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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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Lots per page:

Total lots: 260

Lot 1197 Sold
MARY FEDDEN (BRITISH, 1915-2012)
The Magpie
signed and dated 'Fedden 1990' (lower left), further signed and titled (on the artist's label attached to the backboard)
watercolour and gouache on paper
19 x 23cm
ARR

Provenance
Jonleigh Gallery, Guildford, 1990, from whom acquired by the present owner;
Private collection, UK
Hammer price: £2,800
Estimate: £1,500 - £2,500
14 May 2025
14 May 2025
Lot 1198 Sold
MARY FEDDEN (BRITISH, 1915-2012)
Fruit
signed and dated 'M Fedden 1946' (lower right) and with two signed, dated and titled labels (verso)
oil on canvas
76 x 51cm
ARR

Provenance
Private collection, UK

Literature
Mel Gooding, Mary Fedden, Scolar Press, Aldershot, 1995, p. 8 and illus. p. 18 (as Fruit and Candle)
Condition reportOriginal canvas, slightly loose on stretcher; stretcher bar mark faintly visible to…
Hammer price: £5,000
Estimate: £4,000 - £6,000
14 May 2025
14 May 2025
Lot 1199 Sold
MARY FEDDEN (BRITISH, 1915-2012)
Village in France
signed and dated 'Fedden 1949' (lower right) and with signed and titled label (to back of stretcher)
oil on canvas
64 x 76.5cm
(unframed)
ARR

Provenance
Private collection, UK
Condition reportOriginal canvas; light surfaces dirt to paint surface, small inconsistency to paint…
Hammer price: £2,600
Estimate: £3,000 - £5,000
14 May 2025
14 May 2025
Lot 1200 Sold
MARY FEDDEN (BRITISH, 1915-2012)
Winter
signed and dated 'Fedden 1955' (lower left) and with signed, dated and titled label (to back of frame)
oil on board
36 x 55cm
ARR

Provenance
Private collection, UK
Hammer price: £3,500
Estimate: £4,000 - £6,000
14 May 2025
14 May 2025
Lot 1201 Sold
MARY FEDDEN (BRITISH, 1915-2012)
Etching Table
signed and dated 'Fedden 1971' (lower right), and with a signed and titled label (attached to the stretcher)
oil on canvas
50.5 x 60.5cm
ARR

Provenance
Private collection, UK
Conditon reportSome surface dirt.A few very small brown spots in places, such on lower section of…
Hammer price: £3,000
Estimate: £5,000 - £7,000
14 May 2025
14 May 2025
Lot 1202 Sold
MARY FEDDEN (BRITISH, 1915-2012)
Blue Still Life
signed and dated 'Fedden '97' (lower left) and with a signed and titled label (verso)
oil on board
29 x 61cm
ARR

Provenance
Private collection, UK
Hammer price: £1,800
Estimate: £2,000 - £3,000
14 May 2025
14 May 2025
Lot 1203 Sold
MARY FEDDEN (BRITISH, 1915-2012)
Star Table
signed and dated 'Fedden '99' (lower right)
oil on board
38 x 31cm
ARR

Provenance
Private collection, UK
Hammer price: £4,000
Estimate: £3,000 - £5,000
14 May 2025
14 May 2025
Lot 1204 Sold
MARY FEDDEN (BRITISH, 1915-2012)
The Weighing Machine
signed and dated 'Fedden 2001' (lower left) and with a signed and titled label (to back of stretcher)
oil on canvas
60.5 x 76cm
ARR

Provenance
Private collection, UK

Literature
Christopher Andreae, Mary Fedden, Enigmas and Variations, Lund Humphries, Aldershot, 2007, illus. No. 61. p. 59
Hammer price: £4,500
Estimate: £5,000 - £7,000
14 May 2025
14 May 2025
Lot 1205 Sold
MARY FEDDEN (BRITISH, 1915-2012)
Red still life with wine and fruit
signed and dated 'Fedden '09' (lower left)
oil on canvas
25 x 30.5cm
ARR

Provenance
Private collection, UK
Hammer price: £1,800
Estimate: £2,000 - £3,000
14 May 2025
14 May 2025
Lot 1206 Sold
MARY FEDDEN (BRITISH, 1915-2012)
Still life with a bottle, corn and fruit
signed and dated 'Fedden '09' (lower left)
oil on canvas
31 x 25cm
ARR

Provenance
Private collection, UK
Hammer price: £1,500
Estimate: £1,500 - £2,500
14 May 2025
14 May 2025
Lot 1207 Sold
MARY FEDDEN (BRITISH, 1915-2012)
The Blue Fish
signed with initials and dated 'MF 09' (lower left)
oil on canvas
25.5 x 30.5cm
ARR

Provenance
Private collection, UK
Condition ReportOriginal canvas; paint surface is in good, clean condition; no sign of retouching…
Hammer price: £1,300
Estimate: £1,500 - £2,500
14 May 2025
14 May 2025
Lot 1208 Sold
MARY FEDDEN (BRITISH, 1915-2012)
The Pineapple
signed and dated 'Fedden '09' (lower right)
oil on canvas
30.5 x 25.5cm
ARR

Provenance
Private collection, UK
Condition ReportOriginal canvas; paint surface in good, clean condition throughout; no sign of…
Hammer price: £2,200
Estimate: £1,500 - £2,500
14 May 2025
14 May 2025
Lot 1209 Sold
REG CARTWRIGHT (BRITISH. B. 1938)
Still Life with Spotted Jug and Figs
signed and dated 'Cartwright '14' (lower right) and signed, titled and dated (verso)
oil on board
50 x 50.5cm
ARR

Provenance
Bircham Gallery;
Private collection, UK
Hammer price: £450
Estimate: £300 - £500
14 May 2025
14 May 2025
Lot 1210 Sold
FRED UHLMAN (BRITISH, 1901-1985)
The Hospital Ward
signed 'UHLMAN' (lower right) and inscribed and dated 'To Robert Melville with all my regards F. U 7/3/50' (on back of stretcher)
oil on canvas
30 x 37cm
ARR

Provenance
Robert Melville, 1950;
Sale, Phillips, London, 17th September 1991, lot 144;
Private collection, UK
Footnote Robert Melville (1905-1986), to whom this picture is dedicated, was a prominent art critic…
Hammer price: £1,100
Estimate: £400 - £600
14 May 2025
14 May 2025
Lot 1211 Sold
CAREL WEIGHT (BRITISH, 1908-1997)
Lover's Lane
signed 'Carel Weight' (lower left)
oil on board
30.5 x 48cm
ARR

Provenance
Jonleigh Gallery, Guildford, 1989, from whom acquired by the present owner;
Private collection, UK
Condition ReportThe board is sound and flat; paint surface in good, clean condition throughout;…
Hammer price: £1,100
Estimate: £800 - £1,200
14 May 2025
14 May 2025
Lot 1212 Sold
CAREL WEIGHT (BRITISH, 1908-1997)
Battersea Rise
signed 'Carel Weight' (lower right)
oil on board
74 x 63.5cm
ARR

Provenance
Sale, Christie's, London, 6th November 1998, lot 58;
Private collection, UK

Exhibited
London, Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, 1989, No. 5
Hammer price: £1,600
Estimate: £1,500 - £2,500
14 May 2025
14 May 2025
Lot 1213 Unsold
ATTRIBUTED TO MARY LOUISE COLOURIS (AMERICAN, 1939-2011)
A Busy Street
inscribed 'COLOURIS' (on the stretcher)
oil on canvas
61 x 77cm

Provenance
Private collection, UK
Estimate: £300 - £500
14 May 2025
14 May 2025
Lot 1214 Unsold
JOHN BRATBY (BRITISH, 1928-1992)
Eve
signed 'BRATBY' (lower left), titled and dated 'Eve 58' (verso)
oil on board
142 x 50cm
ARR

Provenance
Sale, Christie's London, 12th May 1989, lot 99;
Sale, Sotheby's London, 15th December 2010, lot 30; where acquired by the present owner;
Private collection, UK

Exhibited
London, Julian Hartnoll, John Bratby 1928-1992, Spring 2003, cat. no. 11

Literature
Maurice Yacowar, The Great Bratby: A Portrait of John Bratty, R.A., Middlesex University Press, 2008, p.66, illustrated
FootnoteThe present work forms part of a series of paintings commissioned for the 1958, Oscar…
Estimate: £3,000 - £5,000
14 May 2025
14 May 2025
Lot 1215 Sold
JOHN BRATBY (BRITISH, 1928-1992)
Still life with cyclamen
signed 'BRATBY' (lower left)
oil on canvas
57 x 47cm
ARR

Provenance
Private collection, UK
Condition reportA very small dark spot visible upper centre, near edge (just to right of upper…
Hammer price: £2,400
Estimate: £2,000 - £4,000
14 May 2025
14 May 2025
Lot 1216 Sold
MARLENE VON DURCKHEIM (SOUTH AFRICAN, B. 1945)
Still Life with Lemon and Glass
signed and dated 'DURCKHEIM 98' (lower right) and inscribed with title (to backing paper)
oil on canvas
66 x 51cm
ARR

Provenance
Private collection, UK
Hammer price: £350
Estimate: £200 - £300
14 May 2025
14 May 2025
Lot 1217 Sold
STAN SMITH (BRITISH, 1929-2001)
Two Girls in the Cherwell
signed 'SMITH' (upper right)
oil on board
57 x 87cm
ARR

Provenance
Galeria Internacional de Arte, LDA, Almansil, Portugal;
Private collection, UK
Hammer price: £320
Estimate: £200 - £400
14 May 2025
14 May 2025
Lot 1218 Unsold
RUSKIN SPEAR (BRITISH, 1911-1990)
Bank Holiday at the Beach
signed 'Ruskin Spear' (lower right) and with inscribed label (attached to the back of the frame)
oil on canvas
36 x 45.5cm
ARR

Provenance
Private collection, UK
Condition reportA small abrasion upper centre showing as a small white mark and below this a pale…
Estimate: £3,000 - £5,000
14 May 2025
14 May 2025
Lot 1219 Sold
RUSKIN SPEAR (BRITISH, 1911-1990)
The Thames at Twickenham
signed 'Ruskin Spear' (lower left) and with inscribed label (attached to the back of the frame)
oil on canvas
51 x 61cm
ARR

Provenance
Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, London, 1983, No. 3, where purchased by the present owners;
Private collection, UK

Exhibited
London, Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, 1983, No. 3
Hammer price: £2,000
Estimate: £2,000 - £4,000
14 May 2025
14 May 2025
Lot 1220 Unsold
RENOS LOIZOU (GREEK, 1948-2013)
Resting Man with Approaching Sanglier
signed 'Renos Loizou' (lower left)
oil on canvas
83 x 76cm
ARR

Provenance
Private collection, UK

Exhibited
London, Christopher Hull Gallery, 1991
Estimate: £1,000 - £1,500
14 May 2025
14 May 2025
Lot 1221 Sold
PIERRE AMBROGIANI (FRENCH, 1907-1985)
Rocks with an extensive landscape beyond
signed 'Pierre Ambrogiani' (lower left)
oil on board
40.5 x 50.5cm
ARR

Provenance
Private collection, UK
Hammer price: £600
Estimate: £500 - £700
14 May 2025
14 May 2025
Lot 1222 Unsold
EXPRESSIONIST SCHOOL, 20TH CENTURY
Portrait of a man
oil on paper
34.5 x 28cm

Provenance
Private collection, UK
Estimate: £200 - £400
14 May 2025
14 May 2025
Lot 1223 Sold
20TH CENTURY SCHOOL
Kneeling figure
indistinctly signed (lower right)
mixed media on board
36.5 x 14.5cm
Hammer price: £50
Estimate: £100 - £200
14 May 2025
14 May 2025
Lot 1224 Sold
KEITH INGERMANN (AMERICAN, 1929-2012)
Man with donkey and cart
signed and dated 'K. Ingermann 67' (upper left)
oil on board
40.5 x 30cm

Provenance
Private collection, UK
Hammer price: £60
Estimate: £80 - £120
14 May 2025
14 May 2025
Lot 1225 Sold
DAPHNE MCLURE (BRITISH, B. 1930)
Porthleven
signed 'D McLure' (lower right) and inscribed (to backboard)
oil on board
18.5 x 35cm
ARR

Provenance
Private collection, UK
Condition ReportThe board is sound and flat; paint surface in good, clean condition; No sign of…
Hammer price: £350
Estimate: £300 - £500
14 May 2025
14 May 2025
Lot 1226 Unsold
ISABELLE DE BORCHGRAVE (BELGIAN, 1946-2024) (2)
Plisse Nr 80
signed and indistinctly dated 'Isabelle de Borchgrave' (lower right)
mixed media on corrugated card
47.5 x 64.5cm
together with a copy of Cuba Libre
(2)
ARR

Provenance
Private collection, UK

Literature
Isabelle de Borchgrave, Cuba Libre, p. 36
Estimate: £800 - £1,200
14 May 2025
14 May 2025
Lot 1227 Sold
ISABELLE DE BORCHGRAVE (BELGIAN, 1946-2024)
Poppies
signed and dated 'Isabelle de Borchgrave 2001' (lower left)
oil, gouache and watercolour
76 x 56cm
ARR

Provenance
Private collection, UK
Hammer price: £850
Estimate: £800 - £1,200
14 May 2025
14 May 2025
Lot 1228 Unsold
BO HILTON (BRITISH, B. 1961)
Abstract forms
signed and dated 'Bo Hilton 24' (verso)
oil on canvas
71 x 71cm
(unframed)
ARR
Estimate: £600 - £800
14 May 2025
14 May 2025
Lot 1229 Sold
NAOMI FREARS (BRITISH, B. 1963)
I Remember You
signed 'NAOMI FREARS' (lower right) and further signed and titled (on the backboard)
acrylic on canvas
30.5 x 30.5cm
ARR

Provenance
Private collection, UK
Hammer price: £110
Estimate: £100 - £150
14 May 2025
14 May 2025
Lot 1230 Sold
JULIAN COOPER (BRITISH, B. 1947)
Diana's Quarry (Study)
signed, titled and dated 'Julian Cooper 2008' (verso)
oil on canvas
70 x 44cm
ARR

Provenance
The Art Space Gallery, St Peter Street, London, where acquired by The Countess of Avon
Hammer price: £220
Estimate: £200 - £400
14 May 2025
14 May 2025
Lot 1231 Sold
MARJORIE M WADEY (BRITISH, 20TH CENTURY)
Irish Hills
signed 'M WADEY' (lower right) and signed and titled (verso)
oil on board
50 x 60cm
ARR

Provenance
Private collection, UK
Hammer price: £200
Estimate: £200 - £400
14 May 2025
14 May 2025
Lot 1232 Sold
JEREMY LE GRICE (BRITISH, 1936-2012)
Orchard, Les Bassacs
signed, dated and titled 'Jeremy le Grice '97' (verso)
oil on panel
14.5 x 32.5cm
ARR

Provenance
Private collection, UK
Hammer price: £240
Estimate: £200 - £300
14 May 2025
14 May 2025
Lot 1233 Sold
JERZY MAREK (POLISH, 1925-2014) (2)
Lion and Lioness; Trees in a landscape, a pair
each signed 'J. Marek' (one centre right, the other lower left)
oil on board
each 18 x 13cm
(2)
ARR

Provenance
Private collection, UK
Condition ReportLion and Lioness:  Board is sound and flat; frame abrasions to each border,…
Hammer price: £180
Estimate: £150 - £250
14 May 2025
14 May 2025
Lot 1234 Sold
JERZY MAREK (POLISH, 1925-2014)
Sheep and a dog by a lake
signed 'J. Marek' (lower right)
oil on board
14 x 30cm
ARR

Provenance
Private collection, UK
Condition reportBoard is sound and flat; small abrasion to lower right border, otherwise good…
Hammer price: £140
Estimate: £100 - £200
14 May 2025
14 May 2025
Lot 1235 Sold
JERZY MAREK (POLISH, 1925-2014)
Butterfiles in a valley
signed 'J.Marek' (lower right)
oil on board
20.5 x 28cm
ARR

Provenance
Private collection, UK
Condition ReportBoard is sound and flat; paint surface in good, clean condition throughout; no sign…
Hammer price: £160
Estimate: £100 - £200
14 May 2025
14 May 2025
Lot 1236 Sold
JERZY MAREK (POLISH, 1925-2014)
Three's a Crowd
signed 'J. Marek' (lower right), signed, titled and dated '1976' (verso)
oil on board
14 x 28.5cm
(unframed)

Provenance
Private collection, UK
Condition reportThe board is sound and flat; abrasion and area of loss to board to right hand…
Hammer price: £80
Estimate: £50 - £100
14 May 2025
14 May 2025
Lot 1237 Sold
FRED YATES (BRITISH, 1922-2008)
Still life of flowers in front of a tray
signed and dated 'YATES 70' (lower right)
oil on board
60 x 46cm
(unframed)

Provenance
The Estate of the Artist
Condition ReportLower border uneven, otherwise board is sound; paint surface has light surface dirt…
Hammer price: £800
Estimate: £300 - £500
14 May 2025
14 May 2025
Lot 1238 Sold
FRED YATES (BRITISH, 1922-2008)
Touting for Business
oil on board
40.5 x 51cm
(unframed)

Provenance
The Estate of the Artist
Hammer price: £750
Estimate: £400 - £600
14 May 2025
14 May 2025
Lot 1239 Sold
FRED YATES (BRITISH, 1922-2008)
Bikinis
oil on board
24 x 36cm

Provenance
The Estate of the Artist
Hammer price: £500
Estimate: £300 - £500
14 May 2025
14 May 2025
Lot 1240 Sold
FRED YATES (BRITISH, 1922-2008)
Strongmen
oil on board
38 x 28.5cm
(unframed)

Provenance
The Estate of the Artist
Hammer price: £550
Estimate: £200 - £400
14 May 2025
14 May 2025
Lot 1241 Sold
FRED YATES (BRITISH, 1922-2008)
Sunshine in the Hills
oil on board
25 x 20cm
(unframed)

Provenance
The Estate of the Artist
Hammer price: £550
Estimate: £300 - £500
14 May 2025
14 May 2025
Lot 1242 Sold
FRED YATES (BRITISH, 1922-2008)
The Red Fedora
oil on board
20 x 11.5cm
(unframed)

Provenance
The Estate of the Artist
Hammer price: £500
Estimate: £200 - £400
14 May 2025
14 May 2025
Lot 1243 Sold
FRED YATES (BRITISH, 1922-2008)
The Tea Room
oil on board
36 x 43.5cm
(unframed)

Provenance
The Estate of the Artist
Hammer price: £650
Estimate: £400 - £600
14 May 2025
14 May 2025
Lot 1244 Sold
FRED YATES (BRITISH, 1922-2008)
Street Entertainers
oil on board
20.5 x 25.5cm
(unframed)

Provenance
The Estate of the Artist
Hammer price: £380
Estimate: £200 - £400
14 May 2025
14 May 2025

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