A life in pictures: Richard Attenborough's art goes to auction
The auction catalogue, which lists the unique cross-section of 20th-century British art that the Attenboroughs assembled over the last 60 yearsPhotograph: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty ImagesA member of Sotheby's staff hangs LS Lowry's Old Houses in placePhotograph: Tim Ireland/PAFlowers On a Chair with Pipe and Paper by Christopher WoodPhotograph: Tim Ireland/PA
Christopher Wood's The Card PlayersPhotograph: Tim Ireland/PAThe Nerves of an Army by Christopher Nevinson gets a last-minute adjustmentPhotograph: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty ImagesEdward Burra's Harbour With Boats, PlymouthPhotograph: Tim Ireland/PAAdjusting the mounting of Returning to the Trenches by CRW Nevinson Photograph: Tim Ireland/PAWhile A Dawn 1914, by the same artistPhotograph: Tim Ireland/PAA technician in front of Nevinson's Building Aircraft: Acetylene WelderPhotograph: Tim Ireland/PA
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