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Auction date Thursday, 19 October 2023 10:30 - 17:30 BST

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Head of Sale:

John Holmes

Page:

of 14

Lots per page:

Total lots: 324

Lot 97 Sold
*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
From 1903 onwards Picabia frequently painted in and around Moret-sur-Loing near Fontainebleau,…
Hammer price: £80,000
Estimate: £40,000 - £60,000
19 October 2023
19 October 2023
Lot 98 Sold
MARION FRANCES HORN (1876-1909) Cornish Harbour
monogrammed lower left, dated 1907 verso, oil on panel, 24cm x 32.75cm
Hammer price: £280
Estimate: £200 - £400
19 October 2023
19 October 2023
Lot 99 Sold
*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 Sulis Fine Art
'Lord' George Sanger (1825–1911) was an English showman and circus proprietor. Born to a showman…
Hammer price: £1,500
Estimate: £500 - £1,000
19 October 2023
19 October 2023
Lot 100 Sold
*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 three volume set of Munnings' autobiography (4)
Hammer price: £550
Estimate: £300 - £500
19 October 2023
19 October 2023
Lot 101 Unsold
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, The Studio, King's Arms Yard, Dorchester, two examples, numbers 26 and 33 from the edition of 250, wood engravings, each 13cm x 17.25cm (2)
Estimate: £50 - £100
19 October 2023
19 October 2023
Lot 102 Sold
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
Hammer price: £120
Estimate: £100 - £200
19 October 2023
19 October 2023
Lot 103 Unsold
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', wood engraving, 10.5cm x 7.5cm

Provenance: Reputedly the proof from Gill's own collection
Estimate: £200 - £400
19 October 2023
19 October 2023
Lot 104 Sold
THERESE LESSORE (1884-1945) 'After the Catch'
signed lower right, pencil and charcoal on paper, 28cm x 38cm (unframed)
Hammer price: £50
Estimate: £80 - £150
19 October 2023
19 October 2023
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
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
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
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
Lot 109 Unsold
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, 9th September 2014, where purchased by the current owner
Exhibited: '25 Years of Paintings by C.R.W. Nevinson', The Redfern Gallery, London, 4th-27th…
Estimate: £7,000 - £12,000
19 October 2023
19 October 2023
Lot 110 Unsold
*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 Michael B. Harman Esq. and thence by direct descent
John Nash first visited Bristol in the 1920s after a recommendation from Edward Wadsworth, who had…
Estimate: £10,000 - £20,000
19 October 2023
19 October 2023
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Lot 119 Sold
*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 Barry) (1905-1991), who gifted the collection to Dr Frank Tait, a prominent psychiatrist.
An Artistic Family Collection, Wiltshire
Hammer price: £3,000
Estimate: £3,000 - £5,000
19 October 2023
19 October 2023
Lot 120 Sold
*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) (1905-1991), who gifted the collection to Dr Frank Tait, a prominent psychiatrist.
An Artistic Family Collection, Wiltshire
Hammer price: £3,500
Estimate: £3,000 - £5,000
19 October 2023
19 October 2023

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