Leading UK artists have donated works for an auction raising funds to establish a national centre for the artist Thomas Gainsborough.
The sale of contemporary and post-war British art – in Sudbury Town Hall on October 20, with the support of Colchester auction house Reeman Dansie – features 130 lots donated from the estates and studios of some of Britain’s best-known artists.
Works by artists including Maggi Hambling, Antony Gormley, Michael Ayrton, John Hoyland, Edward Bawden, Sarah Lucas and Julian Opie will be on offer, with online bidding on thesaleroom.com.