Oliver Messel'S Design For Idomeneo: <Br>Oliver Hilary Sambourne Messel
The first sketch for "Idomeneo" for the 1951 Glyndebourne Festival
Found at
Christies,
London (Online Auction)
Snowdon: A Life in Art and Objects, Lot 128
04.Sep - 24.Sep.2020
Snowdon: A Life in Art and Objects, Lot 128
04.Sep - 24.Sep.2020
Estimate: 800 - 1.200 GBP
Price realised: 750 GBP
Price realised: 750 GBP
Description
The first sketch for "Idomeneo" for the 1951 Glyndebourne Festival
signed 'Oliver Messel' (lower right), inscribed and dated 'The first sketch/ for Idomeneo Summer/ 1951/ for Glyndebourne', inscribed 'To my Darling Mother/ with all dearest love/ Oliver 5th August 1952' and 'For Darling Tony/ August 1963 - Oliver' to the reverse
pencil and brown wash heightened with white, on grey paper
36.2 x 45.7 cm framed
Executed in 1951.
signed 'Oliver Messel' (lower right), inscribed and dated 'The first sketch/ for Idomeneo Summer/ 1951/ for Glyndebourne', inscribed 'To my Darling Mother/ with all dearest love/ Oliver 5th August 1952' and 'For Darling Tony/ August 1963 - Oliver' to the reverse
pencil and brown wash heightened with white, on grey paper
36.2 x 45.7 cm framed
Executed in 1951.
Auction result misses estimated price range
This work of art by Oliver Messel could be acquired at Christies in London in September 2020 for an unexpectedly low price. In the Snowdon: A Life in Art and Objects auction, the work The first sketch for "Idomeneo" for the 1951 Glyndebourne Festival changed hands for GBP 750.00 (€ 827.00) - missing the lower end of the estimate range of GBP 800.00 – 1,200.00. Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by Oliver Messel achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached 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).
Auktionsergebnis verfehlt die Schätzpreisspanne
Dieses Kunstwerk von Oliver Messel konnte im September 2020 bei Christies in London für einen unerwartet niedrigen Preis ersteigert werden. In der Auktion Snowdon: A Life in Art and Objects wechselte die Arbeit The first sketch for "Idomeneo" for the 1951 Glyndebourne Festival für GBP 750,00 (€ 827,00) den Besitzer – und verfehlte damit das untere Ende der Schätzpreisspanne von GBP 800,00 – 1.200,00. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von Oliver Messel erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte 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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