Lot 48 · British and European Art
'What has happened?'
John Adam Houston · pencil and watercolour, heightened with bodycolour and gum arabic, on board
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- Estimate
- £1,500–£2,500 hammer ≈ $2,543–$4,239
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — British and European Art , London · 26 October 2003
- Dimensions
- x 13 in. (21.3 x 33 cm.)
- Record ID
- TB-2026-3442351
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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- TB-2026-3442351 — https://thebasis.art/cite/TB-2026-3442351
John Adam Houston, 'What has happened?'. Christie's, 26 Oct 2003, lot 48. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3442351.
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John Adam Houston, 'What has happened?'. Christie's, 26 Oct 2003, lot 48. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3442351.
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From the same sale British and European Art · Oct 2003
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|---|---|---|---|
| Sola en el palco | HERMENEGILDO ANGLADA CAMARASA (SPANISH, 1871-1959) | £40,000–£60,000 | |
| Winter landscape with figures by a boat on a frozen waterway | ANDREAS SCHELFHOUT (DUTCH, 1878-1870) AND HENDRIKUS VAN DE SANDE BAKHUYZEN (DUTCH, 1795-1860) | £20,000–£30,000 | |
| Confidences | Joseph Scheurenberg | £20,000–£30,000 | |
| Tension, Lucenay-Les-Trois-Tours | Sir William Russell Flint | £20,000–£30,000 | |
| Devotion | Edmund Blair Leighton | £12,000–£18,000 | |
| La venue de l'aube à Fosset | Fernand Khnopff | £30,000–£50,000 |
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