Marlow Moss's painting *White, Black, Blue and Red* (1944) sold for £609,600 ($819,912) at Sotheby’s Modern and Contemporary Evening Auction in London, far exceeding its presale high estimate of £480,000. The work, backed by a guarantee, sparked a bidding war among seven bidders and set a new auction record for the British Constructivist artist. The previous record was set in 2022 at Christie’s London.
The sale underscores a growing market demand for rediscovered female pioneers, particularly queer artists long overlooked by art history. Moss, credited as the first British Constructivist associated with the De Stijl movement, remains under-explored despite her influence. The record price signals a shift in collector interest toward historically marginalized figures, with only 39 Moss works appearing at auction in the last four decades.