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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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of 14

Lots per page:

Total lots: 324

Lot 241 Sold
SIR GRAYSON PERRY (b. 1960) 'Claire as a Soldier'
limited edition digital print on textile featuring an image of the artist's 1987 oval plate, 71cm x 48cm (mounted and framed)
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £100 - £200
19 October 2023
19 October 2023
Lot 242 Sold
SIR GRAYSON PERRY (b. 1960) 'City Break'
digital print on textile, 64cm x 44cm (mounted and framed)
Hammer price: £150
Estimate: £100 - £200
19 October 2023
19 October 2023
Lot 243 Sold
SIR GRAYSON PERRY (b. 1960) 'Western Art in the form of a Tea Towel (Crush Fascism)'
digital print on textile, 52cm x 70cm (mounted and framed)
Hammer price: £40
Estimate: £50 - £100
19 October 2023
19 October 2023
Lot 244 Sold
SIR GRAYSON PERRY (b. 1960) 'Gentrification Cloth'
15cm x 19cm, (framed and glazed, 26cm x 35cm overall)
Hammer price: £120
Estimate: £50 - £100
19 October 2023
19 October 2023
Lot 245 Sold
SIR GRAYSON PERRY (b. 1960) 'Red Alan Manifesto'
digital print on napkin, 30cm x 30cm
Hammer price: £120
Estimate: £50 - £100
19 October 2023
19 October 2023
Lot 246 Sold
SIR GRAYSON PERRY (b. 1960) 'Forest Spirit Alan'
unglazed ceramic planter, hand decorated, stamped to the underside, 36cm high x 21cm wide x 18cm deep
This planter is based on Grayson Perry’s Forest Spirit Alan (2022), an artwork featured in …
Hammer price: £1,100
Estimate: £800 - £1,200
19 October 2023
19 October 2023
Lot 247 Unsold
*DAMIEN HIRST (b. 1965) 'Where the Land Meets the Sea'
exhibition poster for the 2023 exhibition at Phillips, London, signed by the artist in gold pen, offset lithograph in colours, 84cm x 59.5cm (unframed and rolled in tube)

Provenance: HENI Editions
Estimate: £200 - £400
19 October 2023
19 October 2023
Lot 248 Sold
A FOLIO OF EXHIBITION POSTERS AND PRINTS
including examples for David Hockney, Paul Klee and Aubrey Beardsley (7)
Hammer price: £50
Estimate: £50 - £100
19 October 2023
19 October 2023
Lot 249 Sold
BANKSY (b. 1974) 'Peckham Rock'
postcard on wooden board, open edition produced by the British Museum with the permission of Pest Control, 12cm x 17cm (unframed)
Hammer price: £300
Estimate: £300 - £500
19 October 2023
19 October 2023
Lot 250 Sold
DAVID SHRIGLEY (b. 1968) x CUBITTS 'I loved you from the first moment I saw you'
digital print on microfibre cloth, 19cm x 14.5cm (mounted and framed)

This work is a collaboration between the British visual artist David Shrigley OBE and Cubitts 'The Modern Spectacle Maker'
Hammer price: £20
Estimate: £50 - £100
19 October 2023
19 October 2023
Lot 251 Sold
GEORGE LITTLE (B. 1988) x CUBITTS 'Awning, Thrice'
digital print on microfibre cloth, 19cm x 14.5cm (mounted and framed)

This work is a collaboration between London based visual artist George Little and Cubitts 'The Modern Spectacle Maker', inspired by the red and white awnings of the neighbourhood cafes of Kings Cross
Hammer price: £20
Estimate: £50 - £100
19 October 2023
19 October 2023
Lot 252 Unsold
ROGER ELLIOT FRY (1866-1934) 'TWELVE ORIGINAL WOODCUTS'
one of 150 copies, printed and published by Leonard & Virginia Woolf at The Hogarth Press, Richmond 1921, red marbled paper wrappers with cream title label, contained in custom grey cloth box with printed half title
Estimate: £2,000 - £4,000
19 October 2023
19 October 2023
Lot 253 Unsold
ERIC GILL (1882-1940) 'WOOD-ENGRAVINGS'
limited edition number 2/150, printed and published at S. Dominic's Press, Ditchling 1924, beige canvas binding
Estimate: £800 - £1,200
19 October 2023
19 October 2023
Lot 254 Sold
*DAVID MICHAEL JONES (1985-1974) 'Chester Play of the Deluge (The)'
Published by Clover Hill Editions, London in 1977, number 'XXV' of only 80 special copies within the overall edition of 337, printed by Will Carter at the Rampant Lions Press on Barcham Green handmade paper, 10 wood-engraved illustrations, additional suite of engravings loose as issued in cloth chemise, the text in publisher's morocco-backed marbled boards, in slipcase bearing paper label to the spine; together with publishers prospectus
Hammer price: £700
Estimate: £200 - £400
19 October 2023
19 October 2023
Lot 255 Sold
*DENIS TEGETMEIER (1895-1929) 'The Vanity of Human Wishes'
The tenth satire of juvenal imitated by Samuel Johnson, Rampant Lions Press, Cambridge, 1984, number 'IX' of only 12 special copies signed by the artist and containing a set of etchings proofed in 1929 ,within the overall edition of 200, printed on Hodgkinson's mould-made paper, the etchings printed at the Atelier Georges Leblanc on Arches velin, quarter bound in Morocco with gilt lettering to the spine by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, housed in a brown fabric slipcase; together with the publisher's prospectus
Hammer price: £200
Estimate: £50 - £100
19 October 2023
19 October 2023
Lot 256 Sold
PAUL MCCARTNEY (b. 1942): 'The Lyrics: 1956 to the Present'
deluxe edition limited to 175 signed and numbered copies, of which this is 98/175, with the accompanying exclusive print of the lyrics for "When I'm 64", hardback two volume set in embossed orange clamshell case, publ. Allen Lane, 2021, in original box and packaging
Hammer price: £3,250
Estimate: £4,000 - £8,000
19 October 2023
19 October 2023
Lot 257 Sold
LOU REED (1942-2013) & MICK ROCK (1948-2021): 'Transformer'
Genesis Publications, 2013, Signed deluxe edition, number 238/350, the total edition was 2,000, but Reed died before he could sign the 1,650 non-deluxe copies, which consequently only bear his facsimile signature alongside Rock's signature. Illustrated in colour and in black and white throughout, spine lettered in gilt, cover design after the original album art, pictorial endpapers, gilt edge, original black cloth folding box, within the cardboard box as issued
Lou Reed's 1972 album Transformer established his reputation as a solo artist, with Mick Rock…
Hammer price: £1,200
Estimate: £1,200 - £1,800
19 October 2023
19 October 2023
Lot 258 Sold
DAVID BOWIE (1947-2016) & MASAYOSHI SUKITA (b. 1938): 'The Speed of Life'
Genesis Publications, 2012, limited edition 300 page photo essay, numbered 1011 of 2000, signed by Bowie and Sukita, bound by hand in a fine-grain leather onto a cloth cover selected by Bowie himself, with hand-made buckram slipcase featuring pink, silver and turquoise foils and leather accents and a felt cloth bag, original cardboard outer packaging
Hammer price: £1,200
Estimate: £1,000 - £2,000
19 October 2023
19 October 2023
Lot 259 Sold
*DORA CLARKE (1895-1989) Woman and Cat
direct carving in wood, 37cm high

Provenance: The Estate of the late Roger Peers (1932-2023), Curator of the Dorset County Museum between 1959 and 1992

Dora Thacher Clarke (later Dora Middleton) was a British sculptor and wood carver who also wrote about, and promoted African art. Sculptures by Clarke are held in various museums, including the Ashmolean Museum which also holds a 1936 portrait of her by Orovida Camille Pissarro.
Hammer price: £700
Estimate: £100 - £200
19 October 2023
19 October 2023
Lot 260 Sold
*JOHN SKELTON (1923-1999) Sleeping head
signed and dated 1996, stone carving, 30cm x 26cm x 16.5cm

Provenance: The Estate of the late Roger Peers (1932-2023), Curator of the Dorset County Museum between 1959 and 1992
Hammer price: £420
Estimate: £300 - £500
19 October 2023
19 October 2023
Lot 261 Sold
*JOHN SKEAPING (1910-1980) 'Turned Loose'
bronze, signed to base, Livingstone Art Founders mark to the underside, 24cm wide x 14cm high

Provenance: Private Collection, Ireland
Private Collection, Dorset

Duke's are grateful to Livingstone Art Founders for their assistance with this lot.
Hammer price: £460
Estimate: £500 - £1,000
19 October 2023
19 October 2023
Lot 262 Sold
*GUY TAPLIN (b. 1939) 'Dunlin'
carved and painted driftwood sculpture, incised "Dunlin, Guy Taplin" to the underside of the bird, 33cm high overall
Hammer price: £400
Estimate: £500 - £1,000
19 October 2023
19 October 2023
Lot 263 Sold
*GUY TAPLIN (b. 1939) 'Shorebird'
carved and painted driftwood sculpture, incised "Shorebird, Guy Taplin" to the underside of the bird, 27cm high overall
Hammer price: £900
Estimate: £500 - £1,000
19 October 2023
19 October 2023
Lot 264 Sold
*GUY TAPLIN (b. 1939) 'The Little Person'
1995, a rare figural group depicting a mother, father and child, signed, titled and dated verso, carved and painted driftwood sculpture, 150cm high overall
Hammer price: £2,000
Estimate: £4,000 - £8,000
19 October 2023
19 October 2023

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