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| Lot | Title | Estimate | Hammer price | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 94 |
*LESLIE MARR (1922-2021) 'Dartmoor (2)'
2005, oil on canvas, 71.1cm x 121.9 cm (unframed on stretcher)
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£500 - £1,000 | £240 | View |
| 95 |
*LESLIE MARR (1922-2021) 'All and Everything Imaginary’
1976, signed and dated lower left, oil on canvas, 167.6cm x 167.6cm
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£500 - £1,000 | £240 | View |
| 96 |
*LESLIE MARR (1922-2021) 'Flowers'
2019, signed and dated lower left, oil on canvas, 76.2cm x 63.5cm (unframed on stretcher)
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£400 - £800 | £190 | View |
| 97 |
*THOMAS GAMBLE (1924-2020) 'Carnivale Venice, 1989 - 1993 Al Governo'
figures in Venetian Carnival dress, signed in pencil lower right, watercolour and pencil on paper, 32cm x 39cm
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£50 - £100 | - | View |
| 98 |
*LEON KOSSOFF (1926-2019) 'Mother'
1982, signed, dated, titled and numbered 41/100 in pencil to the margin, etching, the sheet 59.7cm x 50.2cm (unframed)
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£100 - £200 | £90 | View |
| 99 |
*WILLIAM THOMSON (1926-1988) Nude study
the sitter depicted full-length, her back turned to the artist, signed lower right, mixed media on paper, 69cm x 45.5cm
Provenance: The estate of the late Brian Phelan (1934-2024) and Dorothy… |
£150 - £250 | - | View |
| 100 |
*TOM McGUINNESS (1926-2006) 'Busty G 24's Salvage Men'
1982, signed, dated, titled and numbered 17/22 in pencil to the margin, artist's proof lithograph, the image 50cm x 40cm
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£250 - £350 | £240 | View |
| 101 |
*SAM MIDDLETON (1927-2015) Untitled
1979, jazz inspired composition, signed and dated in pencil lower right, mixed media on paper, 51.5cm x 71cm
Provenance: Private collection, Somerset. |
£1,500 - £2,500 | - | View |
| 102 |
*SAM MIDDLETON (1927-2015) Untitled
1978, Dutch landscape with sailing boats, signed and dated lower centre, mixed media and collage, 27.5cm x 23.5cm
Provenance: Private collection, Somerset. |
£800 - £1,200 | - | View |
| 103 |
*SAM MIDDLETON (1927-2015) Untitled
1978, Dutch polder landscape with sailing boats, signed and dated lower left, mixed media on paper, 23.5cm x 16.5cm
Provenance: Private collection, Somerset. |
£500 - £1,000 | - | View |
| 104 |
*SAM MIDDLETON (1927-2015) 'Regatta Bij Hoorn'
1977, signed and dated lower right, mixed media on paper, 36.5cm x 50.5cm
Provenance: Private collection, Somerset. |
£1,000 - £2,000 | - | View |
| 105 |
*SAM MIDDLETON (1927-2015) 'Meer'
1976, panoramic Dutch polder or river landscape, possibly a view of the Regge, signed and dated lower right, mixed media on paper, 9.5cm x 74cm
Provenance: Private collection, Somerset. |
£700 - £900 | - | View |
| 106 |
*MICHEL DUREUIL (1929-2011) 'La Route de la Cherie'
signed lower right, oil on canvas, 59cm x 72cm
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£200 - £400 | £240 | View |
| 107 |
*PADRAIG MACMIADHACHAIN (1929-2017) 'Yellow in the Dark Wind'
Canary Islands landscape, signed lower right, further signed, titled and inscribed verso, oil on board, 24cm x 29.3cm
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£500 - £700 | - | View |
| 108 |
*PADRAIG MACMIADHACHAIN (1929-2017) 'Chapel in a Dream - St Aldhelms Head'
1984, signed and dated lower left, further signed and titled verso, oil on board, 23cm x 23cm
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£200 - £400 | £240 | View |
| 109 |
*PADRAIG MACMIADHACHAIN (1929-2017) 'The Pier & Boats, Swanage'
signed lower right, further signed and titled verso, mixed media on paper, 22.5cm x 29.25cm
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£400 - £600 | £500 | View |
| 110 |
*PADRAIG MACMIADHACHAIN (1929-2017) 'West Bay 7.V.87 01'
signed lower right, titled lower left, pastel and pencil on paper, 20.5cm x 29.25cm
Provenance: The estate of the artist |
£200 - £400 | - | View |
| 111 |
*PADRAIG MACMIADHACHAIN (1929-2017) 'Las Palmas'
signed in pencil lower left, watercolour and crayon on paper, 18cm x 25.5cm
Provenance: The estate of the artist |
£300 - £500 | - | View |
| 112 |
*CHRISTOS CARAS (1930-2023) 'Victories'
1973, signed, dated and numbered 120/150 in pencil, silkscreen on 300gr paper, 45cm x 55cm (sheet)
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£80 - £150 | - | View |
| 113 |
*DAME ELISABETH FRINK (1930-1993) 'Bull'
1986, signed and numbered 35/100 in pencil to the margin, etching with aquatint in grey, printed at Kelpra Studio and with their blindstamp, on Velin Arches paper, 29.8cm x 27.4cm (sheet),
published… |
£400 - £800 | £650 | View |
| 114 |
A QUANTITY OF BOOKS AND EPHEMERA RELATING TO DAME ELISABETH FRINK
including a copy of 'The Odes of Horace' translated by James Michie and illustrated by Frink, signed by the artist to the frontispage and with a dedication "With love to Dorothy & Brian from Lis …
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£100 - £200 | £180 | View |
| 115 |
*DAME ELISABETH FRINK (1930-1993) 'Man and Horse I'
1971, signed and numbered 46/70 in pencil, lithograph, on J Green mould-made paper, printed at Curwen Studio, published by Leslie Waddington Prints Ltd., the sheet 60.2cm x 79.8cm
Literature: … |
£800 - £1,500 | £2,800 | View |
| 116 |
*DAVID GENTLEMAN (b. 1930) A view of cannons in a fortification, probably in the Mediterranean
signed and dated 1976 lower right, watercolour and ink, 34cm x 27.5cm
Provenance: The collection of the late Barrie St. Clair McBride (1938-1992) Private collection, Dorset |
£150 - £250 | £280 | View |
| 117 |
*JOHN HOUSTON (1930-2008) 'The Dance'
1984, figural study, signed lower left, further signed, dated and titled verso, oil on canvas, 45cm x 55cm
Provenance: Purchased from Mercury Gallery, Cork Street, St James's, London, October 24th… |
£200 - £400 | £110 | View |
| 118 |
*CHRISTOPHER COMPTON HALL (1930-2016) 'Farmhouse at Gerberoy'
2010, signed and dated lower right, oil on board, 17cm x 37cm
Provenance: By direct descent from the artist |
£200 - £400 | - | View |
| 119 |
*TREVOR BELL (1930-2017) 'Dancing Figures'
1962, signed, titled and dated verso, gouache on paper, 50cm x 62cm
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£2,000 - £4,000 | - | View |
| 120 |
*ROBYN DENNY (1930-2014) 'Portraits - Series A: 3'
1973, signed, dated and numbered 11/30 in pencil to the margin, lithograph in colours on wove paper, the sheet 79cm x 58cm (unframed)
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£50 - £100 | £220 | View |
| 121 |
*ROBYN DENNY (1930-2014) 'Portraits - Series B: 5'
1973, signed, dated and numbered 9/30 in pencil to the margin, lithograph in colours on wove paper, the sheet 79cm x 58cm (unframed)
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£50 - £100 | £220 | View |
| 122 |
*ROBYN DENNY (1930-2014) 'Mirrors'
The complete portfolio of six screenprints in colours with collage, 1974, on coloured wove paper, each signed, dated and numbered AP IX/XV, artist's proof screenprints outside of the edition of 40,…
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£200 - £400 | £1,000 | View |
| 123 |
*RICHARD SMITH (1931-2016) 'Espalier (diptych)'
1981, signed, dated and numbered 46/100 in pencil across both sheets, lithograph in colours on two sheets of wove, each sheet 111.2 x 155.2cm (unframed)
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£100 - £200 | £90 | View |
| 124 |
*RICHARD SMITH (1931-2016) 'Two of a Kind Ia (light blue cross)'
1978, signed, dated and numbered 39/80 in pencil, lithograph on wove, 69.9cm x 76.2cm (unframed)
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£80 - £150 | £170 | View |
| 125 |
*RICHARD SMITH (1931-2016) 'Two of a Kind IVb (red x on lavender at angle)'
1978, signed, dated and numbered 40/80 in pencil, lithograph on wove, 70.5cm x 69.9cm (unframed)
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£80 - £150 | £70 | View |
| 126 |
*RICHARD SMITH (1931-2016) 'Sun Curtain'
1971, signed and dated in pencil lower left, two sheet lithograph with collage on wove, each sheet 61cm x 91.5cm (unframed)
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£100 - £200 | £90 | View |
| 127 |
*RICHARD SMITH (1931-2016) 'Arbor'
1982, signed, dated and numbered 40/100 lower right, lithograph in colours, the sheet 105.4cm x 93.3 cm (unframed)
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£80 - £150 | £70 | View |
| 128 |
*RICHARD SMITH (1931-2016) 'Chapbook'
1982, signed, dated, titled and numbered 71/75 in pencil, lithograph in colours on wove, published by Bernard Jacobson, London, the sheet 57cm x 76cm (unframed)
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£100 - £200 | £90 | View |
| 129 |
*JOHN HUBBARD (1931-2017) ‘Small Trellis’
signed, titled, inscribed "For Brian" and numbered 12/25 in pencil to the margin, intaglio print, the image 26cm x 33cm
Provenance: The estate of the late Brian Phelan (1934-2024) and Dorothy… |
£80 - £150 | £60 | View |
| 130 |
*ROSE HILTON (1931-2019) 'Favourite Pots, 2012'
Still life study of items on a windowsill, signed lower right, further signed and titled verso, oil on canvas, 50.5cm x 76cm (unframed on stretcher)
Provenance: The estate of the late Brian Phelan … |
£2,000 - £4,000 | - | View |
| 131 |
*ROSE HILTON (1931-2019) Nude study
signed in green ink lower right, mixed media on paper, 27.5cm x 18cm
Provenance: The estate of the late Brian Phelan (1934-2024) and Dorothy Bromiley Phelan (1930-2024) |
£300 - £500 | £1,100 | View |
| 132 |
*WILLIAM MILLS (1932-1997) 'Golden Hill, 1990'
landscape study, monogrammed lower right, signed, titled and dated verso, oil on canvas, 101cm x 152cm
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£800 - £1,500 | - | View |
| 133 |
*GEORGE TUTE (b. 1933) 'Sunflower Field'
1986, signed, titled, dated and numbered 67/75 in pencil to the margin, woodcut engraving, the image 40cm x 30cm
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£100 - £200 | £550 | View |
| 134 |
*FRANK PHELAN (1932-2023) 'I Denizen, 22/1/06'
abstract composition in blues, mixed media on paper, titled verso, 55cm x 74cm
Provenance: The estate of the late Brian Phelan (1934-2024) and Dorothy Bromiley Phelan (1930-2024) |
£400 - £800 | £400 | View |
| 135 |
*FRANK PHELAN (1932-2023) ‘Sursum Corsa (Lift Your Heart)’
2003, abstract composition, mixed media on paper 56cm x 74.5cm
Note: 'Sursum Corda' is the motto of the Royal Brompton Hospital, where the artist underwent heart surgery Provenance: The estate of… |
£400 - £800 | £250 | View |
| 136 |
*ROBERT ORGAN (1933-2023) 'Walnuts and Plums'
2001, still life study of items on a tabletop in an interior, signed and dated verso, oil on canvas, 48.5cm x 71cm
Provenance: The estate of the late Brian Phelan (1934-2024) and Dorothy Bromiley… |
£500 - £1,000 | £700 | View |
| 137 |
*CLIVE MADGWICK (1934-2005) 'Summers day, Waldringfield'
signed lower right, oil on canvas, 35cm x 55cm
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£500 - £1,000 | - | View |
| 138 |
*IVOR ABRAHAMS (1935-2015) 'Winter Sundial'
1975, signed, dated and numbered 12/95 in pencil, screenprint, the sheet 101cm x 120cm (unframed)
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£40 - £80 | £40 | View |
| 139 |
*IVOR ABRAHAMS (1935-2015) 'Sphinx'
from the 'Monuments' series, 1978, signed, dated and numbered 75/100 in pencil to the margin, screenprint in colours, the sheet 103cm x 70cm (unframed)
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£80 - £150 | - | View |
| 140 |
*PIETRO PSAIER (1936-2004) 'Oscar Wilde'
from the 'Oscar - Son of Ireland' series, signed to the mount, artist's proof mixed media collage printed on fruitwood blocks, 52cm x 75cm
Provenance: The Les Watts Collection. |
£100 - £200 | - | View |
| 141 |
*PATRICK PROCKTOR (1936-2003) 'Mervyn in Socks'
a young man reading in a park or garden, signed and dated "13 VI 89", watercolour on cream paper, 24.5cm x 32cm
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£500 - £1,000 | £650 | View |
