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- Estimate
- £500–£700 hammer ≈ $810–$1,134
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — 20th Century British Art, London (South Kensington) · 28 April 1999
- Record ID
- TB-2026-6562672
- Record
- first seen 29 Jul 2026 · updated 29 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Alastair Morton, Abstract Composition. Christie's, 28 Apr 1999, lot 240. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-6562672.
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Alastair Morton, Abstract Composition. Christie's, 28 Apr 1999, lot 240. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-6562672.
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From the same sale 20th Century British Art · Apr 1999
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tug by Tower Bridge | Hugh Boycott-brown | £300–£400 | |
| Rhapsody | Allen Jones | £6,000–£8,000 | |
| Standing male Nude | Duncan Grant | £1,200–£1,800 | |
| Park in Summer | Jolan P. Williams (fl.c.1940) | £600–£800 | |
| Madonna and Child | Sir Matthew Smith | £600–£800 | |
| Portrait of Claire Bloom | H. Earl (20th Century) | £25–£200 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alastair Morton | Composition | $1,256 | Lyon & Turnbull, Apr 2022 | |
| Alastair Morton | Untitled | Chiswick Auctions, Mar 2026 | ||
| John Piper C.h. | Castlemartin | Bonhams, Sep 2024 | ||
| Alastair Morton | ‘Florian’ Furnishing Fabric, Designed 1949 | Lyon & Turnbull, Nov 2020 | ||
| Sir Terry Frost R.a. | Three Christmas Cards | Lyon & Turnbull, Oct 2023 | ||
| Keith Vaughan | Head, c.1960 | Bonhams, Nov 2025 | ||
| Alastair Morton | untitled | Sotheby's, Nov 2014 | ||
| Sir Terry Frost R.a. | Yellow, Red and Black for Lorca | Bonhams, Dec 2021 |
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.