris Beetles Gallery, London | With Henry Boxer Gallery, London, where acquired by the present owner, 2021 | Private Collection, South Korea
Upper estimate price exceeded by more than 100%
This artwork by Louis Wain achieved an unexpectedly high price at Bonhams in Los Angeles in July this year. In the Modern British and Irish Art auction, the work Ooh! It is the Roar of the Lion, Hurry or We Shall be Caught, It's Only a Fog Horn sold for GBP 4,480.00 (€ 5,226.80) - well above the upper estimate of GBP 1,500.00. Admittedly, works by Louis Wain have also been auctioned for a multiple of this price - according to our records, the highest result so far was achieved by the work Come Birdie Come and Live with Me in November this year with an auction result of GBP 38,400.00 (€ 44,497.25).
Oberer Schätzpreis um mehr als 100% übertroffen
Dieses Kunstwerk von Louis Wain erzielte im Juli diesen Jahres bei Bonhams in Los Angeles einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Modern British and Irish Art wurde die Arbeit Ooh! It is the Roar of the Lion, Hurry or We Shall be Caught, It's Only a Fog Horn für GBP 4.480,00 (€ 5.226,80) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 1.500,00. Freilich wurden Arbeiten von Louis Wain auch schon für ein Vielfaches dieses Preises versteigert – das bisher höchste Ergebnis erzielte nach unseren Aufzeichnungen die Arbeit Come Birdie Come and Live with Me im November diesen Jahres mit einem Auktionsergebnis von GBP 38.400,00 (€ 44.497,25).