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Art & Design post 1880

Auction date Thursday 19 October 2023 10:30 - 17:30 BST

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Head of Sale:

John Holmes

Page:

of 7

Lots per page:

Total lots: 324

Lot 1 Sold
GEORGE SPENCER WATSON (1869-1934) A sketch of the artist's wife, Hilda, on horseback
depicted facing away from the artist, holding another horse by its reins, signed lower left, ink on paper, 8.25cm x 11.25cm; framed together with an ink sketch of a dog, presumably by the same hand, 11cm x 16cm

Provenance: The Estate of the late Roger Peers (1932-2023), Curator of the Dorset County Museum between 1959 and 1992
Hammer price: £400
Estimate: £150 - £250
19 October 2023
19 October 2023
Lot 2 Sold
*ELSIE BARLING (1883-1976) 'Irises'
still life study, signed lower left, oil on canvas, 65cm x 50cm

Provenance: The Estate of the late Roger Peers (1932-2023), Curator of the Dorset County Museum between 1959 and 1992
Hammer price: £320
Estimate: £100 - £200
19 October 2023
19 October 2023
Lot 3 Sold
*ELSIE BARLING (1883-1976) 'St Paul de Vence, Place de la Fontaine'
oil on canvas, 51cm x 66cm (unframed on stretcher)

Provenance: The Estate of the late Roger Peers (1932-2023), Curator of the Dorset County Museum between 1959 and 1992
Hammer price: £600
Estimate: £100 - £200
19 October 2023
19 October 2023
Lot 4 Sold
*ELSIE BARLING (1883-1976) 'Pub interior, Corfe Castle, Dorset'
watercolour, 34.5cm x 39cm

Provenance: The Estate of the late Roger Peers (1932-2023), Curator of the Dorset County Museum between 1959 and 1992
Hammer price: £480
Estimate: £100 - £200
19 October 2023
19 October 2023
Lot 5 Sold
NORA SUMMERS (1892-1948) 'Horton Tower, Dorset'
signed, titled and dated 1943 lower left, oil on paper, 18.5cm x 27cm

Provenance: The Estate of the Artist
Private Collection, Dorset

Exhibited: 'Nora Summers', Sally Hunter Fine Art, February 1998
Hammer price: £180
Estimate: £100 - £200
19 October 2023
19 October 2023
Lot 6 Sold
*MARIE VOROBIEFF 'MAREVNA' (1892-1984) 'Athelhampton Hall'
signed and dated 1957 lower left, titled and inscribed "For Mrs Clarice Chinchen from M. Marevna" in ink over pencil to the margin, watercolour, gouache and pencil on paper, 25cm x 35cm
Marie Vorobieff-Stebelska (1892- May 4, 1984) was the artist of Russian-Polish origins. The name…
Hammer price: £320
Estimate: £200 - £400
19 October 2023
19 October 2023
Lot 7 Sold
*MARIE VOROBIEFF 'MAREVNA' (1892-1984) 'Mrs Gladys Chinchen'
half length portrait of a lady seated in an interior, a vase of flowers beside her, signed, dated 1955 and inscribed "Athelhampton Hall" lower left, further inscribed "For Gladis Tchinchin, Lov" (sic) upper right, watercolour, gouache and pencil on paper, 73cm x 55cm
Marie Vorobieff-Stebelska (1892- May 4, 1984) was the artist of Russian-Polish origins. The name…
Hammer price: £1,500
Estimate: £400 - £800
19 October 2023
19 October 2023
Lot 8 Sold
*VIOLET MADELEINE JOSETTE 'JO' JONES (1894-1989) 'Long Bredy, Dorset'
Landscape view, ink and watercolour over traces of pencil, 23cm x 33cm

According to an inscription verso this is one of three views of Long Bredy painted by the artist on her first visit in 1916-17

Provenance: The Estate of the late Roger Peers (1932-2023), Curator of the Dorset County Museum between 1959 and 1992
Hammer price: £320
Estimate: £150 - £250
19 October 2023
19 October 2023
Lot 9 Sold
*VIOLET MADELEINE JOSETTE 'JO' JONES (1894-1989) 'Long Bredy, Dorset'
Landscape view, signed and dated 1917 lower right, ink and watercolour, 30.5cm x 41.5cm

Provenance: The Estate of the late Roger Peers (1932-2023), Curator of the Dorset County Museum between 1959 and 1992


Exhibited: The New English Art Club Exhibition, Spring 1918
Hammer price: £400
Estimate: £150 - £250
19 October 2023
19 October 2023
Lot 10 Sold
*VIOLET MADELEINE JOSETTE 'JO' JONES (1894-1989) 'Heredia, Carmella's Mother, Granada'
three quarter length portrait of a Spanish woman, signed lower left, watercolour and ink, 29cm x 21.5cm; together with a smaller work by the same artist, 'Gipsy', signed lower right, watercolour and ink, 12.5cm x 13.25cm (2)

Provenance: The Estate of the late Roger Peers (1932-2023), Curator of the Dorset County Museum between 1959 and 1992
Hammer price: £400
Estimate: £100 - £200
19 October 2023
19 October 2023
Lot 11 Sold
*JOHN HAMMOND HARWOOD (1904-1980) 'Corfe Castle, Dorset'
signed and dated 1952 lower right, watercolour and gouache, 37cm x 52cm

Provenance: Private Collection, Dorset

Exhibited: Summer Exhibition, Sally Hunter Fine Art, 1988
Hammer price: £120
Estimate: £100 - £200
19 October 2023
19 October 2023
Lot 12 Sold
*CECIL WALLER (1908-1992) 'Stickley's Barn, Minchington, Dorset, 1968'
oil on canvas, 24.5cm x 33cm; together with an en grisaille watercolour study by the same artist 'Stickley's Barn, last stages', showing the building in a part-demolished state, 37cm x 55cm (2)

Provenance: The Estate of the late Roger Peers (1932-2023), Curator of the Dorset County Museum between 1959 and 1992
Hammer price: £180
Estimate: £100 - £200
19 October 2023
19 October 2023
Lot 13 Sold
*CECIL WALLER (1908-1992) Farm study with thatched building
monogrammed lower right, oil on canvas, 40cm x 50cm

Provenance: The Estate of the late Roger Peers (1932-2023), Curator of the Dorset County Museum between 1959 and 1992
Hammer price: £260
Estimate: £100 - £200
19 October 2023
19 October 2023
Lot 14 Sold
*CECIL WALLER (1908-1992) 'Sky and Hedge I'
Dorset landscape study, monogrammed lower right, oil on canvas, 24.5cm x 33cm

Provenance: The Estate of the late Roger Peers (1932-2023), Curator of the Dorset County Museum between 1959 and 1992
Hammer price: £550
Estimate: £100 - £200
19 October 2023
19 October 2023
Lot 15 Sold
*REYNOLDS STONE (1909-1979) 'Girl by a Tree'
Emma in the garden at the Old Rectory, Litton Cheney, Dorset, signed in pencil to the margin, wood engraving, the image 8.25cm x 7.5cm
Hammer price: £200
Estimate: £80 - £150
19 October 2023
19 October 2023
Lot 16 Sold
*HERMIONE HAMMOND (1910-2005) 'A North Dorset Farmhouse, 1943'
signed and dated lower right, watercolour, 30cm x 42.5cm; together with a view of Wareham by the same artist, signed and dated 1940 lower right, watercolour, 22.5cm x 30cm (2)

Provenance: The Estate of the late Roger Peers (1932-2023), Curator of the Dorset County Museum between 1959 and 1992
Hammer price: £170
Estimate: £100 - £200
19 October 2023
19 October 2023
Lot 17 Sold
*HERMIONE HAMMOND (1910-2005) 'Wareham, Dorset, 1942'
signed and dated lower right, watercolour, 29.5cm x 43.5cm; together with a companion view 'Rooftops, Wareham, Dorset, 1935', signed and dated lower left, watercolour, 30cm x 42cm (2)

Provenance: The Estate of the late Roger Peers (1932-2023), Curator of the Dorset County Museum between 1959 and 1992
Hammer price: £220
Estimate: £100 - £200
19 October 2023
19 October 2023
Lot 18 Sold
*JAMES FRY (1911-1985) 'Heathland Pool, Purbeck'
Dorset landscape with Corfe Castle visible to the distance, monogrammed lower right, further signed and titled verso, oil on board, 30cm x 40cm
Hammer price: £1,000
Estimate: £500 - £1,000
19 October 2023
19 October 2023
Lot 19 Unsold
*JAMES FRY (1911-1985) Still life study of flowers in a vase
monogrammed lower right, oil on board, 60cm x 50cm
Estimate: £500 - £1,000
19 October 2023
19 October 2023
Lot 20 Sold
*JAMES FRY (1911-1985) 'Looking towards Creech Barrow from Middle Bere'
Dorset landscape view, monogrammed lower right, signed and titled verso, oil on board, 30cm x 50cm

Provenance: Private Collection, Cardiff
Hammer price: £360
Estimate: £400 - £800
19 October 2023
19 October 2023
Lot 21 Sold
*JAMES FRY (1911-1985) 'River Frome from near Holmebridge'
Dorset landscape view, monogrammed lower right, signed and titled verso, oil on board, 45cm x 60cm

Provenance: Private Collection, Cardiff
Hammer price: £360
Estimate: £400 - £800
19 October 2023
19 October 2023
Lot 22 Sold
*JAMES FRY (1911-1985) 'Corfe Castle from near Blashenwell'
Dorset landscape view, monogrammed lower right, signed and titled verso, oil on board, 34cm x 44cm

Provenance: Private Collection, Cardiff
Hammer price: £1,200
Estimate: £400 - £800
19 October 2023
19 October 2023
Lot 23 Sold
*GEORGE DANNATT (1915-2009) 'From above the pier'
abstract Dorset coastal landscape, signed, titled and dated February 1991 verso, oil on board, 17cm x 19cm

Provenance: The Estate of the late Roger Peers (1932-2023), Curator of the Dorset County Museum between 1959 and 1992
Hammer price: £340
Estimate: £400 - £800
19 October 2023
19 October 2023
Lot 24 Sold
*GEORGE DANNATT (1915-2009) 'From under the pier'
abstract Dorset coastal landscape, signed, titled and dated February 1991 verso, oil on board, 17.5cm x 20.25cm

Provenance: The Estate of the late Roger Peers (1932-2023), Curator of the Dorset County Museum between 1959 and 1992
Hammer price: £320
Estimate: £400 - £800
19 October 2023
19 October 2023
Lot 25 Sold
*GEORGE DANNATT (1915-2009) 'Anvil Point'
abstract Dorset coastal landscape, signed, titled and dated 1995 verso, oil on board, 14cm x 34cm

Provenance: The Estate of the late Roger Peers (1932-2023), Curator of the Dorset County Museum between 1959 and 1992
Hammer price: £700
Estimate: £400 - £800
19 October 2023
19 October 2023
Lot 26 Sold
*GEORGE DANNATT (1915-2009) 'Cliff Edge - Winspit'
abstract Dorset landscape, signed, titled and dated January 1990 verso, oil on board, 29.5cm x 34cm

Provenance: The Estate of the late Roger Peers (1932-2023), Curator of the Dorset County Museum between 1959 and 1992
Hammer price: £750
Estimate: £700 - £1,000
19 October 2023
19 October 2023
Lot 27 Sold
*GEORGE DANNATT (1915-2009) 'Stretto No. 3'
signed, dated 1991 and titled verso, oil on board, 21cm x 17.25cm

Provenance: From the collection of the late Anthony du Boulay FSA (1929- 2022).
Hammer price: £800
Estimate: £400 - £800
19 October 2023
19 October 2023
Lot 28 Sold
*PADRAIG MACMIADHACHAIN (1929-2017) 'The Chapel at St Aldhelm's Head'
signed and dated '90 lower left, further signed and titled verso, mixed media on board, 22.75cm x 22.75cm

Provenance: The Estate of the late Roger Peers (1932-2023), Curator of the Dorset County Museum between 1959 and 1992
Hammer price: £480
Estimate: £400 - £800
19 October 2023
19 October 2023
Lot 29 Sold
*PADRAIG MACMIADHACHAIN (1929-2017) Abstract landscape study
signed in pencil lower right, oil on board, 40cm x 50cm

It has been suggested that this work is titled 'Snow Squalls (Over Purbeck)' and was part of the artist's 'Storm' series
Hammer price: £400
Estimate: £400 - £600
19 October 2023
19 October 2023
Lot 30 Sold
*DAME ELISABETH FRINK (1930-1993) 'Hermes'
from the 'Children of the Gods' series (Wiseman 145), signed and numbered 18/70 in pencil to the margin, etching with aquatint in brown, printed at Kelpra Studio on Velin Arches paper, plate size 56cm x 37.5cm
Hammer price: £500
Estimate: £300 - £500
19 October 2023
19 October 2023
Lot 31 Sold
*DAME ELISABETH FRINK (1930-1993) 'The Old Man of the Sea'
from the 'Children of the Gods' series (Wiseman 148), signed and numbered 17/70 in pencil to the margin, etching with aquatint in brown, printed at Kelpra Studio on Velin Arches paper, plate size 54cm x 37.5cm
Hammer price: £1,200
Estimate: £300 - £500
19 October 2023
19 October 2023
Lot 32 Sold
*DAME ELISABETH FRINK (1930-1993) 'Green Man I'
1991, signed and dated lower right, charcoal and pencil, 75.75cm x 56cm

Provenance: The Estate of the late Roger Peers (1932-2023), Curator of the Dorset County Museum between 1959 and 1992

Exhibited: 'Elisabeth Frink, Sculpture and Drawings', Terry Dintenfass Gallery, 50 West 57th Street, New York, NY, 14th November 1991 - 2nd January 1992
Hammer price: £16,000
Estimate: £7,000 - £10,000
19 October 2023
19 October 2023
Lot 33 Sold
*JOHN HUBBARD (1931-2017) 'Cloud Study, Argyll'
signed and dated 1993 in pencil lower right, oil on paper, 59cm x 46cm

Provenance: The Estate of the late Roger Peers (1932-2023), Curator of the Dorset County Museum between 1959 and 1992
Hammer price: £700
Estimate: £400 - £800
19 October 2023
19 October 2023
Lot 34 Sold
*JOHN HUBBARD (1931-2017) Garden landscape
signed and dated 1981 in pencil lower right, oil on paper, 67cm x 57cm

Provenance: The Estate of the late Roger Peers (1932-2023), Curator of the Dorset County Museum between 1959 and 1992
Hammer price: £550
Estimate: £400 - £800
19 October 2023
19 October 2023
Lot 35 Sold
*JOHN HUBBARD (1931-2017) 'Chesil No. 2'
signed in pencil lower left, numbered "C03.7" lower right, charcoal on paper, 61cm x 55.5cm

Provenance: The Estate of the late Roger Peers (1932-2023), Curator of the Dorset County Museum between 1959 and 1992
Hammer price: £360
Estimate: £200 - £400
19 October 2023
19 October 2023
Lot 36 Sold
*JOHN HUBBARD (1931-2017) 'Edge of Dartmoor #3'
signed and dated '05 lower left, watercolour, 30cm x 36cm

Provenance: A gift from the artist, August 2006
The Collection of the late Roger Peers (1932-2023), Curator of the Dorset County Museum between 1959 and 1992
Hammer price: £300
Estimate: £200 - £400
19 October 2023
19 October 2023
Lot 37 Sold
*GORDON GEORGE BENINGFIELD (1936-1998) A view of Stinsford Church, Dorset
signed lower left, watercolour, 25cm x 35cm

Provenance: A gift from the artist

Literature: Featured in the artist's 1990 book 'Hardy Landscapes'
Hammer price: £200
Estimate: £200 - £400
19 October 2023
19 October 2023
Lot 38 Sold
*DAVID INSHAW (b. 1943) 'Dorset Landscape: Cerne Giant'
signed and numbered 7/350 in pencil to the margin, giclee print, the image 53cm x 53cm
Hammer price: £300
Estimate: £150 - £250
19 October 2023
19 October 2023
Lot 39 Sold
*DAVID IMMS (b. 1945) 'Cerne Abbas, Dorset'
signed and dated '92 in pencil lower centre, mixed media on paper, 23.5cm x 15.5cm; and two further works by the same artist 'Flowers Barrow, near Steeple, Dorset', signed and dated '85 lower left, mixed media on paper, 24cm x 18cm; and a study of a nude holding harvested crops, signed and dated '94 lower right, mixed media on paper, 38.5cm x 28cm (3)

Provenance: Private Collection, Dorset
David Imms is well known for his bold and vibrant interpretations of the West Country landscape.…
Hammer price: £180
Estimate: £150 - £250
19 October 2023
19 October 2023
Lot 40 Sold
*TOM WELD (b. 1946) 'They Made It - Dorset Field Systems'
landscape study, signed lower left, titled and dated verso, watercolour, 53cm x 53cm

Provenance: The Estate of the late Roger Peers (1932-2023), Curator of the Dorset County Museum between 1959 and 1992
Hammer price: £140
Estimate: £100 - £200
19 October 2023
19 October 2023
Lot 41 Sold
*IAN BECK (b. 1947) A study for the cover of 'Discover Dorset Railways'
depicting a father and his child observing Corfe Castle from their carriage, watercolour, 25.5cm x 19cm

Provenance: Private Collection, Dorset
Ian Archibald Beck is an English children's illustrator and author. In addition to his numerous…
Hammer price: £180
Estimate: £50 - £100
19 October 2023
19 October 2023
Lot 42 Sold
*ANNE ROBERTS (Contemporary) 'View of Eggardon Hill, Dorset'
oil on canvas, 50cm x 70cm

Provenance: The Estate of the late Roger Peers (1932-2023), Curator of the Dorset County Museum between 1959 and 1992
Hammer price: £300
Estimate: £100 - £200
19 October 2023
19 October 2023
Lot 43 Sold
*JOHN HINCHCLIFFE (1949-2010) 'Roof Boss, Sherborne Abbey, Dorset'
signed, titled and dated 2002 in pencil, linocut from the 'Decorative Dorset; series, 2002, 28cm x 20cm; together with another linocut from the same series 'Mosaic, Hinton St Mary, 20cm x 20cm (2)

Provenance: Private Collection, Dorset
John Hinchcliffe's career encompassed many roles and embraced diverse…
Hammer price: £110
Estimate: £100 - £200
19 October 2023
19 October 2023
Lot 44 Sold
*RICHARD PIKESLEY (b. 1951) 'Colmers Hill from Eype Down'
Dorset landscape view, oil on canvas laid on board, 28cm x 29.5cm

Provenance: The Estate of the late Roger Peers (1932-2023), Curator of the Dorset County Museum between 1959 and 1992
Hammer price: £330
Estimate: £200 - £400
19 October 2023
19 October 2023
Lot 45 Sold
*MARZIA COLONNA (b. 1951) 'Wind'
Dorset coastal landscape, signed lower right, mixed media and collage, 30cm x 30cm

Provenance: The Estate of the late Roger Peers (1932-2023), Curator of the Dorset County Museum between 1959 and 1992
Hammer price: £500
Estimate: £500 - £1,000
19 October 2023
19 October 2023
Lot 46 Sold
*LIN JAMMET (1958-2017) A complete set of seven etchings:
'Mazeppa', 'Fighters', 'Woman', 'Stranger', 'Woman and Death', 'Night of the Hunter I' and 'Night of the Hunter II', 1998, all signed, dated and numbered 23/30 in pencil to the margin, etchings with dry-point and aquatint, printed at Greshams, full-sheets with deckled edges, five sheets measuring 69.5cm x 49cm, two sheets measuring 52.5cm x 66cm (all unframed) (7)
The son of Elisabeth Frink and architect Michel Jammet, Lin Jammet started…
Hammer price: £260
Estimate: £300 - £500
19 October 2023
19 October 2023
Lot 47 Unsold
*LIN JAMMET (1958-2017) A group of four artist's proof etchings:
'Fighters', 'Woman', 'Stranger' and 'Night of the Hunter I', 1998, all signed, dated and numbered V/V in pencil to the margin, etchings with dry-point and aquatint, printed at Gresham Studio and with their blindstamp, full-sheets with deckled edges, three sheets measuring 69.5cm x 49cm, one sheet measuring 52.5cm x 66cm (all unframed) (4)
The son of Elisabeth Frink and architect Michel Jammet, Lin Jammet started printmaking in the 1970s…
Estimate: £200 - £400
19 October 2023
19 October 2023
Lot 48 Unsold
*LIN JAMMET (1958-2017) 'Stranger' and 'Night of the Hunter I'
1998, both signed, dated and numbered 3/30 in pencil to the margin, etchings with dry-point and aquatint, printed at Gresham Studio and with their blindstamp, full-sheets with deckled edges measuring 69.5cm x 49cm and 52.5cm x 66cm respectively (unframed) (2)
Estimate: £100 - £200
19 October 2023
19 October 2023

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