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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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Total lots: 280

*ROBIN TANNER (1904-1988) 'Flowers of May'
Lot 49 Sold
*ROBIN TANNER (1904-1988) 'Flowers of May'
signed in pencil to the margin, etching, the image 26.75cm x 18.7cm

Provenance: Purchased from Robin Garton, New Bond Street, London, 17th March 1982
Hammer price: £120
Estimate: £150 - £250
24 October 2024
24 October 2024
*CECIL BEATON (1904-1980) Self portrait
Lot 50 Sold
*CECIL BEATON (1904-1980) Self portrait
the artist depicted resting his head against his left hand, signed lower right, pencil/charcoal on cream paper, 18.5cm x 18cm
Hammer price: £540
Estimate: £300 - £500
24 October 2024
24 October 2024
*SUSHILA SINGH (1904-1999) A coastal town at night
Lot 51 Sold
*SUSHILA SINGH (1904-1999) A coastal town at night
signed lower right, oil on board, 55.8cm x 76.2cm
Note: An overlooked painter, muralist and wood engraver, Sushila Singh was born in India and…
Hammer price: £220
Estimate: £150 - £250
24 October 2024
24 October 2024
*ROBERT MEDLEY (1905-1994) 'David and Jonathan'
Lot 52 Sold
*ROBERT MEDLEY (1905-1994) 'David and Jonathan'
1990, two nude males in a landscape, mixed media on card, 16cm x 10.5cm

Provenance: A Christmas gift from the artist to the current vendor, 1990
Hammer price: £200
Estimate: £150 - £250
24 October 2024
24 October 2024
*FREDERICK JAMES LLOYD (1905-1974) A white foal in a landscape
Lot 53 Sold
*FREDERICK JAMES LLOYD (1905-1974) A white foal in a landscape
signed lower right, watercolour and gouache, 35cm x 50.5cm

Provenance: The estate of the late Brian Phelan (1934-2024) and Dorothy Bromiley Phelan (1930-2024)
Note: Frederick James Lloyd was an English artist who became famous for his studies of animals and…
Hammer price: £750
Estimate: £500 - £1,000
24 October 2024
24 October 2024
*FREDERICK JAMES LLOYD (1905-1974) A donkey in a landscape
Lot 54 Sold
*FREDERICK JAMES LLOYD (1905-1974) A donkey in a landscape
signed lower left, watercolour and gouache, 28cm x 22cm

Provenance: The estate of the late Brian Phelan (1934-2024) and Dorothy Bromiley Phelan (1930-2024)
Note: Frederick James Lloyd was an English artist who became famous for his studies of animals and…
Hammer price: £2,800
Estimate: £500 - £1,000
24 October 2024
24 October 2024
WALTER WHALL BATTISS (1906-1982) 'Nose Man'
Lot 55 Sold
WALTER WHALL BATTISS (1906-1982) 'Nose Man'
signed and numbered 3/25 in pencil lower left, silkscreen in colours, 44cm x 57cm
Note: Walter Battiss, whose work draws on his interest in archaeology, prehistory, and African rock…
Hammer price: £400
Estimate: £300 - £500
24 October 2024
24 October 2024
*JAMES MCINTOSH PATRICK (1907-1998) 'Cottages in the Snow'
Lot 56 Sold
*JAMES MCINTOSH PATRICK (1907-1998) 'Cottages in the Snow'
signed in pencil to the margin, etching, the image 14.75cm x 21.25cm
Hammer price: £300
Estimate: £300 - £500
24 October 2024
24 October 2024
*CHARLES HORWOOD (1908-1975) A figure reading a newspaper in an interior
Lot 57 Unsold
*CHARLES HORWOOD (1908-1975) A figure reading a newspaper in an interior
signed lower left, oil on board, 40cm x 30cm
Estimate: £100 - £200
24 October 2024
24 October 2024
*VICTOR PASMORE (1908-1998) 'Burning Water'
Lot 58 Sold
*VICTOR PASMORE (1908-1998) 'Burning Water'
1984, signed, dated and numbered 18/70 in pencil to the margin, screenprint, printed by Kelpra Studio and with their blindstamp lower right, published by Marlborough Graphics, London, 63cm x 66cm (sheet) (unframed)
Hammer price: £800
Estimate: £400 - £800
24 October 2024
24 October 2024
*MICHAEL ROTHENSTEIN (1908-1993) 'Purple Flowers'
Lot 59 Sold
*MICHAEL ROTHENSTEIN (1908-1993) 'Purple Flowers'
1989, numbered 14/29 in pencil to the margin, colour woodcut printed in green, blue, black, pink, red and orange-yellow, published in an edition of 29 proofs, printed by Anna Elinson at the Argus Studio in May 1989, image size 48cm x 41cm
Hammer price: £160
Estimate: £100 - £200
24 October 2024
24 October 2024
*REYNOLDS STONE (1909-1979) 'The Waterfall'
Lot 60 Sold
*REYNOLDS STONE (1909-1979) 'The Waterfall'
from 'Tribute to Benjamin Britten on his 50th birthday', Faber & Faber, 1963, signed in pencil to the margin, boxwood engraving, the image 13.1cm x 8.4cm; together with two further wood engravings 'Emma sitting on a fence' and 'Pheasant', numbers 11 and 16 from 'The Old Rectory' suite, each signed and numbered 26/150 in pencil to the margin, 9.7cm x 8.2cm and 7cm x 8.8cm (3)
Hammer price: £140
Estimate: £100 - £200
24 October 2024
24 October 2024
FRANCISCO DOMINGOS ‘CHICO’ DA SILVA (1910-1985) 'Sem título (Untitled)'
Lot 60a Sold
FRANCISCO DOMINGOS ‘CHICO’ DA SILVA (1910-1985) 'Sem título (Untitled)'
1972, stylised study of combative roosters, signed and dated lower right, oil on canvas, 41cm x 63cm

Provenance: Purchased in Brazil in the 1970s,
Private collection, Hampshire.
Chico da Silva was born surrounded by the Amazon rainforest in Alto Tejo, but while still a child…
Hammer price: £440
Estimate: £500 - £1,000
24 October 2024
24 October 2024
FRANCISCO DOMINGOS ‘CHICO’ DA SILVA (1910-1985) 'Sem título (Untitled)'
Lot 60b Sold
FRANCISCO DOMINGOS ‘CHICO’ DA SILVA (1910-1985) 'Sem título (Untitled)'
1977, a stylised study of exotic birds, signed and dated lower left, beside the artist's thumbprint, oil on canvas, 43.5cm x 53.5cm

Provenance: Purchased in Brazil in the 1970s,
Private collection, Hampshire.
Note: Chico da Silva was born surrounded by the Amazon rainforest in Alto Tejo, but while still a…
Hammer price: £550
Estimate: £500 - £1,000
24 October 2024
24 October 2024
FRANCISCO DOMINGOS ‘CHICO’ DA SILVA (1910-1985) 'Sem título (Untitled)'
Lot 60c Sold
FRANCISCO DOMINGOS ‘CHICO’ DA SILVA (1910-1985) 'Sem título (Untitled)'
1978, a stylised study of a serpent, signed and dated lower right, beside the artist's thumbprint, oil on canvas, 63cm x 43cm

Provenance: Purchased in Brazil in the 1970s,
Private collection, Hampshire.
Note: Chico da Silva was born surrounded by the Amazon rainforest in Alto Tejo, but while still a…
Hammer price: £640
Estimate: £500 - £1,000
24 October 2024
24 October 2024
*JULIAN TREVELYAN (1910-1988) 'Heathrow'
Lot 61 Unsold
*JULIAN TREVELYAN (1910-1988) 'Heathrow'
1973, signed and titled in pencil to the margin, artist's proof etching and aquatint outside of the edition of 52, the image 35cm x 47.7cm
Estimate: £500 - £1,000
24 October 2024
24 October 2024
ENGLISH SCHOOL, 20TH CENTURY 'Cullompton'
Lot 62 Sold
ENGLISH SCHOOL, 20TH CENTURY 'Cullompton'
scrapyard scene with a dog and steam engines, mixed media on paper, 29cm x 43cm
Hammer price: £140
Estimate: £80 - £150
24 October 2024
24 October 2024
(?) MITCHEL, 20th Century A fishing boat passing a headland under gloomy skies
Lot 63 Unsold
(?) MITCHEL, 20th Century A fishing boat passing a headland under gloomy skies
incised signature lower right, oil on board, 19cm x 46cm
Estimate: £200 - £400
24 October 2024
24 October 2024
*KATHERINE 'KITTY' CHURCH (1910-1999) 'Stourhead'
Lot 64 Unsold
*KATHERINE 'KITTY' CHURCH (1910-1999) 'Stourhead'
signed and dated '52 lower left, watercolour and gouache on paper, 38cm x 55cm

Note: Kitty Church was an English painter associated with The London Group. She exhibited regularly at the Royal Academy, NEAC and the Lefevre Gallery. She was friends with Ivon Hitchens, John Piper and Julian Trevelyan and Hitchen’s portrait of her is held in the Tate Museum. An accomplished painter in her own right her works are full of dynamic colour and life.
Estimate: £1,000 - £2,000
24 October 2024
24 October 2024
*ROBERTO LE ROSSETT (19th/20th Century) Ladies relaxing in a parkland landscape
Lot 65 Unsold
*ROBERTO LE ROSSETT (19th/20th Century) Ladies relaxing in a parkland landscape
signed lower left, oil on board, 49cm x 60cm
Estimate: £200 - £400
24 October 2024
24 October 2024
*ROGER HILTON (1911-1975) ‘Artist and Model'
Lot 66 Sold
*ROGER HILTON (1911-1975) ‘Artist and Model'
figural study, monogrammed and dated ‘73 lower right, mixed media on paper, 40cm x 48cm

Provenance: Formerly in the collection of the Late The Honourable Anna Kinnaird.
Hammer price: £2,800
Estimate: £3,000 - £5,000
24 October 2024
24 October 2024
*ROGER HILTON (1911-1975) 'Untitled, July 1961'
Lot 67 Unsold
*ROGER HILTON (1911-1975) 'Untitled, July 1961'
abstract composition, signed and titled verso, oil on canvas, 40.5cm x 55.9cm

Provenance: Formerly in the collection of the Late The Honourable Anna Kinnaird.
Estimate: £10,000 - £20,000
24 October 2024
24 October 2024
*KEITH VAUGHAN (1912-1977) 'Abraham and Isaac'
Lot 68 Sold
*KEITH VAUGHAN (1912-1977) 'Abraham and Isaac'
figural studies, pencil on paper, 19.8cm x 16cm

Provenance: With Austin Desmond Fine Art, Pied Bull Yard, Bloomsbury, London
Hammer price: £190
Estimate: £300 - £500
24 October 2024
24 October 2024
*WILHELMINA BARNS-GRAHAM (1912-2004) 'Untitled, April 1991'
Lot 69 Sold
*WILHELMINA BARNS-GRAHAM (1912-2004) 'Untitled, April 1991'
signed and dated lower right, numbered 38/70 lower left, further signed, titled and numbered verso, silkscreen in 8 colours on wove, 56.5cm x 76cm

Provenance: Purchased from the Belgrave Gallery, St. Ives, in the 1990s
Hammer price: £800
Estimate: £800 - £1,200
24 October 2024
24 October 2024
*KATHLEEN MURIEL SCALE (MURIEL HARDING-NEWMAN) (1913-2006) 'He is Risen'
Lot 70 Sold
*KATHLEEN MURIEL SCALE (MURIEL HARDING-NEWMAN) (1913-2006) 'He is Risen'
signed "K. M. Scale" lower right, oil on board, 100cm x 88cm

Exhibited: K M Scale/Harding-Newman - A Retrospective, Dorset Museum, 1995, no. 12.
Hammer price: £750
Estimate: £500 - £1,000
24 October 2024
24 October 2024
*BETTY SWANWICK (1915-1989) 'The Sightless Man'
Lot 71 Sold
*BETTY SWANWICK (1915-1989) 'The Sightless Man'
signed lower right, pencil on paper, 50cm x 38cm
Betty Swanwick was a painter, illustrator, designer and writer of novelettes. She studied at…
Hammer price: £1,600
Estimate: £800 - £1,200
24 October 2024
24 October 2024
*WILLIAM GEAR (1915-1997) 'Black/Red Figure, No. 3'
Lot 72 Sold
*WILLIAM GEAR (1915-1997) 'Black/Red Figure, No. 3'
1957, signed and dated lower right, further signed, dated "Dec 57" and titled verso, oil on canvas, 102cm x 71cm

Provenance: The Artist and thence by descent
Hammer price: £1,200
Estimate: £800 - £1,500
24 October 2024
24 October 2024
*WILLIAM GEAR (1915-1997) 'Black Structure with Yellow'
Lot 73 Unsold
*WILLIAM GEAR (1915-1997) 'Black Structure with Yellow'
1959, signed and dated lower right, gouache on paper, 52.5cm x 78cm

Provenance: The Artist and thence by descent
Estimate: £400 - £800
24 October 2024
24 October 2024
*WILLIAM GEAR (1915-1997) 'Landscape Structures'
Lot 74 Sold
*WILLIAM GEAR (1915-1997) 'Landscape Structures'
1972, signed and dated lower right, further signed, dated "Sept 72" and titled verso, oil on canvas, 76.2cm x 51cm

Provenance: The Artist and thence by descent
Hammer price: £900
Estimate: £1,000 - £2,000
24 October 2024
24 October 2024
*WILLIAM GEAR (1915-1997) 'Key Element'
Lot 75 Sold
*WILLIAM GEAR (1915-1997) 'Key Element'
1983, signed and dated lower right, further signed, dated "Nov 83" and titled verso, oil on canvas, 61.2cm x 46cm

Provenance: The Artist and thence by descent
Hammer price: £1,000
Estimate: £1,000 - £2,000
24 October 2024
24 October 2024
*PEGGY TROTMAN (1915-1980) 'Locomotion'
Lot 76 Sold
*PEGGY TROTMAN (1915-1980) 'Locomotion'
abstract composition, signed lower right, further signed and titled verso, mixed media and collage on board, 50cm x 60cm
Hammer price: £70
Estimate: £100 - £200
24 October 2024
24 October 2024
*SIR TERRY FROST (1915-2003) 'Brown, Blue And Black Descending'
Lot 77 Sold
*SIR TERRY FROST (1915-2003) 'Brown, Blue And Black Descending'
1981, signed and dated in pencil to the margin, artist's proof screenprint, 80cm x 59cm (sheet) (unframed)
Hammer price: £400
Estimate: £300 - £500
24 October 2024
24 October 2024
*ROBERT BUHLER (1916-1989) 'Boy Resting'
Lot 78 Unsold
*ROBERT BUHLER (1916-1989) 'Boy Resting'
signed lower right, oil on canvas, 35.6cm x 50.8 cm
Estimate: £500 - £1,000
24 October 2024
24 October 2024
*ROBERT BUHLER (1916-1989) 'Park'
Lot 79 Sold
*ROBERT BUHLER (1916-1989) 'Park'
signed lower right, oil on canvas, 50.8cm x 66 cm
Hammer price: £700
Estimate: £700 - £900
24 October 2024
24 October 2024
*ROBERT BUHLER (1916-1989) 'Hedge'
Lot 80 Sold
*ROBERT BUHLER (1916-1989) 'Hedge'
1955, oil on canvas, 63.5cm x 77.5cm
Hammer price: £750
Estimate: £700 - £900
24 October 2024
24 October 2024
* LAWRENCE JAMES ISHERWOOD (1917-1988) 'Anstey Cove, Torquay'
Lot 81 Sold
* LAWRENCE JAMES ISHERWOOD (1917-1988) 'Anstey Cove, Torquay'
signed lower right, further signed and titled verso, oil on board, 33cm x 45 cm
Hammer price: £460
Estimate: £300 - £400
24 October 2024
24 October 2024
LAWRENCE JAMES ISHERWOOD (1917-1998) 'Nocturne, Tower Bridge'
Lot 82 Sold
LAWRENCE JAMES ISHERWOOD (1917-1998) 'Nocturne, Tower Bridge'
signed and dated '73 lower right, oil on board, 30cm x 40cm
Hammer price: £500
Estimate: £400 - £800
24 October 2024
24 October 2024
*JEHAN EMILE DALY (1918-2001) 'Lay Figures'
Lot 83 Sold
*JEHAN EMILE DALY (1918-2001) 'Lay Figures'
A pair of studies, each depicting a wooden artist's figurine beside chairs, one signed and dated '64 lower right, oil/tempera on canvas, each 24cm x 29cm (2)
Hammer price: £1,100
Estimate: £200 - £400
24 October 2024
24 October 2024
*CHRISTOPHER CHAMBERLAIN (1918-1984) Deserted London street scene
Lot 84 Unsold
*CHRISTOPHER CHAMBERLAIN (1918-1984) Deserted London street scene
oil on board, 21cm x 18cm

Provenance: Formerly in the collection of the Late The Honourable Anna Kinnaird.
Estimate: £500 - £1,000
24 October 2024
24 October 2024
*NORMAN CORNISH (1919-2014) 'Children Playing'
Lot 85 Sold
*NORMAN CORNISH (1919-2014) 'Children Playing'
Spennymoor street scene with figures and children playing football (probably Bishops Close Street), signed lower right, watercolour and ink, 22cm x 28cm

Provenance: The Stone Gallery, Brunswick Place, Newcastle upon Tyne
Hammer price: £2,700
Estimate: £3,000 - £5,000
24 October 2024
24 October 2024
*BERNARD DUNSTAN (1920-2017) 'The Polish Model'
Lot 86 Sold
*BERNARD DUNSTAN (1920-2017) 'The Polish Model'
1974, study of a nude seated in an interior, monogrammed lower left, titled verso, oil on board, 33cm x 34.3cm
Hammer price: £450
Estimate: £500 - £1,000
24 October 2024
24 October 2024
*SIBYLLE COLE-DUIJTS (1920-2000) 'No. 1, Nude'
Lot 87 Sold
*SIBYLLE COLE-DUIJTS (1920-2000) 'No. 1, Nude'
circa 1953, three-quarter length study of a woman in an interior, oil on board, 55cm x 44cm
Note: Sibylle Cole-Duijts was an Amsterdam born painter and etcher, who came to England in 1939 to…
Hammer price: £420
Estimate: £50 - £100
24 October 2024
24 October 2024
*PATRICK HERON (1920-1999) 'Curwen Anniversary Print, 1998'
Lot 88 Sold
*PATRICK HERON (1920-1999) 'Curwen Anniversary Print, 1998'
signed and numbered 6/40 in pencil to the margin, lithograph, printed and published by Curwen Studio, Chilford, with their blindstamp, on the occasion of the exhibition 'Forty Years at Curwen Studio: 1948-1998', 72cm x 92.2cm (sheet)

Provenance: With The New Academy Gallery, Windmill Street, Fitzrovia, London
Hammer price: £600
Estimate: £600 - £1,000
24 October 2024
24 October 2024
MILOSLAV CHLUPAC (1920-2008) A masked female figure
Lot 89 Unsold
MILOSLAV CHLUPAC (1920-2008) A masked female figure
signed to the figure lower right, red and black ink on paper, 44cm x 28cm
Estimate: £80 - £150
24 October 2024
24 October 2024
*CECIL KING (1921-1986) Abstract composition in black
Lot 90 Sold
*CECIL KING (1921-1986) Abstract composition in black
signed in pencil lower right, screenprint in colours on paper, 25.2cm x 35.3cm
Hammer price: £180
Estimate: £100 - £200
24 October 2024
24 October 2024
*LESLIE MARR (1922-2021) 'Self Portrait'
Lot 91 Unsold
*LESLIE MARR (1922-2021) 'Self Portrait'
2007/09, signed and dated lower left, oil on canvas, 76.2cm x 50.8cm (unframed on stretcher)
Estimate: £300 - £500
24 October 2024
24 October 2024
*LESLIE MARR (1922-2021) 'Quiberon Harbour, 1994'
Lot 92 Sold
*LESLIE MARR (1922-2021) 'Quiberon Harbour, 1994'
signed and dated lower left, Conté on paper, 35.6cm x 50.8cm
Hammer price: £60
Estimate: £100 - £200
24 October 2024
24 October 2024
*LESLIE MARR (1922-2021) 'North Devon'
Lot 93 Unsold
*LESLIE MARR (1922-2021) 'North Devon'
1964, signed and dated lower left, oil on canvas, 73.7cm x 94 cm
Estimate: £500 - £1,000
24 October 2024
24 October 2024

Total lots: 280

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