RESULTS: Modern British and Irish Art Evening Sale, 25 June 2015
MODERN BRITISH AND IRISH ART EVENING SALE
London, Thursday, 25 June 2015, Sale 10363
[All sold prices include buyer’s premium]
lots sold: 32 | Total: £18,973,000/$29,749,664 /€ 26,505,281 | 80 % sold by lot | ||||
lots offered: 40 | $1.568 = £1 / €1.397 =£1 | 88 % sold by value | ||||
Lot | Description | Estimate (£) | Price Realised | Buyer | ||
5 |
Dame Barbara Hepworth (1903-1975), Two Forms with White (Greek), conceived in 1963 and cast in bronze in 1969
| 1,300,000 - 1,800,000 | £3,106,500 $4,870,992 €4,339,781 | Anonymous | ||
19 | Sir Stanley Spencer, R.A. (1891-1959), Hilda and I at Burghclere, painted in 1955. | 1,200,000 - 1,800,000 | £2,938,500 $4,607,568 €4,105,085 | Anonymous | ||
4 | Eric Gill, A.R.A. (1882-1940), St Joan of Arc, carved in 1932. WORLD RECORD PRICE FOR THE ARTIST AT AUCTION | 300,000 - 500,000 | £2,210,500 $3,466,064 €3,088,069 | Anonymous | ||
3 | Henry Moore, O.M., C.H. (1898-1986), Rocking Chair No. 2, conceived in 1950 and cast in an edition of 6 | 800,000 - 1,200,000 | £1,034,500 $1,622,096 €1,445,197 | Anonymous | ||
22 | Laurence Stephen Lowry, R.A. (1887-1976), Going to Work, signed and dated 'L.S. LOWRY 1957' | 700,000 - 1,000,000 | £1,022,500 $1,603,280 €1,428,433 | Anonymous | ||
6 | Sir Stanley Spencer, R.A. (1891-1959), Wisteria at Englefield, painted in 1954 | 500,000 - 800,000 | £962,500 $1,509,200 €1,344,613 | Anonymous | ||
24 | Laurence Stephen Lowry, R.A. (1887-1976), An Old Street, signed and dated 'L.S. LOWRY 1932' | 600,000 - 800,000 | £842,500 $1,321,040 €1,176,973 | Anonymous | ||
25 | Dame Barbara Hepworth (1903-1975), Coré, conceived in marble in 1955-56 and cast in bronze in 1960 | 250,000 - 350,000 | £698,500 $1,095,248 €975,805 | Anonymous | ||
1 | Sir Peter Blake, R.A. (b. 1932), Boys with New Ties, painted circa 1955. WORLD RECORD PRICE FOR THE ARTIST AT AUCTION | 250,000 - 350,000 | £662,500 $1,038,800 €925,513 | Anonymous | ||
7 | Frank Auerbach (b. 1931), Figure on a Bed III, painted in 1969 | 400,000 - 600,000 | £602,500 $944,720 €841,693 | Anonymous | ||
*Please see separate post-sale press release for comment
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PRESS CONTACT: Katie Carder |+ 44 (0) 207 389 2283| KCarder@christies.com Next Sale: Modern British and Irish Art Day Sale – 26 June 2015, London Please click here to view the full international schedule of upcoming Modern British and Irish Art auctions at Christie’s Estimates do not include buyer’s premium. Sales totals are hammer price plus buyer’s premium and do not reflect costs, third-party financing fees or application of buyer’s or seller’s credits. |