Lot 1 · Modern British & Irish Art
Portrait of Hannen Swaffer
Austin Osman Spare · pencil and crayon
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- Estimate
- £1,500–£2,500 hammer ≈ $2,169–$3,615
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — Modern British & Irish Art, London (South Kensington) · 17 March 2016
- Dimensions
- 13 x 8 in. (33 x 20.3 cm.), unframed
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4055929
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
- Cite this record
- TB-2026-4055929 — https://thebasis.art/cite/TB-2026-4055929
Austin Osman Spare, Portrait of Hannen Swaffer. Christie's, 17 Mar 2016, lot 1. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4055929.
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Austin Osman Spare, Portrait of Hannen Swaffer. Christie's, 17 Mar 2016, lot 1. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4055929.
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From the same sale Modern British & Irish Art · Mar 2016
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hybrid | Austin Osman Spare | £1,000–£1,500 | |
| Automatic drawing | Austin Osman Spare | £800–£1,200 | |
| Austin Spare and Witch | Austin Osman Spare | £4,000–£6,000 | |
| Primal Urge | Austin Osman Spare | £2,000–£3,000 | |
| Joan Crawford | Austin Osman Spare | £2,500–£3,500 | |
| Masks and Faces | Austin Osman Spare | £3,000–£5,000 |
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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.