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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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Lots per page:

Total lots: 278

*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
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
*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
*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

Total lots: 278

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