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Auction date Thursday 25 April 2024 10:30 - 17:30 BST
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Total lots: 360

*GEORGES BETEMPS (1921-1992) AFTER PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973) 'Seated dog' or 'Le Chien Midjcik'
Lot 49 Sold
*GEORGES BETEMPS (1921-1992) AFTER PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973) 'Seated dog' or 'Le Chien Midjcik'
1954, from 'Les Cavaliers d'Hombre', engraving on copper by Betemps after the original drawing by Picasso, signed in plate lower right, the plate 32.5cm x 25.5cm
Hammer price: £160
Estimate: £100 - £200
25 April 2024
25 April 2024
*ERICH WOLFSFELD (1884-1956) 'Self Portrait'
Lot 50 Sold
*ERICH WOLFSFELD (1884-1956) 'Self Portrait'
signed and inscribed in pencil to the margin, etching, 16.5cm x 30cm (plate)

Provenance: Deceased estate, Dorset
Hammer price: £300
Estimate: £80 - £150
25 April 2024
25 April 2024
*ERICH WOLFSFELD (1884-1956) Crouching nude
Lot 51 Sold
*ERICH WOLFSFELD (1884-1956) Crouching nude
signed and inscribed in pencil to the margin, etching, 49cm x 45cm (plate)

Provenance: Deceased estate, Dorset.
Hammer price: £6,000
Estimate: £100 - £200
25 April 2024
25 April 2024
*ERICH WOLFSFELD (1884-1956) Standing nude
Lot 52 Sold
*ERICH WOLFSFELD (1884-1956) Standing nude
signed in pencil to the margin, etching, 49.5cm x 31cm (plate)

Provenance: Deceased estate, Dorset.
Hammer price: £650
Estimate: £100 - £200
25 April 2024
25 April 2024
*ERICH WOLFSFELD (1884-1956) Nude study
Lot 53 Sold
*ERICH WOLFSFELD (1884-1956) Nude study
etching, 50cm x 45cm (plate)

Provenance: Deceased estate, Dorset.
Hammer price: £260
Estimate: £100 - £200
25 April 2024
25 April 2024
*ERICH WOLFSFELD (1884-1956) Head and shoulders portrait of a man
Lot 54 Sold
*ERICH WOLFSFELD (1884-1956) Head and shoulders portrait of a man
signed in pencil to the margin, etching, 32cm x 24.75cm (plate); together with a full-length portrait of a man wearing a black hat and robes, signed in pencil to the margin, etching, 27.7cm x 23.8cm (plate) (2)

Provenance: Deceased estate, Dorset.
Hammer price: £380
Estimate: £100 - £200
25 April 2024
25 April 2024
*ERICH WOLFSFELD (1884-1956) 'Komischer Alter'
Lot 55 Sold
*ERICH WOLFSFELD (1884-1956) 'Komischer Alter'
full-length portrait of a man, etching, 32cm x 25.7cm (plate); together with a full-length portrait of a seated and and his dog, signed in pencil to the margin, etching, 27.5cm x 23.8cm (plate) (2)

Provenance: Deceased estate, Dorset.
Hammer price: £340
Estimate: £100 - £200
25 April 2024
25 April 2024
*ERICH WOLFSFELD (1884-1956) 'The Chess Players'
Lot 56 Sold
*ERICH WOLFSFELD (1884-1956) 'The Chess Players'
signed in pencil to the margin, etching, 66.5cm x 85cm (plate)

Provenance: Deceased estate, Dorset.
Hammer price: £2,600
Estimate: £200 - £400
25 April 2024
25 April 2024
*ERICH WOLFSFELD (1884-1956) 'The Blind Guitar Player'
Lot 57 Sold
*ERICH WOLFSFELD (1884-1956) 'The Blind Guitar Player'
signed in pencil to the margin, etching, 64cm x 53.5cm (plate)

Provenance: Deceased estate, Dorset.
Hammer price: £220
Estimate: £100 - £200
25 April 2024
25 April 2024
*RENÉE PRINZ (1883-1973) An orchard in blossom
Lot 58 Sold
*RENÉE PRINZ (1883-1973) An orchard in blossom
signed lower right, oil on canvas, 44cm x 59cm
Hammer price: £80
Estimate: £100 - £200
25 April 2024
25 April 2024
*HORACE ASCHER BRODZKY (1885-1969) Recumbent nude
Lot 59 Sold
*HORACE ASCHER BRODZKY (1885-1969) Recumbent nude
signed and dated '33 lower left, pen and ink on paper, 17cm x 39.5cm
Hammer price: £60
Estimate: £100 - £200
25 April 2024
25 April 2024
MANNER OF FRANK DOBSON (1888-1963) Nude study
Lot 60 Unsold
MANNER OF FRANK DOBSON (1888-1963) Nude study
mixed media on blue paper, 26cm x 33cm
Estimate: £200 - £400
25 April 2024
25 April 2024
*STANLEY GRIMM (1891-1966) 'Sussex (Alciston) Farm'
Lot 61 Sold
*STANLEY GRIMM (1891-1966) 'Sussex (Alciston) Farm'
1934, signed lower left, further signed, titled and dated verso, oil on board, 51cm x 62cm
Hammer price: £1,200
Estimate: £400 - £800
25 April 2024
25 April 2024
*JOHN NORTHCOTE NASH (1893-1977) 'Britannia in Winter Quarters'
Lot 62 Sold
*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…
Hammer price: £15,000
Estimate: £5,000 - £10,000
25 April 2024
25 April 2024
*JOAN MIRO (1893-1983) 'L'Astre Bleu'
Lot 62a Sold
*JOAN MIRO (1893-1983) 'L'Astre Bleu'
(Mourlot 857), signed and numbered XXXVI/LXXX (36/80) in pencil to the margin, lithograph on Rives paper, published by Maeght, Paris, the sheet 44.5cm x 37cm
Hammer price: £2,000
Estimate: £2,000 - £4,000
25 April 2024
25 April 2024
ENSLIN HERCULES DU PLESSIS (1894-1978) 'Fairground'
Lot 63 Unsold
ENSLIN HERCULES DU PLESSIS (1894-1978) 'Fairground'
signed lower right, oil on board, 29cm x 39cm
Note: Enslin Du Plessis was a South African artist born in Standerton, Transvaal.  He became a…
Estimate: £200 - £400
25 April 2024
25 April 2024
*BERNARD NINNES (1899-1971) 'Fishing vessel off the coast (St Ives)'
Lot 64 Unsold
*BERNARD NINNES (1899-1971) 'Fishing vessel off the coast (St Ives)'
signed lower left, oil on canvas board, 61.6cm x 75cm
Estimate: £200 - £400
25 April 2024
25 April 2024
*EDWARD ARDIZZONE (1900-1979) 'The Boat to Southend'
Lot 65 Sold
*EDWARD ARDIZZONE (1900-1979) 'The Boat to Southend'
signed, titled and numbered 18/30 in pencil to the margin, lithograph, the image 23m x 31cm
Hammer price: £190
Estimate: £200 - £400
25 April 2024
25 April 2024
*EZELINO BRIANTI (1901-1971) A Continental marketplace with figures
Lot 66 Unsold
*EZELINO BRIANTI (1901-1971) A Continental marketplace with figures
signed lower left, oil on canvas, signed gallery stamp verso, 39cm x 48cm
Estimate: £200 - £400
25 April 2024
25 April 2024
*GRAHAM SUTHERLAND (1903-1980) 'Three Lithographs'
Lot 67 Sold
*GRAHAM SUTHERLAND (1903-1980) 'Three Lithographs'
'The Swimmer', 'Roses' and 'The Rock', (Tassi 147-149), each signed and numbered variously from the proof edition of 15 aside from the regular edition of 75, the complete suite of three lithographs in colours on wove , printed by Fernand Mourlot, Paris, published by Theodorani, Milan, each sheet 72.7 x 52cm (unframed)
Hammer price: £700
Estimate: £500 - £1,000
25 April 2024
25 April 2024
*MAX BAND (1900-1974) A portrait of a Jewish worker in an interior
Lot 68 Unsold
*MAX BAND (1900-1974) A portrait of a Jewish worker in an interior
depicted three-quarter length, signed lower left, oil on canvas, 98cm x 62cm

Provenance: Private collection, Dorset.
Max Band was born in Kudirkos Naumiestis, Lithuania in 1900. This small village offered very little…
Estimate: £3,000 - £5,000
25 April 2024
25 April 2024
WILL COLLECT *MAX BAND (1900-1974) 'La Fete'
Lot 69 Unsold
*MAX BAND (1900-1974) 'La Fete'
a Jewish woman in an interior, depicted three-quarter length, signed lower left, titled verso, oil on canvas, 98cm x 80cm

Provenance: Private collection, Dorset.
Max Band was born in Kudirkos Naumiestis, Lithuania in 1900. This small village offered very little…
Estimate: £3,000 - £5,000
25 April 2024
25 April 2024
*BEN TOBIAS (1901-1985) Rural scene
Lot 70 Sold
*BEN TOBIAS (1901-1985) Rural scene
with a man and his two dogs to the foreground, a fisherman casting at the riverbank and a thatched cottage beyond, oil on board, 29cm x 39cm
Hammer price: £60
Estimate: £200 - £400
25 April 2024
25 April 2024
*JOHN PIPER (1903-1992) 'Mixed Styles: Regency - Victorian - Modern
Lot 71 Sold
*JOHN PIPER (1903-1992) 'Mixed Styles: Regency - Victorian - Modern
1939, from 'The Brighton Aquatints', signed in pencil to the margin, hand coloured etching and aquatint, from the edition of 250, the plate 19cm x 27.5cm

Note: The Brighton Aquatints, a bound set of 12 etchings, were printed by the Curwen Press and published in late 1939, in an edition of 250. They celebrated the rich diversity of the famous seaside town's architecture.
Hammer price: £400
Estimate: £400 - £800
25 April 2024
25 April 2024
*JOHN PIPER (1903-1992) 'Summer Garden, Fawley Bottom'
Lot 72 Sold
*JOHN PIPER (1903-1992) 'Summer Garden, Fawley Bottom'
(Levinson 369), 1984, signed, numbered 74/85 and inscribed "For Rowley, with love & thanks" in pencil to the margin, etching and aquatint, printed at Kelpra Studio, the plate 38.5cm x 57.5cm

Note: This work is probably the best known of group of prints from the 1980s featuring the Piper's garden at Fawley Bottom, Buckinghamshire
Hammer price: £1,700
Estimate: £800 - £1,500
25 April 2024
25 April 2024
*JOHN PIPER (1903-1992) 'Highclere'
Lot 73 Sold
*JOHN PIPER (1903-1992) 'Highclere'
titled lower left, and further inscribed with artist's notes pencil, pen and ink, 12cm x 22cm

Provenance: With J S Maas & Co, Mayfair, London
Hammer price: £1,100
Estimate: £400 - £800
25 April 2024
25 April 2024
*THEYRE LEE-ELLIOTT (1903-1988) 'Picnic in Dorset at night'
Lot 74 Sold
*THEYRE LEE-ELLIOTT (1903-1988) 'Picnic in Dorset at night'
signed and dated '44 lower right, mixed media on paper, 28cm x 26cm
Theyre Lee-Elliott was an English commercial and poster artist who created notable Art Deco logos…
Hammer price: £120
Estimate: £50 - £100
25 April 2024
25 April 2024
*SALVADOR DALI (1904-1989) 'Combat des Cavaliers (from Calderón: La vie est un songe)'
Lot 75 Sold
*SALVADOR DALI (1904-1989) 'Combat des Cavaliers (from Calderón: La vie est un songe)'
signed and numbered 219/250 in pencil to the margin, etching and aquatint on B.K. Rives paper, the image 33cm x 52cm

Provenance: With certificate of authenticity from E. Subirana S.A., Barcelona, dated 6th February 1982 (verso)
Hammer price: £300
Estimate: £300 - £500
25 April 2024
25 April 2024
*CECIL ROCHFORT D'OYLY-JOHN (1906-1993) Cote d'Azur harbour scene
Lot 76 Sold
*CECIL ROCHFORT D'OYLY-JOHN (1906-1993) Cote d'Azur harbour scene
signed lower left, oil on board, 40cm x 50cm
Hammer price: £750
Estimate: £300 - £500
25 April 2024
25 April 2024
D.K. SHAW (20TH CENTURY) A lady in furs
Lot 77 Sold
D.K. SHAW (20TH CENTURY) A lady in furs
signed and dated '18 lower left, oil on canvas, 55 x 44cm
Hammer price: £1,200
Estimate: £600 - £800
25 April 2024
25 April 2024
*REYNOLDS STONE (1909-1979) 'Upper Orchard, the Old Rectory, Litton Cheney, Dorset'
Lot 78 Sold
*REYNOLDS STONE (1909-1979) 'Upper Orchard, the Old Rectory, Litton Cheney, Dorset'
signed and dated '74 lower right, watercolour and ink, 56cm x 77cm
Hammer price: £460
Estimate: £500 - £1,000
25 April 2024
25 April 2024
*REYNOLDS STONE (1909-1979) A figure amongst the trees, The Old Rectory, Litton Cheney, Dorset
Lot 79 Unsold
*REYNOLDS STONE (1909-1979) A figure amongst the trees, The Old Rectory, Litton Cheney, Dorset
watercolour and ink, 39cm x 56.5cm
Estimate: £400 - £800
25 April 2024
25 April 2024
*REYNOLDS STONE (1909-1979) A view of a stream in the gardens of the Old Rectory, Litton Cheney, Dorset
Lot 80 Sold
*REYNOLDS STONE (1909-1979) A view of a stream in the gardens of the Old Rectory, Litton Cheney, Dorset
signed lower right, watercolour and ink, 38.5cm x 57cm
Hammer price: £360
Estimate: £400 - £800
25 April 2024
25 April 2024
*REYNOLDS STONE (1909-1979) 'An Alphabet'
Lot 81 Sold
*REYNOLDS STONE (1909-1979) 'An Alphabet'
limited edition of 300 copies, printed at the Rosemary Press for the friends of Frances & Philip Hofer, dated 1950, 27.5cm x 37.8cm (sheet)
Hammer price: £60
Estimate: £20 - £40
25 April 2024
25 April 2024
*REYNOLDS STONE (1909-1979) 'Boxwood'
Lot 82 Sold
*REYNOLDS STONE (1909-1979) 'Boxwood'
a complete series of twenty four engravings, numbered 35/75 in pencil to the margin, printed on hand-made Japanese Hosho paper by Phillida Gili, publ. Warren Editions, 28 Ifield Road, London, contained in the original cloth bound drop-over bookbox
Hammer price: £200
Estimate: £200 - £400
25 April 2024
25 April 2024
*REYNOLDS STONE (1909-1979) 'The Old Rectory'
Lot 83 Sold
*REYNOLDS STONE (1909-1979) 'The Old Rectory'
an incomplete set of seven from the original boxed set of seventeen engravings, present are numbers 2, 3, 5, 9, 12, 13 and 16, all signed and numbered 132/150 in pencil to the margin, with title page and colophon, publ. Warren Editions, printed by the artist at the Litton Cheney Press, housed in the original cloth gilt drop-over bookbox; together with a small collection of publications and ephemera by or relating to Reynolds Stone


Hammer price: £500
Estimate: £500 - £1,000
25 April 2024
25 April 2024
*JULIAN TREVELYAN (1910-1988) 'Lions'
Lot 84 Sold
*JULIAN TREVELYAN (1910-1988) 'Lions'
1966-67, from the 'Africa' suite. signed, titled and numbered 19/125 in pencil to the margin, etching with aquatint, the sheet 56.5cm x 79cm (unframed)
Hammer price: £320
Estimate: £300 - £500
25 April 2024
25 April 2024
*LYNN CHADWICK (1914-2003) 'Seated Figures (1971)'
Lot 85 Sold
*LYNN CHADWICK (1914-2003) 'Seated Figures (1971)'
signed and dated in pencil lower left, numbered 97/100 lower left, lithograph printed on BFK Rives wove paper by Erker Presse, St. Gallen, Switzerland, and with their blindstamp lower left, 76cm x 56cm (unframed)
Hammer price: £150
Estimate: £200 - £400
25 April 2024
25 April 2024
MANNER OF FELIKS TOPOLSKI (1907-1989) An Orchestra of Angels
Lot 86 Unsold
MANNER OF FELIKS TOPOLSKI (1907-1989) An Orchestra of Angels
indistinctly signed lower right, ink and wash on paper, 21cm x 32cm
Estimate: £100 - £200
25 April 2024
25 April 2024
*JAMES FRY (1911-1985) 'Spring Flowers'
Lot 87 Sold
*JAMES FRY (1911-1985) 'Spring Flowers'
still-life study, signed lower right, oil on board, 70cm x 55cm
Hammer price: £200
Estimate: £200 - £400
25 April 2024
25 April 2024
*OLGA LEHMANN (1912-2001) 'Clivias'
Lot 88 Sold
*OLGA LEHMANN (1912-2001) 'Clivias'
still life botanical study, signed and dated 1988 lower left, oil on board, 55cm x 35cm
Born in Chile of a French father and a Scots mother, Lehmann was initially educated by an English…
Hammer price: £80
Estimate: £100 - £200
25 April 2024
25 April 2024
*MARY FEDDEN (1915-2012) 'Jug and grapes on a table'
Lot 89 Sold
*MARY FEDDEN (1915-2012) 'Jug and grapes on a table'
1977, signed and dated lower left, oil on canvas, 60cm x 50cm

Provenance: Purchased from Ian McVitie Weston
Deceased estate, Dorset
Hammer price: £13,000
Estimate: £8,000 - £12,000
25 April 2024
25 April 2024
*MARY FEDDEN (1915-2012) 'The Oil Can'
Lot 90 Sold
*MARY FEDDEN (1915-2012) 'The Oil Can'
1971, a still life study of an olive oil can, a chameleon, fruit and a vase of flowers on an orange ground, signed and dated in pencil lower left, mixed media on paper with collage, 38cm x 55cm

Note: This work relates to a completed oil painting of the same year, which substituted the orange ground with rich purple.
Hammer price: £2,400
Estimate: £3,000 - £5,000
25 April 2024
25 April 2024
*THOMAS SHERWOOD LA FONTAINE (1915-2007) 'Sheila Harman riding Solomon in front of Olivemead Farm, Dauntsey, Wiltshire'
Lot 91 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

Note: 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: £1,000 - £2,000
25 April 2024
25 April 2024
*JOHN RYAN (1921-2009) 'Captain Pugwash'
Lot 92 Sold
*JOHN RYAN (1921-2009) 'Captain Pugwash'
the cartoon pirate depicted standing in front a church, signed and dated '96, felt pen and watercolour on paper, 57cm x 40.5cm
Hammer price: £380
Estimate: £200 - £400
25 April 2024
25 April 2024
*JOHN STANTON WARD (1917-2007) 'Altar dedicated to the enlightened Buddha, Temple of Kun Iam, Macau'
Lot 93 Sold
*JOHN STANTON WARD (1917-2007) 'Altar dedicated to the enlightened Buddha, Temple of Kun Iam, Macau'
signed, dated, titled and inscribed, pencil, 23.5cm x 32cm

Provenance: With J.S. Maas & Co Ltd., Mayfair, London
Hammer price: £80
Estimate: £80 - £150
25 April 2024
25 April 2024
LAWRENCE JAMES ISHERWOOD (1917-1998) 'Nocturne, Tower Bridge'
Lot 94 Unsold
LAWRENCE JAMES ISHERWOOD (1917-1998) 'Nocturne, Tower Bridge'
signed and dated '73 lower right, oil on board, 30cm x 40cm
Estimate: £500 - £700
25 April 2024
25 April 2024
*ALASTAIR MICHIE (1921-2008) Untitled composition
Lot 95 Unsold
*ALASTAIR MICHIE (1921-2008) Untitled composition
signed lower left, mixed media on paper, 56.5cm x 46.5cm
Estimate: £300 - £500
25 April 2024
25 April 2024

Total lots: 360

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