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Bonhams Scores £4.9m White Glove Sale with Modern British Estate of Cyril Reddihough

June 20, 2016 by Marion Maneker

Ben Nicholson, 1928 (Pill Creek, Cornwall) 722k GBP
Ben Nicholson, 1928 (Pill Creek, Cornwall) 722k GBP

Georgina Adam reports on the strong showing of the Cyril Reddihough collection at Bonhams. Reddihough was a lawyer, collector and friend to artist Ben Nicholson. He often bought Nicholson’s work to support the artist and ended up with a desirable

Bonhams sold 42 works from the estate, with expectations of up to £2.7m but was rewarded with a strong £4.1m hammer (£4.9m with fees). All the Reddihough lots found buyers. The sale included other modern and Irish works of art, with the overall tally being £8.3m (with fees).

The top lot of the sale was Henry Moore’s “Reclining Figure” (1945), which sold for £1.55m (£1.86m with fees), setting a world record for a plaster model by the sculptor. Nicholson’s “192 (Pill Creek)” sold for a double-estimate £600,000 (£722,500 with fees). And Barbara Hepworth’s dreamy “Seated Girl” (1949, pictured) fetched £170,000 (£206,500 with fees), against an estimate of just £30,000-£40,000.

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