Christie’s Liz Taylor art sale

A Galway drawing by Augustus John is among the 38 artworks works belonging to Elizabeth Taylor to be sold at Christie’s in London next month.

Galway Fisherfolk 1915 is estimated at £2,500-£3,500 sterling or €2,900-€3,900. It will feature at the Impressionist and Modern Works on Paper sale on February 8.

The late actress amassed a significant collection of 19th and 20th century works. These are led by van Gogh’s autumn landscape “Vue de l’Asile et de la Chapelle de Saint-Remy” (£5-7 million). The collection includes an Edgar Degas self-portrait and works by Camille Pissarro and Auguste Renoir.

Elizabeth Taylor’s father, Francis, was a successful art dealer who once ran a gallery at Old Bond Street, London. He transferred the family business to California at the start of the Second World War.

Christie’s New York sales of the jewellery, fashion, accessories and memorabilia of Elizabeth Taylor in December drew unprecedented interest from bidders around the world. The sales realised an amazing total of $156,756,576.