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Art & Design post 1880

Auction date Thursday 16 October 2025 10:30 - 17:30 BST

Head of Sale: 

William Parker


Auction

Thursday 16th October at 10.30am

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Including the following: 

The collection of Mavis Freer, Part II,

Works by, Edward Seago, Mary Newcomb, Charles Walter Simpson, Laurence Stephen Lowry, Frank McKelvey RHA and Léon De Smet.


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Lots per page:

Total lots: 384

Lot Title Estimate Hammer price
772 *DOUGLAS PORTWAY (1922-1993) Two nude figures
signed in pencil lower left, monotype, 29cm x 20cm
£80 - £150 - View
773 *WAYNE WESTWOOD (1964-2021) Study of an owl
signed lower left, acrylic on board, 28cm x 23cm
£250 - £350 £600 View
774 *HARRY BAINES (1910-1995) 'Still-Life 1'
signed lower right, oil on canvas, 50cm x 65cm
£100 - £200 £110 View
775 *HARRY BAINES (1910-1995) 'In the Barn'
signed lower right, oil on board, 22.5cm x 22.5cm
£80 - £150 £60 View
776 *LÉON DE SMET (1881-1966) Whiteknights Park, Berkshire
1928, signed and dated lower right, oil on canvas, 60.8cm x 56.5cm
£2,000 - £4,000 - View
777 *LÉON DE SMET (1881-1966) Portrait of Iris Railing
1918, depicted before a mirror in an elegant interior, signed and dated upper right, oil on canvas, 61cm x 46cm

Provenance: Bears exhibition no. 557 to the reverse.

Note: Iris Railing was married…
£5,000 - £10,000 £11,000 View
778 ENGLISH SCHOOL, EARLY 20TH CENTURY Portrait of Iris Railing
depicted full-length, leaning on a mantelpiece in an elegant interior, oil on canvas, 61cm x 46cm

Iris Railing was married to Max Railing who, along with his brother, Sir Harry Railing (1878-1963),…
£100 - £200 £160 View
779 *CHARLES WALTER SIMPSON RI (1885-1971) Sir Julien Cahn, 1st Baronet (1882-1944)
with the Fernie Hounds at Stanford Park, Loughborough, signed lower left, oil on canvas, 114.5cm x 152.5 cm

Provenance: Purchased by the current owner at The Sporting Sale, Sotheby's, 7th May 2008,…
£10,000 - £20,000 - View
780 *JAMES FRY (1911-1985) 'Sunset over Kimmeridge Bay, Dorset'
signed lower right, oil on board, 29cm x 60cm
£500 - £1,000 £1,900 View
781 *JAMES FRY (1911-1985) 'Corfe Castle'
signed lower right, oil on board, 37cm x 47.5cm
£800 - £1,500 £1,800 View
782 *BERNARD DUNSTAN (1920-2017) 'Shuttered Window, Pavia'
initialled lower left, oil on board, 33.5cm x 31cm

Provenance: Thomas Agnew & Sons;
Private collection, UK.
£800 - £1,500 - View
783 *BERNARD DUNSTAN (1920-2017) 'Seated Nude'
initialled lower left, oil on board, 49cm x 37cm

Provenance: Fosse Gallery, Stow-on-the-Wold, Gloucestershire;
Private Collection, UK.
£2,000 - £4,000 - View
784 *MICHAEL JAMES SMITH (B. 1976) 'Cotswold River'
signed lower right, oil on canvas, 35.5cm x 50.5cm
£800 - £1,500 - View
785 *NEALE WORLEY (B.1962) Recumbent female nude
2002, signed and dated verso, oil on canvas, 54cm x 100cm
£1,000 - £2,000 - View
786 ENGLISH SCHOOL, 20TH CENTURY 'Up The River, Whitby'
oil on board, 28.5cm x 22.5cm
£50 - £100 £50 View
787 RUSSIAN SCHOOL, 20TH CENTURY Figures beside the seashore
1958, signed lower left, oil on canvas, 10.5cm x 16.5cm
£400 - £800 £400 View
788 *ARTHUR FRIEDENSON (1872-1955) A Dorset landscape
1916, depicting figures walking along a lane, signed and dated lower right, oil on panel, 32.5cm x 41cm
£800 - £1,500 - View
789 *ARTHUR FRIEDENSON (1872-1955) 'A Country Lane, Dorset'
1920, signed and dated lower left, further inscribed verso, oil on panel, 32cm x 40cm

Provenance: with The Fine Art Society, London.
£800 - £1,500 - View
790 *SHLOMO CASSOS (B.1936) 'Basic Elements'
(19)74, signed lower right, oil on canvas, 65cm x 54cm
£100 - £200 £90 View
791 *JOHN WELLS (1907-2000) Abstract composition
1968, signed and dated in pencil upper right, mixed media, 23.5cm x 34cm
£200 - £400 £360 View
792 *DAMIEN HIRST (B.1965) 'Rocket Ship Spin Painting'
2009, inkstamp signature and artist's blindstamp verso, acrylic on die-cut wove paper, published by Pinchuk Art Centre, Ukraine, 64cm x 45cm

The painting was produced to celebrate the opening of…
£500 - £1,000 £800 View
793 *DUNCAN MACGREGOR (B.1961) 'Moonlit Race'
signed lower right, acrylic on board, 44cm x 58cm

Provenance: with Forest Gallery Fine Art, Petworth.
£500 - £1,000 £550 View
794 *EDDER VALDERRAMA RAMIREZ (CONTEMPORARY) Abstract scene with figures wearing hats
mixed media, 19cm x 19cm
£80 - £150 - View
795 *WILLIAM HENDERSON (1903-1993) Still life study of pansies in a mug
monogrammed lower left, oil on board, 15cm x 10cm

Provenance: Property of a West Country collector.
£150 - £250 £320 View

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