Farmer’s dance image reaps a record at £480,000

Korean Art: IT was the half dozen pieces of Korean works of art that rounded off the Japanese sale at Sotheby’s Olympia rooms on November 11 that provided the auctioneers with their sale highpoint in the form of this painting by Park Sookeun (1914-65), one the country’s most sought-after artists.

Farmer’s dance, a 211/2in x 121/2in (54.5 x 31cm) oil and mixed media on board in pointillist-inspir…

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