| Bonhams breaks world records in 20th century British and Irish sale held yesterday |
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LONDON.- A new world auction record for a work on paper by Henry Moore was set by Bonhams yesterday (16th November) in the 20th Century British and Irish Art sale. Entitled Shelter Drawing: Seated Mother and Child, the work sold for £634,850, after much enthusiastic bidding. Executed in 1941, the work had only appeared a couple of times in public, including the Tate Gallery’s major retrospective of Henry Moore last year. The sale total was £4,150,000. Another world record for a work on paper by Lowry was also set during the sale. A pencil drawing entitled Swinbury Station, executed in 1939 sold for £121,250, exceeding its presale estimate of £50,000 – 80,000. Swinbury Station was a testament to Lowry's skill as a draughtsman and had never been seen at auction before, having been gifted by the artist to the present owner's parents as an engagement present. The picture had been on read full article
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