Contemporary Art

With a rapidly expanding international profile, Bonhams is committed to selling Contemporary Art at the highest level. We hold regular sales of Contemporary Art in London, New York, Los Angeles and Hong Kong, creating carefully curated auctions featuring paintings, photographs, works on paper and sculpture by some of the biggest names in the field. Recent highlights have included £608,000 for an oil on panel entitled Little Death by Glenn Brown, £428,470, for an oil and collage on canvas by Martial Raysse and £481,250 for a stunning portrait of Lucian Freud by Frank Auerbach (the second highest price ever achieved at auction for a work on paper by the artist). We aim to provide our clients with a uniquely bespoke service in the process of both buying and selling some of the best Contemporary Art that the market currently has to offer.

Highlights from past auctions

Sold for HK$ 9,620,000 inc. premium
Chu Teh-Chun (born 1920)
Sold for US$ 722,500 inc. premium
El Anatsui (born 1944) Harbinger, 2012 133 7/8 x 157 1/2in. (340 x 400cm)
Sold for HK$ 3,620,000 inc. premium
Chu Teh-Chun (born 1920)
Sold for HK$ 4,580,000 inc. premium
Zao Wou-Ki (born 1921)

Contacts

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Valuation events

Stuart Walton (British, born Leeds 1934) 'Cathedral from Steep Hill, Lincoln'
Paul Sandby, R.A. (British, 1730-1809) Nottingham Castle
George Turner - landscape, oil Monsal Dale Derbyshire
John Piper Holme, Nottinghamshire Screenprint, 1985, printed in colours, on Arches, signed and inscr

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