Keith Coventry Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Keith Coventry Art Value Price Guide

Oct. 31, 2024
§ KEITH COVENTRY (BRITISH 1958-)
Est: £10,000 - £15,000
KEITH COVENTRY (BRITISH 1958-) JUNK A, 2002 signed, titled and dated in pen (to reverse of the frame); oil on canvas in Artist-designed painted wooden frame 84.5cm x 79.5cm (33 ¼in x 31 ¼in) [overall] Haunch of Venison, London; Private Collection; Phillips, London, Contemporary Art - Day Sale, 15 February 2013, lot 118;Vigo Gallery, London, from whom acquired by the present owner.
Lyon & Turnbull
Oct. 23, 2024
λ KEITH COVENTRY (BRITISH B. 1958), UNTITLED (AGATHON KEBAB ABLEROS KEBABS)
Est: £2,000 - £3,000
λ KEITH COVENTRY (BRITISH B. 1958)UNTITLED (AGATHON KEBAB ABLEROS KEBABS)Oil on canvas 76 x 50cm (29¾ x 19½ in.)Provenance:Richard Salmon Gallery, London Sale, Christie's, London, Contemporary Art and Photoworks, 23 October 2001, lot 374 Exhibited:London, Richard Salmon Gallery, Keith Coventry: Greeks, May-June 1998, no. 19
Dreweatts 1759 Fine Sales
Sep. 25, 2024
λ KEITH COVENTRY (BRITISH B. 1958), ALEXANDER THE GREAT; A MILLWALL FAN
Est: £10,000 - £15,000
λ KEITH COVENTRY (BRITISH B. 1958)ALEXANDER THE GREAT; A MILLWALL FAN Oil on canvas, wood, glass & goldleaf, in two parts Both signed and dated 1993 (verso) Each 69 x 39cm (27 x 15¼ in.) (2)Provenance:Curt Marcus Gallery, New YorkSale, Christie's, Contemporary Art, 8 December 1999, lot 167In 326BC Alexander The Great singlehandedly attacked a fortress containing 50,000 Indian Soldiers. In 1985, a Millwall fan singlehandedly attacked over 200 Luton fans.The restrained and often abstract works of Keith Coventry engage meaningfully with sociohistorical concerns. Coventry won the John Moores Painting Prize in 2010; his works can be found in the collections of Tate Modern, MoMA, and the Walker Art Center. The artist's practice is diverse, ranging from monochromatic impasto to Walter Sickert references and interpretations of Han van Meegeren's forgeries. Coventry has classified the present diptych - a typically unusual and tongue-in-cheek juxtaposition - as 'abstract history paintings' (Keith Coventry, Hirst, Fairhurst, Hume, Coventry, Quinn, p. 14). Reminiscent of Kazimir Malevich's suprematist canvases, these works support the Derridean understanding of title as parergon, without which the image itself remains indeterminate. The Millwall picture alludes to the 1985 Luton riot, which saw the notoriously unruly visitors clash with home supporters. This instance of hooliganism is associated with Alexander the Great's triumphant Siege of Aornos in a somewhat misleading David-and-Goliath arrangement, as in both cases the warring parties were evenly matched. The similarity and visual impact of this pair alludes to their overarching significance as a monument to narrative: moments across millennia, from the theatre of war to the sporting arena, are linked by their readiness to be chronicled and, more often than not, mythologised.
Dreweatts 1759 Fine Sales
Sep. 04, 2024
Keith Coventry, Crack Girls;
Est: £200 - £300
Keith Coventry, British b.1958- Crack Girls; monochrome photo print on wove, sheet: 30 x 41 cm, (framed) (ARR)
Roseberys
Jun. 07, 2024
Junk
Est: £2,500 - £3,500
Keith Coventry b. 1958 Junk each signed in pencil and numbered 2/25 the complete portfolio, comprising four lithographs printed in colours and five etchings on Somerset wove paper, with the justification page, contained in the original fabric covered portfolio box each sheet: approx. 513 by 450 mm. 20¼ by 17¾ in. overall: 587 by 498 by 58 mm. 23⅛ by 19⅛ by 2⅛ in. Executed in 2014; this set is number 2 from the edition of 25 plus 6 artist's proofs, printed by Paupers Press, published by Paul Stolper Gallery, London. (9 prints)
Sotheby's
Nov. 29, 2023
Keith Coventry, Ontological Picture, 2010;
Est: £3,000 - £4,000
Keith Coventry, British b.1958 - Ontological Picture, 2010; oil on canvas board, signed and dated on the reverse 'K. Coventry 2010', 20 x 14.9 cm (ARR) Note: The Ontological Picture series (1996-2004) encapsulates Coventry’s desire to bring contemporary political, social and cultural issues into dialogue with key movements of twentieth-century art and philosophy. The series is closely related to his earlier Estate Paintings (1992-2000) which isolated visual elements from British council estate aerial view maps in order to resemble works of key modernist figures such as Kazimir Malevich or Piet Mondrian. For the present series, Coventry appropriated the ‘You Are Here’ arrows from the same maps and turned them into wooden models which he scattered arbitrarily across the canvas, creating the forms of the work. Coventry ironically uses the art language associated with the modernist utopian idealism that spawned these high-density housing projects to comment on the realities of contemporary city life. Coventry is hugely respected as both an artist and curator. He co-founded and curated City Racing, an influential not-for-profit gallery in Kennington, South London from 1988 to 1998. The gallery gave valuable exposure to artists such as Sarah Lucas, Gillian Wearing and Fiona Banner. Earlier this year Pace Gallery exhibited ‘Keith Coventry: City Racing’, showing celebrated bodies of work alongside a new series. In 2010 he won the John Moores Painting Prize for his Spectrum Jesus painting. His work has been exhibited widely in the United Kingdom and Europe and is included in collections worldwide, including the British Council; Tate Modern; Arts Council of England; Walker Art Center, Minneapolis; and The Museum of Modern Art, New York.
Roseberys
Oct. 19, 2023
KEITH COVENTRY (B. 1958) Thorlands Estate oil on canvas, in the artist's fr
Est: £15,000 - £20,000
KEITH COVENTRY (B. 1958) Thorlands Estate oil on canvas, in the artist's frame 42 ¼ x 30 3⁄8 in. (107.4 x 77.2 cm.)
Christie's
Apr. 28, 2023
§ Keith Coventry (British 1958-) Untitled (Paris Kebab and Menelaos Kebab), 1998
Est: £3,000 - £5,000
§ Keith Coventry (British 1958-) Untitled (Paris Kebab and Menelaos Kebab), 1998 oil on canvas (49.5cm x 75.5cm (19 1/2in x 29 3/4in), 50cm x 75cm (19 3/4in x 29 1/2in)) Qty: (2) Provenance Richard Salmon Gallery, London.
Lyon & Turnbull
Jan. 11, 2023
§ KEITH COVENTRY (BRITISH 1958-) SUPERMODEL (KATE MOSS) - 2000
Est: £3,000 - £5,000
§ KEITH COVENTRY (BRITISH 1958-) SUPERMODEL (KATE MOSS) - 2000 Stamped 'KC / 2000 / NO 1', gold-plated steel (66cm x 42.5cm x 10cm (26in x 16.75in x 4in)) Note: This work was produced in an edition of 10, plus 5 artist's proofs. Keith Coventry is one of the least-heralded of the generation of Britsh artists that came to be known as the ‘YBAs’ (Young British Artists), despite his work featuring in many of the key exhibitions of the period, including the era-defining Sensation at the Royal Academy of Arts, London in 1997, which burnished many of the YBA artists’ legends. Coventry’s work has all the hallmarks of the ‘YBAs’: funny, irreverent, obsessed with pop culture and very deliberately – and knowingly - eliding the borders between ‘high’ and ‘low’, in terms of subject-matter. However, where it differs is that Coventry chose to filter contemporary life through the lens of art history – such as in his most famous paintings that recast council hoardings mapping the layouts of grim housing estates into the hermetic visual language of Russian Suprematism. We see the same tactics at play in the present work: Kate Moss, the pop icon of 90s and early 2000s Britain, is here abstracted into two mysterious golden rings. It is contemporary art recast in the language of geometric Modernism, albeit with a hint of post-Modernism and Duchamp. It is a sculpture that would be at home in Tate Modern. But equally, in the use of gold, it could also work as a totem from an ancient culture, a goddess of some unknown religion, to be found in a vitrine in the British Museum. When the ‘supermodel’ works were show at Emily Tsingou’s gallery in 2000, the only clue as to what the viewer was seeing was to be found on a postcard left near the gallery entrance. It featured a photograph of Moss on the cover of Vogue, with two circles drawn over her, revealing the underlying geometry that becomes the extent of the final works. As the critic Jonathan Jones noted in his review of the exhibition in The Guardian, ‘All [the supermodel works] have been made using a technique…Coventry borrowed from a 1930s book, Cassell's New Popular Educator, whose cover has a man staring into the sun of knowledge and promises to inform readers about "art and literature", "languages and history", and "science and mathematics". The drawing method Coventry discovered here claimed to reduce visible reality to its geometrical essentials. The inspiration came from Cézanne's statement that one must look in nature for the sphere, the cone and the cylinder. Coventry has looked for the sphere, the cone and the cylinder in the pages of Vogue.'
Lyon & Turnbull
Dec. 13, 2022
Â§ KEITH COVENTRY (BRITISH, b.1958)
Est: £500 - £700
Â§ KEITH COVENTRY (BRITISH, b.1958) KEITH COVENTRY (BRITISH, b.1958) Untitled copper stamped with initials and dated 'K.G 2016' (front of the work) 8.2 x 4.8cm (3 1/8 x 1 7/8 in.) Provenance Acquired directly from the artist in 2017 ARR
Chiswick Auctions
Dec. 13, 2022
Â§ KEITH COVENTRY (BRITISH, b.1958)
Est: £500 - £700
Â§ KEITH COVENTRY (BRITISH, b.1958) KEITH COVENTRY (BRITISH, b.1958) If they wish to speed my flight they should all keep their arses tight signed and dated 'K.Coventry 2016' (verso) printed lollipop stick, oil and gesso on hessian laid on board 14.5 x 21 cm. (5 3/4 x 8 1/4 in.) (unframed) Provenance Acquired directly from the artist in 2017 ARR
Chiswick Auctions
Oct. 28, 2022
§ Keith Coventry (British 1958-) Supermodel (Kate Moss), 2000
Est: £5,000 - £8,000
§ Keith Coventry (British 1958-) Supermodel (Kate Moss), 2000 No. 1, stamped 'KC / 2000 / NO 1', gold-plated steel (66cm high, 42.5cm wide, 10.2cm deep (26in high, 16 3/4in wide, 4in deep)) This work was produced in an edition of 10, plus 5 artist's proofs. Keith Coventry is one of the least-heralded of the generation of Britsh artists that came to be known as the ‘YBAs’ (Young British Artists), despite his work featuring in many of the key exhibitions of the period, including the era-defining Sensation at the Royal Academy of Arts, London in 1997, which burnished many of the YBA artists’ legends. Coventry’s work has all the hallmarks of the ‘YBAs’: funny, irreverent, obsessed with pop culture and very deliberately – and knowingly - eliding the borders between ‘high’ and ‘low’, in terms of subject-matter. However, where it differs is that Coventry chose to filter contemporary life through the lens of art history – such as in his most famous paintings that recast council hoardings mapping the layouts of grim housing estates into the hermetic visual language of Russian Suprematism. We see the same tactics at play in the present work: Kate Moss, the pop icon of 90s and early 2000s Britain, her image as ubiquitous as that of Liz Taylor equivalent when Warhol got his hands on here [see lot XX], is here abstracted into two mysterious golden rings. It is contemporary art recast in the language of geometric Modernism, albeit with a hint of post-Modernism and Duchamp. It is a sculpture that would be at home in Tate Modern. But equally, in the use of gold, it could also work as a totem from an ancient culture, a goddess of some unknown religion, to be found in a vitrine in the British Museum. When the ‘supermodel’ works were show at Emily Tsingou’s gallery in 2000, the only clue as to what the viewer was seeing was to be found on a postcard left near the gallery entrance. It featured a photograph of Moss on the cover of Vogue, with two circles drawn over her, revealing the underlying geometry that becomes the extent of the final works. As the critic Jonathan Jones noted in his review of the exhibition in The Guardian, ‘All [the supermodel works] have been made using a technique…Coventry borrowed from a 1930s book, Cassell's New Popular Educator, whose cover has a man staring into the sun of knowledge and promises to inform readers about "art and literature", "languages and history", and "science and mathematics". The drawing method Coventry discovered here claimed to reduce visible reality to its geometrical essentials. The inspiration came from Cézanne's statement that one must look in nature for the sphere, the cone and the cylinder. Coventry has looked for the sphere, the cone and the cylinder in the pages of Vogue”. One might add to Jones’s review, that these shapes Coventry found in Vogue, very pointedly, turned out to be hollow.
Lyon & Turnbull
Oct. 20, 2022
KEITH COVENTRY (B. 1958) Cossall Estate KEITH COVENTRY (B. 1958) /Cossall Estate/ signed, inscribed
Est: £12,000 - £18,000
KEITH COVENTRY (B. 1958) Cossall Estate KEITH COVENTRY (B. 1958) /Cossall Estate/ signed, inscribed and dated 'K. Coventry/96/"Cossall Estate."' (on the reverse) oil on canvas, in the artist's frame 44 1/2 x 32 1/4 in. (113 x 81.9 cm.) Painted in 1996.
Christie's
Oct. 20, 2022
KEITH COVENTRY (B. 1958) Cottington Estate KEITH COVENTRY (B. 1958) /Cottington Estate/ signed, insc
Est: £15,000 - £25,000
KEITH COVENTRY (B. 1958) Cottington Estate KEITH COVENTRY (B. 1958) /Cottington Estate/ signed, inscribed and dated 'Cottington Estate/K. Coventry 97' (on the backboard) oil on canvas, in the artist's frame 44 1/4 x 32 3/8 in. (112.5 x 82.3 cm.) Painted in 1997.
Christie's
Dec. 01, 2021
Keith Coventry, British b.1958 - Holy Zeus, 2016; mixed media on canvas on board, signed and da
Est: £800 - £1,200
Keith Coventry, British b.1958 - Holy Zeus, 2016; mixed media on canvas on board, signed and dated 2016 on the reverse of the board, 15.2x20.3cm(ARR) Provenance: Private Collection, London Please refer to department for condition report
Roseberys
Oct. 21, 2021
KEITH COVENTRY (B. 1958) - Orwell House Estate
Est: £7,000 - £10,000
KEITH COVENTRY (B. 1958) Orwell House Estate oil on canvas, in the artist's frame 19 x 16 7/8 in. (48.2 x 42.7 cm.)
Christie's
Oct. 21, 2021
KEITH COVENTRY (B. 1958) - Shurland Estate
Est: £10,000 - £15,000
KEITH COVENTRY (B. 1958) Shurland Estate oil on canvas, in the artist's frame 28 x 26 in. (71 x 66 cm.)
Christie's
Oct. 16, 2021
KEITH COVENTRY (B. 1958) - Small Junk
Est: £4,000 - £6,000
KEITH COVENTRY (B. 1958) Small Junk oil on canvas, in artist's frame canvas: 15 ¾ x 14 1/8in. (40 x 36cm.) overall: 24 ¼ x 22 ½in. (61.6 x 57.3cm.)
Christie's
Dec. 03, 2020
§ KEITH COVENTRY (B. 1958)
Est: £1,500 - £2,500
KEITH COVENTRY (B. 1958) Holly Zeus signed and dated K. Coventry/2016 (on a label attached to the reverse) mixed media collage 15.5 x 20.3 cm (6 x 8 in)
Chiswick Auctions
Oct. 27, 2020
KEITH COVENTRY (B. 1958) - Ontological Picture
Est: £8,000 - £12,000
KEITH COVENTRY (B. 1958) Ontological Picture oil on burlap, in artist's frame 28 1/2 x 24 5/8 (72.4 x 62.5cm.) Executed circa 1999 ",
Christie's
Jul. 28, 2020
KEITH COVENTRY (B. 1958) - St George's Heights Estate
Est: £6,000 - £8,000
KEITH COVENTRY (B. 1958) St George's Heights Estateincised with title 'St George's Heights Estate' (on plaque) oil on canvas, in artist's frame 38 x 28in. (96.5 x 71cm.) Executed in 1997
Christie's
Jan. 22, 2020
KEITH COVENTRY (B. 1958) - Nice - Vue de l'Escalier le Sage
Est: £15,000 - £25,000
KEITH COVENTRY (B. 1958) Nice - Vue de l'Escalier le Sage signed, inscribed and dated 'K Coventry 2005 "NICE"' (on the stretcher) oil on canvas 49¡ x 61 1/4 in. (125.3 x 155.7 cm.) Painted in 2005. PROVENANCE: with Haunch of Venison, London. Chelsea and Westminster Health Charity. Their sale; Christie's, London, 26 June 2013, lot 356, where purchased by the present owner.
Christie's
Dec. 11, 2019
*KEITH COVENTRY (b.1958)
Est: £200 - £300
*KEITH COVENTRY (b.1958) ASHMOLE ESTATE Giclée and iris print in colours, 2016, signed in black ink, numbered 2/10 in black ink verso, on wove paper, with margins sheet 29.6 x 20.9cm, unframed *Artist's Resale Right may apply to this lot.
Sworders
Nov. 21, 2019
Keith Coventry (b. 1958) - Hallway Lantern (from the series Echoes of Albany)
Est: £2,000 - £3,000
Keith Coventry (b. 1958) Hallway Lantern (from the series Echoes of Albany) oil on canvas, in the artist's frame 26 x 22 in. (66 x 55.9 cm.)
Christie's
Nov. 21, 2019
Keith Coventry (b. 1958) - Mallards in the Garden (from the series Echoes of Albany)
Est: £2,000 - £3,000
Keith Coventry (b. 1958) Mallards in the Garden (from the series Echoes of Albany) oil on canvas, in the artist's frame 26 x 22 in. (66 x 55.9 cm.)
Christie's
Nov. 21, 2019
Keith Coventry (b. 1958) - Byron’s Sofa (from the series Echoes of Albany)
Est: £2,000 - £3,000
Keith Coventry (b. 1958) Byron’s Sofa (from the series Echoes of Albany) oil on canvas, in the artist's frame 26 x 22 in. (66 x 55.9 cm.)
Christie's
Nov. 21, 2019
Keith Coventry (b. 1958) - Antiphates Otos Tros Kebab Kebab
Est: £2,000 - £3,000
Keith Coventry (b. 1958) Antiphates Otos Tros Kebab Kebab oil on canvas, in the artist's frame 30 x 20 in. (76.2 x 50.8 cm.)
Christie's
Jun. 18, 2019
Keith Coventry (b. 1958) - St George's Heights Estate
Est: £15,000 - £25,000
Keith Coventry (b. 1958) St George's Heights Estate oil on canvas, in the artist's frame with plaque 38 x 28 in. (96.5 x 71 cm.)
Christie's
Jun. 18, 2019
Keith Coventry (b. 1958) - Hayes Valley Project
Est: £15,000 - £20,000
Keith Coventry (b. 1958) Hayes Valley Project oil on canvas, in the artist's frame with plaque 26 x 22 in. (66 x 55.9 cm.)
Christie's
Apr. 11, 2019
KEITH COVENTRY - Nemo Estate
Est: £2,000 - £3,000
KEITH COVENTRY - Nemo Estate ♠
Phillips
Apr. 09, 2019
Keith Coventry (b. 1958) Ontological Picture oil on canvas, in the artist's frame with glass plaque 20 7/8 x 17 5/8 in. (53 x 45 cm.)
Est: £5,000 - £8,000
Keith Coventry (b. 1958) Ontological Picture oil on canvas, in the artist's frame with glass plaque 20 ⅞ x 17 ⅝ in. (53 x 45 cm.) Painted in 1999.
Christie's
Feb. 05, 2019
KEITH COVENTRY | Chicksand Estate
Est: £15,000 - £25,000
oil on canvas in Artist's painted wooden frame
Sotheby's
Feb. 05, 2019
KEITH COVENTRY | Ontological Picture
Est: £25,000 - £35,000
oil on canvas in Artist's painted wooden frame
Sotheby's
Dec. 14, 2018
Goldsmiths Square Estate
Est: £27,500 - £30,000
Framed Acrylic on Canvas
Sanctum Auctions
Nov. 21, 2018
KEITH COVENTRY | Loughborough Estate
Est: £35,000 - £45,000
oil on canvas in the Artist's frame
Sotheby's
Nov. 20, 2018
Keith Coventry (b. 1958) - Ontological Picture
Est: £10,000 - £15,000
Keith Coventry (b. 1958) Ontological Picture oil on canvas, in the artist's frame with plastic plaque 54 x 44 in. (137.2 x 111.8 cm.)
Christie's
Oct. 06, 2018
KEITH COVENTRY | Junk
Est: £15,000 - £20,000
oil on canvas, in artist's frame
Sotheby's
Oct. 06, 2018
KEITH COVENTRY | Battersea Park Estate
Est: £20,000 - £30,000
oil on canvas, in artist's frame
Sotheby's
Sep. 26, 2018
Keith Coventry (b. 1958) History Etching (Diptych)
Est: £800 - £1,200
Keith Coventry (b. 1958) History Etching (Diptych) The pair of etchings, 2008, each signed and numbered from the edition of 50 in pencil, each on Somerset wove paper, published by Paul Stolper, London, each the full sheet, 610 x 485mm (24 x 19in) (framed) (2) This lot is sold subject to Artists Resale Rights, details of which can be found in our Terms and Conditions.
Forum Auctions - UK
Sep. 18, 2018
KEITH COVENTRY | Cucumber Sandwich
Est: £5,000 - £8,000
We are grateful to the Artist for his kind assistance with the cataloguing of the present work.
Sotheby's
Jul. 31, 2018
KEITH COVENTRY | Girl Waiting at the Entrance (from the series Echoes of Albany)
Est: £2,000 - £3,000
oil on canvas, in artist's frame Executed in 2004.
Sotheby's
Jul. 31, 2018
KEITH COVENTRY | Stentor Kebab
Est: £3,000 - £5,000
oil on canvas, in artist's frame Executed in 1998.
Sotheby's
Jun. 20, 2018
Keith Coventry (b. 1958) - Ontological Picture
Est: £8,000 - £12,000
Keith Coventry (b. 1958) Ontological Picture oil on canvas, in the artist's frame with plastic plaque 28½ x 24½ in. (72.4 x 62.2 cm.)
Christie's
Jun. 13, 2018
KEITH COVENTRY | Dorian Estate
Est: £30,000 - £50,000
oil and gesso on canvas in the Artist's frame
Sotheby's
Nov. 23, 2017
Keith Coventry (b. 1958) - Briant Estate
Est: £15,000 - £20,000
Keith Coventry (b. 1958) Briant Estate 26 x 22 in. (66 x 55.8 cm.) overall oil and gesso on canvas, in the artist's frame with plastic plaque
Christie's
Oct. 06, 2017
KEITH COVENTRY | Shackleton Estate
Est: £25,000 - £35,000
oil and gesso on canvas, in artist's frame
Sotheby's
Sep. 15, 2017
KEITH COVENTRY (B. 1958) Junk III signed, titled and dated ’Junk III 20
Est: £18,000 - £22,000
KEITH COVENTRY (B. 1958) Junk III signed, titled and dated ’Junk III 2010 Keith Coventry’ (on the reverse) oil on canvas, in artist’s frame 69v x 58¿ x 3¿in. (177.5 x 147.5 x 8cm) Painted in 2010
Christie's
Jun. 27, 2017
Keith Coventry (b. 1958) North Air Point
Est: £20,000 - £30,000
Keith Coventry (b. 1958) North Air Point oil and gesso on canvas, in the artist's frame with plastic plaque 26 x 22 in. (66 x 50.8 cm.) overall
Christie's