World records broken at London art sale

Galway Fisherfolk by Augustus John from the Elizabeth Taylor art collection made £5,625 at Christie’s in London on Wednesday.

SALES of Impressionist, Modern and Surreal art brought in £134,999,400 at Christie’s on Tuesday. There were world record prices for the English sculptor Henry Moore and Spanish artist Joan Miro, three lots sold for over £10 million and 28 for more than £1m.

Henry Moore’s Reclining Figure, Festival made £19,081,250. A painting poem by Miro made £16,841,250. The most valuable of Elizabeth Taylor’s 38 artworks on sale this month made £10.1m.