Auction sale reference

Children’s Swimming Pool, 11 o’clock Saturday Morning, August

Sold for £5,214,000 at Sotheby's on Mar 4, 2026.

Lot description

Leon Kossoff 1926 - 2019 Children’s Swimming Pool, 11 o’clock Saturday Morning, August signed, titled, dated Aug 1969, and variously inscribed For Rosemary Peto (on the reverse) oil on board 152.4 by 205.7 cm. 60 by 81 in. Executed in 1969.

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