The Silver Apples of the Moon by Margaret Macdonald Mackintosh. (Click on image to enlarge).
A re-discovered symbolist watercolour by Margaret Macdonald Mackintosh inspired by a poem from W.B. Yeats made £115,250 at Christie’s on October 25. It had been estimated at £50,000-70,000.
The title of the painting, The Silver Apples of the Moon, came from Yeats’ poem The Song of Wandering Aengus. It was bought by an anonymous purchaser.
Joy McCall of Christie’s said: “We are thrilled about the price achieved for the rare and rediscovered The Silver Apples of the Moon by Margaret Macdonald Mackintosh, which highlights the significance of her work internationally”.
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