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| Something has spooked them - a flock of pintail rise from a pond |
PERHAPS because he is not well known in Britain, a handsome oil painting of flushed pintail by Canadian artist Hugh Monahan (1914-1970) failed to hit the highspots when it went under the hammer earlier this month.
It sold for £280 which was below the pre-sale estimate of £300-£500.
Other bird paintings also reached lower than guide prices at the sale conducted by Tennants of Leyburn in Yorkshire.
An exception was an exquisite, understated study of a mistle thrush by living artist Raymond Ching (born 1939).
This sold for £300 - more than double the estimate of £80-£120.
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Raymond Ching's enchanting line drawing of a mistle thrush |
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| George Edward Lodge (1860-1954): Ptarmigan (sold for £550) |
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Roland Green (1896-1972): Grouse over moorland: £170
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| Charles Frederick Tunnicliffe (1901-1979): Barn owl: £1,900 |
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