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Peter Lanyon #3,131

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personEnglish, 1918–1964
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Selected Works95

Museum Acquisitions

SFMOMA
Bird Wind
Bird Wind, 1955
Acquired 1980
oil on canvasboard

Previous Sales

Bonhams
Peter Lanyon (British, 1918-1964) Untitled (Bruges - Sluis Canal) (Painted in 1937 with a further oil painting, Untitled (Houses on Canal), on the reverse, by the same hand)
Peter Lanyon (British, 1918-1964) Untitled (Bruges - Sluis Canal) (Painted in 1937 with a further oil painting, Untitled (Houses on Canal), on the reverse, by the same hand)
£3,400 ($4k USD)
Mar 2026
Bonhams
Peter Lanyon (British, 1918-1964) Untitled (Fishing Boats) (Painted in 1937 with a further oil painting, Untitled (Unfinished Sketch, Industrial Scene), on the reverse, by the same hand)
Peter Lanyon (British, 1918-1964) Untitled (Fishing Boats) (Painted in 1937 with a further oil painting, Untitled (Unfinished Sketch, Industrial Scene), on the reverse, by the same hand)
£3,000 ($4k USD)
Mar 2026
Sotheby's
Straw Wind
Straw Wind, 1957
$91,912
Nov 2025
Bonhams
Mother and Child
Mother and Child, 1949
Sold
Nov 2025
Christie's
Portrait of Jimmy Limpots
Portrait of Jimmy Limpots, 1938
$5,087
Oct 2025
Bonhams
Two Figures Assisi
Two Figures Assisi, 1950
Sold
Jul 2025
Bonhams
Roma
Roma, 1957
Sold
Jul 2025
Sotheby's
Pine Shore
Pine Shore, 1960
$45,205
Jun 2025
Sotheby's
Peter Lanyon, Pine Shore
Peter Lanyon, Pine Shore, 1960
Sold
Jun 2025
Christie's
Rooftops, Italy (Perugia)
Rooftops, Italy (Perugia), 1950
£15,120 ($20k USD)
Mar 2025
Christie's
Antigone
Antigone, 1962
£378,000 ($499k USD)
Mar 2025
Bonhams
The Rialto Bridge
The Rialto Bridge, 1950
$1,609
Nov 2024
Sotheby's
Texan Highway
Texan Highway, 1963
$42,544
Nov 2024
Sotheby's
Gunwalloe, Church Cove
Gunwalloe, Church Cove, 1961
£266,894 ($267k USD)
Nov 2024
Sotheby's
Levant Zawn
Levant Zawn, 1953
£144,885 ($145k USD)
Nov 2024
Christie's
Godrevy Lighthouse
Godrevy Lighthouse, 1949
£50,400 ($67k USD)
Oct 2024
Christie's
Untitled
Untitled
£9,450 ($12k USD)
Oct 2024
Christie's
Fly Away
Fly Away, 1961
£478,800 ($632k USD)
Oct 2024
Bonhams
Untitled (Tall Narrow Landscape)
Untitled (Tall Narrow Landscape), 1959
$17,911
Jun 2024
Sotheby's
Untitled (Study for Mural)
Untitled (Study for Mural), 1962
$16,519
Jun 2024
Sotheby's
Untitled (Study of Mine Chimneys)
Untitled (Study of Mine Chimneys)
$6,758
Jun 2024
Sotheby's
Arrest of Hero Naples
Arrest of Hero Naples, 1945
Sold
Jun 2024
Sotheby's
Chair in Naples
Chair in Naples, 1945
Sold
Jun 2024
Bonhams
Constructivist Design
Constructivist Design
$6,783
Mar 2024
Bonhams
A Postcard of Penzance
A Postcard of Penzance
$4,522
Mar 2024

Upcoming Auctions

Swann Auction Galleries
Mountain, Italy.
Mountain, Italy.
Est. $10,000–$15,000
May 14, 2026

For Sale

Piano Nobile · Artsy
Untitled
Untitled, 1952
£12,500
Pencil and charcoal on paper
Gerrish Fine Art · Artsy
Untitled
Untitled, 1952
£12,500
Pencil and charcoal on paper
Portland Gallery · Artsy
Untitled Working Study
Untitled Working Study, 1960
Price on request
Conté on paper
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Other Museum Acquisitions12

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Construction for ‘St Just’
Tate · United Kingdom · Acquired 2012 · Accession T13431 · Glass, Perspex and stainless steel
Presented by Tate Members 2011
Coast
Tate · United Kingdom · Acquired 2002 · Accession T07819 · Watercolour, gouache, graphite and charcoal on paper
Bequeathed by Jean Sheers 2000, accessioned 2002
Turn Around
Tate · United Kingdom · Acquired 1993 · Accession T06740 · Plastic, polystyrene, glass, wood, oil paint and fibreboard
Purchased 1994
Construction for ‘Lost Mine’
Tate · United Kingdom · Acquired 1993 · Accession T06739 · Glass, paint and Bostick
Purchased 1993
Headland
Tate · United Kingdom · Acquired 1992 · Accession T06466 · Oil paint on canvas
Purchased with assistance from the Friends of the Tate Gallery 1992
Lost Mine
Tate · United Kingdom · Acquired 1991 · Accession T06467 · Oil paint on canvas
Purchased with funds provided by the Helena and Kenneth Levy Bequest 1991
Drawing for ‘Orpheus’. Verso: Figure Drawing
Tate · United Kingdom · Acquired 1991 · Accession T06459 · Crayon on paper. Verso: crayon on paper
Purchased 1991
Anticoli Hills
Tate · United Kingdom · Acquired 1991 · Accession T06458 · Crayon and watercolour on paper
Purchased 1991
Cane Chair
Tate · United Kingdom · Acquired 1991 · Accession P77490 · Screenprint on paper
Purchased 1991
In the Trees
Tate · United Kingdom · Acquired 1986 · Accession P11093 · Screenprint on paper
Presented by Warren MacKenzie 1986
Underground
Tate · United Kingdom · Acquired 1985 · Accession P11082 · Screenprint on paper
Presented by Warren MacKenzie 1985
Wreck
Tate · United Kingdom · Acquired 1983 · Accession T03693 · Oil paint on canvas
Presented by the Friends of the Tate Gallery 1983
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Market403 auction results

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$871 – $1.3M
29 of 43 paintings lots with prices
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$197K
Object-type specific
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$44.9K
29 priced paintings lots
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Nov 2025 · $91.9K
Latest tracked sale in this object type
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Paintings: $44.9K medianWorks on paper: $11.8K medianEditioned prints: $2.1K medianPosters/ephemera: $4.5K median
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Sotheby'sBonhamsChristie'sDavid LayWoolley & Wallis
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Current Exhibitions0

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Past Exhibitions2

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#189 Hazlitt Holland-Hibbert

Cornwall Inside Out

Peter Lanyon

38 Bury St, London SW1Y 6BB, United Kingdom

Feb 9, 2018 — Mar 16, 2018

#4,365 Abstract Erotic

Soaring Flight: Peter Lanyon’s Gliding Paintings

Peter Lanyon

Office 306A, Berkeley Square House, Berkeley Square, London W1J 6BD, United Kingdom

Oct 15, 2015 — Jan 13, 2016

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Nov 17, 2025
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Exhibition
Cornwall Inside Out
Feb 9, 2018
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Exhibition
Soaring Flight: Peter Lanyon’s Gliding Paintings
Oct 15, 2015
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Peter Lanyon dies
Jan 1, 1964
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birth
Peter Lanyon born
Jan 1, 1918