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λ CAREL WEIGHT (BRITISH 1908-1997)
THE SEVEN DEADLY SINS - ENVY
Oil on canvas
Signed (lower left); further signed, titled and inscribed (to label verso)
127 x 101.5cm (50 x 39¾ in.)
Painted in 1979-80.
Provenance:
Sale, Sotheby's London, 3rd December 1998, lot 68
The estate of John Lippitt, Hampshire
Exhibited:
London, Royal Academy, Carel Weight R.A. Retrospective , 1982, no. 97a, this exhibition travelled to York, City Art Gallery; Rochdale, Art Gallery; Penzance, Newlyn Art Gallery and Folkestone, New Metropole Art Centre
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λ EDWARD BURRA (BRITISH 1905-1976)
THE LOAF
Watercolour and gouache
Signed
58.5 x 80cm (23 x 31¼ in.)
Executed in 1964-5.
Provenance:
The Lefevre Gallery, London
Private Collection, Gerald C. Corcoran
Private Collection, London (a gift from the above)
Martin Summers Fine Art, London
Collection of the late John Lippitt, Hampshire
Exhibited:
London, The Lefevre Gallery, Watercolours by Edward Burra , May 1965, cat. no.14
London, Hayward Gallery, Edward Burra , August - September 1985, cat. no.119
Literature:
William Chappell (ed.), Edward Burra: A Painter Remembered by His Friends , Andre Deutsch, in association with the Lefevre Gallery, London, 1982, p.34 (illustrated)
Andrew Causey, Edward Burra, Complete Catalogue , Oxford, 1985, cat. no.307 (illustrated)
Burra was never a conventional artist. His early work comprises vibrant depictions of urban scenes, snapshots of the new modern world and city nightlife in particular. And yet his works are rarely straight-forward. They are frequently imbued with a sense of the bizarre, the surreal, shining a spotlight on the seedier, macabre side of life.
"He painted humanity's dark side, its warmongers, low lives and outsiders, illuminating dark and murky corners wherever he went; his idiosyncratic tour of the 20 th century is strange, unsettling and always compelling."
(Andrew Graham Dixon, in I Never Tell Anybody Anything: The Life and Art of Edward Burra , BBC Four, 2011)
Beset by ill health from an early age, Burra did not let this stifle his artistic ambition, travelling widely throughout his life with a particular love for France and Spain. He worked predominately in watercolour due to his chronic arthritis, his compositions are bright and vibrant with strong graphic lines.
The impact of the Spanish Civil War and the subsequent descent into World War II changed everything for Burra. His love for the frivolous side of life was shattered by the terrible violence meted out during these conflicts. A new seriousness came to the fore as Burra tried to deal with the horrors that confronted him.
Burra's post war works incorporate new themes such as landscape, fruit and flower works and market scenes. However, as ever, nothing is straight-forward - as in the present work, The Loaf, strange, ambiguous shapes emerge from the everyday objects. Humorous and surreal, the meaning remains elusive. Burra himself was always reticent about discussing his work preferring the viewer to make their own interpretation, forever leaving more questions than answers.
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λ OLIVER MESSEL (BRITISH 1904-1978)
PORTRAIT OF LADY KELVEDON, INGRID CHANNON
Oil on canvas-board
Signed (lower right)
51 x 40.5cm (20 x 15¾ in.)
Unframed
Provenance:
Direct from the artist
By descent to Thomas Messel, the artist's nephew
Ingrid Channon was born to the painter Richard Wyndham, scion of the Barons Egremont. In 1963, she married Paul Channon, President of the Board of Trade under Margaret Thatcher. Messel was acquainted with Channon's father-in-law, Sir Henry 'Chips' Channon, from London society; there, they enjoyed the company of prominent men of their day, including Cecil Beaton and Noel Coward (for a comprehensive account of these circles, see Thierry Coudert, Café Society: Socialites, Patrons, and Artists, 1920 to 1960 (2010)). Beaton would later photograph Channon. Paul and Ingrid Channon remained close to Messel, exchanging Christmas cards after his move to Barbados (see University of Bristol Theatre Collection OHM/2/3/19).
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λ OLIVER MESSEL (BRITISH 1904-1978)
PORTRAIT OF MARK NEWMAN GILBEY
Oil on canvas
Signed (lower left)
45.5 x 35.5cm (17¾ x 13¾ in.)
Unframed
Provenance:
Direct from the artist
By descent to Thomas Messel, the artist's nephew
Mark Newman Gilbey was the chairman of Duncan, Gilbey and Matheson, a scotch whisky distillery now based in Zambia. Along with the horticulturist Peter Daniel Coats and the soldier Sir William Miles Aykroyd, Gilbey was the subject of a 1950 group photograph by Norman Parkinson. Gilbey, like many successful men of his age, owned leisure homes in such coastal locations as Gorée Island and Tangiers. Gilbey and Messel enjoyed a long friendship; in the 1960s, Messel was entrusted with designing his Dominican residence (Charles Castle, Oliver Messel: A Biography (1986), p. 232).
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λ OLIVER MESSEL (BRITISH 1904-1978)
PORTRAIT OF SIR JOHN MILLS
Oil on canvas
46 x 41cm (18 x 16 in.)
Unframed
Painted in 1974.
Provenance:
Direct from the artist
By descent to Thomas Messel, the artist's nephew
Sir John Mills was a prolific actor on stage and screen, amassing over 120 film credits during his seven-decade career. Celebrated for his military roles, Mills cemented his reputation with such war films as Cottage to Let (1941), Above Us the Waves (1955), Dunkirk (1958), and The Valiant (1962). Mills received the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance as the bumbling Michael in David Lean's Ryan's Daughter (1970). In 1960, Mills was appointed CBE; in 1976, he was knighted for his services to cinema by Queen Elizabeth II; in 2002, he was awarded a BAFTA Fellowship. His acquaintance with Messel was long established, given their professional collaboration on early productions including Cochran's 1931 Revue (see Balanchine Catalogue no. 108) as actor and set designer respectively.
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λ OLIVER MESSEL (BRITISH 1904-1978)
STUDY OF MICA ERTEGUN
Oil on canvas, laid to board
74 x 61cm (29 x 24 in.)
Unframed
Provenance:
Direct from the artist
By descent to Thomas Messel, the artist's nephew
Mica Ertegun was a Romanian-American philanthropist and, like Messel, an accomplished interior designer, co-founding the extant firm MAC II in 1967. She donated widely to cultural causes, including humanities teaching at the University of Oxford, restoration efforts in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, and the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, New York. In 1993, Ertegun was inducted into the Interior Design Hall of Fame; in 2011, Ertegun was appointed CBE by Queen Elizabeth II. In the 1970s, Ertegun visited Messel in Barbados, where she sat for this portrait (see University of Bristol Theatre Collection OHM/2/5/8). It is a testament to Messel's taste that Ahmet Ertegun, Mica's husband and the co-founder of Atlantic Records, chose the Oliver Messel Suite at the Dorchester Hotel as his London base (Robert Greenfield, The Last Sultan: The Life and Times of Ahmet Ertegun (2012), p. 208).
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λ OLIVER MESSEL (BRITISH 1904-1978)
STUDY FOR MRS MILLIARD
Oil and pencil on artist's board
51 x 41cm (20 x 16 in.)
Unframed
Painted in Barbados in 1977.
Provenance:
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λ ROBERT BUHLER (BRITISH/SWISS 1916 -1989)
PORTRAIT OF A SEATED LADY, WITH HANDS FOLDED
Oil on canvas board
50.5 x 35.5cm (19¾ x 13¾ in.)
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λ ROBERT BUHLER (BRITISH/SWISS 1916 -1989)
PORTRAIT OF A SEATED LADY
Oil on canvas
Signed (lower right); dated March. 36 (verso)
91 x 76cm (35¾ x 29¾ in.)
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BETTY MAUD CHRISTIAN FAGAN (BRITISH 1875-1932)
STUDY FOR 'THE BRIDESMAID'
Oil on board
Signed (lower right)
49.5 x 39.5cm (19¼ x 15½ in.)
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λ KEN HOWARD (BRITISH 1932-2022)
NUDE MODEL SEATED IN THE ARTIST'S STUDIO
Oil on canvas
Signed (lower right)
76.5 x 64cm (30 x 25 in.)
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λ ROBERT BUHLER (BRITISH/SWISS 1916 -1989)
PORTRAIT OF COLIN HAYES
Oil on canvas
61 x 45cm (24 x 17½ in.)
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λ AUGUSTUS JOHN (BRITISH 1878-1961)
PORTRAIT OF ROBIN
Oil and pencil on panel
Signed (lower left)
48.5 x 27cm (19 x 10½ in.)
Painted circa 1910-14.
Provenance:
Private Collection, Mr and Mrs Andre de Lemur
Private Collection, Charles and Eleanor "Nonie" de Limur, San Francisco (a gift from the above in 1957)
Christie's, London, 21 November 2013, lot 171
Acquired from the above sale by the present owner
The present painting belongs to the period 1910 -1914 when the family spent periods at Martigues, a fishing village on the Etang de Berre, a series of saltwater lagoons near Marseille in southern France. Portrait of Robin is typical of John's output during this period - he would draw directly onto the panel and paint at speed, leaving small areas of bare wood and pencil showing. These panels are among some of his most sought after works. Robin was born in 1904 and was Augustus's third son with his first wife, Ida.
We are grateful to Rebecca John for her kind assistance in cataloguing this lot.
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LUCIEN PISSARRO (FRENCH 1863-1944)
BACK OF THE VILLAGE
Watercolour and ink
Signed with monogram (lower left)
9.5 x 13cm (3½ x 5 in.)
Provenance:
The Leicester Galleries, London
Private Collection, The Honorable David Kenworthy
Exhibited:
London, The Leicester Galleries, January 1946, no. 63
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λ AUGUSTUS JOHN (BRITISH 1878-1961)
GYPSY MOTHER AND CHILD
Pencil, ink and wash
Signed and dated 1943 (lower right)
48.5 x 33.5cm (19 x 13 in.)
Provenance:
Private Collection, The Hon. Captain James Smith, London
Private Collection, New York
Macmillan & Perrin Gallery, Toronto (September 1981)
Sale, John Goodwin Auctions, Malvern, sale date unknown
Private Collection, Hampshire (acquired from the above)
Exhibited:
London, The Leicester Galleries, The Works of Augustus John , 1943, no. 46
John made numerous studies of mothers with babies and children during the years before World War I and of Irish peasant families during his visit to Galway in 1915. It is most likely that this drawing dates from this period, but, as was often the case, was signed later for the 1943 Leicester Galleries exhibition.
We are grateful to Rebecca John for her kind assistance in cataloguing this lot.
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WALTER SICKERT (BRITISH 1860-1942)
THE OLD SOLDIER
Oil on canvas
Signed (lower right), inscribed and dated Le Pollet. 1912. (lower left)
41 x 33cm (16 x 12 in.)
Provenance:
Sale, Christie's, 1950s (sale unknown)
Private Collection, A.D. Peters
Private Collection, J.B. Priestley (a gift from the above in 1964 for Priestley's 70th birthday)
Sale, Sotheby's, 18 June 1997, lot 63
The Collection of The Bowerman Charitable Trust
Literature:
Wendy Baron, Sickert , 1973, cat. 302, fig. 211
Wendy Baron, Sickert Paintings & Drawings , 2006, cat. 390., p.393 (illustrated)
The present work was referenced in letters dated 1913 between Walter Sickert and Ethel Sands. ' I have happily decided to hold over the finishing of the blind sailor. It won't do for me to come our just now with an important sentimental work unfinished or à peu près .'
The work was painted during a visit to Dieppe in 1912. Sickert was a regular visitor to the area and took up permanent residence in Dieppe between 1898-1905. In 1912 Sickert and his new wife Christine Angus Drummond bought the Villa d'Aumale in Envermeu, a village set in the valley of the Eaulne ten miles inland from Dieppe.
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λ LAURA KNIGHT (BRITISH 1877-1970)
TWO ROMANY LASSES ON ASCOT HEATH
Oil on canvas
Signed (lower left)
63.5 x 76.2cm (25 x 30 in.)
Provenance:
Ian MacNicol, Glasgow
John E. Milne Esq., Private Collection, Glasgow, acquired from the above in 1966
John Martin of London, Modern Art from Britain & Ireland, London
The Collection of the Bowerman Charitable Trust, acquired from the above in 2001
Exhibited:
Penzance, Penlee House Gallery & Museum , Laura Knight: In the Open Air ,16 June 2012 - 8 September 2012, touring exhibition to Nottingham, Djanogly Art Gallery, 22 September - 4 November 2012; Worcester, Worcester Art Gallery, 17 November 2012 - 10 February 2013
Penzance, Penlee House Gallery & Museum, Laura Knight: A Celebration , 17 May - 16 September 2021
This painting will be included in the forthcoming C atalogue Raisonné of the work of Dame Laura Knight currently being prepared by R. John Croft F.C.A., the artist's great-nephew.
Gypsy and traveller communities have long cherished the tradition of gathering at racing events, particularly at Ascot and Epsom, as horses have always held significant importance within the traveller community. These occasions, following months of travel, offered a chance for communities to meet and celebrate. The races provided a vibrant backdrop for socialising and an opportunity to display their finest clothes and jewellery. It became tradition to sell flowers and lucky heather to fellow attendees, a tradition that continues to this day.
During the 1930s, Laura Knight regularly attended the races at Epsom Downs and Ascot, initially recommended by her friend Sir Alfred Munnings. Her connection with Ally Bert, wife of a circus performer, led to an introduction to Mr. Sully, who owned a garage. Mr. Sully kindly agreed to chauffeur Knight and her companions in his Rolls Royce, which, with its high roof, accommodated Knight's easel and canvas comfortably. Knight would record from life scenes from these meets, capturing the festivities, characters and everyday life providing a unique insight into these historic meets.
'This Royal meeting was a special occasion for the gipsies [ sic .]; they came in their bright satin gala dresses, hair elaborately arranged with curls soaped to their cheeks, their sharp black eyes alert for police as they made a round of parked cars which had passengers standing on top. Out came a crystal from a hidden pocket, and a wheedling voice offered to tell fortunes - forbidden by law. They never bothered Laura at her easel in the Rolls; she was a source of money in another way, for now she asked gipsies [ sic .] of different ages to pose for her, and paid them. More important still, they knew that she liked and admired Romany folk' (J. Dunbar, Laura Knight , 1975, p. 143)
Laura Knight beautifully captures the essence of Romany life through her paintings. Following on from the races, Knight was welcomed into the travelling community, spending time painting direct from life in Iver. She engaged intimately with the community which lends her work a remarkable authenticity and realism that is both honest and romantic. In the present lot, the Ascot racecourse is depicted in the distance, with the Queen Anne Enclosure visible in the upper right corner. The lawn is scattered with groups of people at leisure, relaxing and resting under the trees. Central to the composition are two female figures: one seated and the other lying with her head resting in the lap of the seated figure. The seated figure wears a striking red cape with primary blue sleeves and a yellow tartan skirt, her auburn curls flowing over her shoulders. The figure lying down has jet black hair with a curl resting on her forehead. Her arms are delicately placed on her friend's knee, her right arm gently entwined with her companion's. The soft pastel shades of her patterned dress create a serene and beautiful contrast.
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The canvas is not relined. Ultraviolet light reveals some scattered spots of retouching to the tip of the upper left corner, along the edges and to the sky as well as a couple of further small spots. Otherwise, the work is in good condition.
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λ JACK SIMCOCK (BRITISH 1929-2012)
HOUSE IN A LANDSCAPE
Oil on board
Signed and dated 69 (lower left); further signed (verso)
46 x 76cm (18 x 29¾ in.)
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λ JACQUES DEPERTHES (FRENCH B. 1936)
MARCY
Oil on canvas
Signed (lower right); further signed, titled, dated 1972 and inscribed with inventory number 20F (verso)
60 x 73cm (23½ x 28½ in.)
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λ ANDREW HEMINGWAY (BRITISH B. 1955) THE STORE HOUSE Tempera on board Signed twice (upper left) 149.5 x 112.5cm (58¾ x 44¼ in.)
Provenance: Private Collection, Canada (purchased from the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition in 1984)
Sale, Christie's, An Adventurous Spirit: An Important Private Collection Sold to Benefit a Charitable Foundation , 13 December 2018, lot 295
Exhibited: London, Royal Academy, Royal Academy Summer Exhibition , 1984 London, Plus One Gallery
Literature: The Royal Academy Illustrated, 1984, p. 75
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λ DAVID TINDLE (BRITISH B. 1932)
HARBOUR "CAPSTAIN WITH POLES"
Oil on board
Signed and dated 1957 (lower left); further signed, titled and dated 1957 (verso)
42 x 53cm (16½ x 20¾ in.)
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λ FRANK DOBSON (BRITISH 1888-1963)
WAVES BREAKING UNDER A CLOUDY SKY
Watercolour and gouache
Signed and dated 08 (lower right)
36 x 42cm (14 x 16½ in.)
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λ GLUCK (BRITISH 1895-1976)
SULKY SPRING, SOUTHEASE
Oil on board
Signed (lower left)
26 x 36.5cm (10 x 14¼ in.)
Presented in artist's three tier painted frame.
Provenance:
The Fine Art Society Ltd., London (by December 1937)
Exhibited:
London, The Fine Art Society Ltd., 1937, no. 23
London, The Fine Art Society Ltd., Memorial Exhibition , 1980-81, no. 33
Literature:
Diana Souhami, Gluck, Her Biography , London,1988, p.175
In February 1937 Gluck and Nesta Obermer visited Southease, a village in East Sussex in the valley of the river Ouse. The pair had a picnic from the car as Gluck began painting the vast landscape. Gluck captured the point at which the river changes its course and flows onwards to the sea.
Gluck designed and painted many of her frames including the one used in the present lot. Gluck's distinctive 3 stepped symmetrical painted panels were designed to match the colour of the wall on which they were hung. It was also encouraged that the outer step could be covered in the same wallpaper to match the walls. This effect was patented in 1932 and used in all of her subsequent exhibitions. The concept became known as 'The Gluck Room'.
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λ ELIOT HODGKIN (BRITISH 1905-1987)
BRITISH RAILWAY OIL CANS
Oil on canvas laid to board
Signed and dated 30 V 66 (lower right)
49 x 38.5cm (19¼ x 15 in.)
Provenance:
Sale, Christie's, South Kensington, 24th January 1983, lot 225
Martin Summers, London (acquired in 2000)
Exhibited:
London, Thomas Agnew & Sons Ltd., Eliot Hodgkin, Paintings in Oil and Tempera , 1966, no. 20
London, The Royal Academy, The Summer Exhibition , 1967, no. 681
Aylesbury, Waddesdon Manor, Brought to Life: Eliot Hodgkin Rediscovered, May-October 2019, cat. no. 69 (illustrated p. 132)
This work is included in the online catalogue raisonne of works by Eliot Hodgkin.
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λ FRED CUMING (BRITISH 1930-2022)
STILL LIFE OF APPLES AND YELLOW KETTLE
Oil on board
Signed (lower left)
38.5 x 50cm (15 x 19½ in.)
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λ ANNE REDPATH (SCOTTISH 1895-1965)
STILL LIFE WITH JUG OF FLOWERS
Watercolour
Signed (lower centre)
49.5 x 59.5cm (19¼ x 23¼ in.)
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λ ANNE REDPATH (SCOTTISH 1895-1965)
THE SITTING ROOM
Oil on canvas
91 x 91cm (35¾ x 35¾ in.)
Painted in 1957.
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FRANCIS CAMPBELL BOILEAU CADELL (SCOTTISH 1883-1937)
THE SPANISH LADY
Oil on canvas
Signed and dated 1910 (lower left)
152.5 x 102cm (60 x 40 in.)
Provenance
Bourne Fine Art, London, 1986
Sale, Christie's, Scotland, 11 December 1986, lot 226 (indistinctly dated)
Compare with a similar picture of Lady Lavery, The Three Scottish Colourists T.J. Honeyman, Harris, 1977, pl. no. 12
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λ ELWIN HAWTHORNE (BRITISH 1905-1954)
SUSSEX PLACE, REGENTS PARK, NW1
Watercolour and pencil
Signed (lower right)
14.5 x 16cm (5½ x 6¼ in.)
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λ ELWIN HAWTHORNE (BRITISH 1905-1954)
IVY COTTAGE, WANSTEAD
Watercolour and pencil
Titled (to centre, upper edge)
11.5 x 17.5cm (4½ x 6¾ in.)
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λ ELWIN HAWTHORNE (BRITISH 1905-1954) CHESTER PLACE Crayon and pencil Titled (lower centre); further inscribed with working notes 20.5 x 28cm (8 x 11 in.) Unframed
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λ ELWIN HAWTHORNE (BRITISH 1905-1954)
ST. JOHN'S, DOWNSHIRE HILL, HAMPSTEAD
Oil on canvas
Signed (lower right); inscribed St. John's, Hampstead and dated 1936 (to stretcher verso)
50.5 x 63.5cm (19¾ x 25 in.)
Exhibited:
London, Alex, Reid & Lefevre, New Paintings by the East London Group, December 1936, no. 44 (as 'Downshire Hill')
The artist painted two views in oils of St. John's, Hampstead during 1936. In addition to the present work, a further painting is held by the Herbert Art Gallery & Museum in Coventry.
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λ WALTER STEGGLES (BRITISH 1908-1997)
GEORGE GILMORE'S COTTAGE, HOWTH
Watercolour
Signed (lower left)
11 x 19cm (4¼ x 7¼ in.)
Executed circa 1950.
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λ ELWIN HAWTHORNE (BRITISH 1905-1954)
NEAR NAVESTOCK, ESSEX
Watercolour and pencil
Signed and titled (lower right)
17 x 24cm (6½ x 9¼ in.)
Exhibited:
London, Alex, Reid & Lefevre, Watercolours, Pastels and Drawings by Contemporary British Artists, December 1939, cat. no. 61
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λ ELWIN HAWTHORNE (BRITISH 1905-1954)
RONEO CORNER, ROMFORD WITH THE ROMFORD BREWERY IN THE DISTANCE
Watercolour and pencil
Signed (lower right); titled (lower left)
17 x 24cm (6½ x 9¼ in.)
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λ HENRY SILK (BRITISH 1883-1947)
THE BEDROOM
Oil on canvas, laid to board
Signed (lower left)
48 x 50.5cm (18¾ x 19¾ in.)
The painting depicts Henry Silk's own bedroom at 11 Rounton Road in Bow, East London.
Exhibited:
London, The Bethnal Green Museum, Spring 1927, no. 41
London, Whitechapel Art Gallery, The East London Art Club's Exhibition, December 1928, no. 107
Literature:
David Buckman, From Bow to Biennale (revised edition), London, 2016, illustrated p. 66
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λ WALTER STEGGLES (BRITISH 1908-1997)
CAISTER CASTLE
Oil on canvas
Signed (lower left); titled (to canvas overlap verso)
51 x 36cm (20 x 14 in.)
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λ PHYLLIS BRAY (BRITISH 1911-1991)
REMEMBRANCE
Watercolour, gouache and crayon
14 x 11cm (5½ x 4¼ in.)
Provenance:
A gift from the artist to Walter Steggles (1908-1997)
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λ WALTER STEGGLES (BRITISH 1908-1997)
ESSEX LANDSCAPE WITH POLLARDS
Oil on board
Signed (lower right); further signed and titled (verso)
18.5 x 23cm (7¼ x 9 in.)
Painted in 1932.
Provenance:
Alex. Reid & Lefevre Ltd., London
Mary Cburchill (acquired from the above in 1932 as a Christmas present from her nanny, Maryott Whyte)
Sale: Sotheby's, London, Daughter of History: Mary Soames and the Legacy of Churchill , 17 December 2014, lot 219
Private Collection, UK
Exhibited:
London, Alex. Reid & Lefevre Ltd, New Paintings by the East London Group , 1932, no. 85
Southend-on-Sea, Beecroft Gallery, Brothers in Art: Walter & Harold Steggles & the East London Group , September 2021-April 2022
Southend-on-Sea, Beecroft Gallery, Out of the City , 2016
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λ ELWIN HAWTHORNE (BRITISH 1905-1954)
ROCHESTER CASTLE
Watercolour and pencil
17 x 24.5cm (6½ x 9½ in.)
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λ ELWIN HAWTHORNE (BRITISH 1905-1954)
COLMAN'S HATCH, NEAR CROWBOROUGH, SUSSEX
Watercolour, pencil and pastel
Signed (lower left)
17 x 24.5cm (6½ x 9½ in.)
Exhibited:
London, Alex, Reid & Lefevre, Watercolours, Pastels and Drawings by Contemporary British Artists, December 1939, cat. no. 50
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λ ETHELBERT WHITE (BRITISH 1891-1972)
BRADFORD-ON-AVON
Oil on canvas
Signed (lower right)
49 x 62cm (19¼ x 24¼ in.)
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λ HAROLD STEGGLES (BRITISH 1911-1971)
HIGH WYCOMBE
Oil on board
Signed (lower left); further signed and titled (verso)
34.5 x 42.5cm (13½ x 16½ in.)
Painted in 1938.
Provenance:
Sir Robert Ensor, writer and poet (1877-1958) (acquired from the Ashmolean Gallery exhibition, 1939)
Sale, Cheffins, Cambridge, 10 June 2010, lot 511
Private Collection, UK
Exhibited:
London, Alex. Reid & Lefevre Ltd., New Paintings: Harold & W.J. Steggles , 1938
Oxford, Ashmolean Museum, Young British Painters , 1939, no. 101
Southend-on-Sea, Beecroft Gallery, Brothers in Art: Walter & Harold Steggles & the East London Group , September 2021-April 2022
Southend-on-Sea, Beecroft Gallery, Out of the City , 2016
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λ PAUL STOREY (BRITISH B. 1957)
ATHENE WITH OWL
Acrylic on board
76 x 62.5cm (29¾ x 24½ in.)
Painted in 2003.
Provenance:
Gillian Jason Modern & Contemporary Art, London
Acquired from the above by the present owner
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λ PETER HOWSON (SCOTTISH B. 1958)
HEAD WITH MOON AND CHURCH BEYOND
Pastel and chalk
Signed (lower right)
61 x 45cm (24 x 17½ in.)
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λ JACK VETTRIANO (SCOTTISH B. 1951)
THE INTERVAL
Oil on canvas-board
Signed (lower right)
55.5 x 45.5cm (21¾ x 17¾ in.)
Provenance:
The Atholl Gallery, Dunkeld, Perthshire
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λ ERTĒ (FRENCH 1892-1990)
TABAC BLOND; FRIVOLITES
Gouache
Both signed (lower right); stamped with studio stamp and titled (verso)
Each 18.5 x 27cm (7¼ x 10½ in.) (2)
Unframed
Provenance:
Acquired directly from the artist
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λ ERTĒ (FRENCH 1892-1990)
EXPOSITION UNIVERSELLE 1889
Gouache
Signed (lower right); stamped with studio stamp (on the backboard)
18 x 30cm (7 x 11¾ in.)
Unframed
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λ ERTĒ (FRENCH 1892-1990)
THREE SCREEN DESIGNS OF LONDON FOR LATIN QUARTER
Gouache and gold paint
All signed (lower right); stamped with studio stamp, titled and dated 1961 (on the reverse)
Each 26 x 36cm (10 x 14 in.) (3)
Provenance:
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λ ERTĒ (FRENCH 1892-1990)
RIDEAU
Gouache and silver paint
Signed (lower right), inscribed and dated 1935 (on the reverse)
37 x 27cm (14½ x 10½ in.)
Unframed
Provenance:
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λ BRUCE MCLEAN (BRITISH B. 1944)
STUDY FOR SOLDAT
Gouache, watercolour and black crayon
Signed and dated 85 (lower right); further inscribed with notes (across the sheet)
56.5 x 75.5cm (22 x 29½ in.)
The present work illustrates costume studies for the ballet Soldat by Ashley Page for Ballet Rambert in 1989.
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λ JOHN BELLANY (SCOTTISH 1942-2013)
PROMETHEUS
Watercolour
Signed (upper right)
76 x 57cm (29¾ x 22¼ in.)
Painted circa 1989.
Provenance:
Fischer Fine Art Ltd., London
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λ RENÉ GRUAU (ITALIAN 1909-2004)
CHAT SUR FOND ROUGE
Oil on board
Signed with monogram (upper right); further signed with monogram (verso)
61 x 43.5cm (24 x 17 in.)
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λ GEORGE DEVLIN (SCOTTISH 1937-2014)
EVENING ON THE MARE, HERAULT
Oil on canvas
Signed (lower left)
33 x 35.5cm (12 x 13¾ in.)
Provenance:
Portland Gallery, London
Exhibited:
London, Portland Gallery, May, 1994
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λ ROBERTO FERRUZZI (ITALIAN 1927-2010)
RIO DI SAN VIO, VENEZIA
Oil on board
Signed (lower right); further signed and titled (verso)
20 x 30cm (7¾ x 11¾ in.)
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λ ROBERTO FERRUZZI (ITALIAN 1927-2010)
IL REDENTORE, VENEZIA
Oil on board
Signed (lower left); further signed and titled (verso)
30 x 40cm (11¾ x 15½ in.)
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λ GUSTAV WUNDERWALD (GERMAN 1882-1945)
FOHREN MIT ROTER WOLKE
Oil on canvas
Signed (lower left); further signed and inscribed (to label on stretcher verso)
71 x 61cm (27¾ x 24 in.)
Painted circa 1909.
Provenance:
Berta Wunderwald, the artist's widow
Private Collection, South Germany
Sale, Ketterer Kunst, Munich, 11 June 2015, lot 42
Sale, Grisebach, Berlin, 11 June 2021, lot 315
Collection of the late John Lippitt, Hampshire
Exhibited:
Berlin, Kunst- und Buchhandlung Landsberg, Gustav Wunderwald , October-November 1924
Berlin, Galerie Gerda Bassenge, Gustav Wunderwald 1882-1945. Zeichnungen und Ölbilder, 1971
Berlin, Berlinische Galerie, Gustav Wunderwald. Gemälde, Handzeichnungen, Bühnenbilder. Eine Ausstellung zum 100. Geburtstag des Künstlers , August-October 1982 and Albstadt, Städtische Galerie, November 1982 - January 1983, cat. no. 25
Literature:
Hildegard Reinhardt, Gustav Wunderwald (1882-1945): Untersuchungen zum bildkünstlerischen Gesamtwerk , Hildesheim, 1988, cat. no. 7
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λ MERLIN JAMES (BRITISH B. 1960)
TWO POPLAR TREES
Oil on canvas
Signed and dated 9-11 to stretcher (verso); further titled and dated 2009-11 (verso)
58 x 90.5cm (22¾ x 35½ in.)
Unframed
Provenance:
Richard Salmon Gallery, London
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λ PETER COLLIS (BRITISH 1929-2012)
THE SEA NEAR ROUNDSTONE
Oil on board
Signed (lower right); titled to artist's label (verso)
22.5 x 33cm (8¾ x 12 in.)
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λ WILLIAM BROOKER (BRITISH 1918-1983)
MAIZE FIELD, IBIZA
Oil on canvas
Signed and dated '53 (lower right); Inscribed, titled and dated 1953 to canvas overlap (verso)
46 x 61cm (18 x 24 in.)
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