Constable painting seen fetching to $23.5 million at auction

LONDON May 26 British painter John Constable’s six-foot artwork “View on the Stour near Dedham,” will go under the hammer next month where it is expected to fetch around 12 million to 16 million pounds ($17.6 million – $23.5 million), Christie’s said on Thursday.

The painting, from circa 1821-22, will be offered alongside other work by other artists as part of the auction house’s 250th anniversary “Defining British Art” sale in London on June 30.

(Reporting By Marie-Louise Gumuchian, editing by Deepa Babington)