Lot 738 · Christie's Interiors
Surrealist Design
A.r.a. John Armstrong · pencil, gouache and silver ink
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- Estimate
- £1,000–£1,500 hammer ≈ $1,499–$2,249
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — Christie's Interiors, London (South Kensington) · 2 December 2008
- Dimensions
- 10½ x 9¾ in. (26.7 x 24.8 cm.)
- Record ID
- TB-2026-5408135
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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A.r.a. John Armstrong, Surrealist Design. Christie's, 2 Dec 2008, lot 738. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5408135.
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A.r.a. John Armstrong, Surrealist Design. Christie's, 2 Dec 2008, lot 738. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5408135.
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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.