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Peter Lanyon Painting Totals Record £98,400 A small recently discovered painting by one of the most important 20th Century British artists has recently totalled a record £98,400 at a Cotswold auction (9th October). to gain a deeper understanding of his native landscape. It was a gliding accident in 1964 at the age of just 46 which abruptly ended his career. Head of paintings at Kinghams Auctioneers, Adrian Rathbone, (assisted by ex-Sotheby’s Old Masters
Consultant
Andrew
Bowyer) is on hand to advise clients on all aspects of paintings, from antique to contemporary works. With rapidly changing values, it is more important than ever to ascertain the current value of paintings, antiques and works of art. Free valuations for all manner
The work titled
Estimated
‘Portreath
at
£30,000-50,000,
-
works rarely appear at auction
Roadmenders’ is
and as such immense pre-sale
by celebrated Cornish artist Peter
interest from private collectors
Lanyon, (1918-1964). Depicting a
and the art trade resulted in it
stylised view of the north Cornish
surpassing this to finally sell to a
fishing village Portreath, the work
UK based trade buyer who bid
shows the harbour and surround
£98,400 to secure it.
2
landscape and is dated 1949. In a typically muted palette, the work measures just 28 by 23cm and was consigned by a Devon based
private
client
whose
parents in law had purchased it directly from the artist sometime in the 1950’s.
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Peter Lanyon was a British painter of landscapes leaning towards abstraction and one of the most important artists to emerge in post-war Britain. He received tuition from fellow celebrated Cornish artist Ben Nicholson in the late 1930’s. His body of
Moreton in Marsh auctioneers
work are the most important
Kinghams
the
reappraisals of modernism in
work carried out further research
painting anywhere. In 2018 Toby
and were grateful to have it
Treves published the catalogue
authenticated
raisonne
who
handled
Peter Lanyon (1918-1964), Portreath 2, oil. Sold for a Record £98,400
of
FREE HOME VISITS FOR LARGE/MULTIPLE ITEMS, ESTATE CLEARANCE & DOWNSIZING ADVICE
Lanyon authority, (and catalogue
research. In the late 1950’s he
10-12 Cotswold Business Village, London Road, Moreton-in-Marsh, GL56 0JQ
raisonne author) Toby Treves.
trained as a glider pilot in order
by
the
Peter
after
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