Lot 1 · Victorian & British Impressionist Pictures Including Drawings and Watercolours
Alfred Munnings reading
Harold Knight · oil on canvas
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- Estimate
- £30,000–£50,000 hammer ≈ $49,109–$81,848
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — Victorian & British Impressionist Pictures Including Drawings and Watercolours, London · 16 December 2009
- Dimensions
- 40 x 30 in. (101.6 x 76.2 cm.)
- Record ID
- TB-2026-5149468
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
- Cite this record
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Harold Knight, Alfred Munnings reading. Christie's, 16 Dec 2009, lot 1. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5149468.
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Harold Knight, Alfred Munnings reading. Christie's, 16 Dec 2009, lot 1. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5149468.
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From the same sale Victorian & British Impressionist Pictures Including Drawings and Watercolours · Dec 2009
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Our Lady of Promise (La Madonna di Promessa) | Edward Reginald Frampton | £120,000–£180,000 | |
| Spring | William Savage Cooper | £6,000–£8,000 | |
| Eze, Côte d'Azur, France | Edward Lear | £8,000–£12,000 | |
| Lake Thun with the Schlöss Oberhofen | Edward Lear | £3,000–£5,000 | |
| Le Carnival | Dame Laura Knight | £20,000–£30,000 | |
| Storm over our town, Malvern | Dame Laura Knight | £40,000–£60,000 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harold Knight | Morning Sun | $190,251 | Christie's, Nov 2003 | |
| Harold Knight | A Village Wedding | Sotheby's, Jan 2021 | ||
| Lynn Chadwick R.a. | Pair of Sitting Figures VI | Phillips, Jun 2021 | ||
| Lynn Chadwick R.a. | Sitting Elektra II | Sotheby's, Nov 2020 | ||
| Lynn Chadwick R.a. | Second Stairs | Sotheby's, May 2026 | ||
| Lynn Chadwick R.a. | Walking Couple II | Sotheby's, Apr 2021 | ||
| Lynn Chadwick R.a. | Conjunction XIV | Sotheby's, Nov 2021 | ||
| Lynn Chadwick R.a. | sitting woman ii | Sotheby's, Nov 2019 |
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.