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ON THE MARKET
DAVID McCLURE
Mirror I
£1,000 - 1,500
McClure might be a highly celebrated member of the Edinburgh School but his paintings don't fetch massive sums at auction, unlike some of his contemporaries. It means you can still pick up good examples of his work for relatively little. This is a subtle self-portrait disguised as an interior. Charming.
PETER RANDALL-PAGE R.A.
Memory of water
£1,200 - 1,800
Randall-Page is an internationally renowned sculptor with works in many major public collections. This study on handmade paper is full of texture & rhythm. Mesmerising.
JIM PARTRIDGE
Footed bowl, scorched oak
£600 - 800
Partridge is a highly celebrated woodworker and furniture maker. His furniture can set you back big sums, so have a pop at this large, statement bowl for a more achievable price. It uses one of his signature techniques of scorching. An ancient method that naturally preserves and protects the wood.
SIR WILLIAM GILLIES
Spring flowers
£3,000 - 5,000
Here is a gem of a still life. Gillies was a hugely influential painter at the forefront of bringing modernist painting to Edinburgh in the 20's. Beautiful brushwork.
WHAT THE ULTRA-RICH BUY
Last weekend two of America's biggest celebrities went head to head at a charity auction. Tom Brady eventually won the battle against Kim Kardashian with a bid of $2M.
The work was a large drawing by George Condo entitled Standing Female Figure.
When Condo heard news of the auction he agreed to create a matching work for Kim. Only if she was willing to put up a matching $2M.
SLEEPER
English School, Portrait of a Man with a pickaxe and a spade.
Estimate: £10,000 - 15,000. Sold for: £400,000!
A very unusual Elizabethan portrait with ambiguous meaning. An inscription reads: "Why should the father have believed his wife". The auction house suggests the sitter was a noble who was disinherited because of his dubious parentage.
SNIPPETS
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🎭Dodgy dealer: An elderly couple sold an African mask to a dealer for $157. It just sold for $4.4M and now they want compensation.
✨Restored: Rediscovered Artemesia painting gets a clean.
👀What to watch: Portrait Artist of the Decade, watch on Sky Arts.
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