Modern British & 20th Century Art

Five designs for red dresses
each signed 'Beaton' (lower right), one dated '1927', one dated '1960', two dated '1967', pencil and watercolour on paper
each 36 x 26.5cm
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Costume design for the character Violet in 'The Return of the Prodigal' by St. John Hankin, The Globe Theatre, 1948
signed 'Beaton' (lower right), and inscribed 'Violet Act II', also bears studio stamp
ink and watercolour
44 x 34cm
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Costume design for Audrey Fildes playing Stella Faringford in 'The Return of the Prodigal' by St. John Hankin, The Globe Theatre, 1948
signed 'Beaton' (lower right) and inscribed 'Miss Fildes Stella Act II', also bears studio stamp
ink and watercolour
44 x 34cm
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Sketch of Yehudi Menuhin OM, KBE (1916-1999)
stamped ‘Cecil Beaton from Miss E. Hose’ (lower left) and inscribed with sitter (lower left)
pencil on paper
27 x 20.5cm
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Sketch of Michael Aspel
stamped ‘Cecil Beaton from Miss E. Hose’ (lower left) and inscribed with sitter (lower right)
pencil on paper
28.5 x 18cm
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Sketch of Alexander Douglas Home KT, PC (1903-1995)
stamped ‘Cecil Beaton from Miss E. Hose’ (lower left) and inscribed with sitter (lower right)
pencil on paper
26 x 18cm
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Sketch of Julian Bream CBE (1933-2020)
stamped ‘Cecil Beaton from Miss E. Hose’ (lower left and verso) and inscribed with sitter (upper right)
pencil on paper
32 x 25.5cm
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Portrait of a seated man
watercolour and wash
47.5 x 34.5cm
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Provenance
Sale, Christies London, Cecil Beaton - The Estate of the Late Miss Eileen Hose, 21 June 1988, lot 97

Mr Lytton Strachey
titled, dated and signed 'Mr Lytton Strachey, 1931, Max' (lower centre)
pencil and watercolour
32 x 18.5cm
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Exhibited
London, The Leicester Galleries, Sir Max Beerbohm, 1952, no.35
Private collection

Publicity (Mr Shaw to the Laureate)
inscribed, signed and dated 'Publicity Mr. Shaw, to the Laureate: "Bravo! Without and blarney, Bravo! But look here: you'll never cut me out unless you broadcast." Max 1929' (lower right)
ink and wash
31 x 36cm
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The present work was executed after the publication of Robert Bridges' (Poet Laureate 1913-1930) 'The Testament of Beauty' in 1929

Exhibited
London, The Leicester Galleries, Sir Max Beerbohm, 1952, no.138
Private collection

Children in a park
numbered '21/100' (in lower left margin)
woodcut
16.5 x 12cm

The Jolly Farmer, Farnham
signed and dated 'Barbara Jones 1944' (lower right) and signed and titled on the artist's label (attached to the backboard)
watercolour
37 x 55.5cm
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Rising - Early Morning
signed 'Diana M Bloomfield' (lower right)
pencil and wash
50.5 x 34cm
(unframed)
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Provenance
Private collection, UK

Footnote
Diana Bloomfield studied at Harrow School of Art and the Hampstead Garden Suburb Institute from 1947. She was strongly influenced by the work of Eric Gill and went onto specialise in wood engraving. She received a commission from Penguin for various publications including Walter de la Mare's poetry anthology for children, 'Come Hither'.

I bet I am giving you a bit of a fright
signed 'Mr Hoffnung' (lower right) and inscribed with title (upper right)
pencil, ink and watercolour
23.5 x 29cm
together with The Harpist, a print after the same hand
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Bookshop and Sparrows
signed 'Drawn by Mr Hoffnung' and dedicated (lower right)
pencil, ink, watercolour and bodycolour
33 x 37cm
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A boy sat in a bowl (thought to be one of the artist's sons)
signed 'Peake' (lower left)
pencil, charcoal, watercolour and gouache
32 x 25cm
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Provenance
Acquired from the artist by the vendor's mother. Peake was a personal friend of the vendor's mother, and drew and painted her a number of times

Study of a nude woman (Lynn Carter)
pencil
75 x 55cm
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Provenance
Acquired from the artist by the vendor's mother. Peake was a personal friend of the vendor's mother, and drew and painted her a number of times

Youth Marching
watercolour
17 x 15cm
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Portrait of a lady
signed and dated 'John 1941' (lower right)
chalk
43.5 x 31cm
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Study of deck on a naval vessel
charcoal
54 x 76cm
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Provenance
Mercury Gallery, London
Private collection, UK

Sunday Morning Bathers
signed in pencil 'E Blampied' (in lower margin)
etching
25 x 32.5cm
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End of the Day
signed in pencil 'E Blampied' (in lower margin)
etching
16 x 22cm
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Gathering a Seaweed Harvest; Hauling Turf from the Quay; Loading Cattle for the Galway Fair; Dancers at the Ceilidhe; Onlookers at the Ceilidhe; Interval in the Ceilidhe
a set of six
each with printed signature
prints
each image size 15 x 19.5cm
(all unframed)
(6)
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Still Life with landscape beyond
signed and dated 'Michael Rothenstein 1982' (lower right)
watercolour, ink and pencil
60cm x 90cm
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Provenance
The Artist, from whom acquired directly by the family of the present owner, personal friends of Michael and Sam Rothenstein, thence by descent

Study of a lady in a hat
stamped with studio stamp (lower right)
black chalk and pastel
41.5 x 44cm
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Provenance
Galerie Aittouares, Paris, where purchased by the present owner

Still life of flowers in a jug
signed and dated 'Jos Kopf 1925' (lower right) and bears E Stacy Marks Ltd Fine Art Dealers label (to back of frame)
oil on panel
32.5 x 23cm
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Queen Esther
inscribed (verso)
oil on canvas
69 x 53cm

The Italian Musician
inscribed (verso)
oil on canvas
71 x 54cm

Campagne en fleurs
signed 'JF Baudoin' (lower right)
oil on canvas
46.5 x 61cm
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Landscape at Dusk
signed 'T Blau' (lower right)
oil on canvas
13 x 23cm

Selbstbildnis mit nackter frau (Self portrait with naked woman)
signed, inscribed and dated 'C Felixmuller Berlin 36' (upper left) and inscribed and dated 'WN: 683-1936' (verso)
oil on canvas
60.5 x 45cm
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Provenance
Anon sale, Hauswedell & Nolte, Hamburg, 12 June 1992, lot 237

Carriole sur la route bordee d'arbres
signed 'Montezin' (lower right)
oil on canvas
55 x 56cm

Provenance
Kurt E Schon, New Orleans, 1984

This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity, no.620, dated 4th February 2021, written and signed by Cyril Klein-Montezin

La Goulue
bears signature and numbered '287/500' (in margin)
coloured engraving
29 x 23cm

Reclining Woman, Lassitude; Woman Waking up in Bed; Woman with Tray, Breakfast each numbered in pencil '178/1250' (lower right)
three reproduction prints of three of the lithographs from Elles
each 40 x 52cm
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Arcueil La Vache Noire
signed and dated 'E.C Benezit 1906' (lower right) and titled (lower left)
pencil and watercolour
15.5 x 17.5cm
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Provenance
Mercury Gallery, London

Bords de Riviere
watercolour, pencil and gouache
14 x 10cm
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Provenance
Mercury Gallery, London
Private collection, UK

Feuilles d'etudes
pen, ink and coloured chalk
30 x 24.5cm
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Provenance
Mercury Gallery, London
Private collection, UK

La Ruche, Extrait du Portfolio "La Ville"
printed signature (in plate) and numbered in pencil '156/180' (in lower margin)
lithograph
48 x 37cm
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Composition SP 28
lithograph
published by School Prints Ltd.
49 x 76cm
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Don Quixote
signed in blue chalk 'Picasso' (in lower margin)
lithograph
59.5 x 44cm
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Provenance
Private collection, UK

Composition 1947
colour wood engraving
36.5 x 25.5cm
together with another Laurens engraving
(2)
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Provenance
Lumley Cazalet, London
Private collection, UK

Abstract collage
signed and dated 'Beate Hulbeck 57' (lower right)
mixed media
48 x 35.5cm
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The Band
lithograph
published by School Prints Ltd.
48.6 x 76cm
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La Toilette
etching
21.5 x 16cm

Provenance
The Folio Society, Collectors' Corner, London
Private collection, UK

Two graces and a man (Illustrations pour le Satyricon)
etching
28.5 x 23.5cm
together with two other etchings from the same series; Grotesque satyr and a nude; and Statue and a man, each 28.5 x 23.5cm
(3)
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Provenance
Folio Fine Art Ltd, London
Private collection, UK

Portrait of Boris Pasternak
etching
30 x 22cm

Footnote
Boris Pasternak (1890-1960) is best know for his seminal novel Dr Zhivago. Seen as anti-communist by the Soviet authorities, publication was denied in the USSR. The manuscript had to be smuggled to Italy for publication in 1957 which further enraged the authorities. Pasternak was awarded the Nobel Prize the following year but was told he would not be allowed to return to Russia if he travelled to accept it and thus refused the award.

End of the Day, Andalucia
initialled 'MK' (lower left) and inscribed with title and artist's name (verso)
oil on canvas
51 x 61cm
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The War of Nettles and Thistles, Edinburgh, 1945
signed and dated 'Marian Kratochwil 45' (lower left) and inscribed with title and artist's name (verso)
oil on board
39.5 x 54cm
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