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Auction date Tuesday 16 May 2023 13:00 BST
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Tuesday 16 May      - Sussex Saleroom  Lot 1 - 239  Modern British & 20th Century Art 1.00pm  
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"Full name of the artist" - a work by the artist.
"Attributed to ..." - probably a work by the artist in whole or in part.
"Name and initial" - possibly a work by the artist.
"Studio of ..." - a work executed in the studio or workshop of the artist.
"Circle of ..." - a work of the period of the artist and showing his influence.
"Follower of ..." - a work executed in the artist's style, but not necessarily by a pupil.
"Manner of ..." - a work in the artist's style, but of a later date.
"After ..." - a copy (of any date) of a work by that artist.
"Signed ... Dated ... Inscribed ..." - the work has been signed/date/inscribed by the artist.
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Total lots: 235

MAREK ZULAWSKI (POLISH, 1908-1985)
Lot 73 Sold
MAREK ZULAWSKI (POLISH, 1908-1985)
Adam and Eve
signed 'Marek' (lower right) and with inscribed label (to backboard)
oil on canvas-board
120 x 67cm
ARR
Condition reportThe board is sound; some minor areas of craquelure to the thicker areas of impasto…
Hammer price: £450
Estimate: £150 - £250
16 May 2023
16 May 2023
LIDI TADE (20TH CENTURY)
Lot 74 Sold
LIDI TADE (20TH CENTURY)
Untitled, Abstract composition
signed 'Tade' (lower right)
mixed media on board
80 x 64.5cm
Condition reportSome surface dirt.Appears in generally good condition.Not inspected under uv light.
Hammer price: £480
Estimate: £200 - £400
16 May 2023
16 May 2023
JACQUES-EMILE BLANCHE (FRENCH, 1861-1942)
Lot 75 Unsold
JACQUES-EMILE BLANCHE (FRENCH, 1861-1942)
Paris
signed 'J. E Blanche' (lower left)
oil on board
24 x 33cm

Provenance
Hadspen House Sale, Sotheby's, London, 29th May 1996, lot 403;
Private collection, UK
Estimate: £800 - £1,200
16 May 2023
16 May 2023
HENRY MUHRMAN (AMERICAN, 1854-1916)
Lot 76 Sold
HENRY MUHRMAN (AMERICAN, 1854-1916)
A town scene in winter
signed 'H. Muhrman' (lower right)
pastel
49 x 59cm
Condition reportThe sheet is sound, small area of pastel rubbing against the glass, upper left…
Hammer price: £550
Estimate: £200 - £300
16 May 2023
16 May 2023
KONSTANTIN KOROVIN (RUSSIAN, 1861-1939)
Lot 77 Unsold
KONSTANTIN KOROVIN (RUSSIAN, 1861-1939)
Costume design of a man holding a whip
signed and dated 'CONST. KOROViN 1938' (centre left)
ink and watercolour
34.5 x 25cm
ProvenanceMarina Henderson GalleryFootnoteMarina Henderson opened her Gallery in Langton Street, at…
Estimate: £600 - £800
16 May 2023
16 May 2023
KONSTANTIN KOROVIN (RUSSIAN, 1861-1939)
Lot 78 Unsold
KONSTANTIN KOROVIN (RUSSIAN, 1861-1939)
A peasant woman
signed and dated 'CONST. KOROViN 1938' (centre left)
watercolour and ink heightened with bodycolour
35 x 24.5cm
ProvenanceMarina Henderson GalleryFootnoteMarina Henderson opened her Gallery in Langton Street, at…
Estimate: £600 - £800
16 May 2023
16 May 2023
ALEXANDRE BENOIS (RUSSIAN, 1870-1960) (2)
Lot 79 Sold
ALEXANDRE BENOIS (RUSSIAN, 1870-1960) (2)
Two costume designs from 'The Dance of the Fishes', Sadko, Act VI
one signed and dated 'A Benois 1931', the other signed and dated 'A Benois 1930' (lower right) and both inscribed
pencil, watercolour and silver paint
29 x 21cm
(2)
ProvenanceMarina Henderson GalleryFootnoteMarina Henderson opened her Gallery in Langton Street, at…
Hammer price: £1,000
Estimate: £1,000 - £1,500
16 May 2023
16 May 2023
ALEXANDRE BENOIS (RUSSIAN, 1870-1960)
Lot 80 Sold
ALEXANDRE BENOIS (RUSSIAN, 1870-1960)
Costume design for a peasant in Carmen
signed with initials and dated 'A B 1931' (lower right), inscribed and annotated
watercolour and bodycolour
32 x 24cm
(unframed)
ProvenanceMarina Henderson GalleryFootnoteMarina Henderson opened her Gallery in Langton Street, at…
Hammer price: £350
Estimate: £200 - £300
16 May 2023
16 May 2023
ATTRIBUTED TO KONSTANTIN KOROVIN (RUSSIAN, 1861-1939) (4)
Lot 81 Unsold
ATTRIBUTED TO KONSTANTIN KOROVIN (RUSSIAN, 1861-1939) (4)
Costume designs, a set of four
pen and ink
three 30 x 21cm, one 30 x 19cm
(all unframed)
(4)
ProvenanceMarina Henderson GalleryFootnoteMarina Henderson opened her Gallery in Langton Street, at…
Estimate: £600 - £800
16 May 2023
16 May 2023
PABLO PICASSO (SPANISH, 1881-1973) (3)
Lot 82 Sold
PABLO PICASSO (SPANISH, 1881-1973) (3)
Le Tricone ballet designs, one of a man wearing a tricorn hat; the other an abstract design with flowers
stencil prints
Paul Rosenberg editions
each with Paul Rosenberg stamps (lower right)
each 25.5 x 18.5cm
(one unframed)
together with a blue case and the loose frontispiece from Picasso Pour Le Ballet Le Tricorne
(3)
ARR
ProvenanceMarina Henderson GalleryFootnoteMarina Henderson opened her Gallery in Langton Street, at…
Hammer price: £260
Estimate: £300 - £500
16 May 2023
16 May 2023
NATALIA GONCHAROVA (RUSSIAN, 1881-1962) (2)
Lot 83 Unsold
NATALIA GONCHAROVA (RUSSIAN, 1881-1962) (2)
Costume design for a Spanish dancer; Grime, two
stencil prints in colour
the first 42 x 26cm, the second 43 x 29cm
(2)
ProvenanceMarina Henderson GalleryFootnoteMarina Henderson opened her Gallery in Langton Street, at…
Estimate: £200 - £300
16 May 2023
16 May 2023
NATALIA GONCHAROVA (RUSSIAN, 1881-1962) AND MIKHAIL LARIONOV (RUSSIAN, 1881-1964)
Lot 84 Unsold
NATALIA GONCHAROVA (RUSSIAN, 1881-1962) AND MIKHAIL LARIONOV (RUSSIAN, 1881-1964)
L'Art décoratif théâtral moderne, Paris: Edition La Cible, 1919
stamped with 'No. 354'
33 x 25.5cm
with loose blue case
ProvenanceMarina Henderson GalleryFootnoteMarina Henderson opened her Gallery in Langton Street, at…
Estimate: £300 - £500
16 May 2023
16 May 2023
CHRISTIAN BERARD (FRENCH, 1902-1949) (3)
Lot 85 Sold
CHRISTIAN BERARD (FRENCH, 1902-1949) (3)
Autour de Colette
signed 'Berard' (lower right)
pastel and gouache
24 x 22cm

Provenance
Galerie Lucie Weill, Rue Bonaparte, Paris

Together with two watercolour and pastel works by the same hand, A study of a girl and A study of a girl, a woman and a gentleman, one signed, one 34 x 24.5, the other 36 x 30.5cm, (unframed)
(3)
ProvenanceMarina Henderson GalleryFootnoteMarina Henderson opened her Gallery in Langton Street, at…
Hammer price: £900
Estimate: £500 - £700
16 May 2023
16 May 2023
EDWARD GORDON CRAIG (BRITISH, 1872-1966) (4)
Lot 86 Sold
EDWARD GORDON CRAIG (BRITISH, 1872-1966) (4)
A Cave Dweller
signed with initials 'EGC' (centre left), titled (lower right) and dated '1901' (lower left)
watercolour
15 x 10cm
(unframed)
together with an ink and grey wash titled 'The lap dogs of the maid of the daughter of the Duchess of Canterbury' and with cypher (verso) 8.5 x 9.5cm;
a pencil sketch of a cottage, titled 'Cleeve', signed with initials and dated '1900', 23 x 24cm;…
Hammer price: £260
Estimate: £300 - £500
16 May 2023
16 May 2023
CHRISTIAN BERARD (FRENCH, 1902-1949)
Lot 87 Sold
CHRISTIAN BERARD (FRENCH, 1902-1949)
Stage design, possibly for the production of the Ballet Les Forains, c. 1943
signed 'Berard' (lower left)
watercolour and gouache
30 x 46.5cm
ProvenanceMarina Henderson GalleryFootnoteMarina Henderson opened her Gallery in Langton Street, at…
Hammer price: £600
Estimate: £300 - £500
16 May 2023
16 May 2023
EUGENE BERMAN (RUSSIAN, 1899-1972) (2)
Lot 88 Sold
EUGENE BERMAN (RUSSIAN, 1899-1972) (2)
Stage design for the Barber of Seville, New York production, 1953
signed with initials 'E.B.' (lower centre) and inscribed (upper centre)
ink, watercolour, pastel and bodycolour
24.5 x 16cm
together with an ink and pastel of a dancer by the same hand, signed with initials and dated '1952' (lower centre), 31.5 x 23.5cm (unframed)
(2)
ProvenanceMarina Henderson GalleryFootnoteMarina Henderson opened her Gallery in Langton Street, at…
Hammer price: £420
Estimate: £200 - £300
16 May 2023
16 May 2023
EUGENE BERMAN (RUSSIAN, 1899-1972)
Lot 89 Sold
EUGENE BERMAN (RUSSIAN, 1899-1972)
A ram's head
signed with initials and dated 'EB 1961' (lower centre)
watercolour and pastel heightened with bodycolour
27 x 56cm
ProvenanceMarina Henderson GalleryFootnoteMarina Henderson opened her Gallery in Langton Street, at…
Hammer price: £2,400
Estimate: £200 - £300
16 May 2023
16 May 2023
CLAUD LOVAT FRASER (BRITISH, 1890-1921)
Lot 90 Sold
CLAUD LOVAT FRASER (BRITISH, 1890-1921)
Doux Propos de Guerre
signed and dated 'C. LOVAT FRASER INV. 1917.' (lower right) and inscribed (lower centre)
watercolour, ink and bodycolour
36 x 24cm
ProvenanceMarina Henderson GalleryFootnoteMarina Henderson opened her Gallery in Langton Street, at…
Hammer price: £700
Estimate: £300 - £500
16 May 2023
16 May 2023
JOHN PIPER (BRITISH, 1903-1992)
Lot 91 Sold
JOHN PIPER (BRITISH, 1903-1992)
The Road to Trehillin, Pembrokeshire
signed 'John Piper' (lower left) and dated '77' (lower right)
gouache
38.5 x 56cm
ARR

Provenance
Bohun Gallery, Henley-on-Thames;
Purchased from the above in 1978 by the vendor's family;
Private collection, UK
Condition reportThe sheet is sound and the gouache surface in good original condition.  Framed and…
Hammer price: £4,800
Estimate: £3,000 - £5,000
16 May 2023
16 May 2023
JOHN PIPER (BRITISH, 1903-1992)
Lot 92 Sold
JOHN PIPER (BRITISH, 1903-1992)
Harlaxton
signed and numbered in pencil 'John Piper 9/75' (in lower margin)
screenprint in colours
57 x 101cm
ARR
Hammer price: £600
Estimate: £800 - £1,200
16 May 2023
16 May 2023
JOHN PIPER (BRITISH, 1903-1992)
Lot 93 Sold
JOHN PIPER (BRITISH, 1903-1992)
Nude I (1986)
signed and inscribed in pencil 'John Piper A/P' (in lower margin)
artist's proof
etching with aquatint
49 x 32cm
ARR
ProvenanceThe Collection of Mr. & Mrs. Walter Goetz;See Bellmans website article for further…
Hammer price: £260
Estimate: £300 - £500
16 May 2023
16 May 2023
JOHN PIPER (BRITISH, 1903-1992)
Lot 94 Sold
JOHN PIPER (BRITISH, 1903-1992)
Snape Maltings Concert Hall (1979)
signed and numbered in pencil 'John Piper 37/50' (in lower margin)
screenprint in colours
77 x 51cm
ARR
Condition ReportFaint crease to the border, lower left, otherwise good overall condition; framed…
Hammer price: £750
Estimate: £600 - £800
16 May 2023
16 May 2023
ERIC RAVILIOUS (BRITISH, 1903-1942) (2)
Lot 95 Sold
ERIC RAVILIOUS (BRITISH, 1903-1942) (2)
Child's Handkerchief
print in colours in 240g Rivoli Blanc paper
43 x 43cm
with presentation folder numbered '445/500'
(2)
Hammer price: £140
Estimate: £100 - £150
16 May 2023
16 May 2023
JOHN COPNALL (BRITISH, 1928-2007)
Lot 96 Sold
JOHN COPNALL (BRITISH, 1928-2007)
Black Dunes
signed and dated 'john copnall 1957' (lower right) and inscribed (verso)
oil on board
71 x 89.5cm
ARR

Provenance
The Piccadilly Gallery, London
Condition reportA little craquelure in places.A few very small minor spots of paint loss, including…
Hammer price: £1,200
Estimate: £800 - £1,200
16 May 2023
16 May 2023

Total lots: 235

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