Americana Exchange

Auction Details

Auction House Sothebys
Website www.sothebys.com/
Auction Name The Art of Illustration - From the Collection of Michael Winner
Sale Number 12409
Auction Date Dec 12, 2012 - Dec 12, 2012

Lot Details : Sothebys

Lot Number 67     
Author ARTHUR RACKHAM
Title THE SHIPWRECKED MAN AND THE SEA
Description THE SHIPWRECKED MAN AND THE SEA 340 by 241mm., ink and watercolour drawing, signed and dated lower left, mounted, framed and glazed
Lot Note PROVENANCE Leicester Galleries, October - November 1912, number 24 CATALOGUE NOTE Reproduced as one of thirteen colour plates within Aesop's Fables (Heinemann, 1912). The illustration, which is dated 1912, accompanies the fable 'The Shipwrecked Man and the Sea' and appears facing page 70. The frame includes two labels from the Leicester Galleries exhibition, both of which are worn with some loss
Estimated Price GBP 20,000.00 - 30,000.00( USD 31000.00 - USD 46500.00)
Actual Price GBP 46,850.00 ( USD 72617.50)