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30 June 2016

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RESULTS | Defining British Art Evening sale - Top 10

London EMEA 30 June 2016

 

Defining British Art Evening Auction

London, Thursday 30 June 2016, Sale 13100  

 [All sold prices include buyer’s premium]

 

27 lots sold

Total: £99,479,500/$133,203,051/€119,872,798

     87% sold by lot

31 lots offered

$1.339= £1 / €1.205=£1

   83% sold by value

Lot  

Description

Estimate (£)

Price Realised

Buyer

8

Henry Moore, O.M., C.H. (1898-1986)

Reclining Figure: Festival

Conceived in 1951

WORLD AUCTION RECORD FOR THE ARTIST

£15,000,000 - £20,000,000

£24,722,500

$33,103,428

€29,790,613

Anonymous

6

Francis Bacon (1909-1992)

Version No. 2 Of Lying Figure With Hypodermic Syringe

Painted in 1968

Estimate Upon Request

£20,242,500

$27,104,708

€24,392,213

Anonymous

12

John Constable, R.A. (East Bergholt 1776-1837 London)

View On The Stour Near Dedham

Painted circa 1821-22

Estimate Upon Request

£14,082,500

$18,856,468

€16,969,413

Anonymous

25

Bridget Riley (B. 1931)

Untitled (Diagonal Curve)

Painted in 1966

WORLD AUCTION RECORD FOR THE ARTIST

£2,500,000 – £3,500,000

£4,338,500

$5,809,252

€5,227,893

Anonymous

13

Sir Joshua Reynolds, P.R.A. (Plympton 1723-1792 London)

Portrait Of Lucy Long, Mrs George Hardinge

Painted in 1820

£2,000,000 – £3,000,000

£3,778,500

$5,059,412

€4,553,093

Anonymous

22

Dame Barbara Hepworth (1903-1975)

Sea Form (Atlantic)

Conceived in 1964 and cast between 1964 and 1966

£3,000,000 – £5,000,000

£3,554,500

$4,759,476

€4,283,173

Anonymous

4

Frederic, Lord Leighton, P.R.A. (1830-1896)

Golden Hours

Painted circa 1864

WORLD AUCTION RECORD FOR THE ARTIST

£3,000,000 – £5,000,000

£3,274,500

$4,384,556

€3,945,773

Anonymous

14

George Stubbs, A.R.A. (1724-1806)

Two Hunters With A Young Groom And A Dog By A Lake

Painted in 1778

£3,000,000 – £5,000,000

£3,050,500

$4,084,620

€3,675,853

Anonymous

21

Frank Auerbach (B. 1931)

Head Of Leon Kossoff

Painted in 1954

WORLD AUCTION RECORD FOR THE ARTIST

£1,200,000 – £1,800,000

£2,658,500

$3,559,732

€3,203,493

Anonymous

7

Lucian Freud, O.M., C.H. (1922-2011)

A Girl (Pauline Tennant)

Executed circa 1945

£2,000,000 – £3,000,000

£2,322,500

$3,109,828

€2,798,613

Anonymous

       

*Please see separate post-sale press release for comment

 

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Next Sale: Classic Week – 5th - 13th July 2016, London.

 

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.

 

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* Please note when quoting estimates above that other fees will apply in addition to the hammer price - see Section D of the Conditions of Sale at the back of the sale catalogue. *Estimates do not include buyer’s premium. Sales totals are hammer price plus buyer’s premium.