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Auction date Thursday 24 October 2024 10:30 - 17:30 BST
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John Holmes


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Thursday 24th October at 10.30am


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Total lots: 280

HERCULES BRABAZON BRABAZON (1821-1906) ‘Mount Pilatus, Lucerne‘
Lot 1 Sold
HERCULES BRABAZON BRABAZON (1821-1906) ‘Mount Pilatus, Lucerne‘
monogrammed lower right, watercolour and pencil heightened with white, 18cm x 25cm

Provenance: The collection of the late Barrie St. Clair McBride (1938-1992)
Private collection, Dorset
Hammer price: £680
Estimate: £500 - £1,000
24 October 2024
24 October 2024
HERCULES BRABAZON BRABAZON (1821-1906) ‘Val St. Rose, Switzerland‘
Lot 2 Sold
HERCULES BRABAZON BRABAZON (1821-1906) ‘Val St. Rose, Switzerland‘
monogrammed lower right, watercolour and pencil heightened with white, 15.5cm x 19.25cm

Provenance: The collection of the late Barrie St. Clair McBride (1938-1992)
Private collection, Dorset
Hammer price: £600
Estimate: £300 - £500
24 October 2024
24 October 2024
ALBERT GOODWIN (1845-1932) 'St Michael’s Mount'
Lot 3 Unsold
ALBERT GOODWIN (1845-1932) 'St Michael’s Mount'
signed and dated 1913 lower right, titled lower left, watercolour and gouache, 25.5cm x 37.5cm
Estimate: £1,000 - £2,000
24 October 2024
24 October 2024
FREDERICK WILLIAM NEWTON WHITEHEAD (1850-1938) 'Middlebere Farm, Arne, Dorset'
Lot 4 Sold
FREDERICK WILLIAM NEWTON WHITEHEAD (1850-1938) 'Middlebere Farm, Arne, Dorset'
circa 1920-25, signed lower left, oil on canvas 31cm x 46cm

Provenance: By repute this work was gifted to a Mrs Knight, the wife of the farmer at Middlebere, by the artist and his wife, Beatrice, who lived in a cottage adjoining Middlebere Farmhouse

Note: Today, Middlebere Farmhouse, on the edge of RSPB Arne Reserve, with its wealth of rare bird life, belongs to the National Trust and is available for holiday rentals
Hammer price: £600
Estimate: £200 - £400
24 October 2024
24 October 2024
JEAN BEAUDUIN (1851-1916) A river landscape with a mill and other buildings
Lot 5 Sold
JEAN BEAUDUIN (1851-1916) A river landscape with a mill and other buildings
signed lower left, indistinctly titled in pencil to the stretcher verso, oil on canvas, 54cm x 72cm
Hammer price: £700
Estimate: £500 - £1,000
24 October 2024
24 October 2024
EDGARD FARASYN (1858-1938) Flemish market scene with figures
Lot 6 Sold
EDGARD FARASYN (1858-1938) Flemish market scene with figures
signed lower left, oil on panel, 23cm x 32.5cm
Hammer price: £200
Estimate: £250 - £450
24 October 2024
24 October 2024
JULIUS OLSSON (1864-1942) Seascape with gulls
Lot 7 Sold
JULIUS OLSSON (1864-1942) Seascape with gulls
inscribed "To F. Milne, Julius Olsson" lower left, oil on canvas, 51cm x 76.5cm

Provenance: The Old Vicarage, Chideock.
Hammer price: £1,400
Estimate: £800 - £1,500
24 October 2024
24 October 2024
ROGER ELLIOT FRY (1866-1934) A portrait of the Artist's mother, Mariabella
Lot 8 Unsold
ROGER ELLIOT FRY (1866-1934) A portrait of the Artist's mother, Mariabella
monogrammed lower right, further monogrammed with the sitters initials and dated "Aug 1927" lower left, pencil, 26.5cm x 22.75cm
Estimate: £400 - £600
24 October 2024
24 October 2024
ÉDOUARD VUILLARD (1868-1940) ‘Les Deux Venus et le Guys’ (The two Venuses and the Constantin Guys Watercolour)
Lot 9 Sold
ÉDOUARD VUILLARD (1868-1940) ‘Les Deux Venus et le Guys’ (The two Venuses and the Constantin Guys Watercolour)
1919,
the mantlepiece of the rue de Calais, Paris,
with items including a small antique marble torso, a plaster cast of the Venus de Milo and a watercolour of a woman by Constantin Guys,
the overmantel mirror reflecting back towards the viewer, showing a small sculpture by Aristide Maillol, originally denoted to be 'Leda', but more closely resembling 'Méditerranée',
signed lower left,
distemper on paper laid on canvas,
46cm x 51cm
Provenance: Purchased from the artist by Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris (stock no. 21713. Les Deux…
Hammer price: £30,000
Estimate: £30,000 - £50,000
24 October 2024
24 October 2024
WILFRID GABRIEL DE GLEHN (1870-1951) 'The Talbot Sisters'
Lot 10 Sold
WILFRID GABRIEL DE GLEHN (1870-1951) 'The Talbot Sisters'
a full length portrait of Anne and Joan Talbot in an interior, signed and dated 1910 lower left, oil on canvas, 127cm x 100cm

Provenance: The family of the sitters and thence by descent.
Anne Meriel Talbot (1900-1970) and Joan Ankaret Talbot (1901-1986) were the daughters of John…
Hammer price: £28,000
Estimate: £30,000 - £50,000
24 October 2024
24 October 2024
ÉDOUARD VUILLARD (1868-1940) 'Head of Madame Vuillard'
Lot 11 Sold
ÉDOUARD VUILLARD (1868-1940) 'Head of Madame Vuillard'
pencil on paper, 20cm x 11.4cm

Provenance: An Artistic Family Collection, Wiltshire
Hammer price: £190
Estimate: £200 - £400
24 October 2024
24 October 2024
*ANTOINE BOUVARD (1870-1957) 'Evening light, Santa Maria della Salute, Venice'
Lot 12 Sold
*ANTOINE BOUVARD (1870-1957) 'Evening light, Santa Maria della Salute, Venice'
signed in green lower right, oil on canvas, 49cm x 64cm
Hammer price: £1,700
Estimate: £1,000 - £2,000
24 October 2024
24 October 2024
*KATHARINE CAMERON (1874-1965) 'The Mountain Fern'
Lot 13 Sold
*KATHARINE CAMERON (1874-1965) 'The Mountain Fern'
signed in plate lower left, signed in pencil to the margin, etching, the image 42.5cm x 19cm

Note: The younger sister of fellow artist David Young Cameron, Katharine Cameron RWS RE was a Scottish artist, watercolourist, and printmaker, best known for her paintings and etchings of flowers. She was associated with the group of artists known as the Glasgow Girls.
Hammer price: £280
Estimate: £100 - £200
24 October 2024
24 October 2024
WILLIAM HENRY BARRIBAL (1874-1952) Head of a fashionable young woman in profile
Lot 14 Unsold
WILLIAM HENRY BARRIBAL (1874-1952) Head of a fashionable young woman in profile
probably the artist's wife and muse Gertrude Louisa Fannie Pitt, signed lower left, mixed media on paper, 31cm x 29cm
Estimate: £300 - £500
24 October 2024
24 October 2024
*ALEXANDRE LOUIS JACOB (1876-1972) 'Buée du Matin, Fin Septembre'
Lot 15 Sold
*ALEXANDRE LOUIS JACOB (1876-1972) 'Buée du Matin, Fin Septembre'
river landscape with a figure sitting on a small stone bridge, signed lower left, further signed and titled verso, oil on card, 26.5cm x 28cm
Hammer price: £950
Estimate: £1,000 - £2,000
24 October 2024
24 October 2024
Lot Withdrawn
Lot 16 Unsold
*JACOB EPSTEIN (1880-1959) ‘Epping Forest: Spring - Beech trees in leaf’
signed lower right, mixed media on paper, 43cm x 56cm

Provenance: Spink & Son, St. James’s, London
Purchased at the below exhibition by Peter Levy Esq.
Formerly in the collection of the Late The Honourable Anna Kinnaird.

Exhibited: ‘Works by Jacob Epstein’, Leicester Galleries, London, November - December 1945, number 29
Estimate: £2,000 - £4,000
24 October 2024
24 October 2024
*JOHN RANKINE BARCLAY (1884-1962) Figures clearing snow from the street
Lot 17 Sold
*JOHN RANKINE BARCLAY (1884-1962) Figures clearing snow from the street
signed "Barclay" lower left, mixed media on Jesso-Lite artist's board, 35.5cm x 45.5cm

Provenance: According to a label affixed verso this work was purchased from the artist in St. Ives in 1955/6
Hammer price: £220
Estimate: £100 - £200
24 October 2024
24 October 2024
*STANLEY ANDERSON (1884-1966) 'Hedge-Laying'
Lot 18 Sold
*STANLEY ANDERSON (1884-1966) 'Hedge-Laying'
monogrammed in plate, signed and dedicated in pencil to the margin, line-engraving, the image 10cm x 7.5cm; together with another similar engraving by Anderson 'Trimming Stakes', signed in pencil to the margin, the image 9.5cm x 7.5cm (2)

Provenance: The latter purchased from Robin Garton, New Bond Street, London, 11th January 1982
Hammer price: £850
Estimate: £150 - £250
24 October 2024
24 October 2024
*LAURENCE STEPHEN LOWRY (1887-1976) 'Landscape with Farm Buildings'
Lot 19 Sold
*LAURENCE STEPHEN LOWRY (1887-1976) 'Landscape with Farm Buildings'
signed in pencil to the margin lower right, Fine Art Trade Guild blindstamp lower left equating to 298, limited edition offset lithograph from the edition of 850, printed in 1974 by Venture Prints Limited of Bristol, the image 40cm x 50cm
Hammer price: £1,400
Estimate: £1,500 - £2,500
24 October 2024
24 October 2024
*LAURENCE STEPHEN LOWRY (1887-1976) 'Sailing Boats'
Lot 20 Sold
*LAURENCE STEPHEN LOWRY (1887-1976) 'Sailing Boats'
signed in pencil to the margin lower right, Fine Art Trade Guild blindstamp lower left equating to 706, limited edition offset lithograph from the edition of 850 printed in 1975 by Venture Prints Limited of Bristol, the image 29cm x 34cm
Hammer price: £1,600
Estimate: £1,500 - £2,500
24 October 2024
24 October 2024
*LAURENCE STEPHEN LOWRY (1887-1976) 'Deal'
Lot 21 Unsold
*LAURENCE STEPHEN LOWRY (1887-1976) 'Deal'
signed in blue ballpoint lower left, Fine Art Trade Guild blindstamp lower left equating to 816, limited edition offset lithograph from the edition of 850 printed in 1973 by Venture Prints Limited of Bristol, the image 17cm x 25cm
Estimate: £700 - £1,200
24 October 2024
24 October 2024
*LEON UNDERWOOD (1890-1975) 'The Inventor'
Lot 22 Sold
*LEON UNDERWOOD (1890-1975) 'The Inventor'
signed in pencil to the margin, woodcut on paper, from the edition of 50, the image 13.5cm x 8.2cm
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £100 - £200
24 October 2024
24 October 2024
*LEON UNDERWOOD (1890-1975) 'Crab and Dog'
Lot 23 Sold
*LEON UNDERWOOD (1890-1975) 'Crab and Dog'
1928, signed and dated in pencil to the margin, woodcut on paper, from the edition of 50, the image 13.4cm x 8cm
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £100 - £200
24 October 2024
24 October 2024
*JOHN NORTHCOTE NASH (1893-1977) ‘Wood Study’
Lot 24 Sold
*JOHN NORTHCOTE NASH (1893-1977) ‘Wood Study’
en grisaille watercolour and pencil on paper, with pencil annotations, 23cm x 34cm

Provenance: The collection of the late Barrie St. Clair McBride (1938-1992)
Private collection, Dorset

Exhibited: New Grafton Gallery, Old Bond Street, London, May 1978

Note: This work has previously been certified by David Wolfers (1917-2001), founder of the New Grafton Gallery and John Nash's artistic trustee.
Hammer price: £1,400
Estimate: £500 - £1,000
24 October 2024
24 October 2024

Total lots: 280

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