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Thursday 19th October at 10.30am
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Head of Sale:
| Lot | Title | Estimate | Hammer price | |
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| 97 |
*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 |
£40,000 - £60,000 | £80,000 | View |
| 98 |
MARION FRANCES HORN (1876-1909) Cornish Harbour
monogrammed lower left, dated 1907 verso, oil on panel, 24cm x 32.75cm
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£200 - £400 | £280 | View |
| 99 |
*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… |
£500 - £1,000 | £1,500 | View |
| 100 |
*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…
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£300 - £500 | £550 | View |
| 101 |
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,…
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£50 - £100 | - | View |
| 102 |
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
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£100 - £200 | £120 | View |
| 103 |
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…
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£200 - £400 | - | View |
| 104 |
THERESE LESSORE (1884-1945) 'After the Catch'
signed lower right, pencil and charcoal on paper, 28cm x 38cm (unframed)
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£80 - £150 | £50 | View |
| 105 |
*GWENDOLEN RAVERAT (1885-1957) 'A Tiger! A Tiger!'
signed in pencil to the margin, coloured wood engraving, the image 15.5cm x 11cm
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£150 - £250 | £160 | View |
| 106 |
*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…
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£1,000 - £2,000 | £1,000 | View |
| 107 |
*ATTRIBUTED TO JEAN COCTEAU (1889-1963) 'Dante'
from the Opium series, signed "Jean" lower left, ink on lined paper, 20.2cm x 16cm
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£500 - £1,000 | - | View |
| 108 |
*ATTRIBUTED TO JEAN COCTEAU (1889-1963) Study for 'Le Tragedien'
from the Opium series, ink on lined paper, 20.2cm x 16cm
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£500 - £1,000 | - | View |
| 109 |
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,… |
£7,000 - £12,000 | - | View |
| 110 |
*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… |
£10,000 - £20,000 | - | View |
| 111 |
WILLIAM E. WILLATS (fl. 1921-1939) 'Low Tide in Harbour'
watercolour, 33cm x 46cm
Exhibited: Midsummer Exhibition, Roland Goslett Gallery, Richmond, June 1987 |
£200 - £400 | - | View |
| 112 |
WILLIAM E. WILLATS (fl. 1921-1939) 'Grey Day in Harbour'
watercolour, 33cm x 46cm
Exhibited: Midsummer Exhibition, Roland Goslett Gallery, Richmond, June 1987 |
£200 - £400 | - | View |
| 113 |
*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)
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£100 - £200 | £90 | View |
| 114 |
*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
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£100 - £200 | £150 | View |
| 115 |
*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 |
£150 - £250 | £550 | View |
| 116 |
*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)
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£500 - £1,000 | £260 | View |
| 117 |
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)
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£400 - £800 | £650 | View |
| 118 |
TENG-HIOK CHIU (1903-1972) 'Rowing Boat, Polperro Harbour'
signed and dated 1930 lower right, oil on panel, 31cm x 23cm
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£1,500 - £2,500 | £3,000 | View |
| 119 |
*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… |
£3,000 - £5,000 | £3,000 | View |
| 120 |
*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… |
£3,000 - £5,000 | £3,500 | View |
| 121 |
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 |
£10,000 - £20,000 | £9,000 | View |
| 122 |
*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 |
£3,000 - £5,000 | £2,600 | View |
| 123 |
*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 |
£1,500 - £2,500 | £1,500 | View |
| 124 |
*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)
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£600 - £800 | £700 | View |
| 125 |
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… |
£50 - £100 | £50 | View |
| 126 |
*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
… |
£300 - £500 | £300 | View |
| 127 |
*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)
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£100 - £200 | £240 | View |
| 128 |
*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…
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£1,500 - £2,500 | £1,800 | View |
| 129 |
*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 |
£2,000 - £4,000 | £2,200 | View |
| 130 | Lot Withdrawn | £0 - £0 | - | View |
| 131 |
*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… |
£3,000 - £5,000 | - | View |
| 132 |
*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 |
£250 - £450 | £380 | View |
| 133 |
*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 |
£400 - £800 | - | View |
| 134 |
*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 |
£400 - £800 | £400 | View |
| 135 |
*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 |
£400 - £800 | £550 | View |
| 136 |
*BRIAN BUCHEL (20th Century) 'Mereworth Castle, Kent'
signed and dated '54 lower right, mixed media on board, 52cm x 75cm
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£200 - £400 | £550 | View |
| 137 |
P. RIBEYA (20th Century) A nude model in a studio interior
signed verso, oil on board, 80cm x 64.5cm (unframed)
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£80 - £150 | - | View |
| 138 |
*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
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£1,000 - £2,000 | £1,600 | View |
| 139 |
*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
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£1,000 - £2,000 | £950 | View |
| 140 |
*ADRIAN HEATH (1920-1992) 'No. 1'
monogrammed lower right, watercolour and pencil on paper, 23.5cm x 18cm
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£2,000 - £4,000 | - | View |
| 141 |
*ADRIAN HEATH (1920-1992) 'No. 2'
monogrammed lower right, watercolour and pencil on paper, 24cm x 18.5cm
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£2,000 - £4,000 | - | View |
| 142 |
*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)
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£600 - £800 | £550 | View |
| 143 |
*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)
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£600 - £800 | £550 | View |
| 144 |
*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)
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£600 - £800 | £550 | View |
