A self portrait donated by Jack Vettriano to the Lighthouse Gala Auction in aid of the Terrence Higgins Trust, made £21,000 at a charity fundraising auction at Christie’s held on 23rd March 2009.
Entitled, ‘The Weight’, the self portrait was inprired by one of a triptych of narrative portraits by Fredi Marcarini with whom Vettriano collaborated last year.
The Weight
Oil on board
10 x 8 inches
Signed, Painted in 2009
Hammer Price: £21,000
Vettriano and Marcarini also donated a triptych of photographs to the charity auction and these made £7,000. The triptych was featured in the auction catalogue but the painting was dealt with as a separate, suprirse Lot.
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The tritych of photographs on which Marcarini and Vettriano collaborated last year, have been published as a limited edition of only ten prints and the artists donated edition No.1 to the Lighthouse Gala auction.
Click HERE to find out more about the auction and about the Terrence Higgins Trust.
The Lighthouse Gala Auction
Monday 23rd March 2009
Christies’, King Street, London SW1