Wednesday 29 November 2023 | Lots:
Live Auctions
Modern British & 20th Century Art - Part I
Wednesday 29 November 2023 10:00
Our final sale of 2023 is truly international in scope, featuring important French Masters Jean Dufy (lot 70), Claude Venard (lot 227-228) and Georges Rouault (lot 66) alongside contemporary stars Grayson Perry (lot 541), Sterling Ruby (lot 549) and El Anatsui (lot 432). These complement our more traditional Modern British offering, which includes a newly authenticated work by Charles Ginner (lot 3), a classic Bryan Ingham (lot 263) and collections of works by Terry Frost (lot 248-252), J.D. Fergusson (lot 5-8) and The Bloomsbury Group (lot 58-64). We are delighted to also be selling a large group of works on paper by celebrated portraitist Frank O. Salisbury on behalf of The Walpole Society (lot 334-354).
Sunday 26 November: 10am – 2pm
Monday 27 November: 9.30am – 5pm
Tuesday 28 November: 9.30am – 5pm
Highlight Lots
LOT 70
Jean Dufy, French 1888-1964 - Les Battages; oil on canvas, signed lower right 'Jean Dufy', 49.8...
Estimate: £25,000 - £30,000
Price Realised: £28,840
LOT 134
Peter Rose Pulham, British 1910-1956 - The Conjuror’s Table; oil on panel, signed and titled on...
Estimate: £2,000 - £3,000
Price Realised: £11,808
LOT 88
AMENDMENT: this work is oil on card laid down on panel, not oil on panel as previously stated U...
Estimate: £2,000 - £3,000
Price Realised: £15,744
LOT 295
John Bratby RA, British 1928-1992 - Settling Down with Bert, 1963; oil on canvas, signed, titled and...
Estimate: £6,000 - £8,000
Price Realised: £11,808
LOT 296
John Bratby RA, British 1928-1992 - Woman seated three-quarter-length in a yellow dress; oil on...
Estimate: £3,000 - £5,000
Price Realised: £7,872
LOT 1
Sir Max Beerbohm, British 1872-1956 - Lord de Grey Appraising a Shepherdess; watercolour and...
Estimate: £1,000 - £1,500
LOT 2
Béla Kádár, Hungarian 1877-1956 - Figures by the coast; ink on paper, signed lower left 'Kádár...
Estimate: £1,000 - £2,000
LOT 3
Charles Ginner ARA CBE, British 1878-1952 - Cliff-edge scene with stone walls, c.1930s; oil on...
Estimate: £18,000 - £20,000
LOT 4
Philip Wilson Steer, British 1860-1942 - Rain Clouds Dover, 1918; watercolour on paper, signed and...
Estimate: £400 - £600
LOT 5
John Duncan Fergusson, British 1874-1961 - Coastal scene with boat, c.1914; watercolour on paper,...
Estimate: £4,000 - £6,000
LOT 6
John Duncan Fergusson, British 1874-1961 - Easter Sunday, 1931; oil on canvas, signed, titled and...
Estimate: £20,000 - £30,000
LOT 7
Margaret Morris, British 1891-1980 - Head of J. D., 1916; charcoal on paper, 19.5 x 11.5 cm (ARR)
Estimate: £700 - £900
LOT 8
John Duncan Fergusson, British 1874-1961 - Three dancing figures; oil on paper laid down on...
Estimate: £3,500 - £4,000
LOT 9
Lots 9-39 Property of the Late Reverend John Watson - Harry Phelan Gibb, British 1870-1948 -
Estimate: £500 - £800
LOT 10
Philip Naviasky, British 1894-1983 - Still life with tulips and daffodils; oil on panel, signed...
Estimate: £400 - £600
LOT 11
Helen Jean Murray, British active 1967–1969 - Houses at Nairn; oil on paper, titled to artist's...
Estimate: £300 - £500
LOT 12
Hugh Gresty, British 1899-1958 - Suburbia; oil on burlap, signed lower right 'Gresty', titled to...
Estimate: £300 - £500
LOT 13
Clare Atwood, British 1866-1962 - Industrial interior, 1911; oil on canvas, signed and dated lower...
Estimate: £700 - £900
LOT 14
Dorothy Johnstone, Scottish 1892–1980 - Portrait of a lady seated, 1957; oil on canvas, signed and...
Estimate: £800 - £1,200
LOT 15
Benno Schotz, Estonian/Scottish 1891-1984 - Head of a woman; plaster, signed and dated on the...
Estimate: £400 - £600
LOT 16
Edith Granger Taylor, British 1887-1958 - The Mountain Lake; pastel on paper, 23 x 27.7 cm (ARR)
Estimate: £300 - £500
LOT 17
William Hunter ROI, Scottish 1890-1967 - Flowers of Autumn; oil on canvas, signed lower right...
Estimate: £500 - £800
LOT 18
Jacob Brandenburg, Polish/Israeli 1899-1981 - Pensive man, 1931; wood, signed and dated to the...
Estimate: £300 - £500
LOT 19
Georg Ehrlich ARA, Austrian/British 1897-1966 - Study of a boy; pencil on paper, signed lower...
Estimate: £250 - £300
LOT 20
Arieh Allweil, Polish/Israeli 1901-1967 - Synagogue interior; oil on panel, signed lower right...
Estimate: £200 - £300
LOT 21
Frederick James Porter, New Zealand/British 1883-1944 - Mimosa; oil on board, 75 x 50 cm
Estimate: £500 - £800
LOT 22
Alasdair Gordon Douglas MacKay, Scottish active c.1913-1937 - Portrait of a woman in blue, 1919; oil...
Estimate: £500 - £800
LOT 23
Keith Henderson, Scottish 1883-1982 - My Cousin Margaret Keith, 1931; oil on board, signed lower...
Estimate: £300 - £500
LOT 24
Dorothy Dymock, British 1881-1984 - Still life with flowers; oil on panel, signed lower right 'D...
Estimate: £200 - £300
LOT 25
Susan Wilson, New Zealander/British b.1951 - Nada Nada, 1986; oil on canvas, signed, titled and...
Estimate: £300 - £500
LOT 26
E. Hunter, 20th century - Between Nieuport and Lombardsijde Flanders; oil on canvas, signed...
Estimate: £300 - £500
LOT 27
Adam Bruce Thomson OBE RSA PRSW, Scottish 1885-1976 - The Cullins from the Mainland; watercolour...
Estimate: £300 - £500
LOT 28
Lucy Lockwood, British active 1896–1934 - Grey horse in a halter; oil on canvas, signed and...
Estimate: £300 - £500
LOT 29
Ralston Gudgeon, Scottish 1910-1984 - Redstart; watercolour on paper, signed lower right...
Estimate: £300 - £500
LOT 30
Fairlie Harmer (Viscountess Harberton), British 1876-1945 - Portrait of a young woman; oil on...
Estimate: £600 - £800
LOT 31
Dominique Lorsch, French ?-1990 - Jeune Modèle, 1966; oil on canvas, signed and dated upper right...
Estimate: £250 - £300
LOT 32
Marian Kratochwil, Polish/British 1906-1997 - Crucifixion, c.1953; pastel on paper, signed lower...
Estimate: £200 - £300
LOT 33
Robert T H Smith, British 1938-2016 - By the Head, 1980; mixed media on board, signed and dated...
Estimate: £200 - £300
LOT 34
Luke Hallauk, Inuit (Arviat) 1931-1993 - Mother and child; stone, bears inscription on underside...
Estimate: £200 - £300
LOT 35
Vanessa Gardiner, British b.1960 - Lyme Harbour, 1988; oil on canvas, signed, titled and dated on...
Estimate: £300 - £500
LOT 36
Florence Jamieson RSW, Scottish 1925-2019 - Barge on the Seine, c.1950; gouache on paper, signed...
Estimate: £200 - £400
LOT 37
Joan Gillespie, Scottish b.1954 - Working Women, 1989; pastel on paper, signed and dated lower right...
Estimate: £600 - £800
LOT 38
Owen Bowen ROI RCA, British 1873-1967 - Iceland Poppies; oil on panel, signed lower right 'Owen...
Estimate: £300 - £500
LOT 39
Cynthia Fraser, Scottish 1900-1979 - Dark Red Still Life, 1972; watercolour on paper, signed and...
Estimate: £250 - £300
LOT 40
Ernest Procter NEAC ARA, British 1885-1935 - Back of Hotel Pyl (HQ FAU) after Destruction, 1918;
Estimate: £800 - £1,200
LOT 41
Berthe des Clayes, British 1877–1968 - Hay Bail, Melbourne; pastel on paper, signed lower left 'B...
Estimate: £500 - £800
LOT 42
attrib. to Alice Des Clayes, Scottish/Canadian 1891-1968 - Country lane; pastel on paper, 21 x...
Estimate: £150 - £250
LOT 43
Dame Laura Knight DBE RA RWS, British 1877-1970 - Sunrise; watercolour on paper, signed lower...
Estimate: £4,000 - £6,000
LOT 44
Dame Laura Knight DBE RA RWS, British 1877-1970 - Study for 'Salt and Saucy', c.1923; charcoal on...
Estimate: £500 - £700
LOT 45
Sir Frank Brangwyn RA RWS PRBA, British 1867-1956 - Workmen in harbour; red chalk and chalk on...
Estimate: £200 - £300
LOT 46
Emile Thysebaert, Belgian 1873-1963 - Woodland scene; oil on canvas, signed lower right 'E...
Estimate: £300 - £500
LOT 47
attrib. to Charles L’Eplattanier, Swiss 1874-1946 - Study for the Castle of Colombier; gouache...
Estimate: £300 - £500
LOT 48
Abel Bertram, French 1871-1954 - Normandie Shepherds; oil on canvas, signed lower right 'Abel...
Estimate: £400 - £600
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