Oliver Hilary Sambourne Messel - Costume design for Princess Aurora for the Royal Ballet production of \'Sleeping Beauty\'

Oliver Hilary Sambourne Messel

Costume design for Princess Aurora for the Royal Ballet production of 'Sleeping Beauty'

Found at Christies, London (Online Auction)
Snowdon: A Life in Art and Objects, Lot 133
04.Sep - 24.Sep.2020
Estimate: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Description
signed 'Oliver Messel.' (lower right)
pencil, watercolour, oil heightened with white on paper
The sheet: 34.5 x 50.3 cm
Executed circa 1950.
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Upper estimate price exceeded by 81 %.

This artwork by Oliver Messel achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in London in September 2020. In the Snowdon: A Life in Art and Objects auction, the work Costume design for Princess Aurora for the Royal Ballet production of 'Sleeping Beauty' sold for GBP 3,250.00 (€ 3,583.65) - well above the upper estimate of GBP 1,800.00. Admittedly, works by Oliver Messel have also been auctioned for a multiple of this price - according to our records, the highest result so far was achieved by the work Portrait of Mrs William "Babe" Paley (1915-1978) in September 2020 with an auction result of GBP 23,750.00 (€ 26,188.24).

Oberer Schätzpreis um 81 % übertroffen

Dieses Kunstwerk von Oliver Messel erzielte im September 2020 bei Christies in London einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Snowdon: A Life in Art and Objects wurde die Arbeit Costume design for Princess Aurora for the Royal Ballet production of 'Sleeping Beauty' für GBP 3.250,00 (€ 3.583,65) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 1.800,00. Freilich wurden Arbeiten von Oliver Messel auch schon für ein Vielfaches dieses Preises versteigert – das bisher höchste Ergebnis erzielte nach unseren Aufzeichnungen die Arbeit Portrait of Mrs William "Babe" Paley (1915-1978) im September 2020 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von GBP 23.750,00 (€ 26.188,24).

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