Stubbs to break £20m barrier?

April 6 2011

Image of Stubbs to break £20m barrier?

Auction news from Christie's this morning; George Stubbs' masterpiece Gimcrack on Newmarket Heath, with a Trainer, Stable-Lad and a Jockey (1765) will be offered for sale on 5th July, with a lower estimate of £20m. This follows Sotheby's sale of Stubbs' Brood Mare and Foals in December 2010 for just over £10m, which set a new auction record for the artist by some margin. 

Both prices suggest that Whistlejacket, bought by the National Gallery in 1998 for £15.75m, was a bit of a bargain. 

Only paintings by Turner, Pontormo, Rubens and Rembrandt have previously made more than £20m at auction. 


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