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Thursday 19th October at 10.30am
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Head of Sale:
| Lot | Title | Estimate | Hammer price | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 74 |
*TOBY WIGGINS (b. 1972) 'Dunshay Studio, Langton Matravers'
monogrammed lower right, oil on gesso panel, 13.7cm x 26cm
Provenance: The Estate of the late Roger Peers (1932-2023), Curator of the Dorset County Museum between 1959 and 1992 |
£200 - £400 | £110 | View |
| 75 |
*TOBY WIGGINS (b. 1972) 'Mary Spencer Watson - Sculptor'
a full-length portrait of the noted sculptor seated in a studio interior, signed, titled and dated 2004 in pencil verso, oil and gesso on linen, 153cm x 102cm; together with a preparatory study in…
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£1,000 - £2,000 | £1,600 | View |
| 76 |
*MARY SPENCER WATSON (1913-2006) 'Running Figure'
circa 1946, walnut, 76cm high
Provenance: The Estate of the late Roger Peers (1932-2023), Curator of the Dorset County Museum between 1959 and 1992 Literature: 'Mary Spencer Watson 'Sculpture',… |
£500 - £800 | £900 | View |
| 77 |
*MARY SPENCER WATSON (1913-2006) 'Tui - Wading Figure'
circa 1983, cherry wood, 86.5cm high
Provenance: The Estate of the late Roger Peers (1932-2023), Curator of the Dorset County Museum between 1959 and 1992 Literature: 'Mary Spencer Watson … |
£500 - £800 | £800 | View |
| 78 |
*REUBEN BATTERHAM (b. 1967): A LARGE OLIVE GREEN STUDIO POTTERY TWIN-HANDLED JARDINERE
the bulbous body with fluted sides, impressed mark "B" to lower body, 44cm high x 42cm wide
Provenance: Purchased directly from the potter by the vendor's father |
£600 - £1,000 | - | View |
| 79 |
*REUBEN BATTERHAM (b. 1967): AN OLIVE GREEN STUDIO POTTERY TWIN-HANDLED JARDINERE
the bulbous body with fluted sides, impressed mark "B" to lower body, 44cm high x 42cm wide (def)
Provenance: Purchased directly from the potter by the vendor's father |
£100 - £200 | £80 | View |
| 80 |
*RICHARD BATTERHAM (1936-2021): A LARGE CUT-SIDED OLIVE GREEN STUDIO POTTERY BOWL
with panelled sides, 20cm high x 35cm diameter
Provenance: Purchased directly from the potter by the vendor's father |
£300 - £500 | £480 | View |
| 81 |
*RICHARD BATTERHAM (1936-2021): A GLAZED STONEWARE JAR AND COVER
the body with cut diagonal lines, apparently unsigned, 16.5cm
Note: For a similar example see lot 429, Woolley and Wallis, 17th March 2022 Provenance: Private Collection, Dorset |
£100 - £200 | £110 | View |
| 83 |
ROGER ELLIOT FRY (1866-1934) A portrait of the Artist's mother, Mariabella
monogrammed lower right, further monogrammed with the sitters initials and dated "Aug 1927" lower left, pencil, 26.5cm x 22.75cm
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£500 - £1,000 | - | View |
| 85 |
EDOUARD VUILLARD (1868-1940) 'Madame Hessel chez elle'
1910, monogrammed lower right, pen and ink on paper, 9.5cm x 12.5cm
Provenance: J.P.L. Fine Arts, London W1 An Artistic Family Collection, Wiltshire Lucie Hessel, the wife of Vuillard's art dealer… |
£800 - £1,200 | - | View |
| 86 |
EDOUARD VUILLARD (1868-1940) 'Bouquet de Fleurs'
monogrammed lower left, pencil on paper, 10cm x 14.5cm
Provenance: 'Impressionist & Modern Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture', Sotheby's, London, 6th July 1972, lot 81 An Artistic Family… |
£600 - £800 | £500 | View |
| 87 |
EDOUARD VUILLARD (1868-1940) 'Paysage avec des arbres'
monogrammed in ink lower right, pencil on paper, 10.5cm x 17cm
Provenance: An Artistic Family Collection, Wiltshire |
£600 - £800 | £550 | View |
| 90 |
WILFRED GABRIEL DE GLEHN (1870-1951) 'Grantchester from the Cam'
signed lower right, watercolour, 30cm x 36.5cm
Provenance: David Messum Fine Art, The Studio, Marlow, Bucks The Estate of the late John Rollo Somerset-Paddon, formerly of Chalk Newton House, Maiden… |
£300 - £500 | - | View |
| 91 |
WILFRED GABRIEL DE GLEHN (1870-1951) 'Grantchester Meadows, Cambridge'
signed lower left, titled verso, watercolour, 31cm x 51cm
Provenance: The Estate of the late John Rollo Somerset-Paddon, formerly of Chalk Newton House, Maiden Newton, Dorset, thence by descent |
£300 - £500 | £950 | View |
| 92 |
WILFRED GABRIEL DE GLEHN (1870-1951) 'View of Manor Field, Grantchester, Cambridge'
signed lower right, inscribed "For Eva Paddon" lower left, watercolour, 24.5cm x 34.5cm
Provenance: David Messum Fine Art, The Studio, Marlow, Bucks The Estate of the late John Rollo Somerset… |
£300 - £500 | £300 | View |
| 93 |
*JANE ERIN EMMET DE GLEHN (1873-1961) A head and shoulders portrait of a lady
inscribed "To Louis, Jane de Glehn, August 1920" lower right, pencil heightened with white, 21cm x 16cm
Provenance: The Estate of the late John Rollo Somerset-Paddon, formerly of Chalk Newton House… |
£50 - £100 | £280 | View |
| 94 |
ARTHUR JENKINS (1871-1940) 'Venus Bath, Sark'
children bathing at the natural swimming pool on Little Sark, signed lower right, titled in pencil verso, oil on board, 35cm x 45cm
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£200 - £400 | £950 | 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 |
