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Auction date Friday 29 April 2022 10:30 - 17:30 BST
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Total lots: 232

THEODORE CASIMIR ROUSSEL (1847-1926) A view of Hastings pier and promenade
Lot 200 Unsold
THEODORE CASIMIR ROUSSEL (1847-1926) A view of Hastings pier and promenade
watercolour, 17cm x 12cm with painted mount and surround

Provenance: Private collection, Lennox Gardens London SW1
Estimate: £100 - £200
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GEORGE CLAUSEN (1852-1944) Study of trees
Lot 201 Unsold
GEORGE CLAUSEN (1852-1944) Study of trees
signed in pencil lower right, watercolour, 29.5cm x 23cm

Exhibited: The Fine Art Society, 1953

Provenance: Purchased from The Alton Gallery, London, 1985
Private collection, Lennox Gardens London SW1
Estimate: £150 - £250
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ROBERT PAYTON REID (1859-1945) Highland landscape with trees to the foreground
Lot 202 Sold
ROBERT PAYTON REID (1859-1945) Highland landscape with trees to the foreground
oil on board, 26.5cm x 34cm

Provenance: Jean P. Reid, the daughter of the Artist
Exhibited: Mackay Gallery, London, SW6 5HG
Private family collection, Dorset, formed over generations, including pictures selected by Edward Wolfe RA (1897-1982), a family friend
Hammer price: £900
Estimate: £400 - £800
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PAUL SIGNAC (1863-1935) Figures working on the River Seine, Paris
Lot 203 Unsold
PAUL SIGNAC (1863-1935) Figures working on the River Seine, Paris
signed and dated 'Mars 31' lower right, watercolour and pencil, 32cm x 24cm
Estimate: £1,000 - £2,000
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LUCIEN PISSARRO (1863-1944) 'A Garden at Bormes'
Lot 204 Sold
LUCIEN PISSARRO (1863-1944) 'A Garden at Bormes'
monogrammed and dated '26 lower left, oil on canvas, 46cm x 55cm

Provenance: A gift from the Artist, with inscription verso "Tommy & Christine from Lucien & Esther Pissarro"
Pissarro was born on 20 February 1863 in Paris. He was the oldest of seven children; the son of…
Hammer price: £14,000
Estimate: £8,000 - £15,000
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*FRANK BRANGWYN (1867-1956) 'The Water Boat Man'
Lot 205 Unsold
*FRANK BRANGWYN (1867-1956) 'The Water Boat Man'
figures in a small boat, some playing the guitar, monogrammed and dated 1906 lower right, watercolour, 34cm x 46cm

Provenance: Private collection, Lennox Gardens London SW1
Estimate: £500 - £1,000
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BERTRAM PRIESTMAN (1868-1951) Landscape with trees and cattle watering
Lot 206 Unsold
BERTRAM PRIESTMAN (1868-1951) Landscape with trees and cattle watering
monogrammed and dated '10 lower left, oil on board, 34cm x 28cm

Provenance: Purchased from Alton Gallery, London, 1985
Private collection, Lennox Gardens London SW1
Estimate: £200 - £400
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SIR DAVID YOUNG CAMERON (1869-1945) 'Loches, France'
Lot 207 Sold
SIR DAVID YOUNG CAMERON (1869-1945) 'Loches, France'
Figural street scene with a woman walking past a house as another sits in a doorway, signed lower right, oil on canvas, 50cm x 40cm
Hammer price: £3,000
Estimate: £3,000 - £5,000
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*SAMUEL JOHN LAMORNA BIRCH (1869-1955) A Continental River Landscape
Lot 208 Sold
*SAMUEL JOHN LAMORNA BIRCH (1869-1955) A Continental River Landscape
signed and dated 1941 lower right, watercolour, 12cm x 17cm

Provenance: The Collection of Russell Burlingham
Private Collection, London
Hammer price: £90
Estimate: £100 - £200
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*CHARLES MARCH GERE (1869-1957) 'Study of an Angel from a tempera fresco'
Lot 209 Sold
*CHARLES MARCH GERE (1869-1957) 'Study of an Angel from a tempera fresco'
watercolour over pencil, 20cm x 11cm; together with a view of trees by the same artist 'Near Birdlip, Gloucestershire', watercolour, 9.5cm x 14.5cm (2)

Provenance: The Fine Art Society, July 1969
The Russell Burlingham Collection
Private Collection, London
Hammer price: £170
Estimate: £100 - £200
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GEORGE SPENCER WATSON (1869-1934) 'Seated Figure - Drapery Study'
Lot 210 Sold
GEORGE SPENCER WATSON (1869-1934) 'Seated Figure - Drapery Study'
charcoal heightened with white, 42cm x 33.5cm

Provenance: Purchased from Jane Roberts Fine Art, New Bond Street, London
Previously with Max Rutherston, New Bond Street, London
Private collection, Lennox Gardens London SW1
Hammer price: £220
Estimate: £200 - £400
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ENGLISH SCHOOL, 20TH CENTURY A view of a Gypsy encampment
Lot 211 Unsold
ENGLISH SCHOOL, 20TH CENTURY A view of a Gypsy encampment
with figures fixing a caravan wheel whilst a man on horseback looks on, oil on canvas, 41cm x 56cm (unframed on stretcher)
Estimate: £100 - £200
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LUCY KEMP-WELCH (1869-1958) A study for 'The Straw Ride'
Lot 212 Sold
LUCY KEMP-WELCH (1869-1958) A study for 'The Straw Ride'
oil on canvas board, 30cm x 71cm

Provenance: With David Messum

‘The Straw Ride’ depicts three women exercising horses in an indoor straw ride at Russley Park Remount Depot in Wiltshire during the First World War.

The finished work is in the collection of the Imperial War Museum, London.
Hammer price: £15,000
Estimate: £5,000 - £8,000
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*SIMON BUSSY (1870-1954) A view of Menton, Côte d'Azur
Lot 213 Unsold
*SIMON BUSSY (1870-1954) A view of Menton, Côte d'Azur
looking towards the sea with the with tower of the Baroque Basilica of Saint-Michel-Archange to the centre, a ship calmly passing by to the distance, signed lower left, pastels, 22cm x 18cm
Albert Simon Aimé Bussy (30 June 1870 – 22 May 1954) studied at Ecole des Beaux-arts de Paris where…
Estimate: £8,000 - £10,000
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*SIMON BUSSY (1870-1954) Atmospheric landscape with trees, possibly a Swiss or Tyrolean scene
Lot 214 Unsold
*SIMON BUSSY (1870-1954) Atmospheric landscape with trees, possibly a Swiss or Tyrolean scene
signed lower right, pastels, 22cm x 18.5cm

Provenance: Private Collection, Dorset
Albert Simon Aimé Bussy (30 June 1870 – 22 May 1954) studied at Ecole des Beaux-arts de Paris where…
Estimate: £8,000 - £10,000
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*GEORGES ROUAULT (1871-1958) 'Nu de Profil'
Lot 215 Unsold
*GEORGES ROUAULT (1871-1958) 'Nu de Profil'
(Chapon/Rouault 274; Wofsy 272) monogrammed and dated 1936 lower right in plate, from the edition of 250, printed by Lacourière, Paris, published by Vollard, Paris, from 'Les Fleurs du Mal', aquatint, 30cm x 20cm

Provenance: The Redfern Gallery, London
Private Collection, Dorset
Estimate: £1,000 - £2,000
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AUBREY BEARDSLEY (1872-1898) A chapter heading illustration for 'Le Morte d'Arthur'
Lot 216 Sold
AUBREY BEARDSLEY (1872-1898) A chapter heading illustration for 'Le Morte d'Arthur'
Chapter IV of book III, c1893, depicting a knight and a maiden in a forest, the knights bound to a tree, presumably sir Launcelot and the damosel, pen and Indian ink on paper, 14.6cm x 9.5cm

Literature: 'Aubrey Beardsley - A Catalogue Raisonne Zaitlin, Linda Gertner, Yale University Press, 2016 no. 417, listed as 'Knight bound to a tree near a recumbent lady'

Provenance: Purchased from Thos Agnew & Sons Ltd., London, 23rd July 1968
Private Collection, Dorset
Hammer price: £8,500
Estimate: £8,000 - £15,000
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AUBREY BEARDSLEY (1872-1898) A chapter heading illustration for 'Le Morte d'Arthur'
Lot 217 Sold
AUBREY BEARDSLEY (1872-1898) A chapter heading illustration for 'Le Morte d'Arthur'
chapter VII, book IV, c1893, depicting a maiden in a forest, her wrists bound to trees, pen and Indian ink on paper, 14.3cm x 7.5cm

Literature: 'Aubrey Beardsley - A Catalogue Raisonne Zaitlin, Linda Gertner, Yale University Press, 2016 no.434, listed as 'Woman bound to trees'

Provenance: Purchased from Thos Agnew & Sons Ltd., London, 23rd July 1968
Private Collection, Dorset
Hammer price: £3,800
Estimate: £4,000 - £8,000
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AUBREY BEARDSLEY (1872-1898) A chapter heading illustration for 'Le Morte d'Arthur'
Lot 218 Sold
AUBREY BEARDSLEY (1872-1898) A chapter heading illustration for 'Le Morte d'Arthur'
chapter II, book XII, c1893, depicting a woman, presumably La Belle Isoud in her bedchamber, pen and Indian ink on paper, 13.5cm x 9.4cm

Literature: 'Aubrey Beardsley - A Catalogue Raisonne Zaitlin, Linda Gertner, Yale University Press, 2016 no.591, listed as 'Woman standing beside a bed, warning finger raised'

Provenance: Purchased from Thos Agnew & Sons Ltd., London, 23rd July 1968
Private Collection, Dorset
Hammer price: £2,800
Estimate: £3,000 - £5,000
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CHARLES ROBINSON SYKES (1875-1950) 'The Venus of Epstein'
Lot 219 Sold
CHARLES ROBINSON SYKES (1875-1950) 'The Venus of Epstein'
pencil, 37.5cm x 28.5cm

Provenance: Private family collection, Dorset, formed over generations, including pictures selected by Edward Wolfe RA (1897-1982), a family friend
Hammer price: £90
Estimate: £100 - £200
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JOHN POSTLE HESTLETINE (1843-1929) 'Witley Church Yard'
Lot 220 Unsold
*MUIRHEAD BONE (1876-1953) 'Biasutti's farm, Querceto, Italy'
signed in pencil to the margin, etching, the image 20cm x 7.5cm; JOHN POSTLE HESTLETINE (1843-1929) 'Witley Church Yard', signed in plate, etching, the image 21cm x 14.5cm (2)

Provenance: Private family collection, Dorset, formed over generations, including pictures selected by Edward Wolfe RA (1897-1982), a family friend
Estimate: £150 - £250
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ALEXANDER (ALEC) COUTTS FRASER (fl. 1893-1939) 'Parisian Boulevard Life'
Lot 221 Sold
ALEXANDER (ALEC) COUTTS FRASER (fl. 1893-1939) 'Parisian Boulevard Life'
signed and dated (18)93 lower right, oil on board, 15cm x 23cm

Provenance: With Roland, Browse & Delbanco
Hammer price: £170
Estimate: £150 - £250
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DAME LAURA KNIGHT (1877-1970) 'The Magic of a Line'
Lot 222 Sold
DAME LAURA KNIGHT (1877-1970) 'The Magic of a Line'
The autobiography of the Artist, publ. William Kimber and Co. Ltd., London, 1965, signed to the opening page in blue ink, beside a three-quarter length sketch of a clown; together with a small cache of correspondence to and from the Artist dating to 1965, mostly handwritten letters to a Mr Moorhouse regarding the purchase of a painting, one letter noting an offer from Knight to sign and return this book
Hammer price: £300
Estimate: £400 - £800
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*EDNA CLARKE-HALL (1879-1979) Still life study of candlesticks and fruit on a table in an interior
Lot 223 Sold
*EDNA CLARKE-HALL (1879-1979) Still life study of candlesticks and fruit on a table in an interior
watercolour and pencil, 29cm x 37.5cm

Provenance: With Max Rutherston, New Bond Street, London
Private collection, Lennox Gardens London SW1

Cf: For a similar work please see lot 79, Duke's, Art & Design post 1880, 19th March 2020
Hammer price: £180
Estimate: £200 - £400
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Total lots: 232

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