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- Estimate
- £300–£500 hammer ≈ $496–$827
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — 20th Century British Pictures, London (South Kensington) · 27 January 1999
- Record ID
- TB-2026-6593356
- Record
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Mervyn Peake, Seated female Nude. Christie's, 27 Jan 1999, lot 47. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-6593356.
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Mervyn Peake, Seated female Nude. Christie's, 27 Jan 1999, lot 47. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-6593356.
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From the same sale 20th Century British Pictures · Jan 1999
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nude | Clifford Hall | £400–£600 | |
| Subway behind the Times Building, New York | Horace Ascher Brodzky | £25–£200 | |
| Classical Nude | Mark Gertler | £1,200–£1,800 | |
| Flowersellers | Anna Dixon | £200–£300 | |
| St Ives | Alfred Aaron Wolmark | £200–£300 | |
| Abstract | Colin Sealy | £25–£200 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sir Terry Frost R.a. | Duende for Lorca | $564 | Bonhams, Jul 2024 | |
| Mervyn Peake | Mythical Figure | Christie's, Apr 2000 | ||
| John Piper C.h. | Binham Abbey; Holme, Nottinghamshire 2 | Bonhams, Jan 2023 | ||
| John Piper C.h. | Stilling Fleet All Saints Lincolnshire | Strauss & Co, Oct 2022 | ||
| Mervyn Peake | Study of a Clown | Christie's, Apr 2000 | ||
| John Piper C.h. | Willington Dovecote, Bedfordshire - 1978 | Lyon & Turnbull, Aug 2025 | ||
| Mervyn Peake | Sleeping mouse | Christie's, May 2005 | ||
| Mervyn Peake | Two figures | Christie's, Dec 2007 |
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