Lot 85 · Collections: Including the Roy Astley Collection of Theatrical Designs, and Selected Items from the Estates of Geoffrey Sawyer; Sir Brian Williamson; and Howard Godfrey
A set design for the 'Garden of Imperial Palace' for Turandot, circa 1946
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- Estimate
- £500–£700 hammer ≈ $668–$935
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Bonhams — Collections: Including the Roy Astley Collection of Theatrical Designs, and Selected Items from the Estates of Geoffrey Sawyer; Sir Brian Williamson; and Howard Godfrey, Online, London, Knightsbridge · 20 May 2025
- Record ID
- TB-2026-072733
- Record
- first seen 20 Jul 2026 · updated 20 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Leslie Hurry, A set design for the 'Garden of Imperial Palace' for Turandot, circa 1946. Bonhams, 20 May 2025, lot 85. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-072733.
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Leslie Hurry, A set design for the 'Garden of Imperial Palace' for Turandot, circa 1946. Bonhams, 20 May 2025, lot 85. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-072733.
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From the same sale Collections: Including the Roy Astley Collection of Theatrical Designs, and Selected Items from the Estates of Geoffrey Sawyer; Sir Brian Williamson; and Howard Godfrey · May 2025
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|---|---|---|---|
| A costume design for My Fair Lady, 1963, probably for Barbara Pepper … | Cecil Beaton | £800–£1,200 | |
| Cecil Beaton, circa 1937 | Christian Bérard | £600–£800 | |
| Three costume designs for 'Countess Ranevskaya' in The Queen of Spade… | Oliver Messel | £1,500–£2,500 | |
| Portrait of Picasso | Cecil Beaton | £8,000–£12,000 | |
| Madonna Del Velo | Tuscan School | £500–£700 | |
| Monk musicians taking snuff | European School | £200–£300 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leslie Hurry | Four Landscapes | $496 | Lyon & Turnbull, Oct 2025 | |
| Leslie Hurry | The destruction of the gods | Bonhams, Oct 2017 | ||
| Leslie Hurry | Figures in a landscape | Christie's, May 2001 | ||
| Leslie Hurry | Four Costume Designs | Lyon & Turnbull, Oct 2025 | ||
| Leslie Hurry | Three Landscapes; 'Surrealist Composition'; 'Untitled' & 'La | Lyon & Turnbull, Feb 2026 | ||
| Leslie Hurry | Enthroned Figure, 1948 | Lyon & Turnbull, May 2025 | ||
| John Piper C.h. | Gaddesby, Leicestershire: medieval stonework, Plate III from | Bonhams, Dec 2025 | ||
| John Piper C.h. | Willington Dovecote, Bedfordshire - 1978 | Lyon & Turnbull, Aug 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.