Edward Lear
British · 1812–1888 · Painter, Printmaker
Edward Lear was an English artist, illustrator, musician, author and poet, who is known mostly for his literary nonsense in poetry and prose and especially his limericks, a… (Wikipedia)
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Record prices
Corfu From The Village Of AscensionLawrences Auctioneers · £34,000≈ $45,485≈ €40,856Sign up to see
Areka Palm in Hugh Nevill's Garden, RatnapooraSworders · £3,800≈ $5,095≈ €4,384Sign up to see
Sermione, Lago di GardaToovey's · £3,400≈ $4,338≈ €4,030Sign up to see
Edward Lear’s highest prices recorded at auction, ranked in US dollars at each sale-date exchange rate and shown in the currency of the sale (with the buyer’s premium where the house publishes it).
Price trend
1 lot(s) catalogued with a qualifier (e.g. “attributed to”, “after”, “circle of”) are listed in the results but excluded from these statistics.
1 lot(s) offered at auction whose result the house did not publish are listed under “Also offered” on the results tab and excluded from these statistics.
By medium
| Medium | Offered | Sold | Sell-through | Average | Median | High |
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| Paintings | 1 | 1 | 100% | $45.5kSign up | $45.5kSign up | $45.5kSign up |
| Oil | 1 | 1 | 100% | $45.5kSign up | $45.5kSign up | $45.5kSign up |
| Works on paper | 25 | 19 | 76% | $2.1kSign up | $1.3kSign up | $5.1kSign up |
| Watercolor | 8 | 5 | 63% | $2.9kSign up | $2.5kSign up | $4.3kSign up |
| Gouache | 1 | 0 | 0% | —Sign up | —Sign up | — |
| Drawing | 16 | 14 | 88% | $1.8kSign up | $1.2kSign up | $5.1kSign up |
| Prints & multiples | 6 | 3 | 50% | $1.3kSign up | $1.1kSign up | $2.5kSign up |
| Etching | 1 | 0 | 0% | —Sign up | —Sign up | — |
| Lithograph | 5 | 3 | 60% | $1.3kSign up | $1.1kSign up | $2.5kSign up |
| Other | 7 | 3 | 43% | $1.6kSign up | $1.2kSign up | $3.2kSign up |
Medium classes are derived from the medium text as published by each house; “Other” includes lots whose medium wasn’t stated.