Friday 15th July 2016
A series of blue-chip consignments from different sectors of the market helped Christie’s ‘Defining British Art’ evening sale in London on 30th June 2016 amass a total of £99.5m, including premium. The auction offered paintings by major names including Joshua Reynolds, John Constable, Stanley Spencer, Lucian Freud and Francis Bacon but it was a Henry Moore sculpture that led proceedings, selling at £22m.
Jussi Pylkkänen at the rostrum for the sale of the Henry Moore bronze sculpture ‘Reclining Figure: Festival.’ It made £22m at Christie’s ‘Defining British Art’ sale
Hello Everyone
The Art World continues to fascinate and beguile us. Here is just a taster of some of this year’s astonishing success stories of important artworks sold at auction:
Frederic, Lord Leighton, P.R.A (1830-1896), Golden Hours, Circa 1864. Oil on canvas. 31½ x 49 inches (80 x 124.5 cm). Sold for £3,274,500 on 30 June 2016
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Best Wishes
Claire Moore
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