Lot 199 · 20th Century British Art
Primeval Movement; Earth Movement
William Johnstone Obe · each bas-relief, plaster on plasterboard
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- Estimate
- £2,000–£3,000 hammer ≈ $3,508–$5,262
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — 20th Century British Art, London (South Kensington) · 7 October 2008
- Dimensions
- each 49 x 37 in. (124 x 94 cm.) (2)
- Record ID
- TB-2026-5426307
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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William Johnstone Obe, Primeval Movement; Earth Movement. Christie's, 7 Oct 2008, lot 199. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5426307.
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William Johnstone Obe, Primeval Movement; Earth Movement. Christie's, 7 Oct 2008, lot 199. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5426307.
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|---|---|---|---|
| With a Woman | Kenneth Armitage | £1,000–£1,500 | |
| Portrait of Flora Thomas | Dame Ethel Walker, A.R.A. (1861-1951) | £1,200–£1,800 | |
| Girl in Blue | Dame Ethel Walker, A.R.A. (1861-1951) | £1,500–£2,000 | |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| William Johnstone Obe | Composition | $6,078 | Lyon & Turnbull, Jun 2022 | |
| William Johnstone Obe | Composition - 1972 | Lyon & Turnbull, Apr 2023 | ||
| William Johnstone Obe | Untitled | Lyon & Turnbull, Jan 2026 | ||
| William Johnstone Obe | Metamorphosis - C.1970-73 | Lyon & Turnbull, Apr 2024 | ||
| William Johnstone Obe | Still Life by a Window | Lyon & Turnbull, Dec 2020 | ||
| John Piper C.h. | Foliate Head | Lyon & Turnbull, May 2025 | ||
| William Johnstone Obe | Northern Gothic 63.5 x 76 cm. (25 x 29 15/16 in.) | Bonhams, Apr 2015 | ||
| William Johnstone Obe | Dark Borders Landscape, 1925 | Lyon & Turnbull, Jan 2025 |
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.