Auction:
Thursday 19th October at 10.30am
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Head of Sale:
| Lot | Title | Estimate | Hammer price | |
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| 1 |
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,…
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£150 - £250 | £400 | View |
| 2 |
*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 |
£100 - £200 | £320 | View |
| 3 |
*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 |
£100 - £200 | £600 | View |
| 4 |
*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 |
£100 - £200 | £480 | View |
| 5 |
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 |
£100 - £200 | £180 | View |
| 6 |
*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
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£200 - £400 | £320 | View |
| 7 |
*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…
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£400 - £800 | £1,500 | View |
| 8 |
*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… |
£150 - £250 | £320 | View |
| 9 |
*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… |
£150 - £250 | £400 | View |
| 10 |
*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…
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£100 - £200 | £400 | View |
| 11 |
*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 |
£100 - £200 | £120 | View |
| 12 |
*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)
… |
£100 - £200 | £180 | View |
| 13 |
*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 |
£100 - £200 | £260 | View |
| 14 |
*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 |
£100 - £200 | £550 | View |
| 15 |
*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
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£80 - £150 | £200 | View |
| 16 |
*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… |
£100 - £200 | £170 | View |
| 17 |
*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:… |
£100 - £200 | £220 | View |
| 18 |
*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
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£500 - £1,000 | £1,000 | View |
| 19 |
*JAMES FRY (1911-1985) Still life study of flowers in a vase
monogrammed lower right, oil on board, 60cm x 50cm
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£500 - £1,000 | - | View |
| 20 |
*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 |
£400 - £800 | £360 | View |
| 21 |
*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 |
£400 - £800 | £360 | View |
| 22 |
*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 |
£400 - £800 | £1,200 | View |
| 23 |
*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… |
£400 - £800 | £340 | View |
| 24 |
*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… |
£400 - £800 | £320 | View |
