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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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PICTURES & PRINTS CATALOGUE TERMS -An explanation of catalogue terms in our opinion:
"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.
"Bears signature and/or date and/or inscription" - has been added by another hand.
"Artist's Resale Right / ARR" - a royalty payable to a qualifying artist or the artist's heirs each time a work is resold during the artist's lifetime and up to a period of 70 years after the artist's death. Royalties are calculated on a sliding percentage scale based on the hammer price excluding the buyer's premium. 

 

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Total lots: 235

ROBERT LENKIEWICZ (BRITISH, 1941-2002)
Lot 194 Unsold
ROBERT LENKIEWICZ (BRITISH, 1941-2002)
Portrait of Annie Hill Smith and Sholem Lenkiewicz
oil on cereal box
27.5 x 18 x 5.5cm
ARR

Footnote
We are grateful to Reuben Lenkiewicz for his assistance in cataloguing the present work
Condition reportCreases and general wear and tear to box.Please see photos online.
Estimate: £300 - £500
16 May 2023
16 May 2023
FRED YATES (BRITISH, 1922-2008)
Lot 195 Sold
FRED YATES (BRITISH, 1922-2008)
Cambridge
signed and titled 'Fred Yates Cambridge' (lower left)
watercolour on paper
17 x 24.5cm
ARR

Provenance
Wren Gallery, Burford
Hammer price: £550
Estimate: £600 - £800
16 May 2023
16 May 2023
FRED YATES (BRITISH, 1922-2008)
Lot 196 Sold
FRED YATES (BRITISH, 1922-2008)
Chez-Moi
signed 'FRED YATES' (lower left)
oil on board
20.5 x 25.5cm
ARR

Provenance
Wren Gallery, Burford
Condition reportSome surface dirt.Otherwise appears in generally good condition.
Hammer price: £1,000
Estimate: £600 - £800
16 May 2023
16 May 2023
FRED YATES (BRITISH, 1922-2008)
Lot 197 Sold
FRED YATES (BRITISH, 1922-2008)
A girl with children on a street
signed 'FRED YATES' (lower right) and with Fred Yates stamp (verso, and to reverse of stretcher)
oil on canvas
22 x 27cm
ARR

Provenance
Summer Antiques & Fine Art Auction, Ewbanks, Woking, 20th June 2019, lot 1268;
Private collection, UK
Hammer price: £1,300
Estimate: £600 - £800
16 May 2023
16 May 2023
GILL WATKISS (BRITISH, B. 1938)
Lot 198 Sold
GILL WATKISS (BRITISH, B. 1938)
Under the Clocktower, St Just, Cornwall
signed and dated 'Gill Watkiss 2013' (lower left) and with inscribed label (to back of frame)
oil on canvas
76 x 50.5cm
ARR

Provenance
Modern & Contemporary Art, Tennants, Leyburn, 2nd June 2018, lot 2171;
Private collection, UK
Hammer price: £1,300
Estimate: £1,000 - £1,500
16 May 2023
16 May 2023
ANDREW VICARI (BRITISH, 1938-2016)
Lot 199 Sold
ANDREW VICARI (BRITISH, 1938-2016)
Harlequin and the Whitsun Watch at Neath
signed 'VICARI' (lower left)
oil on board
74 x 106cm
ARR

Provenance
Acquired by the father of the present owner in 1968;
Thence by descent
Condition reportSome surface dirt and small minor spots/marks in places.Small abrasion and…
Hammer price: £380
Estimate: £400 - £600
16 May 2023
16 May 2023
MICHAEL QUIRKE (BRITISH, B. 1946)
Lot 200 Sold
MICHAEL QUIRKE (BRITISH, B. 1946)
Evening Eros
signed with initials 'MQ' (lower right), titled and signed (verso)
oil on canvas
30.5 x 40.5cm
ARR

Provenance
The Modern Sale, Anderson & Garland, Newcastle, 24th January 2019, lot 1256;
Private collection, UK
Hammer price: £180
Estimate: £200 - £300
16 May 2023
16 May 2023
TOM PHILLIPS (BRITISH, 1937-2022)
Lot 201 Sold
TOM PHILLIPS (BRITISH, 1937-2022)
Head of a woman
inscribed (lower centre)
watercolour and gouache
12 x 7.5cm
ARR
Hammer price: £90
Estimate: £100 - £150
16 May 2023
16 May 2023
JOHN BRATBY (BRITISH, 1928-1992)
Lot 202 Unsold
JOHN BRATBY (BRITISH, 1928-1992)
Patti Reading About Herbs
signed, titled, inscribed and dated 'John Bratby The Cupola 23 Jan 1979' (lower right)
pencil
27.5 x 20cm
ARR
Estimate: £200 - £400
16 May 2023
16 May 2023
JOHN BRATBY (BRITISH, 1928-1992)
Lot 203 Sold
JOHN BRATBY (BRITISH, 1928-1992)
Self Portrait in Easy Chair in Studio, The Cupola
signed 'John Bratby' (lower left) and titled and dated '15.11.78' (lower right)
pastel and pencil
23.5 x 17.5cm
ARR
Hammer price: £450
Estimate: £150 - £250
16 May 2023
16 May 2023
JOHN BELLANY (BRITISH, 1942-2013)
Lot 204 Sold
JOHN BELLANY (BRITISH, 1942-2013)
From Generation unto Generation, Highland Family
signed 'Bellany' (lower right) and titled (to backboard)
watercolour and pencil
54 x 36cm
ARR

Provenance
Open Eye Gallery, Abercromby Place, Edinburgh;
Contemporary & Post War Art, Lyon & Turnbull, Edinburgh, 15th January 2020, lot 58;
Private collection, UK
Hammer price: £1,700
Estimate: £1,500 - £2,500
16 May 2023
16 May 2023
JOHN BELLANY (BRITISH, 1942-2013)
Lot 205 Sold
JOHN BELLANY (BRITISH, 1942-2013)
Femme Fatale
signed 'Bellany' (upper left), titled (lower centre) and inscribed (to backboard)
watercolour and pencil
37 x 27cm
ARR

Provenance
Fine Art & 20th Century Sale, Tring Market Auctions, Tring, 18th September 2020, lot 303;
Private collection, UK
Hammer price: £1,000
Estimate: £1,500 - £2,500
16 May 2023
16 May 2023
ALEXANDER GOUDIE (BRITISH, 1933-2004)
Lot 206 Sold
ALEXANDER GOUDIE (BRITISH, 1933-2004)
Bathers
signed 'Goudie' (lower left)
gouache
40 x 34.5cm
ARR

Provenance
Fine Paintings and Drawings, Christie's, London, 13th November 1991, lot 671;
The Seymour Stein Collection

Exhibited
The Glasgow Art Club
Hammer price: £900
Estimate: £800 - £1,200
16 May 2023
16 May 2023
LINDY GUINNESS (BRITISH, 1941-2020)
Lot 207 Sold
LINDY GUINNESS (BRITISH, 1941-2020)
A view of a town, a landscape beyond
signed and dated 'Lindy Guinness 2011' (lower right)
gouache
15.5 x 23.5cm
ARR
ProvenanceThe estate of Paul Manousso (1930-2021), an artist's home on Brompton Square,…
Hammer price: £320
Estimate: £100 - £150
16 May 2023
16 May 2023
LINDY GUINNESS (BRITISH, 1941-2020)
Lot 208 Sold
LINDY GUINNESS (BRITISH, 1941-2020)
Winter Parkland, Clandeboye
signed and dated 'Lindy guinness '06' (lower right)
Indian ink
45 x 60cm
ARR

Provenance
Jorgensen Fine Art, Molesworth Street, Dublin;
Private collection, UK
ProvenanceThe estate of Paul Manousso (1930-2021), an artist's home on Brompton Square,…
Hammer price: £480
Estimate: £100 - £150
16 May 2023
16 May 2023
QUENTIN BLAKE (BRITISH, B. 1932)
Lot 209 Sold
QUENTIN BLAKE (BRITISH, B. 1932)
Kneeling figure
signed 'Q Blake' (upper left)
pastel and wash
37 x 50.5cm
ARR

Provenance
Acquired in October 1993;
The Estate of Russell Hoban

Footnote
Blake illustrated a number of Hoban's books, including the Folio Society edition of 'Riddley Walker' (1980)
Hammer price: £450
Estimate: £200 - £400
16 May 2023
16 May 2023
WALT DISNEY (AMERICAN, 1901-1966) (2)
Lot 210 Sold
WALT DISNEY (AMERICAN, 1901-1966) (2)
Mickey Mouse
signed 'Walt Disney' (lower right) and stamped 'Property of: Walt Disney Productions' (verso)
ink and acrylic on paper
29.5 x 20.5cm

Together with a print of Mickey Mouse, also bearing Disney stamp
(both unframed)
(2)

Provenance
Gifted by Walt Disney to William Desmond Cooke, Managing Director of Chad Valley Toys;
Thence by descent
Condition reportBoth signatures are original.Original work:  Staining to sheet off the right border…
Hammer price: £1,400
Estimate: £300 - £500
16 May 2023
16 May 2023
PAUL CAMPONIGRO (AMERICAN, B. 1932)
Lot 212 Sold
PAUL CAMPONIGRO (AMERICAN, B. 1932)
Stonehenge, Wiltshire, England (1967)
signed in pencil 'Paul Camponigro' (on mount lower right)
gelatin silver print
33 x 49cm
(unframed)
Condition reportSome very small minor marks and abrasions to the image, including to lower left…
Hammer price: £350
Estimate: £300 - £500
16 May 2023
16 May 2023
BILL BRANDT (BRITISH, 1904-1983)
Lot 213 Sold
BILL BRANDT (BRITISH, 1904-1983)
Stonehenge Under Snow (1947)
signed in ink 'Bill Brandt' (to the mount)
gelatin silver print
34 x 28.5cm
ARR

Provenance
Marlborough Gallery, New York;
Private collection
Condition reportStains upper right and to left centre edge but some of these could be original to…
Hammer price: £1,600
Estimate: £600 - £800
16 May 2023
16 May 2023
ELINA BROTHERUS (FINNISH, B. 1972)
Lot 214 Sold
ELINA BROTHERUS (FINNISH, B. 1972)
Model Study 14
signed, titled, dated and numbered 'Elina Brotherus 2004 2/6' (on a label attached to the aluminium plate)
colour photograph on cyrstal fuji archive paper glued on anodized aluminium
70 x 49cm
ARR

Provenance
GB Agency, Paris
Hammer price: £1,000
Estimate: £1,000 - £1,500
16 May 2023
16 May 2023
JOHN PIPER (BRITISH, 1903-1992)
Lot 215 Sold
JOHN PIPER (BRITISH, 1903-1992)
The Green Man
one from an edition of 500 in a series of six designs, commissioned by The National Art Collection Fund & Wedgewood
ceramic plate
31cm diameter
ARR
ProvenanceThe Collection of Mr. & Mrs. Walter Goetzhttps://www.bellmans.co.uk/story/the-walter-and…
Hammer price: £280
Estimate: £300 - £500
16 May 2023
16 May 2023
BOUKE DE VRIES (DUTCH, B. 1960)
Lot 216 Unsold
BOUKE DE VRIES (DUTCH, B. 1960)
Dead Nature with celadon bowl, fruit, insect and butterfly
mixed media
mounted on a square marble base beneath a glass case
27cm wide x 13.5cm high
ARR

Provenance
The Estate of the Late Meredith Etherington-Smith (1946-2020);
Please see the Bellmans website article for further information
FootnoteBourke de Vries is a Dutch ceramic conservator and artist, who studied at West Dean College…
Estimate: £1,500 - £2,500
16 May 2023
16 May 2023
BOUKE DE VRIES (DUTCH, B. 1960)
Lot 217 Sold
BOUKE DE VRIES (DUTCH, B. 1960)
Dutch delft bust with biscuit porcelain pug dog head
mounted on an ebonised plinth under a glass dome
17.5cm high
ARR

Provenance
The Estate of the Late Meredith Etherington-Smith (1946-2020);
Please see the Bellmans website article for further information
FootnoteBourke de Vries is a Dutch ceramic conservator and artist, who studied at West Dean College…
Hammer price: £480
Estimate: £200 - £300
16 May 2023
16 May 2023
COLIN REID (BRITISH, B. 1953): AN ART GLASS SCULPTURE IN CRESCENT FORM
Lot 218 Unsold
COLIN REID (BRITISH, B. 1953)
Untitled, Crescent form (2012)
etched signature, date and number ‘Colin Reid, 2012, R1647’ (to flat edge)
kiln-cast and polished optical glass
43.5cm wide
ARR
ProvenanceAcquired from Adrian Sassoon in 2012;Private collection, UKCondition reportGeneral and…
Estimate: £400 - £600
16 May 2023
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Total lots: 235

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