LONDON.- Graham Budd Auctions is holding their first timed auction devoted to Great. British Artists which is running from now until the evening of Sunday, July 17, 2022. Kevin Turton, who has recently joined as Head of Art, is curating this first sale and each work relates to a notable British artist who lived, worked and created at some point in the decades between the late 19th century and now.
The sale features originals, period posters and signed limited edition screenprints and artwork, with estimates between £200 and £22,000 by artists such as Sir Peter Blake, L.S. Lowry, David Shrigley, Tracey Emin and even a woven doormat by Banksy.
Kevin has spent over a decade running commercial art galleries and working as a successful dealer and adviser to private clients. He has overseen a variety of exhibitions focussing on both modern and contemporary art from the likes of Pablo Picasso, Damien Hirst and Salvador Dalí.
He said: “I am very excited about joining Graham Budd Auctions and introducing a new element to their auction calendar. The first sale includes works by well-established and popular artists from the late 19th century to the present day, but I look forward to using this platform to support and raise awareness of emerging artists too – there is a great deal of scope.”
As Adam Gascoigne, CEO of Graham Budd Auctions comments: “We are delighted to launch our new timed Art auctions which we are planning to hold at least four times a year. We felt that there was a perfect synergy between sports memorabilia, which Graham Budd is synonymous with and auctions of multiple artworks by 20th and 21st century artists who are also icons of popular contemporary culture in a similar way to sportspeople and objects. With Kevin’s expertise and unmatched passion for the art market, Graham Budd Auctions is very pleased to be able to offer private art sales and an art advisory service to clients, alongside our established sporting auctions.”
Within the sale is a screenprint by Sir Peter Blake (b.1932) titled Fag Packets which is estimated at £1,700-2,000; while a colour screenprint I've Never seen you by David Shrigley (British, b.1968) is expected to fetch £4,000-5,000 – it is edition 60 of 125 and by Banksy, (b. 1974) Welcome Mat, 2020, which is an unsigned, hand-stitched mat using the fabric from life vests abandoned on the beaches of the Mediterranean. Banksy had a workshop built in Greece where refugees who fled from warm torn countries come and make these mats and paid a fair wage (est: £1,500-2,000). A collection of rare and collectable David Hockney posters as well as two hand-signed works have estimates ranging from £250 upwards.
The sale also includes 8 works by Laurence Stephen Lowry RBA RA (British, 1887-1976) including a pencil drawing of Boats at Lytham St Anne's, Lancashire, dated 1926. Estimated at £24,000-28,000, it bears labels that refer to the leading expert on Lowry: the Henry Donn Gallery, while by Scottish artist Sir William Russell Flint PRA PRWS RSW ROI RE (Scottish, 1880-1969) a watercolour From a window in Venice carries an estimate of £22,000-30,000.
