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Holly Lennon

Joan Eardley painting of Glasgow street children sells for record price at auction

One of the last finished paintings of Glasgow's street children by the artist Joan Eardley has sold for a record amount.

The Yellow Jumper, which features a "glorious" depiction of children in the now largely demolished neighbourhood of old Townhead in Glasgow, had been put up for auction with an estimate of £100,000 to £150,000.

But when the artwork, one the final pieces completed by Eardley before she died at the age of 42 in 1963, went under the hammer, it sold for £200,200 - an auction record for a work by the artist.

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