Spotlight on Contemporary Art

Spotlight on Contemporary Art

Highlights from our April 2020 Auction

Join Contemporary art specialist Carly Shearer as she introduces us to a few highlight lots in our Thursday 16 April online only Contemporary & Post-War Art auction.

 

 

  


 

Our forthcoming auction features an fantastic selection of Contemporary & Post-War Art, with excellent examples of several collecting genres. Join us below as we highlight some of the superb examples of Scottish Contemporary & Post-War Art, Photography, Modern British Art and Prints & Multiples included in our 16 April online only auction.

 

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SCOTTISH CONTEMPORARY & POST-WAR ART 

LEON MORROCCO

 

Our sale includes a selection of pieces from leading Scottish Contemporary & Post-War artists, including John Bellany, Peter Howson, Eduardo Paolozzi, Leon Morrocco, Elizabeth Blackadder, Peter McLaren, Alasdair Gray and Sir Robin Philipson.


Illustrated: LOT 86 | § LEON MORROCCO A.R.S.A (SCOTTISH B.1942) | GARDENS AND POND FROM THE STUDIO | £5,000 - £7,000 + fees



INTERNATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY

HELMUT NEWTON

 

Fashion photographer Helmut Newton's Saddle I, Paris - 1976 leads the 16th April sale alongside iconic pieces from Richard Prince and Bert Stern as well as progressive works by Nan Goldin and Hannah Collins.

 

Illustrated: LOT 115 | § HELMUT NEWTON (GERMAN/AUSTRALIAN 1920-2004) | SADDLE I, PARIS - 1976 | £25,000 - £35,000 + fees



MODERN BRITISH ART

ALAN DAVIE

Iconic Modern British artists are strongly represented including Alan Davie, Margaret Mellis, Mary Fedden, Adrian Heath, Henry Moore, and Wilhelmina Barns-Graham.

 

Illustrated: LOT 99 | § ALAN DAVIE C.B.E. R.A. H.R.S.A. (BRITISH 1920-2014) | POET CREATING AN EGG, 9293 - JULY '64 | £2,500 - £3,500 + fees



PRINTS & MULTIPLES

Picasso

 

The perfect way to start your collection or to own a work by some of the art world's biggest names, our sale includes prints by Pablo Picasso, Christine Borland, L.S. Lowry, John Piper, Howard Hodgkin, Rachel Whiteread and Banksy.

 

Illustrated: LOT 114 | § PABLO PICASSO (SPANISH 1881-1973) | MINOTAURE, UNE COUPE À LA MAIN, ET JEUNE FEMME - 1933 | £6,000 - £8,000 + fees



Date for Your Diary 

 

Contemporary & Post-War Art 

Thursday 16 April at 11am | Live Online Auction

 

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