Augustus Lunn

Gale Warning

Found at Sothebys, London
Modern & Post-War British Art, Lot 156
20. Nov - 20. Nov 2019
Estimate: 10.000 - 15.000 GBP
Price realised: 32.500 GBP
AUGUSTUS LUNN
1905-1986
GALE WARNING
signed and dated /38; also signed and inscribed on the reverse; further signed, titled and inscribed on a label attached to the reverse
pencil and tempera on board
105 by 65cm.; 41¼ by 25¾in.
Peter Nahum, London | His sale, Christie's South Kensington, The Poetry of Crisis: The Peter Nahum Collection of British Surrealist and Avant-Garde Art, 1930-51, 15th November 2006, lot 93, where acquired by the late owner

A top price for Augustus Lunn

This artwork by Augustus Lunn achieved an unexpectedly high price at Sothebys in London in November 2019. In the Modern & Post-War British Art auction, the work Gale Warning sold for GBP 32,500.00 (€ 38,162.95) - well above the upper estimate of GBP 15,000.00. This high result makes Gale Warning the most expensive artwork by Augustus Lunn that we have observed at auctions so far.

Ein Spitzenpreis für Augustus Lunn

Dieses Kunstwerk von Augustus Lunn erzielte im November 2019 bei Sothebys in London einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Modern & Post-War British Art wurde die Arbeit Gale Warning für GBP 32.500,00 (€ 38.162,95) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 15.000,00. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Gale Warning zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Augustus Lunn, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.

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