Bib Cat on a chair by Sheila Robinson – £1000 at Cheffins.
This 16 x 15in (42 x 38cm) linocut, below, by Great Bardfield artist Sheila Robinson (1925-88) more than doubled its estimate to sell for £1000 at Cheffins (22.5% buyer’s premium) of Cambridge. Bib Cat on a chair, signed and dated 1968 and numbered 7/40, was offered on February 7.
Like many in the Great Bardfield group, prices for Robinson’s art has increased over the last decade or so. Indeed, a 1961 linocut of a cat sat on a chair with identical markings took a premium-inclusive £264 at Christie’s South Kensington in 2006.