Sculptures shine as top 10 lots at Christie's
In what could well be a first, all 10 of Christie’s top evening sale lots on June 17 were sculptures. The group comprised the works of four blue-chip sculptors – Henry Moore, Barbara Hepworth, Elisabeth Frink and Barry Flanagan – and contributed much of the overall total at £11.3m.
A monumental figure from Hepworth’s (1903-75) major bronze Family of Man series from 1970 led the …