Lot 530 · Christie's Interiors
Portrait
Eileen Agar · pencil, watercolour, bodycolour and pastel, shaped
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- Estimate
- £500–£700 hammer ≈ $816–$1,143
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — Christie's Interiors , London (South Kensington) · 10 July 1998
- Dimensions
- 13½ x 11½ in. (34.3 x 29.2 cm.)
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4889512
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Eileen Agar, Portrait. Christie's, 10 Jul 1998, lot 530. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4889512.
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Eileen Agar, Portrait. Christie's, 10 Jul 1998, lot 530. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4889512.
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From the same sale Christie's Interiors · Jul 1998
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tea for two | John Yardley | £500–£700 | |
| A village in winter with figures skating on a frozen river | Frans De Momper | £60,000–£80,000 | |
| Plums and nectarines in a porcelain bowl with cherries on a partly dr… | Jacob Van Hulsdonck | £40,000–£60,000 | |
| A wooded landscape with travellers and an upset cart on a wooded trac… | Jan Brueghel I | £400,000–£600,000 | |
| View of the Kloveniersburgwal in Amsterdam | Isaac Ouwater | £35,000–£50,000 | |
| Grapes in a basket, peaches on a silver dish, chestnuts, a Large Whit… | Willem Van Aelst | £150,000–£250,000 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eileen Agar | Composition | $942 | Lyon & Turnbull, Apr 2022 | |
| Graham Sutherland O.m. | Pecken Wood | Bonhams, Nov 2024 | ||
| Eileen Agar | Stars | Christie's, Apr 2009 | ||
| Eileen Agar | Butterfly | Christie's, Mar 2002 | ||
| John Piper C.h. | Whithorn Priory [Levinson 248] | Chiswick Auctions, Feb 2026 | ||
| John Piper C.h. | Tickencote, Rutland: the Norman Chancel Arch [Levinson 130] | Chiswick Auctions, Feb 2026 | ||
| Eileen Agar | The Ghost | Bonhams, Oct 2017 | ||
| Eileen Agar | Harlequin | Christie's, Jan 2001 |
The closest sold results by price, artist, and medium — the appraiser's comp set, generated from the corpus. All figures converted to USD at current reference rates.