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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 Title Estimate Hammer price
97 *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
£40,000 - £60,000 £80,000 View
98 MARION FRANCES HORN (1876-1909) Cornish Harbour
monogrammed lower left, dated 1907 verso, oil on panel, 24cm x 32.75cm
£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…
£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,…
£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
£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…
£200 - £400 - View
104 THERESE LESSORE (1884-1945) 'After the Catch'
signed lower right, pencil and charcoal on paper, 28cm x 38cm (unframed)
£80 - £150 £50 View
105 *GWENDOLEN RAVERAT (1885-1957) 'A Tiger! A Tiger!'
signed in pencil to the margin, coloured wood engraving, the image 15.5cm x 11cm
£150 - £250 £160 View
106 *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…
£1,000 - £2,000 £1,000 View
107 *ATTRIBUTED TO JEAN COCTEAU (1889-1963) 'Dante'
from the Opium series, signed "Jean" lower left, ink on lined paper, 20.2cm x 16cm
£500 - £1,000 - View
108 *ATTRIBUTED TO JEAN COCTEAU (1889-1963) Study for 'Le Tragedien'
from the Opium series, ink on lined paper, 20.2cm x 16cm
£500 - £1,000 - View
109 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,…
£7,000 - £12,000 - View
110 *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…
£10,000 - £20,000 - View
111 WILLIAM E. WILLATS (fl. 1921-1939) 'Low Tide in Harbour'
watercolour, 33cm x 46cm

Exhibited: Midsummer Exhibition, Roland Goslett Gallery, Richmond, June 1987
£200 - £400 - View
112 WILLIAM E. WILLATS (fl. 1921-1939) 'Grey Day in Harbour'
watercolour, 33cm x 46cm

Exhibited: Midsummer Exhibition, Roland Goslett Gallery, Richmond, June 1987
£200 - £400 - View
113 *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)
£100 - £200 £90 View
114 *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
£100 - £200 £150 View
115 *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
£150 - £250 £550 View
116 *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)
£500 - £1,000 £260 View
117 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)
£400 - £800 £650 View
118 TENG-HIOK CHIU (1903-1972) 'Rowing Boat, Polperro Harbour'
signed and dated 1930 lower right, oil on panel, 31cm x 23cm
£1,500 - £2,500 £3,000 View
119 *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…
£3,000 - £5,000 £3,000 View
120 *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…
£3,000 - £5,000 £3,500 View

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