A PAINTING by the pioneering artist Victor Pasmore – who helped shaped the town of Peterlee – has sold for more than £60,000.

British artist Victor Pasmore, who died in 1998, was an extremely influential artist and became one of the leading abstract artists of his day.

He was involved in the planning and design of the new town of Peterlee in the 1950s and 60s and created the town’s landmark Apollo Pavilion.

His 1954 painting, Composition in White, Black and Indian Red, was originally gifted by the artist to an architect friend who lived in Woolsington, near Newcastle.

It was first sold by Newcastle auction house Anderson & Garland back in 2009.

The local buyer, who lived in Greenside, near Gateshead, recently passed away and his family decided to offer the picture up for auction with the same auctioneers again.

The artwork gained a lot of interest from bidders across the globe, and after a lengthy bidding battle, was sold on the telephone for £62,500, to a buyer from London.

Anderson & Garland MD, Julian Thomson said: “It was a great honour to auction such a prestigious piece of artwork for the second time.

“This piece was in great company, selling alongside other works by famous artists including Keith Vaughan, Norman Cornish, Kenneth Rowntree, Donald McIntyre and Ceramics by Lucie Rie.

“The Modern Auction has grown massively in recent years is always a calendar highlight.

“Yesterday’s auction was no exception.”

Anderson & Garland’s next Modern Auction will take place on October 14, for information contact 0191-430300 or andersonandgarland.com

 

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