Lenkiewicz 2008 comes three and a half years after the last major dispersal from the estate of the artist which was conducted by Bearne's (now Bearnes Hampton & Littlewood) at Westpoint, on the instruction of Peter Walmsley of Boyce Hatton Solicitors, the executor of the Lenkiewicz estate.
Every item in the sale is directly from the estate of Robert Lenkiewicz and since his death has been held in storage. The Executor will retain a small core group of work, so along with hundreds of drawings and sketches, Lenkiewicz 2008 includes the remaining monumental and important paintings from the estate and will be the last major dispersal.
The sale includes work which spans the whole of The Painter's life, from the 1950s when Lenkiewicz lived in Hampstead, ranging to work completed in the year of his death. Work that covers almost 50 years which in itself is a documentary of the path, the style, the attitude and the life of Robert Lenkiewicz.
Lot 155: Robert O Lenkiewicz (1941-2002)
The Bishop Startled
Project 1
signed and dated 1972 bottom right
oil on canvas
149x149cm
Sold for £113,500
Lot 156: Robert O Lenkiewicz (1941-2002)
Diogenes and The Bishop
Project 2
inscribed on the reverse of the canvas:
'fragment for large canvas (used for Death and The Maiden)'
oil on canvas
172x95cm
Sold for £29,000
Lot 157: Robert O Lenkiewicz (1941-2002)
Plymouth Mouring over its Unfortunates
Project 1
signed bottom right
oil on sail cloth
214x274cm, unframed
Sold for £44,000
Lot 163: Robert O Lenkiewicz (1941-2002)
Mary in Green Jumper
signed bottom right
oil on canvas
99x47cm, unframed
Sold for £29,000
Lot 182: Robert O Lenkiewicz (1941-2002)
Self Portrait at 16 with Punch Magazine
oil on sail cloth
184x61cm, unframed
Sold for £37,000
Lot 377: Robert O Lenkiewicz (1941-2002)
Man Presenting his Entrails
Project 2
signed on the reverse, inscribed 'Study for the Magi presenting his entrails to The Virgin'
oil on canvas
77x102cm
Sold for £75,000
Lot 394: Robert O Lenkiewicz (1941-2002)
Mary on the Great Bed
oil on canvas
61x61cm, unframed
Sold for £28,000
Lot 397: Robert O Lenkiewicz (1941-2002)
The Temptation of St Anthony
Project 18 The Painter with Women: Observations on the Theme of the Double
oil on canvas
320x1100cm
Sold for £192,500
The sale of The Temptation of St Anthony achieved a world record for the artist.
Picture Courtesy of Derek Harris
Lot 437: Robert O Lenkiewicz (1941-2002)
Death Bed
Project 15
incribed and signed five times on the reverse of the canvas and on the stretcher
further inscibed in a different hand "Self-Portrait on Death Bed - Children and their Mothers"
oil on canvas
218x225cm
Sold for £96,500
Lot 532: Robert O Lenkiewicz (1941-2002)
The Painter and Danielle in Candlelight
oil on canvas
51x51cm, unframed
Sold for £35,000
