Fresh Constable is irresistible
IT was, perhaps, a telling sign of the current shortage of high-quality, market-fresh Old Master paintings in the salerooms that Bonhams (19.5/10% buyer’s premium) July 7 Old Master Paintings sale should be headed by this hitherto unrecorded John Constable (1776-1837) plein air oil on canvas sketch, right, of the artist’s home village, East Bergholt.
Entered from a deceased's estate, this small 5 x 7 3/4in (13 x 19.5cm) sketch (now laid down on pane…