British Art on Paper
Christie's is the only auction house to hold sales dedicated to three centuries of British Art on Paper in June and November of each year. Our strength as the definitive market leader in this field has given this category an international stage and produced exceptional auction results.
In our June 2006 British Art on Paper sale, The Blue Rigi: Lake of Lucerne, Sunrise by Joseph Mallord William Turner, R.A. achieved £5,832,000 ($11,480,276), setting new world auction records, both for a work by Turner and for any British work on paper. Christie's has also established world auction records for works on paper by a number of renowned British artists, including Thomas Gainsborough; Samuel Palmer; Edward Lear; David Roberts; Sir Edward Burne-Jones; Sir Edwin Landseer; Dante Gabriel Rossetti; and Augustus John.
Please do not hesitate to contact one of the specialists in the department if you wish to discuss the sale of your property in one of our upcoming sales.
More British & Irish Art Departments:
British & Irish Art
20th Century British Art
Victorian & Traditionalist Pictures
See also:
British & Irish Art Articles
Upcoming Sales from this department
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Dec 2008 10 2:30pm
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Dec 2008 11 2pm
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Dec 2008 12 10:30am
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May 2009 8 10:30am
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Jun 2009 3 2pm
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Dec 2009 15 2:30pm
Department Contact Info
Specialist Profiles
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London, King Street
Harriet DrummondDepartment Head
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Rosie Jarvie
Senior Specialist
Associate Director, British Drawings & Watercolours -
London, South Kensington
Jamie RountreeDepartment Head
London, King Street Contacts
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Harriet Drummond
Department Head -
Rosie Jarvie
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Tel: +44 (0)20 7389 2271
South Kensington Contacts
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Jamie Rountree
Department Head
jrountree@christies.com Tel: +44 (0)20 7752 3293 -
Rachel Gubbins
Junior Specialist
rgubbins@christies.com Tel: +44 (0)20 7752 3284
New York Contacts
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Tel: +1 212 636 2084
Exceptional Prices
J.M.W. Turner, R.A. (1775-1851)
The Blue Rigi
watercolour, bodycolour, pen and brown ink, heightened with white chalk and with scratching out
Price realized: £5,832,000
June 2006, London, King Street
World auction record for a work on paper by the artist
World auction record for any British work on paper
The Blue Rigi
watercolour, bodycolour, pen and brown ink, heightened with white chalk and with scratching out
Price realized: £5,832,000
June 2006, London, King Street
World auction record for a work on paper by the artist
World auction record for any British work on paper
John Robert Cozens (1752-1797)
Cetara, Gulf of Salerno, Italy
pencil and watercolour, on the artist's original wash-line mount
Price realized: £274,050
November 2004, London, King Street
Cetara, Gulf of Salerno, Italy
pencil and watercolour, on the artist's original wash-line mount
Price realized: £274,050
November 2004, London, King Street
John Ruskin, H.R.W.S., (1819-1900)
Bellinzona, Switzerland, looking north towards the St. Gotthard pass
pencil, watercolour and bodycolour, on light blue tinted paper
Price realized: £274,050
November 2003, London, King Street
Bellinzona, Switzerland, looking north towards the St. Gotthard pass
pencil, watercolour and bodycolour, on light blue tinted paper
Price realized: £274,050
November 2003, London, King Street
Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828-1882)
Pandora
pastel, on two joined sheets
Price realized: £2,643,750
June 2000, London, King Street
Pandora
pastel, on two joined sheets
Price realized: £2,643,750
June 2000, London, King Street
Samuel Palmer, O.W.S. (1805-1881)
Oak tree and beech, Lullingstone Park
pencil, pen and brown ink and watercolour, heightened with bodycolour, on grey paper
Price realized: £751,750
June 2000, New York
Oak tree and beech, Lullingstone Park
pencil, pen and brown ink and watercolour, heightened with bodycolour, on grey paper
Price realized: £751,750
June 2000, New York
Edward Lear (1812-1888)
The Cedars of Lebanon
Pencil, pen and ink and watercolour
Price realized: £91,700
July 1996, London, King Street
The Cedars of Lebanon
Pencil, pen and ink and watercolour
Price realized: £91,700
July 1996, London, King Street
David Roberts, R.A. (1796-1864)
Jerusalem from the road leading to Bethany
pencil and watercolour heightened with white on buff paper
Price realized: £80,700
April 1996, London, King Street
Jerusalem from the road leading to Bethany
pencil and watercolour heightened with white on buff paper
Price realized: £80,700
April 1996, London, King Street
Thomas Gainsborough, R.A. (1727-1788)
A Lady walking in a garden
black chalk and stump, heightened with white (partly in oil paint) on buff paper
Price realized: £616,000
July 1991, London, King Street
A Lady walking in a garden
black chalk and stump, heightened with white (partly in oil paint) on buff paper
Price realized: £616,000
July 1991, London, King Street
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