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Robert Dodd
The Greenland Whale Fishery
Estimate: 25.000 - 35.000 GBP
Price realised: 88.800 GBP
Price realised: 88.800 GBP
Description
Robert Dodd (1748-1815)
The Greenland Whale Fishery
signed with initials and dated 'R.D 1783' (lower centre, on the bow of the rowing boat)
oil on canvas
26 x 35½ in. (66 x 90 cm.)
The Greenland Whale Fishery
signed with initials and dated 'R.D 1783' (lower centre, on the bow of the rowing boat)
oil on canvas
26 x 35½ in. (66 x 90 cm.)
A top price for Robert Dodd
This artwork by Robert Dodd achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in London in November 2006. In the Maritime & Naval Battles (Pictures) auction, the work The Greenland Whale Fishery sold for GBP 88,800.00 (€ 131,870.78) - well above the upper estimate of GBP 35,000.00. This high result makes The Greenland Whale Fishery the most expensive artwork by Robert Dodd that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Robert Dodd
Dieses Kunstwerk von Robert Dodd erzielte im November 2006 bei Christies in London einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Maritime & Naval Battles (Pictures) wurde die Arbeit The Greenland Whale Fishery für GBP 88.800,00 (€ 131.870,78) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 35.000,00. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht The Greenland Whale Fishery zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Robert Dodd, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.