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14 May | Modern and Contemporary Art

Auction date Wednesday 14 May 2025 11:00 - 17:00 BST

DAVID HOCKNEY (BRITISH, B. 1937) Pool Made with Paper and Blue Ink for Book (1980)

Wednesday 14 May
Lots 1101 - 1360   Modern & Contemporary Art 11am

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Collections - Sussex Saleroom 
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Lots per page:

Total lots: 260

Lot 1101 Sold
RONALD OSSORY DUNLOP (IRISH, 1894-1973)
River scene
signed 'Dunlop' (lower right) and inscribed with artist's name (on canvas return)
oil on canvas
40.5 x 50.5cm
ARR

Provenance
Private collection, UK
Condition reportCraquelure.Paint separation in places but paint appears stable.General dirt and…
Hammer price: £420
Estimate: £100 - £200
14 May 2025
14 May 2025
Lot 1102 Unsold
NAYLOR GILL (AUSTRALIAN, 1873-1945)
An extensive landscape
signed 'Naylor Gill' (lower left)
oil on canvas-board
44.5 x 39.5cm

Provenance
Private collection, UK
Estimate: £150 - £250
14 May 2025
14 May 2025
Lot 1103 Sold
EDWARD WESSON (BRITISH, 1910-1983)
Thames Barges
signed 'Wesson' (lower right)
oil on canvas
51 x 76cm
ARR

Provenance
Gallery Thirty Three, Billingshurst, West Sussex;
Private collection, UK
Condition ReportOriginal canvas; small surface stain, lower left, otherwise paint surface is…
Hammer price: £500
Estimate: £600 - £800
14 May 2025
14 May 2025
Lot 1104 Unsold
CYRIL WALDUCK EDWARDS (BRITISH, 1902-1982)
Sailing boats and barges in a harbour
signed with initials 'C.W.E.' (lower right)
oil on canvas-board
45 x 60cm
ARR

Footnote
For a similar composition sold in these rooms see Sale, 28th November 2015, lot 1103
Estimate: £150 - £250
14 May 2025
14 May 2025
Lot 1105 Sold
CYRIL WALDUCK EDWARDS (BRITISH, 1902-1982) (3)
The Old Barn
signed 'C.W. Edwards' (lower left)
watercolour
28 x 38cm
together with Ruined buildings; and Heavy Horses at work, watercolours, each signed with initials, by the same hand
(3)
ARR

Exhibited
The Old Barn, Birmingham Exhibition, 1939, no.1
Hammer price: £90
Estimate: £100 - £150
14 May 2025
14 May 2025
Lot 1106 Sold
ELLIOTT SEABROOKE (BRITISH, 1886-1950)
Angmering Beach
signed 'ELLIOTT SEABROOKE' (lower right)
oil on canvas
63 x 76.5cm

Provenance
Sale, Christie's, London, Regency Villa, The Property of the Norman Family, 3rd November 2005, lot 1161;
Sale, Bonhams, London, 17th September 2013, lot 126;
Private collection, UK
Condition ReportOriginal canvas; approx. 1-inch square patch to reverse of canvas, upper centre;…
Hammer price: £1,700
Estimate: £1,000 - £2,000
14 May 2025
14 May 2025
Lot 1107 Sold
HORACE MANN LIVENS (BRITISH, 1862-1936)
Thames Bridges
signed 'H M Livens' (lower left)
oil on paper laid on board
13.5 x 18.5

Provenance
Sale, Bonhams, Knightsbridge, 30th January 2013, lot 911;
Private collection, UK
Condition ReportThe board is sound and flat; frame abrasion, upper left border, otherwise paint…
Hammer price: £850
Estimate: £800 - £1,200
14 May 2025
14 May 2025
Lot 1108 Sold
AUGUSTUS WILLIAM ENNESS (BRITISH, 1876-1948)
Sailing boats off the coast
signed 'A.W. Enness' (lower left)
oil on canvas
41 x 50.5cm
Hammer price: £180
Estimate: £180 - £220
14 May 2025
14 May 2025
Lot 1109 Sold
CHARLES WOLLASTON (BRITISH, 1914-1992)
Boats in a quiet harbour
oil on canvas
63 x 76cm
ARR

Provenance
Private collection, UK
Hammer price: £260
Estimate: £300 - £500
14 May 2025
14 May 2025
Lot 1110 Unsold
SIR NOEL COWARD (BRITISH, 1899-1973)
Figures on a beach with an arch beyond
signed 'NOËL COWARD' (lower right)
oil on canvas
51.5 x 70cm
ARR

Provenance
Sale, Burstow & Hewett, Battle, 25th May 2023, lot 811;
Private collection, UK
Estimate: £3,000 - £5,000
14 May 2025
14 May 2025
Lot 1111 Sold
GEORGE CHAPMAN (BRITISH, 1908-1993)
Crossing the Street
signed 'George Chapman' (lower left)
oil on board
71 x 84cm
ARR

Provenance
Private collection, UK
Hammer price: £1,200
Estimate: £1,000 - £1,500
14 May 2025
14 May 2025
Lot 1112 Sold
VLASTIMIL BENES (CZECH, 1919-1981)
Zizkov
signed and dated 'BENES 69' (lower right)
oil on canvas
79 x 100.5cm
ARR

Provenance
Thought to have been acquired by the father of the present owner circa 1990;
Private collection, UK
Condition ReportOriginal canvas; a few areas of minor craquelure to the paint surface and some…
Hammer price: £26,000
Estimate: £6,000 - £8,000
14 May 2025
14 May 2025
Lot 1113 Sold
PIERRE LE TRIVIDIC (FRENCH, 1898-1960)
Carnival
signed and dated 'Pierre le TRIVIDIC 1925' (lower right)
oil on board
53 x 65cm
ARR

Provenance
Private collection, UK
Hammer price: £600
Estimate: £500 - £700
14 May 2025
14 May 2025
Lot 1114 Sold
MARJORIE INCLEDON (BRITISH, 1891-1973)
A Small Still Life
signed with monogram 'MI' (lower right) and with old label (verso)
oil on canvas-board
36 x 27cm
ARR

Provenance
Private collection, UK
Condition reportThe canvas-board is sound and flat; flecks of surface staining to the table cloth,…
Hammer price: £200
Estimate: £100 - £150
14 May 2025
14 May 2025
Lot 1115 Sold
MARJORIE INCLEDON (BRITISH, 1891-1973)
All In One Jug
signed with monogram 'MI' (lower left), inscribed and with old label (to back of frame)
oil on canvas
51 x 61cm
ARR

Provenance
Private collection, UK
Hammer price: £280
Estimate: £80 - £120
14 May 2025
14 May 2025
Lot 1116 Sold
EDWARD WESSON (BRITISH, 1910-1983)
Study of yellow roses with a copy of the AA book
signed 'Wesson' (lower right)
oil on board
61 x 45cm
ARR

Provenance
Gallery Thirty Three, Billingshurst, Sussex;
Private collection, UK
Hammer price: £650
Estimate: £600 - £800
14 May 2025
14 May 2025
Lot 1117 Sold
DOROTHEA SHARP (BRITISH, 1874-1955)
Still life of flowers in a vase
signed ‘DOROTHEA SHARP’ (lower left)
oil on board
61 x 51cm
ARR

Provenance
Private collection, UK
Condition reportThe painting is under glass and has not been examined out of frame.The work is not…
Hammer price: £8,000
Estimate: £7,000 - £10,000
14 May 2025
14 May 2025
Lot 1118 Sold
CARL NONN (GERMAN, 1876-1949)
Bunter Straub (Colourful Bunch)
signed and dated 'Carl Nonn Bonn 19' (lower right) and further signed and titled (verso)
oil on canvas
97 x 78cm

Provenance
Private collection, UK
Hammer price: £240
Estimate: £250 - £350
14 May 2025
14 May 2025
Lot 1119 Sold
EUROPEAN SCHOOL, 20TH CENTURY
Tromp L'oeil with a bird and nest with eggs
oil on board
50.5 x 60.5cm

Provenance
Private collection, UK
Hammer price: £160
Estimate: £200 - £400
14 May 2025
14 May 2025
Lot 1120 Unsold
DORIS ZINKEISEN (BRITISH, 1898-1991)
Dressing for the Ball
signed 'Doris Zinkeisen' (lower right)
oil on canvas
61 x 51cm
ARR

Provenance
Private collection, UK
Estimate: £400 - £600
14 May 2025
14 May 2025
Lot 1121 Sold
SCOTTIE WILSON (BRITISH, 1888-1972)
Trebla
signed 'SCOTTIE' (centre right)
mixed media on board
38 x 23.5cm
ARR

Provenance
Private collection, UK
Condition reportThe board is sound; paint surface generally sound throughout; no sign of retouching…
Hammer price: £550
Estimate: £300 - £500
14 May 2025
14 May 2025
Lot 1122 Sold
JOHANNES SVEINSSON KJARVAL (ICELANDIC, 1885-1972)
Untitled - Heads in profile
signed 'JS Kjarval' (lower right)
oil on canvas
34 x 54cm
ARR

Provenance
Selma Jonsdottir (1917-1987), Director of the National Gallery of Iceland, according to an old label attached to the frame;
Thought to have been acquired from the above, via artist Blaka Jonsdottir (1910-2004), by Professor Francis Wormald CBE (1904-1972), President of the Society of Antiquaries 1965-1970, great-uncle of the present owner, thence by descent;
Private collection, UK
Condition ReportOriginal canvas which has been stapled to the stretcher at various points;…
Hammer price: £7,000
Estimate: £1,500 - £2,500
14 May 2025
14 May 2025
Lot 1123 Sold
AVERIL BURLEIGH (BRITISH, 1883-1949)
Les Blanchisseuses
signed 'Averil Burleigh' (lower right)
tempera
47.5 x 60cm

Provenance
Fairhurst Gallery, New King's Road, London;
Private collection, UK

Exhibited
London, Royal Academy Exhibition, 1930, no. 919

Footnote
This work is thought to portray washerwomen in the town of Cahors, France, with the Pont Valentré in the background.
Cahors is a town in France situated in the Lot Valley.
Condition reportAcidic mount.A very small gouge mark to centre, above lady's hand but this could be…
Hammer price: £4,000
Estimate: £2,000 - £3,000
14 May 2025
14 May 2025
Lot 1124 Sold
EDGAR SCAUFLAIRE (BELGIAN, 1893-1960)
Portrait of a young man sitting on a chair
signed 'ed. scauflaire' (lower left)
charcoal
44.5 x 34cm
ARR
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £100 - £150
14 May 2025
14 May 2025
Lot 1125 Sold
ALMADA NEGREIROS (PORTUGUESE, 1893-1970)
Untitled, Three figures in the air above a landscape
signed and dated 'almadanegreiros 1917' (lower right)
watercolour, pen and ink
18 x 18cm
ARR

Provenance
Sale, Aqueduto, Lisbon, Portugal, 3rd December 2018, lot 86;
Private collection, UK
Hammer price: £1,500
Estimate: £1,500 - £2,500
14 May 2025
14 May 2025
Lot 1126 Sold
ENGLISH SCHOOL, 20TH CENTURY (2)
Rufus on his way to the promised land; and another of Rufus, two
each indistinctly signed (lower left)
pastel and coloured chalks
40 x 15.5, and 42 x 16cm
(both unframed)
(2)

Provenance
Private collection, UK
Hammer price: £50
Estimate: £100 - £150
14 May 2025
14 May 2025
Lot 1127 Sold
RAOUL MILLAIS (BRITISH, 1901-1999)
The Matador
signed 'Raoul Millais' (lower right)
red chalk
25.5 x 15cm
ARR

Provenance
Private collection, UK
Hammer price: £140
Estimate: £150 - £250
14 May 2025
14 May 2025
Lot 1128 Sold
FRANZ POLEDNE (AUSTRIAN, 1873-1932)
Statue in a European village
signed and dated 'F. Poledne 97' (lower left)
watercolour heightened with bodycolour
29.5 x 19cm

Provenance
Private collection, UK
Hammer price: £130
Estimate: £150 - £250
14 May 2025
14 May 2025
Lot 1129 Sold
ETHELBERT WHITE (BRITISH, 1891-1972)
The Edge of the Park
signed 'Ethelbert White' (lower left)
pencil and watercolour
40.5 x 31cm
ARR

Provenance
The Fine Art Society, London, March 1943;
Private collection, UK
Hammer price: £190
Estimate: £200 - £400
14 May 2025
14 May 2025
Lot 1130 Sold
JOHN ALDRIDGE (BRITISH, 1905-1983)
Naples
titled and dated '8 Oct 45' (lower centre)
grey wash
17 x 23.5cm
ARR

Provenance
Abbott & Holder, Museum Street, London;
Private collection, UK
Hammer price: £260
Estimate: £150 - £250
14 May 2025
14 May 2025
Lot 1131 Sold
BASIL EDE (BRITISH, 1931-2016)
Mallard and wigeon on a lake
signed and dated 'BASIL EDE 1956' (lower right)
watercolour and gouache on paper
18 x 27cm
ARR

Provenance
Mid Sussex Auctions Ltd., 21st January 2005, lot 589, where purchased by the present owner;
Private collection, UK
Hammer price: £200
Estimate: £200 - £400
14 May 2025
14 May 2025
Lot 1132 Sold
VERNON DE BEAUVOIR WARD (BRITISH, 1905-1985)
Venice
signed and dated 'VERNON WARD 1925' (lower left)
watercolour
20 x 30cm
ARR
Hammer price: £180
Estimate: £180 - £220
14 May 2025
14 May 2025
Lot 1133 Sold
MAX LIEBERMANN (GERMAN, 1847-1935)
Beach scene
signed 'MLiebermann' (lower left)
pencil
9.2 x 16cm

Provenance
Private collection, UK
Condition reportMinor creases to sheet and patch of light staining, lower right; otherwise sound;…
Hammer price: £5,500
Estimate: £1,000 - £2,000
14 May 2025
14 May 2025
Lot 1134 Sold
PAUL SIGNAC (FRENCH, 1863-1935)
Bourg St Andre
signed 'P. Signac' (lower left) and titled 'Bourg St Andre' (lower right)
pencil, charcoal and watercolour
18.5 x 25cm

Provenance
Sale, Tajan, Paris, 14th June 2004, lot 43;
Sale, Sotheby's, New York, 19th January 2005, lot 9
Hammer price: £7,000
Estimate: £2,000 - £4,000
14 May 2025
14 May 2025
Lot 1135 Sold
PAUL SIGNAC (FRENCH, 1863-1935)
Ile de Bréhat, Brittany
signed with initials 'P S' (lower left)
watercolour and pencil
10.3 x 15.2 cm

Provenance
Sale, Christie's, Paris, 2nd December 2004, lot 1
Hammer price: £5,000
Estimate: £1,500 - £2,500
14 May 2025
14 May 2025
Lot 1136 Unsold
SIR FRANK BRANGWYN (BRITISH, 1867-1956)
Study for St Aidan’s church, Leeds
signed and dated 'Brangwyn 1912' (lower right)
pencil
17.5 x 39cm
ARR

Provenance
Count William de Belleroche;
Private collection, UK
Estimate: £150 - £250
14 May 2025
14 May 2025
Lot 1137 Sold
GRACE GOLDEN (BRITISH, 1904-1993)
Brighton Sea Front
signed and dated 'Golden 1939' (lower left)
pen and ink with pencil and wash
37 x 55cm
together with two further sketches by the same hand, one signed and dated '39', framed as one, framed size 75.5 x 80.5cm
ARR

Provenance
Private collection, UK
Hammer price: £450
Estimate: £200 - £400
14 May 2025
14 May 2025
Lot 1138 Sold
WILLIAM WILSON (BRITISH, 1905-1972)
Pont Aven
signed 'W. Wilson' (lower right)
watercolour
35 x 50.5cm
ARR

Provenance
Private collection, UK

Exhibited
Edinburgh, Aitken, Dott & Son, William Wilson Exhibition, 14th July - 4th August 1962
Hammer price: £600
Estimate: £400 - £600
14 May 2025
14 May 2025
Lot 1139 Sold
ERTE (RUSSIAN/FRENCH, 1892-1990)
Lady in a black fur coat
signed 'Erte' (lower right)
gouache and watercolour
39 x 22cm
ARR

Provenance
Private collection, UK
Hammer price: £480
Estimate: £300 - £500
14 May 2025
14 May 2025
Lot 1140 Sold
ERTE (RUSSIAN/FRENCH, 1892-1990)
Lady in black, red and gold
signed 'Erte' (lower right)
gouache and watercolour
35 x 24.5cm
ARR

Provenance
Private collection, UK
Hammer price: £350
Estimate: £300 - £500
14 May 2025
14 May 2025
Lot 1141 Sold
ERTE (RUSSIAN/FRENCH, 1892-1990)
Lady in a pink and black dress with polkadots
signed 'Erte' (lower right)
gouache and watercolour
34.5 x 24.5cm
ARR

Provenance
Private collection, UK
Hammer price: £280
Estimate: £300 - £500
14 May 2025
14 May 2025
Lot 1142 Sold
ERTE (RUSSIAN/FRENCH, 1892-1990)
The Portrait
signed in pencil 'Erte' (in lower margin)
serigraph in colours
62.5 x 44.5cm
ARR
Hammer price: £150
Estimate: £200 - £400
14 May 2025
14 May 2025
Lot 1143 Sold
QUENTIN BELL (BRITISH, 1910-1996)
Mnemosyne
signed 'Quentil Bell Fulham Pottery' and with impressed marks for Fulham Pottery and Bell symbol for Quentin Bell (to base)
ceramic plate
21cm diameter
ARR

Provenance
Private collection, UK
Condition reportNo sign of any cracks, damages or restoration; confirmed by examination under…
Hammer price: £1,300
Estimate: £400 - £600
14 May 2025
14 May 2025
Lot 1144 Sold
SIR FRANK BRANGWYN (BRITISH, 1867-1956)
Italian Hilltop Town
marquetry panel
72 x 53cm
ARR

Provenance
The Rowley Gallery, Church Street, Kensington, London;
Private collection, UK
Hammer price: £750
Estimate: £800 - £1,200
14 May 2025
14 May 2025
Lot 1145 Sold
SIR FRANK BRANGWYN (BRITISH, 1867-1956)
St Albans
marquetry panel
33 x 90cm
ARR

Provenance
The Rowley Gallery, Church Street, Kensington, London;
Private collection, UK
Hammer price: £600
Estimate: £800 - £1,200
14 May 2025
14 May 2025
Lot 1146 Unsold
MOKUCHU URUSHIBARA (JAPANESE, 1888-1953), AFTER SIR FRANK BRANGWYN
Woman under a tree
signed and dedicated in pencil 'Frank Brangwyn *** Stewart' (lower centre)
woodblock print
17.5 x 22.5cm
ARR

Provenance
Paul Liss, Faringdon, 1998;
Private collection, UK
Estimate: £200 - £400
14 May 2025
14 May 2025
Lot 1147 Sold
SIR FRANK BRANGWYN (BRITISH, 1867-1956)
Canon Street Station, Exterior
signed in pencil 'Frank Brangwyn' (in lower margin)
etching
70.5 x 73cm
ARR

Provenance
Private collection, UK
Hammer price: £550
Estimate: £300 - £500
14 May 2025
14 May 2025
Lot 1148 Sold
MUIRHEAD BONE (BRITISH, 1876-1953)
The Ballantrae Road
signed 'Muirhead Bone' (lower right)
etching
12 x 20cm

Provenance
Private collection, UK
Hammer price: £220
Estimate: £150 - £250
14 May 2025
14 May 2025

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