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

John Holmes

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Total lots: 324

*FRANCIS PICABIA (1879-1953) 'Effets de neige, bords de l'Yonne'
Lot 97 Sold
*FRANCIS PICABIA (1879-1953) 'Effets de neige, bords de l'Yonne'
snow settling on the banks of the river, Villeneuve-sur-Yonne, signed and dated 1906 lower left, oil on canvas, 65cm x 92cm

Provenance: An Artistic Family Collection, Wiltshire
From 1903 onwards Picabia frequently painted in and around Moret-sur-Loing near Fontainebleau,…
Hammer price: £80,000
Estimate: £40,000 - £60,000
19 October 2023
19 October 2023
MARION FRANCES HORN (1876-1909) Cornish Harbour
Lot 98 Sold
MARION FRANCES HORN (1876-1909) Cornish Harbour
monogrammed lower left, dated 1907 verso, oil on panel, 24cm x 32.75cm
Hammer price: £280
Estimate: £200 - £400
19 October 2023
19 October 2023
*DAME LAURA KNIGHT (1877-1970) 'At the Circus'
Lot 99 Sold
*DAME LAURA KNIGHT (1877-1970) 'At the Circus'
bust-length study of a performer wearing an elaborate headdress, titled and inscribed "Lord George Sanger" in pencil verso, watercolour on card, 38.5cm x 21cm (unframed)

Provenance: Purchased from Sulis Fine Art
'Lord' George Sanger (1825–1911) was an English showman and circus proprietor. Born to a showman…
Hammer price: £1,500
Estimate: £500 - £1,000
19 October 2023
19 October 2023
*SIR ALFRED JAMES MUNNINGS (1878-1959) A self-portrait sketch of the artist at an easel
Lot 100 Sold
*SIR ALFRED JAMES MUNNINGS (1878-1959) A self-portrait sketch of the artist at an easel
a study for the cover of volume I of Munnings' autobiography 'An Artist's Life', pencil on notepaper from The Athenaeum, Pall Mall, London SW1, 17.5cm x 11.5cm (unframed), together with the full three volume set of Munnings' autobiography (4)
Hammer price: £550
Estimate: £300 - £500
19 October 2023
19 October 2023
AFTER ERIC GILL (1882-1940) 'The Visitation'
Lot 101 Unsold
AFTER ERIC GILL (1882-1940) 'The Visitation'
an illustration to St Luke 1:5, as featured on page 131 of 'The Four Gosepls', Golden Cockerel Press, 1931, printed from the original block by the Libanus Press, published by David and Sue Potter, The Studio, King's Arms Yard, Dorchester, two examples, numbers 26 and 33 from the edition of 250, wood engravings, each 13cm x 17.25cm (2)
Estimate: £50 - £100
19 October 2023
19 October 2023
ERIC GILL (1882-1940) 'Madonna and Child'
Lot 102 Sold
ERIC GILL (1882-1940) 'Madonna and Child'
circa 1925, believed to have been created by Gill after an original drawing by his daughter Elizabeth (1905-1956), engraving, the image 8.5cm x 6cm
Hammer price: £120
Estimate: £100 - £200
19 October 2023
19 October 2023
ERIC GILL (1882-1940) 'Flaming Tree and Dog'
Lot 103 Unsold
ERIC GILL (1882-1940) 'Flaming Tree and Dog'
according to an inscription verso a proof of a design for the press mark of the Pigotts Press, 1931, and was used by Gill to illustrate the back of the dust jacket of the first edition of 'Typography', wood engraving, 10.5cm x 7.5cm

Provenance: Reputedly the proof from Gill's own collection
Estimate: £200 - £400
19 October 2023
19 October 2023
THERESE LESSORE (1884-1945) 'After the Catch'
Lot 104 Sold
THERESE LESSORE (1884-1945) 'After the Catch'
signed lower right, pencil and charcoal on paper, 28cm x 38cm (unframed)
Hammer price: £50
Estimate: £80 - £150
19 October 2023
19 October 2023
*GWENDOLEN RAVERAT (1885-1957) 'A Tiger! A Tiger!'
Lot 105 Sold
*GWENDOLEN RAVERAT (1885-1957) 'A Tiger! A Tiger!'
signed in pencil to the margin, coloured wood engraving, the image 15.5cm x 11cm
Hammer price: £160
Estimate: £150 - £250
19 October 2023
19 October 2023
*LAURENCE STEPHEN LOWRY (1887-1976) 'Three Men and a Cat'
Lot 106 Sold
*LAURENCE STEPHEN LOWRY (1887-1976) 'Three Men and a Cat'
1971, signed in biro to the margin lower right (faded), Fine Art Trade guild blindstamp lower left equating to 751, from the edition of 850 published by the Adam Collection Ltd., lithograph in colours, the image 24.5cm x 16.75cm
Hammer price: £1,000
Estimate: £1,000 - £2,000
19 October 2023
19 October 2023
*ATTRIBUTED TO JEAN COCTEAU (1889-1963) 'Dante'
Lot 107 Unsold
*ATTRIBUTED TO JEAN COCTEAU (1889-1963) 'Dante'
from the Opium series, signed "Jean" lower left, ink on lined paper, 20.2cm x 16cm
Estimate: £500 - £1,000
19 October 2023
19 October 2023
*ATTRIBUTED TO JEAN COCTEAU (1889-1963) Study for 'Le Tragedien'
Lot 108 Unsold
*ATTRIBUTED TO JEAN COCTEAU (1889-1963) Study for 'Le Tragedien'
from the Opium series, ink on lined paper, 20.2cm x 16cm
Estimate: £500 - £1,000
19 October 2023
19 October 2023
CHRISTOPHER RICHARD WYNNE NEVINSON (1889-1946) 'Newhaven'
Lot 109 Unsold
CHRISTOPHER RICHARD WYNNE NEVINSON (1889-1946) 'Newhaven'
circa 1936, beach scene, signed lower right, oil on canvas, 30.5cm x 40.7cm

Provenance: Anonymous sale, Christie's London, 8th June 2001, lot 148
Barry Reuter, UK
Anonymous sale, Roseberys, London, 9th September 2014, where purchased by the current owner
Exhibited: '25 Years of Paintings by C.R.W. Nevinson', The Redfern Gallery, London, 4th-27th…
Estimate: £7,000 - £12,000
19 October 2023
19 October 2023
*JOHN NORTHCOTE NASH (1893-1977) 'Britannia in Winter Quarters'
Lot 110 Unsold
*JOHN NORTHCOTE NASH (1893-1977) 'Britannia in Winter Quarters'
signed and dated 1938 lower left, watercolour, 38cm x 55cm

Exhibited: Contemporary Exhibition, 1939, Thomas Agnew & Sons Ltd., Old Bond Street, London

Provenance: Purchased from the above by Michael B. Harman Esq. and thence by direct descent
John Nash first visited Bristol in the 1920s after a recommendation from Edward Wadsworth, who had…
Estimate: £10,000 - £20,000
19 October 2023
19 October 2023
WILLIAM E. WILLATS (fl. 1921-1939) 'Low Tide in Harbour'
Lot 111 Unsold
WILLIAM E. WILLATS (fl. 1921-1939) 'Low Tide in Harbour'
watercolour, 33cm x 46cm

Exhibited: Midsummer Exhibition, Roland Goslett Gallery, Richmond, June 1987
Estimate: £200 - £400
19 October 2023
19 October 2023
WILLIAM E. WILLATS (fl. 1921-1939) 'Grey Day in Harbour'
Lot 112 Unsold
WILLIAM E. WILLATS (fl. 1921-1939) 'Grey Day in Harbour'
watercolour, 33cm x 46cm

Exhibited: Midsummer Exhibition, Roland Goslett Gallery, Richmond, June 1987
Estimate: £200 - £400
19 October 2023
19 October 2023
*AFTER DAVID MICHAEL JONES (1895-1974) 'Unicorn and Broken Column'
Lot 113 Sold
*AFTER DAVID MICHAEL JONES (1895-1974) 'Unicorn and Broken Column'
woodcut, 6.75cm x 8.5cm; together with AFTER GWENDOLEN RAVERAT (1885-1957) 'Autumn Morning, 1914' woodcut, 4.5cm x 6.5cm (2)
Hammer price: £90
Estimate: £100 - £200
19 October 2023
19 October 2023
*DAVID MICHAEL JONES (1895-1974) 'Headpiece - The Harbour'
Lot 114 Sold
*DAVID MICHAEL JONES (1895-1974) 'Headpiece - The Harbour'
from 'The Rime of the Ancient Mariner', titled verso, copper engraving, the image 4.5cm x 7.5cm
Hammer price: £150
Estimate: £100 - £200
19 October 2023
19 October 2023
*DELMAR HARMOOD BANNER (1896-1983) 'Bowfell and Crinkle Crags, Wetherlam'
Lot 115 Sold
*DELMAR HARMOOD BANNER (1896-1983) 'Bowfell and Crinkle Crags, Wetherlam'
signed and titled lower right, dated 1945 lower left, watercolour, 27.5cm x 38cm

Provenance: The Estate of the late Roger Peers (1932-2023), Curator of the Dorset County Museum between 1959 and 1992
Hammer price: £550
Estimate: £150 - £250
19 October 2023
19 October 2023
*BEN TOBIAS (1901-1985) 'Rabbis, The Frumahs, Rosh Hashanah, 1959'
Lot 116 Sold
*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)
Hammer price: £260
Estimate: £500 - £1,000
19 October 2023
19 October 2023
ERNST WEBER (19th/20th Century) Two studies of cows
Lot 117 Sold
ERNST WEBER (19th/20th Century) Two studies of cows
both signed and dated '88 lower right, oil on canvas, 32cm x 45cm and 33cm x 43cm (2)
Hammer price: £650
Estimate: £400 - £800
19 October 2023
19 October 2023
TENG-HIOK CHIU (1903-1972) 'Rowing Boat, Polperro Harbour'
Lot 118 Sold
TENG-HIOK CHIU (1903-1972) 'Rowing Boat, Polperro Harbour'
signed and dated 1930 lower right, oil on panel, 31cm x 23cm
Painter Teng Hiok Chiu was born into a notable family of tea merchants in Amoy on the Gulangyu…
Hammer price: £3,000
Estimate: £1,500 - £2,500
19 October 2023
19 October 2023
*GRAHAM SUTHERLAND (1903-1980) 'Crucifixion, 1964'
Lot 119 Sold
*GRAHAM SUTHERLAND (1903-1980) 'Crucifixion, 1964'
monogrammed and dated lower right, pastel and gouache on black paper, 20cm x 16.5cm

Provenance: The Collection of the Artist, then passed to his wife Kathleen Frances ('Katharine') Sutherland (née Barry) (1905-1991), who gifted the collection to Dr Frank Tait, a prominent psychiatrist.
An Artistic Family Collection, Wiltshire
Hammer price: £3,000
Estimate: £3,000 - £5,000
19 October 2023
19 October 2023
*GRAHAM SUTHERLAND (1903-1980) Abstract forms
Lot 120 Sold
*GRAHAM SUTHERLAND (1903-1980) Abstract forms
signed and dated '59 lower right, mixed media on paper, 15cm x 30cm

Provenance: The Collection of the Artist, then passed to his wife Kathleen Frances ('Katharine') Sutherland (née Barry) (1905-1991), who gifted the collection to Dr Frank Tait, a prominent psychiatrist.
An Artistic Family Collection, Wiltshire
Hammer price: £3,500
Estimate: £3,000 - £5,000
19 October 2023
19 October 2023
CHRISTOPHER WOOD (1903-1930) Thames view with pleasure craft
Lot 121 Sold
CHRISTOPHER WOOD (1903-1930) Thames view with pleasure craft
signed and dated '25 in pencil lower left, watercolour, 27.5cm x 37.5cm

Provenance: Michael B. Harman Esq. and thence by direct descent
Hammer price: £9,000
Estimate: £10,000 - £20,000
19 October 2023
19 October 2023
*FELIKS TOPOLSKI (1907-1989) ‘Raid in London'
Lot 122 Sold
*FELIKS TOPOLSKI (1907-1989) ‘Raid in London'
figural study, signed lower right, oil on panel, 175cm x 288cm

Provenance: The Collection of Bournemouth & Poole College
Hammer price: £2,600
Estimate: £3,000 - £5,000
19 October 2023
19 October 2023
*NORMAN HEPPLE (1908-1994) HM Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother
Lot 123 Sold
*NORMAN HEPPLE (1908-1994) HM Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother
authentication stamp verso, oil on board, 61cm x 51cm

Provenance: Historical Portraits, 11 Dover Street, London W1S
This head and shoulders portrait is a study for the three-quarter-length portrait commissioned by…
Hammer price: £1,500
Estimate: £1,500 - £2,500
19 October 2023
19 October 2023
*PIETRO ANNIGONI (1910-1988) A pair of landscape views
Lot 124 Sold
*PIETRO ANNIGONI (1910-1988) A pair of landscape views
each signed and indistinctly titled lower left, oils on canvas boards, both 20cm x 30cm (2)
Hammer price: £700
Estimate: £600 - £800
19 October 2023
19 October 2023
AFTER PARK SU-GEUN (PARK SOOKEUN) (1914-1965) 'Seated Woman'
Lot 125 Sold
AFTER PARK SU-GEUN (PARK SOOKEUN) (1914-1965) 'Seated Woman'
seal mark and numbered 140/500 in pencil verso, limited edition reproduction on board, 34.5cm x 26.5cm

Provenance: The Estate of the late Roger Peers (1932-2023), Curator of the Dorset County Museum between 1959 and 1992
Park Sookeun was a South Korean painter known for his depictions of daily life in rural Korea. He…
Hammer price: £50
Estimate: £50 - £100
19 October 2023
19 October 2023
*LYNN CHADWICK (1914-2003) 'Seated Figures (1971)'
Lot 126 Sold
*LYNN CHADWICK (1914-2003) 'Seated Figures (1971)'
signed and dated in pencil lower left, artist's proof lithograph printed on BFK Rives wove paper by Erker Presse, St. Gallen, Switzerland, and with their blindstamp lower left, 73.5cm x 54cm

Provenance: The Estate of the late Roger Peers (1932-2023), Curator of the Dorset County Museum between 1959 and 1992
Hammer price: £300
Estimate: £300 - £500
19 October 2023
19 October 2023
*MARY FEDDEN (1915-2012) 'The Orange Mug'
Lot 127 Sold
*MARY FEDDEN (1915-2012) 'The Orange Mug'
signed and numbered 516/550 in pencil to the margin, offset lithograph on wove paper, published by Bow Art in 1996, with their blindstamp, 32cm x 40.5cm (unframed)
Hammer price: £240
Estimate: £100 - £200
19 October 2023
19 October 2023
*MARY FEDDEN (1915-2012) 'The Black Irises'
Lot 128 Sold
*MARY FEDDEN (1915-2012) 'The Black Irises'
Still life study depicting irises in a black mug, butterflies, a ginger ale flask and a shell, signed and dated 1980 lower left, titled verso in the artist's hand, watercolour on hand made paper, 21.5cm x 16cm
Hammer price: £1,800
Estimate: £1,500 - £2,500
19 October 2023
19 October 2023
*MARY FEDDEN (1915-2012) 'The Black Gin Bottle'
Lot 129 Sold
*MARY FEDDEN (1915-2012) 'The Black Gin Bottle'
still life study, signed and dated 1994 in pencil lower right, watercolour, 16cm x 22.5cm

Provenance: Purchased directly from the artist
Private Collection, Somerset
Hammer price: £2,200
Estimate: £2,000 - £4,000
19 October 2023
19 October 2023
Lot Withdrawn
Lot 130 Unsold
Lot Withdrawn
Estimate: £0 - £0
19 October 2023
19 October 2023
*THOMAS SHERWOOD LA FONTAINE (1915-2007) 'Sheila Harman riding Solomon in front of Olivemead Farm, Dauntsey, Wiltshire'
Lot 131 Unsold
*THOMAS SHERWOOD LA FONTAINE (1915-2007) 'Sheila Harman riding Solomon in front of Olivemead Farm, Dauntsey, Wiltshire'
signed lower right, oil on canvas, 64cm x 76cm

Provenance: Commissioned directly from the artist and to be sold with receipt of sale dated 20th September 1965
The sitter and thence by direct descent

Olivemead Farm is an early 18th century farmhouse situated in the Dauntsey Vale. The approximate area the horse and rider are featured in this work now lies the M4 motorway
Estimate: £3,000 - £5,000
19 October 2023
19 October 2023
*WILLIAM GEAR (1915-1997) 'Untitled, 1967'
Lot 132 Sold
*WILLIAM GEAR (1915-1997) 'Untitled, 1967'
abstract composition, signed and dated lower right, mixed media on paper, 59cm x 40cm

Provenance: From the family of the Artist
Hammer price: £380
Estimate: £250 - £450
19 October 2023
19 October 2023
*WILLIAM GEAR (1915-1997) 'Untitled, July 1974'
Lot 133 Unsold
*WILLIAM GEAR (1915-1997) 'Untitled, July 1974'
abstract composition, signed and dated lower right, acrylic on paper, 42cm x 59cm

Provenance: From the family of the Artist
Estimate: £400 - £800
19 October 2023
19 October 2023
*WILLIAM GEAR (1915-1997) 'Study with Black No.1, January 1964'
Lot 134 Sold
*WILLIAM GEAR (1915-1997) 'Study with Black No.1, January 1964'
abstract composition, signed and dated lower right, mixed media on paper, 73cm x 57cm

Provenance: From the family of the Artist
Hammer price: £400
Estimate: £400 - £800
19 October 2023
19 October 2023
*WILLIAM GEAR (1915-1997) 'Untitled, 1959'
Lot 135 Sold
*WILLIAM GEAR (1915-1997) 'Untitled, 1959'
abstract composition, signed and dated lower right, mixed media on paper, 40cm x 59cm

Provenance: From the family of the Artist
Hammer price: £550
Estimate: £400 - £800
19 October 2023
19 October 2023
*BRIAN BUCHEL (20th Century) 'Mereworth Castle, Kent'
Lot 136 Sold
*BRIAN BUCHEL (20th Century) 'Mereworth Castle, Kent'
signed and dated '54 lower right, mixed media on board, 52cm x 75cm
Hammer price: £550
Estimate: £200 - £400
19 October 2023
19 October 2023
P. RIBEYA (20th Century) A nude model in a studio interior
Lot 137 Unsold
P. RIBEYA (20th Century) A nude model in a studio interior
signed verso, oil on board, 80cm x 64.5cm (unframed)
Estimate: £80 - £150
19 October 2023
19 October 2023
*BERNARD DUNSTAN (1920-2017) 'Interior with Figure'
Lot 138 Sold
*BERNARD DUNSTAN (1920-2017) 'Interior with Figure'
a partially dressed woman washing at the basin, monogrammed lower left, oil on canvas, 60cm x 44.5cm
Hammer price: £1,600
Estimate: £1,000 - £2,000
19 October 2023
19 October 2023
*BERNARD DUNSTAN (1920-2017) The Artist's wife, Diana Armfield, standing nude before a full-length mirror in an interior
Lot 139 Sold
*BERNARD DUNSTAN (1920-2017) The Artist's wife, Diana Armfield, standing nude before a full-length mirror in an interior
monogrammed lower right, oil on board, 65cm x 50cm
Hammer price: £950
Estimate: £1,000 - £2,000
19 October 2023
19 October 2023
*ADRIAN HEATH (1920-1992) 'No. 1'
Lot 140 Unsold
*ADRIAN HEATH (1920-1992) 'No. 1'
monogrammed lower right, watercolour and pencil on paper, 23.5cm x 18cm
Estimate: £2,000 - £4,000
19 October 2023
19 October 2023
*ADRIAN HEATH (1920-1992) 'No. 2'
Lot 141 Unsold
*ADRIAN HEATH (1920-1992) 'No. 2'
monogrammed lower right, watercolour and pencil on paper, 24cm x 18.5cm
Estimate: £2,000 - £4,000
19 October 2023
19 October 2023
*LESLIE MARR (1922-2021) 'Devon, The Barle, 1967/80'
Lot 142 Sold
*LESLIE MARR (1922-2021) 'Devon, The Barle, 1967/80'
signed and dated '80 lower right, oil on canvas, 63.5cm x 76.2cm (unframed on stretcher)
"Painting is for me an exploration, and one of the most important maxims for an explorer is, 'No…
Hammer price: £550
Estimate: £600 - £800
19 October 2023
19 October 2023
*LESLIE MARR (1922-2021) 'Dartmoor, The Hollow, 2013'
Lot 143 Sold
*LESLIE MARR (1922-2021) 'Dartmoor, The Hollow, 2013'
signed and dated June 2013 lower left, oil on canvas, 71.1cm x 91.4cm (unframed on stretcher)
"Painting is for me an exploration, and one of the most important maxims for an explorer is, 'No…
Hammer price: £550
Estimate: £600 - £800
19 October 2023
19 October 2023
*LESLIE MARR (1922-2021) 'Ireland, Connemara, 2002/14'
Lot 144 Sold
*LESLIE MARR (1922-2021) 'Ireland, Connemara, 2002/14'
signed and dated "23/05/02 1/2014" lower left, oil on canvas, 71.1cm x 91.4cm (unframed on stretcher)
"Painting is for me an exploration, and one of the most important maxims for an explorer is, 'No…
Hammer price: £550
Estimate: £600 - £800
19 October 2023
19 October 2023

Total lots: 324

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