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Auction date Thursday, 6 April 2023 10:30 - 17:30 BST

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Head of Sale:

John Holmes

Page:

of 17

Lots per page:

Total lots: 400

Lot 301 Sold
AUGUSTE RODIN (1840-1917) 'Danseuse'
a study of a dancer with arms outstretched and right leg raised, signed lower right, pencil and watercolour, 30cm x 24cm

Provenance: 'Maillol och Rodin' Svensk-Franska Konstgalleriet, Stockholm, 1947, catalogue number 241a, number 75
to be sold with a copy of the catalogue
Private Collection, Ireland
Private Collection, Dorset
Hammer price: £11,500
Estimate: £3,000 - £5,000
6 April 2023
6 April 2023
Lot 302 Sold
ATTRIBUTED TO SIR ERNEST ALBERT WATERLOW (1850-1919) 'Self portrait'
a head and shoulders length portrait of a gentleman wearing a white coat, twice stamped 'A. WATERLOW STUDIO COLLECTION' verso, oil on canvas, 50cm x 40cm
Hammer price: £460
Estimate: £200 - £400
6 April 2023
6 April 2023
Lot 303 Sold
ARTHUR GASKIN (1862-1928) 'Box'
a pair of village street scenes, each monogrammed, titled and dated 1917 lower left, pastels, 19cm x 25cm (2)

Provenance: With Julian Hartnoll, Duke Street, St. James's, London SW1
Westvale, Nailwell, Bath. The former home of Baron and Lady Craigmyle
Hammer price: £420
Estimate: £400 - £800
6 April 2023
6 April 2023
Lot 304 Sold
*AUGUSTUS JOHN (1878-1961) A portrait of Ida Nettleship
1899, the artist's first wife depicted three-quarter length seated in a chair reading, red and cream chalks on grey paper, 41cm x 29cm

Provenance: From the Collection of William Crampton Gore (1871-1946)
William Crampton Gore was an Irish artist, who befriended Augustus John whilst studying at the Slade from 1900-1904. The two artists shared a studio.
Private Collection, Ireland
Private Collection, Dorset
Hammer price: £800
Estimate: £1,000 - £2,000
6 April 2023
6 April 2023
Lot 305 Sold
*AUGUSTUS JOHN (1878-1961) A portrait of Ursula Tyrwhitt
three-quarter length, red chalk on paper, 28cm x 19cm

Provenance: From the Collection of William Crampton Gore (1871-1946)
William Crampton Gore was an Irish artist, who befriended Augustus John whilst studying at the Slade from 1900-1904. The two artists shared a studio.
Private Collection, Ireland
Private Collection, Dorset
Ursula Tyrwhitt (nee Nettleship) (1872-1966) was an English artist and close friend of Augustus…
Hammer price: £400
Estimate: £500 - £1,000
6 April 2023
6 April 2023
Lot 306 Sold
*AUGUSTUS JOHN (1878-1961) Self portrait in a black gown
c. 1905, etching, the image 16cm x 9.5cm

Provenance: Private Collection, Ireland
Private Collection, Dorset
Hammer price: £480
Estimate: £300 - £500
6 April 2023
6 April 2023
Lot 307 Sold
*AUGUSTUS JOHN (1878-1961) 'Woman wearing a smock'
a full-length portrait of Mrs Chadbourne, signed lower right, pencil on paper, 52cm x 34cm

Provenance: With Arthur Tooth & Sons Ltd., Bruton Street, Mayfair, London W1
Emily Rockwell Crane Chadbourne (1871–1964) was the daughter of Richard Teller Crane and Mary…
Hammer price: £2,000
Estimate: £2,000 - £4,000
6 April 2023
6 April 2023
Lot 308 Sold
*SIR ALFRED JAMES MUNNINGS (1878-1959) 'Foreground study in old gravel pits for Elder Bloom'
c. 1952, signed lower right, titled in pencil verso, oil on panel, 24cm x 32cm

Provenance: Purchased directly from the Artist and remaing in the same private family collection to the present owner
Hammer price: £18,000
Estimate: £5,000 - £10,000
6 April 2023
6 April 2023
Lot 309 Sold
*MATTHEW SMITH (1879-1959) A still life of pears and other fruit on a table beside a sculpture of a dancer
oil on canvas, 91cm x 64cm

Provenance: Private family collection, Dorset, formed over generations, this painting personally selected by Edward Wolfe RA (1897-1982), a family friend
Hammer price: £6,500
Estimate: £5,000 - £10,000
6 April 2023
6 April 2023
Lot 310 Sold
FREDA BLOIS (1880-1943) A still life study of mixed flowers
signed lower right, oil on canvas, 57cm x 49cm
Hammer price: £440
Estimate: £200 - £400
6 April 2023
6 April 2023
Lot 311 Sold
*GIORGIO OPRANDI (1883-1962) 'Brava, Somalia'
Coastal landscape, signed lower right, titled verso, oil on canvas laid on board, 31.5cm x 42.5cm

Exhibited: I Mostra Internazionale D'Arte Coloniale, Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Rome, 1st October - 30th December 1931
Hammer price: £750
Estimate: £300 - £500
6 April 2023
6 April 2023
Lot 312 Sold
A FOSTER (19th/20th Century) Landscape with trees
signed and dated 1915 lower right, oil with impasto on board, 34cm x 44cm
Hammer price: £80
Estimate: £80 - £150
6 April 2023
6 April 2023
Lot 313 Sold
*STANLEY SPENCER (1891-1959) 'Self Portrait'
with pencil inscription "Self Portrait - Stanley Spencer" to the margin lower left and numbered 19/75 lower right, dedicated to John Rothenstein and dated, 1913 within the plate, lithograph, the image 34.5cm x 21.2cm
Hammer price: £320
Estimate: £150 - £250
6 April 2023
6 April 2023
Lot 314 Sold
FELIX DOMINIQUE DE VUILLEFROY (1841-1910) An avenue of plane trees in a landscape
signed lower right, oil on canvas, 32cm x 40cm
Hammer price: £280
Estimate: £300 - £500
6 April 2023
6 April 2023
Lot 315 Sold
*LAURENCE STEPHEN LOWRY (1887-1976) 'Station Approach'
signed in pencil to the margin lower right, Fine Art Trade Guild blindstamp lower left equating to 237, limited edition offset lithograph from the edition of 850 published in 1972 by Adam Collection Ltd, the image 40cm x 50.5cm
Hammer price: £1,400
Estimate: £1,500 - £2,500
6 April 2023
6 April 2023
Lot 316 Sold
*LAURENCE STEPHEN LOWRY (1887-1976) 'His Family'
signed in pencil to the margin lower right, Fine Art Trade Guild blindstamp lower left equating to 499, limited edition offset lithograph from the edition of 850 printed in 1972 by Adam Collection Ltd, the image 52.5cm x 70.5cm
Hammer price: £1,400
Estimate: £1,500 - £2,500
6 April 2023
6 April 2023
Lot 317 Unsold
*LAURENCE STEPHEN LOWRY (1887-1976) 'Meeting Point'
signed in pencil to the margin lower right, Fine Art Trade Guild blindstamp lower left equating to 533, limited edition offset lithograph from the edition of 600 published by the Adam Collection in 1973, the image 47cm x 70.5cm
Estimate: £1,500 - £2,500
6 April 2023
6 April 2023
Lot 318 Sold
*LAURENCE STEPHEN LOWRY (1887-1976) 'The Beach, Deal'
signed in pencil to the margin lower right, Fine Art Trade Guild blindstamp lower left equating to 834, limited edition offset lithograph from the edition of 850 printed in 1973 by Venture Prints Limited of Bristol, the image 26cm x 50.5cm; together with the companion study 'Deal' signed in blue ballpoint lower left, Fine Art Trade Guild blindstamp lower left equating to 120, limited edition offset lithograph from the edition of 850 printed in 1973 by Venture Prints Limited of Bristol, the image 17cm x 25cm
(2)
Hammer price: £3,000
Estimate: £3,000 - £5,000
6 April 2023
6 April 2023
Lot 319 Unsold
*LAURENCE STEPHEN LOWRY (1887-1976) 'The Harbour'
signed in pencil to the margin lower right, Fine Art Trade Guild blindstamp lower left equating to 556, limited edition offset lithograph from the edition of 850 published by Venture Prints Ltd. in 1972, the image 40cm x 55cm
Estimate: £1,500 - £2,500
6 April 2023
6 April 2023
Lot 320 Sold
*LAURENCE STEPHEN LOWRY (1887-1976) 'Level Crossing, Burton-on-Trent'
signed in pencil to the margin lower left, Fine Art Trade Guild blindstamp lower left equating to 710, limited edition offset lithograph from the edition of 850 published by Henry Donn in 1973, the image 41cm x 56.5cm
Hammer price: £1,200
Estimate: £1,000 - £2,000
6 April 2023
6 April 2023
Lot 321 Unsold
*CLARE LEIGHTON (1898-1989) 'The Farmer's Year - A Calendar of English Husbandry'
a set of twelve woodcut engravings, each representing a month of the year: 'January - Lambing', 'February - Lopping', 'March - Threshing', 'April - Sowing', 'May - Sheep Shearing', 'June - Hay-Making', 'July - Cottage Gardens', 'August - Harvesting', 'September - Apple-Picking', 'October - Cider-Making', 'November - Ploughing' and 'December - The Fat Stock Market' (12)

Provenance: Westvale, Nailwell, Bath. The former home of Baron and Lady Craigmyle
Estimate: £2,500 - £3,500
6 April 2023
6 April 2023
Lot 322 Unsold
*BEN TOBIAS (1901-1985) 'Rabbis, The Frumahs, Rosh Hashanah, 1959'
A parade of figures lining up to enter a house, signed, titled and dated lower right, oil on canvas, 41cm x 51cm (unframed on stretcher)
Estimate: £1,000 - £2,000
6 April 2023
6 April 2023
Lot 323 Sold
VASYL KMHELUK (1903-1986) ‘Bond in the Wood’
signed lower right, oil on canvas, 54cm x 37cm

Provenance: The Storran Gallery, London W1
The Collection of Sir Michael Sadler (1861-1943)
Purchased from The Redfern Gallery, London W1, July 1944 by Mrs Eicholz
Private Collection, Somerset
Hammer price: £1,100
Estimate: £700 - £900
6 April 2023
6 April 2023
Lot 324 Sold
*CECIL ROCHFORT D'OYLY JOHN (1906 - 1993) A Mediterranean harbour scene
signed lower right, oil on canvas, 34cm x 70cm
Hammer price: £2,000
Estimate: £1,500 - £2,500
6 April 2023
6 April 2023

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