Lot 198 · Modern British Art Day Sale
You was never lovelier
Richard Smith · acrylic on canvas with aluminium, shaped
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- Estimate
- £20,000–£30,000 hammer ≈ $26,350–$39,525
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — Modern British Art Day Sale, London · 20 June 2018
- Dimensions
- 36 x 36 x 11 in. (91.5 x 91.5 x 28 cm.)
- Record ID
- TB-2026-3810591
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Richard Smith, You was never lovelier. Christie's, 20 Jun 2018, lot 198. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3810591.
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Richard Smith, You was never lovelier. Christie's, 20 Jun 2018, lot 198. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3810591.
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|---|---|---|---|
| Small Head of Rosalind II | Leon Kossoff | — | upcoming |
| Don Bachardy | John Craxton R.a. | £5,000–£8,000 | |
| Head of Ezra Pound | Percy Wyndham Lewis | £10,000–£15,000 | |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richard Smith | A Whole Year, a Half a Day 2, 1966 152.5 x 152.5 x 30.5cm (6 | $33,955 | Bonhams, Feb 2021 | |
| Richard Smith | Bright Past | Sotheby's, Dec 2013 | ||
| Richard Smith | Another Place | Sotheby's, Nov 2016 | ||
| Richard Smith | A Whole Year a half a day VIII | Christie's, Jun 2017 | ||
| Richard Smith | Garland | Rago, Sep 2021 | ||
| Richard Smith | A Whole Year a Half a Day IV 152.4 x 152.4 x 30.4 cm. (60 x | Bonhams, Mar 2018 | ||
| Richard Smith | Three Crosses | Phillips, Jul 2020 | ||
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