Stolen Art DealerA river view with figures in the foreground and Pope's villa on the bank at Twickenham, painted in oil on canvas.
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Catalogue No. 1042 · Christie's · New York
Pope's Villa at Twickenham
About $5.2 million in today’s money: 59 years of the typical US household’s income. Source
- Artist
- Joseph Mallord William Turner (British, 1775–1851)
- Title
- Pope's Villa at Twickenham
- Date
- c. 1808
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Size
- 92 x 122.5 cm (36 1/4 x 48 1/4 in.)
J. M. W. Turner painted Pope's Villa at Twickenham in oil on canvas, 92 by 122.5 cm. It was first exhibited in 1808. The picture shows a river view, with figures in the foreground and Pope's villa on the bank at Twickenham.
Sir John Leicester, later 1st Baron de Tabley, bought it from the artist on 1 September 1808 for 200 guineas. At his sale at Christie's on 7 July 1827, James Morrison acquired it for 205 guineas. It then passed by descent in the Morrison family until Sotheby's, London, sold it on 9 July 2008 as lot 91, where the most recent owner bought it.
Christie's offered it in New York on 25 January 2023 as lot 153, in The Artistic Journey, a West Coast collection sale, with an estimate of $4,000,000 to $6,000,000. The price realised was $4,620,000, which includes the buyer's premium. The Art Newspaper reports the hammer price as $3.8 million.
The sale
- Auction house
- Christie's, New York
- Date
- 25 January 2023
- Lot
- 153
- Estimate
- $4,000,000–$6,000,000
- Sold for
- $4.6 million (including buyer’s premium) · $4,620,000
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Provenance
1808-09-01
Bought from the artist by Sir John Leicester, 1st Baron de Tabley (1762–1827), for 200 gns. on 1 September 1808
1827-07-07
His sale, Christie's, on the Premises, 24 Hill Street, Berkeley Square, 7 July 1827, lot 24, where acquired for 205 gns. by James Morrison (1789–1857)
1857 onwards
James Morrison, by descent
2008-07-09
Sotheby's, London, 9 July 2008, lot 91, where acquired by the present owner
2023-01-25
Christie's, New York, lot 153 (The Artistic Journey - A Distinguished West Coast Collection)
Sources
- Christie's, lot 153: J.M.W. Turner, Pope's Villa at Twickenham
- Christie's lot page (English, with provenance and exhibitions)
- The Art Newspaper: Record-breaking Goya portraits lead the way at Christie's muted $62.7m Old Masters auctions in New York
Prices include the buyer’s premium, in US dollars at the time of sale, unless marked as a hammer price.