Art Naiv proceed million bar
ARTinvestment.RU   10 июня 2008

Painting «Cricket Match» naive British painter of the first half of XX century, Lawrence Stephen Lawren sold at London auction Christie

Artwork «Cricket Match» naive British painter of the first half of XX century, Lawrence Stephen Lawren sold at London auction Christie's for 1.5 million dollars (770 thousand pounds sterling). Another work of Lawren - unknown sea - went under the hammer for U.S. $ 610 thousand (313 thousand pounds), informs BBC News.

Obozrevatel BBC News notes that the estimated two million dollars (one million pounds) picture Lawren at football theme «" Manchester City v. Sheffield United "» has not sold.

Portfolio Lawren sold in the auction «British art of XX century», ended with the result of 23.2 million dollars (11.6 million pounds). The largest amounts have been paid for a still life by William Scott «Bowl, Eggs and lemons» (more than two million dollars) and a sculpture by Barbara Hepvort (1.7 million dollars).

Source: lenta. ru