Constable painting may fetch $23.5m

LONDON - 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.

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