Walter Crane, R.W.S.
The Swan Maidens
Found at
Christies,
London
The Joe Setton Collection: from Pre-Raphaelites to Last Romantics, Lot 13
10. Dec - 10. Dec 2020
The Joe Setton Collection: from Pre-Raphaelites to Last Romantics, Lot 13
10. Dec - 10. Dec 2020
Estimate: 150.000 - 250.000 GBP
Price realised: 175.000 GBP
Price realised: 175.000 GBP
Description
Ernst Seeger (1849-1929), Berlin, by 1896. | Acquired for the present collection by 1968.
Auction result well in line with expectations
In December 2020 Christies in London held the auction The Joe Setton Collection: from Pre-Raphaelites to Last Romantics, which included the work The Swan Maidens by Walter Crane. The estimated price for the artwork was previously given by the auction house with a range of GBP 150,000.00 – 250,000.00, the actual price achieved of GBP 175,000.00 (€ 195,490.60) could thus just exceed the lower estimate. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Walter Crane - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work The Fate of Persephone that fair field Of Enna, where Proserpine, gathering flowers, Herself a fairer flower, by gloomy Dis Was gathered. (Paradise Lost, Book IV, lines 268-71), which sold at auction in June 2002 for GBP 424,650.00 (€ 656,837.38).
Auktionsergebnis im Rahmen der Erwartungen
Im Dezember 2020 führte Christies in London die Auktion The Joe Setton Collection: from Pre-Raphaelites to Last Romantics durch, in der auch die Arbeit The Swan Maidens von Walter Crane zur Versteigerung kam. Der Schätzpreis für das Kunstwerk wurde von dem Auktionshaus zuvor mit einer Spanne von GBP 150.000,00 – 250.000,00 angegeben, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis von GBP 175.000,00 (€ 195.490,60) konnte den unteren Schätzpreis somit knapp übertreffen. Für andere Arbeiten von Walter Crane mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit The Fate of Persephone that fair field Of Enna, where Proserpine, gathering flowers, Herself a fairer flower, by gloomy Dis Was gathered. (Paradise Lost, Book IV, lines 268-71) beobachtet, die im Juni 2002 für GBP 424.650,00 (€ 656.837,38) versteigert wurde.
Walter Crane - Auction history
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