The drawing, measuring 17 3/4 x 22in (45 x 56cm) and in its original framed and glazed condition, was one of six Bawden works entered by a local Essex vendor whose father had known the artist during the years he lived at Great Bardfield. The final bid of £10,500, offered by a London dealer on the phone, more than tripled the previous record of £3000 for a Bawden watercolour.
Rival trio at Sudbury set new record for Bawden watercolour
INTENSE competition between three bidders on the telephone and two in the room pushed the watercolours of Edward Bawden (1903-1989) into new financial territory when this signed and dated, 1956 composition, right, House at Ironbridge, fetched £10,500 at the Sudbury, Suffolk rooms of Olivers (12.5% buyer’s premium) on April 1.
