Art & Design post 1880

A dark and rainy city street with a skeletal figure thumbing for a lift beside a street light, signed and dated '93 lower left, oil on board, 105cm x 121cm

Exhibited: John Moores, Liverpool, Exhibition 20, 1997, number 1528

Provenance: The Studio of Peter Snow (1927-2008)
Peter Frederick Briscoe Snow was an English painter, theatre designer and teacher. From the 1960s to the 1990s he was head of postgraduate theatre design at the Slade School of Fine Art

or 'The Motorcyclist Riding Off Outside' oil on board, 91.5cm x 122cm

Provenance: The Studio of Peter Snow (1927-2008)
Peter Frederick Briscoe Snow was an English painter, theatre designer and teacher. From the 1960s to the 1990s he was head of postgraduate theatre design at the Slade School of Fine Art

lighting a cigarette to the foreground, signed and dated '90 lower right, oil on board, 91.5cm x 122cm

Provenance: The Studio of Peter Snow (1927-2008)
Peter Frederick Briscoe Snow was an English painter, theatre designer and teacher. From the 1960s to the 1990s he was head of postgraduate theatre design at the Slade School of Fine Art

oil on board with heavy impasto, 58cm x 72cm

Exhibited: Royal Academy of Arts, Summer Exhibition, 2003
The companion work to this 'The Gullies' shows the back of Covent Garden's Maiden Lane behind Rules Restaurant. This work is now in the collection of the Guildhall Gallery, London

signed and titled verso, oil on board, 122cm x 106cm

'The Knoll' in Beckenham, in Kent was the home of Peter Snow's father, the civil engineer Sir Frederick Snow, who was responsible for constructions such as Unilever House, South Africa House and the Kingsway Underpass. He was also the overall designer for Gatwick Airport in the 1950's

the reverse with an untitled composition depicting blue figures on a tropical beach, oil on board, 137cm x 107cm (unframed)

Provenance: The Studio of Peter Snow (1927-2008)
Peter Frederick Briscoe Snow was an English painter, theatre designer and teacher. From the 1960s to the 1990s he was head of postgraduate theatre design at the Slade School of Art

oil on board, 120cm x 89cm (unframed)

Provenance: The Studio of Peter Snow (1927-2008)
Peter Frederick Briscoe Snow was an English painter, theatre designer and teacher. From the 1960s to the 1990s he was head of postgraduate theatre design at the Slade School of Art

c. 1950's, signed and titled verso, oil on canvas, 75cm x 60cm; and the companion 'Garden Pond' (2)

The garden depicted here is 131 Kennington Park Road, London, the Snow family home.

Provenance: The Studio of Peter Snow (1927-2008)
Peter Frederick Briscoe Snow was an English painter, theatre designer and teacher. From the 1960s to the 1990s he was head of postgraduate theatre design at the Slade School of Art

abstract figural stage design, signed lower right, titled verso, oil on board, 91.5cm x 121.5cm

Provenance: The Studio of Peter Snow (1927-2008)
Peter Frederick Briscoe Snow was an English painter, theatre designer and teacher. From the 1960s to the 1990s he was head of postgraduate theatre design at the Slade School of Art

A figure partly obscured by foliage descending steps towards figures apparently fleeing from him, a cloaked figure seated on a nearby rooftop observing, signed and titled verso, oil on board, 107cm x 122cm

Provenance: The Studio of Peter Snow (1927-2008)
Peter Frederick Briscoe Snow was an English painter, theatre designer and teacher. From the 1960s to the 1990s he was head of postgraduate theatre design at the Slade School of Art

Figures at a lavish garden party, oil on board, 91.5cm x 122cm

Provenance: The Studio of Peter Snow (1927-2008)
Peter Frederick Briscoe Snow was an English painter, theatre designer and teacher. From the 1960s to the 1990s he was head of postgraduate theatre design at the Slade School of Art

Street scene with houses and a car, c.1990's, charcoal on paper, 41cm x 58.5cm

Provenance: The Studio of Peter Snow (1927-2008)
Peter Frederick Briscoe Snow was an English painter, theatre designer and teacher. From the 1960s to the 1990s he was head of postgraduate theatre design at the Slade School of Art

Busy garden scene with figures, signed, titled and dated lower right, charcoal on paper, 30cm x 41cm, together with 'Sydney Opera House (Botanical Gardens)' signed and dated 2/12/97 lower right, charcoal on paper, 40.5cm x 57cm

signed and dated 2/12/97 lower right, charcoal on paper, 40.5cm x 57cm

Provenance: The Studio of Peter Snow (1927-2008)
Peter Frederick Briscoe Snow was an English painter, theatre designer and teacher. From the 1960s to the 1990s he was head of postgraduate theatre design at the Slade School of Art

coloured chalks on paper, 40.5cm x 58cm

Provenance: The Studio of Peter Snow (1927-2008)
Peter Frederick Briscoe Snow was an English painter, theatre designer and teacher. From the 1960s to the 1990s he was head of postgraduate theatre design at the Slade School of Art

vibrant townscape looking over the terracotta roofs of the city, c.1990's, coloured pastels on paper, 41.5cm x 57.5cm

Provenance: The Studio of Peter Snow (1927-2008)
Peter Frederick Briscoe Snow was an English painter, theatre designer and teacher. From the 1960s to the 1990s he was head of postgraduate theatre design at the Slade School of Art

primarily comprising stage designs, but also including still life studies and promotional works

The bullfighting works included in this lot were executed whilst in Portugal with Victor Willing, Paula Rego and Michael Andrews. The views of Aldeburgh were painted whilst whilst undergoing designs for Benjamin Britten.

to include a self portrait in an interior, a portrait of Maria, Mayday 1982 and further landscape views

Provenance: The Studio of Peter Snow (1927-2008)
Peter Frederick Briscoe Snow was an English painter, theatre designer and teacher. From the 1960s to the 1990s he was head of postgraduate theatre design at the Slade School of Fine Art

to include views of Paris and Sansepolcro, mainly charcoal sketches

Provenance: The Studio of Peter Snow (1927-2008)
Peter Frederick Briscoe Snow was an English painter, theatre designer and teacher. From the 1960s to the 1990s he was head of postgraduate theatre design at the Slade School of Fine Art

undertaken on the Artist's travels to places such as Florence, Sienna and Cairo, as well as domestic works

Provenance: The Studio of Peter Snow (1927-2008)
Peter Frederick Briscoe Snow was an English painter, theatre designer and teacher. From the 1960s to the 1990s he was head of postgraduate theatre design at the Slade School of Art

for works such as 'Beyond the Mexique Bay' by Aldous Huxley and 'Mornings in Mexico', 'Etruscan Places' and 'The Trespasser' by D.H. Lawrence, and other similar studies

Provenance: The Studio of Peter Snow (1927-2008)
Peter Frederick Briscoe Snow was an English painter, theatre designer and teacher. From the 1960s to the 1990s he was head of postgraduate theatre design at the Slade School of Art

including figural, landscape and cityscapes, to include a view of Sydney Harbour Bridge

Provenance: The Studio of Peter Snow (1927-2008)
Peter Frederick Briscoe Snow was an English painter, theatre designer and teacher. From the 1960s to the 1990s he was head of postgraduate theatre design at the Slade School of Fine Art

including botanical, still life, landscape and street scenes, in pen and ink, charcoal, pencil and similar

some backdrops for the productions of 'Copelia', gouache on paper, various sizes (7)

Provenance: The Studio of Peter Snow (1927-2008)
Peter Frederick Briscoe Snow was an English painter, theatre designer and teacher. From the 1960s to the 1990s he was head of postgraduate theatre design at the Slade School of Fine Art