Bonhams to Offer Sarah Lucas Sculpture in 20th and 21st Century Art Evening Sale in London
Bonhams 20th and 21st Century Art Evening sale at New Bond Street in London includes a 15-foot bronze sculpture by Sarah Lucas titled Gold Cup Maradona. The work from an edition of 3 plus one artist's proof was shown in Lucas' 2015 British Pavilion exhibition at the Venice Biennale and carries an estimate of £300,000-400,000. Additional lots comprise Henri Le Sidaner’s Les arbres sur la rive, Quimperlé estimated at £150,000-200,000, Alighiero Boetti’s Mettere i verbi all'infinito at £200,000-300,000, Frank Auerbach’s Head of Catherine Lampert at £200,000-300,000 and Auguste Rodin’s Éternel Printemps at £150,000-250,000.
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The Lucas bronze signals sustained collector demand for YBA-era works that translate intimate materials into monumental form while retaining themes of eroticism and humour. Boetti’s ballpoint series and Auerbach’s repeated portraits of a single sitter illustrate how systematic and biographical approaches continue to shape market values in Post-War and Contemporary categories. Rodin’s reduced bronze underscores the ongoing commercial strength of 19th-century sculpture within evening sales that blend historical and recent production.
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- Artists: Sarah Lucas, Henri Le Sidaner, Alighiero Boetti, Frank Auerbach, Auguste Rodin
- People: Marina Ruiz Colomer
- Auction Houses: Bonhams
- Locations: London
- Prices: £300,000-400,000, £150,000-200,000, £200,000-300,000, £150,000-250,000
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