Scribd Logo
Upload

Welcome to Scribd!

  • L11142 Modern Post-War British Art TOP TEN 15-16 Nov 2011

    Uploaded by

    Gavel
    17 views1 page
    Sotheby’s London sales of Modern and Post-War British Art concluded with a combined total of £8.5/$13.5 million, with five records for artists at auction established. The first painting by abstract expressionist post-war artist Nat Tate ever to appear at auction, Bridge no.114, sold for the above-estimate sum of £7,250 (est. £3,500-£5,000). One of only 18 works by the fictitious artist - created by best-selling author William Boyd – the sale saw multiple bids from buyers on the telephone and the work was eventually bought by an anonymous bidder whose favourite author is William Boyd. The top lot of the Evening Sale was L.S. Lowry’s Railway Platform of 1953 which sold for £1.1/$1.8 million (est. £1-1.5 million) and a major highlight of the Day Sale was a cast of Lawrence Holofcener’s iconic bench The Allies - the life-size cast (number 3 of the edition of 7) of the landmark on Bond Street which depicts Churchill seated on a bench with Roosevelt which fetched £253,250 – almost four times pre-sale expectations (est. £50,000-£70,000).

    Original Title

    L11142 Modern Post-War British Art TOP TEN 15-16 Nov 2011(1)

    Copyright

    © Attribution Non-Commercial (BY-NC)

    Available Formats

    PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd

    Did you find this document useful?

    Is this content inappropriate?

    Report this Document
    Sotheby’s London sales of Modern and Post-War British Art concluded with a combined total of £8.5/$13.5 million, with five records for artists at auction established. The first painting by abstract expressionist post-war artist Nat Tate ever to appear at auction, Bridge no.114, sold for the above-estimate sum of £7,250 (est. £3,500-£5,000). One of only 18 works by the fictitious artist - created by best-selling author William Boyd – the sale saw multiple bids from buyers on the telephone and the work was eventually bought by an anonymous bidder whose favourite author is William Boyd. The top lot of the Evening Sale was L.S. Lowry’s Railway Platform of 1953 which sold for £1.1/$1.8 million (est. £1-1.5 million) and a major highlight of the Day Sale was a cast of Lawrence Holofcener’s iconic bench The Allies - the life-size cast (number 3 of the edition of 7) of the landmark on Bond Street which depicts Churchill seated on a bench with Roosevelt which fetched £253,250 – almost four times pre-sale expectations (est. £50,000-£70,000).

    Copyright:

    Attribution Non-Commercial (BY-NC)
    Download as PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
    Flag for inappropriate content
    Download as pdf or txt
    17 views1 page

    L11142 Modern Post-War British Art TOP TEN 15-16 Nov 2011

    Uploaded by

    Gavel
    Sotheby’s London sales of Modern and Post-War British Art concluded with a combined total of £8.5/$13.5 million, with five records for artists at auction established. The first painting by abstract expressionist post-war artist Nat Tate ever to appear at auction, Bridge no.114, sold for the above-estimate sum of £7,250 (est. £3,500-£5,000). One of only 18 works by the fictitious artist - created by best-selling author William Boyd – the sale saw multiple bids from buyers on the telephone and the work was eventually bought by an anonymous bidder whose favourite author is William Boyd. The top lot of the Evening Sale was L.S. Lowry’s Railway Platform of 1953 which sold for £1.1/$1.8 million (est. £1-1.5 million) and a major highlight of the Day Sale was a cast of Lawrence Holofcener’s iconic bench The Allies - the life-size cast (number 3 of the edition of 7) of the landmark on Bond Street which depicts Churchill seated on a bench with Roosevelt which fetched £253,250 – almost four times pre-sale expectations (est. £50,000-£70,000).

    Copyright:

    Attribution Non-Commercial (BY-NC)
    Download as PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
    Flag for inappropriate content
    Download as pdf or txt
    of 1

    +44 (0)20 7293 5000 F +44 (0)20 7293 5989 WWW.SOTHEBYS.

    COM

    Sale Results
    Sale L11142 Modern & Post-War British Art Grand Total Sold by Lot: Sold by Value: Lot 8,514,625 ($13,548,471) 73.8% 68.2% Price (GBP) Estimate (GBP)

    London, Bond St
    15-16 NOV 11 Exch Rate: Lots Offered: Lots Sold/Unsold: Buyer Private Collector 1.59 160 118 / 42

    19 1,161,250 ($1,847,781) 1,000,000 - 1,500,000 Laurence Stephen Lowry, The Railway Platform, oil on canvas, 1953

    12 481,250 ($765,765) 200,000 - 300,000 Anonymous Henry Moore, Four Figures in a Setting, pencil, pen, ink, wax crayon, watercolour and gouache, 1948 16 439,250 ($698,935) 200,000 - 300,000 UK Private Francis Campbell Boileau Cadell, Scabia and Marigolds, oil on panel ***RECORD FOR A STILL LIFE BY THE ARTIST*** 179 379,250 ($603,463) 150,000 - 250,000 Daniel Katz Ltd Laurence Stephen Lowry, The Reservoir, oil on board, 1952 32 361,250 ($574,821) Bridget Riley, Praise I, oil on linen, 1981-82 150,000 - 250,000 Anonymous Anonymous

    5 349,250 ($555,727) 250,000 - 350,000 Ben Nicholson, 1930/1 (Charbon), pencil and oil on canvas

    35 313,250 ($498,443) 150,000 - 250,000 European Private Sir Terry Frost, Red, Black and White, Leeds 1955, oil on board ***RECORD FOR THE ARTIST AT AUCTION*** 201 253,250 ($402,971) 50,000 - 70,000 Anonymous Lawrence Holofcener, The Allies, bronze and wooden bench, signed and numbered 3/7, conceived in 1995 ***RECORD FOR THE ARTIST AT AUCTION*** 2 238,850 ($380,058) 120,000 - 180,000 Anonymous Henri Gaudier-Brzeska, Boy, alabaster, circa 1913 ***RECORD FOR THE ARTIST AT AUCTION*** 8 217,250 ($345,688) 200,000 - 300,000 Private Collector William Roberts, The Boxing Match, oil on canvas, 1919-25

    ---PLEASE SEE SEPARATE POST-SALE RELEASE---

    Specialists in Charge: James Rawlin, Frances Christie

    Press Office Contact: Sarah Rustin, Leyla Daybelge

    Please note all prices include buyer's premium. Sale session totals are net aggregate figures plus premiums. Sotheby's buyer's premium is 25% of the hammer price on the first 25000, 20% of the hammer price up to and including 500000, and 12% thereafter on each lot. **Estimates do not include buyer's premium** SOTHEBY'S: REGISTERED AT THE ABOVE ADDRESS NO. 874867

    You might also like