William Alexander

Three Chinese studies: a Rowing barge; Three men working a drain sluice; and Fishing from a junk

Found at Christies, London (Online Auction)
300 Years Of British Drawings, Lot 7
8. Dec - 8. Dec 2020
Estimate: 6.000 - 8.000 GBP
Price realised: 6.000 GBP
all signed with initials 'WA' (lower right)
pencil, pen and ink and watercolour
5 1 ⁄ 4 x 4 5 ⁄ 8 in. (13.3 x 11.7 cm.), and slightly smaller
Please note this lot is the property of a private individual.
Roger Makins, 1st Baron Sherfield (1904-1996) and | by descent to the present owner.

Sold at the lower estimate price

In December 2020 Christies in London held the auction 300 Years Of British Drawings, which included the work Three Chinese studies: a Rowing barge; Three men working a drain sluice; and Fishing from a junk by William Alexander. The result of GBP 6,000.00 (€ 6,702.53) was exactly at the lower end of the estimate range of GBP 6,000.00 – 8,000.00. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by William Alexander - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work Walls enclosing a city or town called Pou-een-gin, November 3rd 1793, which sold at auction in November 2019 for GBP 16,250.00 (€ 19,081.47).

Zuschlag beim unteren Schätzpreis

Im Dezember 2020 führte Christies in London die Auktion 300 Years Of British Drawings durch, in der auch die Arbeit Three Chinese studies: a Rowing barge; Three men working a drain sluice; and Fishing from a junk von William Alexander zur Versteigerung kam. Das dabei erzielte Ergebnis von GBP 6.000,00 (€ 6.702,53) entsprach exakt dem unteren Ende der Schätzpreisspanne von GBP 6.000,00 – 8.000,00. Für andere Arbeiten von William Alexander mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit Walls enclosing a city or town called Pou-een-gin, November 3rd 1793 beobachtet, die im November 2019 für GBP 16.250,00 (€ 19.081,47) versteigert wurde.

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