The Modern British and Irish Art Day Sale starting at 1:00pm on 19 October includes Pauline Boty’s Still life with paint brushes from c. 1959-61. The work can be viewed at 8 King St, St. James’s, London SW1Y 6QT from 15 October.
The following image and details are all courtesy of Christie’s:
Details
PAULINE BOTY (1938-1966)
Still life with paint brushes
pencil, gouache and metallic paint on card
15 ¾ x 19 ¾ in. (40.5 x 52.7 cm.)
Executed circa 1959-61
Provenance
Purchased by Joe Boyd at the 1993 exhibition.
His sale; Christie’s, South Kensington, 12 December 2014, lot 97, where purchased by the present owner
Literature
S. Tate, Pauline Boty: Pop Artist and Woman, Wolverhampton, 2013, pp. 28, 128, pl. 7.
Exhibited
London, Mayor Gallery, Pauline Boty, May – June 1993, no. 8.
London, Whitford Fine Art and Mayor Gallery, Pauline Boty: The Only Blond in the World, November – December 1998, exhibition not numbered.
Wolverhampton, Art Gallery, Pauline Boty: Pop Artist and Woman, June – November 2013, exhibition not numbered
Estimate
GBP 25,000 – GBP 35,000
Auction details
LOT 127
Modern British and Irish Art Day Sale
19 OCT 1PM BST | LIVE AUCTION 21951
Note
We are very grateful to Dr Sue Tate for her assistance in cataloguing this lot
Further information is available here: [link]
Pauline Boty 