{"id":56685,"date":"2025-06-20T13:33:17","date_gmt":"2025-06-20T17:33:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/?p=56685"},"modified":"2025-06-20T13:33:17","modified_gmt":"2025-06-20T17:33:17","slug":"bonhams-modern-british-irish-art","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/2025\/06\/bonhams-modern-british-irish-art\/","title":{"rendered":"Bonhams Modern British &#038; Irish Art"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_56686\" style=\"width: 250px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/HepworthBonhams-scaled.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-56686\" class=\"wp-image-56686 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/HepworthBonhams-240x300.jpg\" alt=\"A sculpture of metal pieces curled into wing-like shapes decorated with strings,\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/HepworthBonhams-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/HepworthBonhams-820x1024.jpg 820w, https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/HepworthBonhams-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/HepworthBonhams-1229x1536.jpg 1229w, https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/HepworthBonhams-1639x2048.jpg 1639w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-56686\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Orpheus (Marquette 1)<\/em> by Dame Barbara Hepworth<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">On Wednesday, June 18th, Bonham\u2019s hosted one of their sales of modern British and Irish art at their London location on New Bond Street. The auction consisted of seventy-four paintings, sculptures, and other artworks by a variety of artists, including Henry Moore, Laurence Stephen Lowry, and Lynn Chadwick.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Wednesday\u2019s top lot ended up being a 1956 work by the British modernist sculptor Dame Barbara Hepworth. The artist created <\/span><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Orpheus (Marquette 1)<\/span><\/em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> during a particularly significant year, as this was when Hepworth decided to begin working with metals again. Previously, she had worked exclusively with stone and wood. However, the brass elements of <\/span><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Orpheus (Marquette 1) <\/span><\/em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">were not cast specially for the sculpture. Hepworth employed a technique called cold rolling, where wooden implements are run over the brass pieces, causing them to curl in the desired fashion. The work is also notable for its use of strings, which are tied to the edges of the metal and cross one another in a mesmerizing design. Hepworth would make great use of such techniques in her work throughout the mid- to late 1950s. The work offered at Bonham\u2019s is numbered three of eight. The house specialists initially expected the sculpture to sell for no more than \u00a3600K. <\/span><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Orpheus (Maquette 1)<\/span><\/em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> would exceed this estimate, hammering at \u00a3750K \/ $1 million (or \u00a3952.9K \/ $1.28 million w\/p).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_56687\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/AuerbachBonhams-scaled.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-56687\" class=\"wp-image-56687 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/AuerbachBonhams-300x126.jpg\" alt=\"An abstract painting of a nude woman laying in bed.\" width=\"300\" height=\"126\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/AuerbachBonhams-300x126.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/AuerbachBonhams-1024x430.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/AuerbachBonhams-768x322.jpg 768w, https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/AuerbachBonhams-1536x644.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/AuerbachBonhams-2048x859.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-56687\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>E.O.W. Lying on her Bed I<\/em> by Frank Auerbach<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Following the Hepworth was Frank Auerbach\u2019s 1958 oil painting <\/span><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">E.O.W. Lying on her Bed I<\/span><\/em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">. The work has only been exhibited once, shortly after its creation, and has been in the same private collection since leaving Auerbach\u2019s studio. The work is considered a study for his 1959 painting <\/span><em><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bonhams.com\/_next\/image.jpg?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimg1.bonhams.com%2Fimage%3Fsrc%3DImages%2Flive%2F2011-08%2F18%2F8328483-3-3.jpg&amp;w=2400&amp;q=75\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">E.O.W. Nude on Bed<\/span><\/a><\/em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">, a painting once owned by Jean Chrysler and <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">was later acquired<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> by the Muscarelle Museum of Williamsburg, Virginia. The titular E.O.W. is Estella West, a model with whom Auerbach worked extensively throughout his career and featured in around seventy of his paintings. The panel Auerbach used is narrow and rough, almost like a floorboard blank. The paint is also heavily applied with a thick impasto, yet the shape of a nude woman with her knees tucked in is very clear. Bonhams expected the study to sell for no more than \u00a3180K. <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">However, with the work\u2019s rarity and the opportunity it offers to gain insight into Auerbach\u2019s process, <\/span><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">E.O.W. Lying on her Bed I<\/span><\/em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> sold far above this number, reaching not quite double the high estimate at \u00a3<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">320K<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> \/ $<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">430.2K<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> (or \u00a3<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">406.8K<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> \/ $<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">546.9K w\/p<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">).<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_56688\" style=\"width: 267px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/NicholsBonhams-scaled.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-56688\" class=\"wp-image-56688\" src=\"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/NicholsBonhams-300x236.jpg\" alt=\"A still-life painting of a vase of roses, an unfinished piece of knitting, and a knife upon a table.\" width=\"257\" height=\"202\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/NicholsBonhams-300x236.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/NicholsBonhams-1024x806.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/NicholsBonhams-768x605.jpg 768w, https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/NicholsBonhams-1536x1209.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/NicholsBonhams-2048x1612.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 257px) 100vw, 257px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-56688\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Roses &amp; Knitting<\/em> by Sir William Nicholson<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">And finally, in third place was a more traditional still-life painting by Sir William Nicholson. <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">I\u2019ve mentioned the artist\u2019s work previously, <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">namely<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> when his painting <\/span><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The Lustre Bowl<\/span><\/em> <a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/2025\/03\/christies-london-modern-british-irish-evening-sale\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">sold at Christie\u2019s<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> for \u00a3<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">950K<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> \/ $1.2 million hammer, over five times its high estimate.<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> In doing so, it became the second most expensive painting by Nicholson to sell at auction. <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The painting offered at Bonhams, <\/span><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Roses &amp; <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Knitting<\/span><\/em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">,<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> was created around 1928 and <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">was<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> last <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">offered<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> at auction in 1983.<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> The work\u2019s first owner, Marie Tempest, purchased the painting during the artist\u2019s 1929 solo show at the Beaux Arts Gallery. Tempest and Nicholson were friends, with Nicholson designing some of her costumes for the stage. It is the only painting of Nicholson\u2019s that includes knitting needles, with Tempest <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">being drawn<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> to the work due to her love of embroidery during her leisure time. It is unknown if Nicholson created the painting, especially for Tempest, but the speculation is nonetheless an exciting detail. <em>Roses &amp; Knitting<\/em> ended up becoming one of the sale\u2019s surprises, selling for \u00a3200K \/ $268.9K (or \u00a3254.4K \/ $342K w\/p) against a high estimate of \u00a3100K. The only other major surprise at the sale was Julian Trevelyan\u2019s 1946 painting <\/span><em><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/img1.bonhams.com\/image?src=Images\/live\/2025-03\/31\/25404851-2-2.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Dolphin Bay, Tresco<\/span><\/a><\/em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">. While often associated with the British surrealists, Trevelyan\u2019s work usually displays influence from naive art, depicting scenes of daily life in twentieth-century Britain. The painting offered at Bonhams depicts a day on Tresco, part of the Isles of Scilly, located west of Cornwall. Bonhams predicted the painting to sell for between \u00a37K and \u00a310K. <em>Dolphin Bay, Tresco<\/em> ended up selling for more than double its high estimate, hammering at \u00a322K \/ $29.6K (or \u00a328.2K \/ $37.9K w\/p).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Bonhams\u2019 Modern British &amp; Irish sale ended up doing moderately well. Of the seventy-four available lots, twenty-four sold within their estimates, giving Bonhams a 32% accuracy rate. An additional nineteen lots (26%) sold above their estimates, while only six lots (8%) sold below. The remaining twenty-five lots went unsold, resulting in a 66% sell-through rate for the sale. Despite this disappointing figure, the auction performed well in terms of the amount raised compared to the <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">estimate<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> ranges. <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The auction as a whole generated a total of \u00a32.8 million (<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">or<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> $3.8 million) against a <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a32.4 million<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> pre-sale total low estimate.<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> Six of the nine lots estimated to sell <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">in excess of<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> \u00a3100K sold during the sale. Of those six, four sold above their high estimates, including all three of the top lots. <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">This<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> may account for the discrepancy between the low sell-through rate and the \u201cnormal\u201d total.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Wednesday, June 18th, Bonham\u2019s hosted one of their sales of modern British and Irish art at their London location on New Bond Street. 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