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Auction date Thursday 17 April 2025 10:30 - 17:30 BST
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Total lots: 218

*JAMES FRY (1911-1985) View of Corfe Castle
Lot 596 Sold
*JAMES FRY (1911-1985) View of Corfe Castle
with figures to the foreground, print, 30cm x 39cm
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £40 - £80
17 April 2025
17 April 2025
*JAMES FRY (1911-1985) View of Corfe Castle
Lot 597 Sold
*JAMES FRY (1911-1985) View of Corfe Castle
with fields to the foreground, initialled lower right, oil on board, 30cm x 40cm
Hammer price: £600
Estimate: £200 - £400
17 April 2025
17 April 2025
*JAMES FRY (1911-1985) Pair of Dorset landscapes
Lot 598 Sold
*JAMES FRY (1911-1985) Pair of Dorset landscapes
'Purbeck Harvest', of fields and farmland, and 'From Goathorn', a coastal scene, both initialled lower right, inscribed verso, oil on board, 14cm x 40cm and 17cm x 40cm (2)
Hammer price: £700
Estimate: £300 - £500
17 April 2025
17 April 2025
*ISABEL LAMBERT RAWSTHORNE (NÉE NICHOLAS) (1912-1992) Double portrait
Lot 599 Sold
*ISABEL LAMBERT RAWSTHORNE (NÉE NICHOLAS) (1912-1992) Double portrait
circa 1960s, oil on canvas, 60cm x 50cm

Provenance: The picture was inherited by descent from mother to daughter. The mother was friends with both Constant Lambert and Alan Rawsthorne (two of Isabel's husbands), as part of the same music circle. She remained friends with Isabel right up her twilight years when she lived in a cottage in Essex. Indeed the daughter vividly recalls visits, and the kind donation of old canvases to her brother as a young artist.
Note: Isabel has been subjected to relative obscurity, probably due to her name changes from three…
Hammer price: £3,200
Estimate: £500 - £1,000
17 April 2025
17 April 2025
*WILLIAM GEAR (1915-1997) 'Untitled, September 1974'
Lot 600 Sold
*WILLIAM GEAR (1915-1997) 'Untitled, September 1974'
signed and dated lower right, acrylic on paper, 55cm x 76cm

Provenance: From the family of the artist.
Hammer price: £300
Estimate: £300 - £500
17 April 2025
17 April 2025
*WILLIAM GEAR (1915-1997) 'Magic Landscape, October 1974'
Lot 601 Sold
*WILLIAM GEAR (1915-1997) 'Magic Landscape, October 1974'
signed and dated lower right, acrylic on paper, 51cm x 76cm

Provenance: From the family of the artist.
Hammer price: £300
Estimate: £300 - £500
17 April 2025
17 April 2025
*WILLIAM GEAR (1915-1997) 'Untitled, 1987'
Lot 602 Sold
*WILLIAM GEAR (1915-1997) 'Untitled, 1987'
signed and dated lower right, acrylic on paper, 52cm x 72cm

Provenance: From the family of the artist.
Hammer price: £260
Estimate: £300 - £500
17 April 2025
17 April 2025
*WILLIAM GEAR (1915-1997) 'Twin Unit No.7, November 1976'
Lot 603 Sold
*WILLIAM GEAR (1915-1997) 'Twin Unit No.7, November 1976'
signed and dated lower right, acrylic on paper, 54cm x 69cm

Provenance: From the family of the artist.
Hammer price: £260
Estimate: £300 - £500
17 April 2025
17 April 2025
*WILLIAM GEAR (1915-1997) 'Untitled, 1976'
Lot 604 Sold
*WILLIAM GEAR (1915-1997) 'Untitled, 1976'
signed and dated lower right, acrylic on paper, 52cm x 76cm

Provenance: From the family of the artist.
Hammer price: £280
Estimate: £300 - £500
17 April 2025
17 April 2025
*GEORGE DANNATT (1915-2009) 'Untitled, no. 1626'
Lot 605 Sold
*GEORGE DANNATT (1915-2009) 'Untitled, no. 1626'
2007, monogrammed and dated lower right, further signed and inscribed verso, Indian ink on pressed card, 22cm x 20.5cm

Provenance: Formerly in the collection of the late Roger Peers (1932-2023), Curator of the Dorset County Museum between 1959 and 1992.
According to an inscription verso this work was given to Roger Peers by Ann Dannatt on Wednesday 9th December 2009, after completing a photographic record of George's studio, following his death on the 17th November of that year.
Hammer price: £130
Estimate: £50 - £100
17 April 2025
17 April 2025
*SIR SIDNEY ROBERT NOLAN (1917-1992) 'Burke and Wills Expedition III'
Lot 606 Sold
*SIR SIDNEY ROBERT NOLAN (1917-1992) 'Burke and Wills Expedition III'
1975, signed and numbered 5/60 in pencil to the margin, screenprint, the image 65cm x 74cm

Provenance: Formerly in the collection of Bournemouth & Poole College.
Hammer price: £200
Estimate: £200 - £400
17 April 2025
17 April 2025
*CHRISTOPHER CHAMBERLAIN (1918-1984) Deserted London street scene
Lot 607 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: £200 - £400
17 April 2025
17 April 2025
ATTRIBUTED TO BERNARD DUNSTAN (1920-2017) 'Sunny Day at Rochefort'
Lot 608 Sold
ATTRIBUTED TO BERNARD DUNSTAN (1920-2017) 'Sunny Day at Rochefort'
titled verso, oil, 19cm x 24cm

Provenance: Acquired in 2011 from Vitruvius Gallery Ltd of Sunnybank, Lancashire and to be sold with their letter of provenance stating that the painting was acquired by them from Burstow & Hewett Auctioneers, Battle, on the 15th December 2010.
Hammer price: £220
Estimate: £200 - £400
17 April 2025
17 April 2025
MANNER OF FRED YATES (1922-2008) 'French Sunday'
Lot 609 Sold
MANNER OF FRED YATES (1922-2008) 'French Sunday'
signed lower left, titled in pencil verso, oil on board, 34.5cm x 29cm
Hammer price: £50
Estimate: £80 - £120
17 April 2025
17 April 2025
*LESLIE MARR (1922-2021) 'North Devon'
Lot 610 Sold
*LESLIE MARR (1922-2021) 'North Devon'
1964, signed and dated lower left, oil on canvas, 73.7cm x 94cm
Hammer price: £320
Estimate: £200 - £400
17 April 2025
17 April 2025
*EDWARD MIDDLEDITCH (1923–1987) Untitled
Lot 611 Sold
*EDWARD MIDDLEDITCH (1923–1987) Untitled
wheatfield landscape, pencil/charcoal and wash on paper, 52cm x 63cm

Provenance: The collection of the Late John Hubbard (1931-2017) and Caryl Hubbard CBE (1933-2021), Chilcombe House, Dorset.
Hammer price: £700
Estimate: £200 - £300
17 April 2025
17 April 2025
*SAM MIDDLETON (1927-2015) Untitled
Lot 612 Sold
*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.
Note: American artist Sam Middleton was a hidden figure in the modernist movement. Middleton grew…
Hammer price: £650
Estimate: £800 - £1,500
17 April 2025
17 April 2025
*SAM MIDDLETON (1927-2015) Untitled
Lot 613 Sold
*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.
Note: American artist Sam Middleton was a hidden figure in the modernist movement. Middleton grew…
Hammer price: £300
Estimate: £400 - £800
17 April 2025
17 April 2025
*SAM MIDDLETON (1927-2015) Untitled
Lot 614 Sold
*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.
Note: American artist Sam Middleton was a hidden figure in the modernist movement. Middleton grew…
Hammer price: £140
Estimate: £200 - £400
17 April 2025
17 April 2025
*SAM MIDDLETON (1927-2015) 'Meer'
Lot 615 Sold
*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.
Note: American artist Sam Middleton was a hidden figure in the modernist movement. Middleton grew…
Hammer price: £180
Estimate: £300 - £500
17 April 2025
17 April 2025
*SAM MIDDLETON (1927-2015) 'Regatta Bij Hoorn'
Lot 616 Sold
*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.
Note: American artist Sam Middleton was a hidden figure in the modernist movement. Middleton grew…
Hammer price: £360
Estimate: £500 - £1,000
17 April 2025
17 April 2025
*PADRAIG MACMIADHACHAIN (1929-2017) 'Las Palmas'
Lot 617 Sold
*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.
Hammer price: £220
Estimate: £150 - £250
17 April 2025
17 April 2025
*PADRAIG MACMIADHACHAIN (1929-2017) 'West Bay 7.V.87 01'
Lot 618 Sold
*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.
Hammer price: £80
Estimate: £150 - £250
17 April 2025
17 April 2025
*JOHN HUBBARD (1931-2017) 'Nr. Monti'
Lot 619 Sold
*JOHN HUBBARD (1931-2017) 'Nr. Monti'
view of trees and vines, 1982, signed lower right, titled and dated lower left, pencil on paper, 14.5cm x 19.5cm

Provenance: Acquired from the Chesil Gallery, Portland, Dorset,
Formerly in the collection of the late Roger Peers (1932-2023), Curator of the Dorset County Museum between 1959 and 1992.
Hammer price: £220
Estimate: £50 - £100
17 April 2025
17 April 2025

Total lots: 218

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