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Modern & Post-War British Art

17 November 2015 - 18 November 2015 | 6:00 PM GMT | London

SALE TOTAL

9,786,250GBP
Browse Lots
  • 14
    Laurence Stephen Lowry, R.A.
    Father and Two Sons
    LOT SOLD.1,625,000GBP
  • 6
    Lynn Chadwick, R.A.
    Stabile with Mobile Element
    LOT SOLD.749,000GBP
  • 9
    Lucian Freud, O.M., C.H.
    Flyda and Arvid
    LOT SOLD.713,000GBP
  • 19
    Sir Winston Churchill, K.G., O.M., F.R.S., HON. R.A.
    The Scuola di San Marco in Venice
    LOT SOLD.509,000GBP
  • 8
    William Roberts, R.A.
    Bicycle Boys
    LOT SOLD.485,000GBP
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Sale Number: L15143 Lots : 119

SALE TOTAL

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Sessions

  • Session 1: 17 Nov 2015 | 06:00 PM | Lots 1 - 31
  • Session 2: 18 Nov 2015 | 10:30 AM | Lots 100 - 188
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RESULTS

Our November sale has once again shown that Modern & Post-War British Art is one of the most exciting and vibrant fields offered by Sotheby’s London, with British collectors competing with buyers and bidders from all four corners of the globe. The sale was 90.9% sold by value, the best rate seen in this category for five years, with more than half of the lots exceeding their pre-sale high estimates.

We saw outstanding results for some of the 20th Century’s leading artists, such as Lucian Freud and Ben Nicholson, setting new auction records for many. These included the record for a painting by Post-War abstract artist Peter Lanyon, for a portrait by one of Britain’s best loved artists L.S. Lowry, for a painting by internationally renowned Barbara Hepworth, for a work on paper by poetic visionary John Craxton, and a stunning new benchmark for a painting by William Turnbull.

As ever, sculpture was a strong feature of our November sale, reflecting the standing of the likes of Henry Moore, Barbara Hepworth and Lynn Chadwick within the international narrative of Modernism. We set a new world record for a 1950s piece by Lynn Chadwick, with his outstanding Stabile with Mobile Element, which had been unseen since its acquisition in 1954, two years after its creation.

AUCTION DETAILS

Rediscovered masterpieces lead the 17 and 18 November sale of Modern & Post-War British Art – from Lucian Freud’s Flyda and Arvid; a dual portrait of Freud and his first wife Kitty Garman that has been in a private collection since the 1940s, to Lynn Chadwick’s Stabile with Mobile Element, unseen since it was acquired directly from the artist in 1952. Some of Britain’s most sought-after artists feature in the sale, including Henry Moore, Ben Nicholson, Barbara Hepworth, Stanley Spencer, L. S. Lowry, William Roberts, and William Turnbull.

Join us at 2pm on Sunday 15 November for a gallery talk by acclaimed art historian Michael Howard on L.S Lowry’s masterpiece Father and Two Sons.

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Contact Information

Frances Christie
Senior Director
Co-Head of Department
Modern & Post-War British Art
+44 20 7293 5575
frances.christie@sothebys.com
Simon Hucker
Senior Director
Co-Head of Department
Modern & Post-War British Art
+44 207 293 5381
simon.hucker@sothebys.com
Lydia Wingfield Digby
Deputy Director
Specialist
Modern & Post-War British Art
+44 207 293 5268
lydia.wingfielddigby@sothebys.com
Bryn Sayles
Director
Specialist
Modern & Post-War British Art
+44 207 293 5560
bryn.sayles@sothebys.com
Robin Cawdron-Stewart
Director
Specialist
Modern & Post-War British Art
+44 207 293 5483
robin.cawdron-stewart@sothebys.com
Claudia Coates
Specialist
Modern & Post-War British Art
+44 207 293 5707
claudia.coates@sothebys.com
Susan Kent
Consultant
Modern & Post-War British Art
07812 168151
susan.kent@skent.co.uk
   
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