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Auction date Thursday 17 April 2025 10:30 - 17:30 BST

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Thursday 17th April at 10.30am

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Total lots: 218

Lot Title Estimate Hammer price
596 *JAMES FRY (1911-1985) View of Corfe Castle
with figures to the foreground, print, 30cm x 39cm
£40 - £80 £100 View
597 *JAMES FRY (1911-1985) View of Corfe Castle
with fields to the foreground, initialled lower right, oil on board, 30cm x 40cm
£200 - £400 £600 View
598 *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)
£300 - £500 £700 View
599 *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…
£500 - £1,000 £3,200 View
600 *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.
£300 - £500 £300 View
601 *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.
£300 - £500 £300 View
602 *WILLIAM GEAR (1915-1997) 'Untitled, 1987'
signed and dated lower right, acrylic on paper, 52cm x 72cm

Provenance: From the family of the artist.
£300 - £500 £260 View
603 *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.
£300 - £500 £260 View
604 *WILLIAM GEAR (1915-1997) 'Untitled, 1976'
signed and dated lower right, acrylic on paper, 52cm x 76cm

Provenance: From the family of the artist.
£300 - £500 £280 View
605 *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),…
£50 - £100 £130 View
606 *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.
£200 - £400 £200 View
607 *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.
£200 - £400 - View
608 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…
£200 - £400 £220 View
609 MANNER OF FRED YATES (1922-2008) 'French Sunday'
signed lower left, titled in pencil verso, oil on board, 34.5cm x 29cm
£80 - £120 £50 View
610 *LESLIE MARR (1922-2021) 'North Devon'
1964, signed and dated lower left, oil on canvas, 73.7cm x 94cm
£200 - £400 £320 View
611 *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.
£200 - £300 £700 View
612 *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.
£800 - £1,500 £650 View
613 *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.
£400 - £800 £300 View
614 *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.
£200 - £400 £140 View
615 *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.
£300 - £500 £180 View
616 *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.
£500 - £1,000 £360 View
617 *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.
£150 - £250 £220 View
618 *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.
£150 - £250 £80 View
619 *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…
£50 - £100 £220 View

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