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25 June 2015

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RESULTS: Modern British and Irish Art Evening Sale, 25 June 2015

London EMEA 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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Next Sale: Modern British and Irish Art Day Sale – 26 June 2015, London

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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.