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Auction date Wednesday 15 May 2024 11:00 - 18:00 BST

DOD PROCTER (BRITISH, 1890-1972)
Girl in a Black Dress (c. 1915)
signed 'Dod Procter' (upper left) and inscribed with title (to back of stretcher)
oil and tempera on canvas
77 x 62cm
with an oil of a water fountain (verso)

£15000-£25000

Wednesday 15 May – Sussex Saleroom 
Lot 1201 - 1500 Modern British and 20th century art 11am  

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Thursday 9th May 10am – 4.00pm
Friday 10th May   10am – 4.00pm
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Monday 13th May 10am – 4.00pm
Tuesday 14th May 10am – 4.00pm

Payment
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Collections - Sussex Saleroom 
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Wednesday 15 May      9am – 4.30pm
Thursday 16 May         9am - 4.30pm
Friday 17 May              9am – 4.30pm
Saturday 18 May          9am – 12 noon
Monday 20 May           9am – 4.30pm 
Tuesday 21 May           9am – 4.30pm
Wednesday 22 May        9am – 4.30pm
Thursday 23 May            9am – 4.30pm

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. The royalty does not apply to lots selling below the sterling equivalent of €1,000 and the maximum royalty payable on any single lot is the sterling equivalent of €10,000. Droit de Suite, which is not subject to VAT, will be added to the buyer's purchase price and then passed on to the relevant collecting agency. Please enquire for the accepted exchange rate on the day of the sale.

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Total lots: 299

Lot Title Estimate Hammer price
1201 JOHN NASH (BRITISH, 1893-1977)
A storm over the sea (c. 1937)
with studio stamp (to backboard)
watercolour, pen and ink
22 x 32.5cm
ARR

Provenance
New Grafton Gallery, Old Bond Street, London, where acquired by the present owner…
£1,500 - £2,500 £1,300 View
1202 GILBERT SPENCER (BRITISH, 1892-1979)
View from a balcony in France, thought to be Berneval Sur Mer
signed and dated ‘Gilbert Spencer 1937’ (lower right)
watercolour
36 x 52cm
ARR

Provenance
Abbott and Holder, London, where acquired by…
£150 - £250 - View
1203 ATTRIBUTED TO EDWARD SEAGO (BRITISH, 1910-1974)
Morning Mist, Britford Lane
signed with initial 'S' (lower right), inscribed with title (verso)
ink and wash on paper
25.5 x 31.5cm
ARR
£200 - £400 £240 View
1204 EDWARD WESSON (BRITISH, 1910-1983)
Trees in a landscape
signed 'Wesson' (lower left)
oil on board
46 x 61cm
ARR

Provenance
Private collection, UK
£200 - £400 £220 View
1205 ATTRIBUTED TO GERALD LESLIE BROCKHURST (1890-1978)
Portrait of a gentleman
signed 'G. L Brockhurst' (lower left)
pastel and coloured chalks
33 x 23cm
ARR

Provenance
Private collection, UK
£500 - £800 £400 View
1206 ATTRIBUTED TO AUGUSTUS JOHN (BRITISH, 1878-1961)
Portrait of a girl (pencil study of a girl, verso)
brown chalk
25.5 x 15.5cm
ARR
£700 - £1,000 - View
1207 REX WHISTLER (BRITISH, 1905-1944)
Costume design for Lady in Waiting
inscribed in pencil
pencil, watercolour and gouache
27.5 x 22cm

Provenance
Private collection, UK
£200 - £400 £190 View
1208 MIKHAIL NIKOLAEVICH YAKOVLEV (RUSSIAN, 1880-1942) (12)
Twelve illustrations for the prologue to Alexander Pushkin's poem (1923)
variously signed and inscribed
pencil, watercolour and gouache
the largest 35 x 26cm
(12)
£500 - £700 £420 View
1209 CHARLES LEMAIRE (AMERICAN, 1897-1985)
Design for a dress for Barbara La Marr
signed and dated 'CLemaire 25' (lower right)
pen, ink and watercolour
38 x 31cm
£200 - £400 £200 View
1210 HONORÉ DAUMIER (FRENCH, 1808-1879)
Apollon
signed with initials 'h.d.' (lower right), titled (lower left)
pen, ink and pastel on paper
29 x 19cm
£5,000 - £8,000 - View
1211 PIERRE-GEORGES JEANNIOT (SWISS/FRENCH, 1848-1934)
Portrait of a lady resting on a sofa
signed 'Jeanniot' (lower left)
charcoal and coloured chalks
60.5 x 40.5cm

Provenance
The Collection of Mr. Marcus Linell
£500 - £800 - View
1212 PAUL LUCIEN MAZE (BRITISH, 1887-1979)
After the Bath
signed 'P. Maze' (lower right)
pencil, coloured chalks and gouache
37 x 31.5cm
ARR
£500 - £700 - View
1213 JOHN STANTON WARD (BRITISH, 1917 - 2007)
Kate Asleep
signed and dated 'John Ward 96' (lower left)
pencil and wash on paper
32 x 48cm
ARR

Provenance
Archeus Fine Art, London
£500 - £700 £900 View
1214 HUGH CASSON (BRITISH, 1910-1999) (2)
Council Meeting, Including a self portrait of the artist on the far right (c. 1985)
pen, ink and pencil
7 x 18cm
together with another pen and ink by the same hand, Leeds Students, 9 x 7cm
(2)
ARR
£80 - £120 £50 View
1215 ATTRIBUTED TO MERVYN PEAKE (BRITISH, 1911-1968)
Creature with weighing scales
pen and ink
17 x 13cm
ARR

Provenance
Private collection, UK
£200 - £300 £150 View
1216 ATTRIBUTED TO MERVYN PEAKE (BRITISH, 1911-1968)
Cherub with £10; Fish in top hat with £10 (two framed as one)
pen and ink
cherub 8.5 x 6.5cm; fish 7 x 6.5cm
ARR

Provenance
Private collection, UK
£200 - £400 £150 View
1217 BERNARD MENINSKY (BRITISH, 1891-1950)
Nude studies, three framed as one
pencil and charcoal on paper
the largest 30.5 x 12cm (overall size including mount 48.5 x 60cm)

Provenance
The estate of George Weissbort, from whom acquired by the…
£400 - £600 £380 View
1218 JOSEF HERMAN (BRITISH, 1911-2000)
Two Miners Pulling a Trolley (circa 1950)
inscribed with title and signed 'Josef Herman' (to backboard)
ink and grey wash
20 x 26cm
ARR
£300 - £500 £260 View
1219 JOSEF HERMAN (BRITISH, 1911-2000)
Two Miners on the Surface of a Colliery (1944)
inscribed, dated and signed 'Josef Herman' (to backboard)
ink and grey wash
16.5 x 23cm
ARR

Provenance
Private collection, UK
£300 - £500 £260 View
1220 JOSEF HERMAN (BRITISH, 1911-2000)
A Group of Landworkers (circa 1961)
inscribed and signed 'Josef Herman' (to backboard)
ink and grey wash
19.5 x 24cm
ARR

Provenance
Private collection, UK
£300 - £500 £260 View
1221 JACOB KRAMER (BRITISH, 1892-1962)
Boats in a harbour
signed 'Kramer' (lower left)
gouache, pen, ink and watercolour
33 x 45cm
ARR

Provenance
Private collection, UK
£800 - £1,200 - View
1222 JACOB KRAMER (BRITISH, 1892-1962)
Boats in a harbour near a church
signed 'Kramer' (lower left)
watercolour, pen and ink
28 x 39cm
ARR

Provenance
Private collection, UK
£400 - £600 - View
1223 AVERIL MARY BURLEIGH (BRITISH, 1883-1949)
Wash day
signed 'Averil Burleigh' (lower right)
watercolour
34 x 35cm

Provenance
Private collection, UK
£200 - £400 £350 View
1224 SIR WILLIAM RUSSELL FLINT (BRITISH, 1880-1969)
Rio Ognissanti, Venice
signed 'W. RUSSELL FLINT' (lower left) and inscribed (to backboard)
watercolour
19 x 28cm
ARR

Provenance
Frost & Reed;
King Street Galleries Ltd;
Campbell & Franks…
£1,000 - £1,500 £1,100 View
1225 LIONEL DALHOUSIE ROBERTSON EDWARDS (BRITISH, 1878-1966) (2)
A trial - The Limekilns, Newmarket; Newmarket High Street
a pair, each signed, inscribed and dated 'Lionel Edwards, Newmarket, 1938' (lower left)
watercolour
each 33.5 x 49.5cm
(2)
ARR

Provenance…
£5,000 - £8,000 £9,000 View
1226 THEODORE ROUSSEL (FRENCH, 1847-1926)
Bathing Station, St Leonards-on-Sea, Sussex
watercolour
25.5 x 37cm

Provenance
Michael Parkin Gallery, London;
William Hodgson Esq;
Private collection, UK

Exhibited
Hastings Museum and Art Gallery,…
£200 - £400 £180 View
1227 HENRI LE FAUCONNIER (FRENCH, 1881-1946)
Still life with flowers
signed 'Le Fauconnier' (lower right)
pencil, ink and watercolour
36 x 26cm

Provenance
Property from the collection of art critic Terence Mullaly
£150 - £250 £280 View
1228 ROGER CHAPELAIN-MIDY (FRENCH, 1904-1992)
Design for a stage set, depicting a hut among trees, with the sea beyond
signed 'Chapelain Midy' (lower right)
gouache and watercolour
22 x 28.5cm
ARR

Provenance
An Aristocratic Collection;
Sale,…
£100 - £150 £260 View
1229 RONALD OSSORY DUNLOP (IRISH, 1894-1973)
Westminster Bridge
titled (to backboard)
watercolour
35.5 x 53cm
ARR
£100 - £200 £90 View
1230 WILLIAM FREDERICK LIDDELL (BRITISH, ACT. 1905-1927)
Trafalgar Square, London
watercolour
17 x 26cm
£100 - £150 - View
1231 BARAGWANATH KING (BRITISH, 1864-1939)
Harbour wall at low tide
signed 'BARAGWANATH KING' (lower left)
watercolour and gouache
35 x 56cm
£100 - £200 - View
1232 GEORGE AYLING (BRITISH, 1887-1960)
Nearing the Homeland, Beachy Head
signed 'GEO AYLING' (lower left)
watercolour
39 x 53cm
ARR

Provenance
Lincoln Joyce Fine Art, Great Bookham, Surrey;
Private collection, UK
£150 - £250 £120 View
1233 LANTA SPURRIER (BRITISH, 1905-1981) (4)
Elecampane and Onopordon
signed 'Lanta Spurrier' (lower left) and with artist's label (verso)
oil on canvas-board
75 x 65cm
(unframed)
together with three other oils on canvas-board, Study of two…
£100 - £200 £70 View
1234 LANTA SPURRIER (BRITISH, 1905-1981) (4)
On the Shelf
with artist's label (verso)
oil on canvas-board
60.5 x 51cm
(unframed)
together with three other oils on canvas-board by the same hand, Still life of a vase, 51 x 61cm; To the Boats,…
£100 - £200 £380 View
1235 LANTA SPURRIER (BRITISH, 1905-1981) (4)
Still life of a book, a vase and two cards
oil on canvas-board
51 x 61cm
(unframed)
together with three other oils on canvas-board by the same hand, Bottles, signed, 72 x 29cm; Studio Impedimenta, 61…
£100 - £200 £220 View
1236 LANTA SPURRIER (BRITISH, 1905-1981) (2)
Hilbre Island, Cheshire I
with artist's label (verso)
oil on canvas-board
61 x 79cm
(unframed)
together with another oil on canvas-board by the same hand, Hilbre Island, Cheshire II, signed, 61.5 x…
£100 - £200 £300 View
1237 LANTA SPURRIER (BRITISH, 1905-1981) (3)
Portloe, Cornwall
signed 'Lanta Spurrier' (lower right) and with artist's label (verso)
oil on canvas
76 x 40.5cm
(unframed)
together with two other oils on canvas by the same hand, Durdle Door,…
£100 - £200 £220 View
1238 LANTA SPURRIER (BRITISH, 1905-1981) (3)
Floats
signed 'Lanta Spurrier' (lower left)
oil on canvas-board
122 x 44.5cm
(unframed)
together with two other oils on canvas-board; Begonia Rex and Others, signed, 107 x 36cm; and The Mill Church,…
£100 - £200 £150 View
1239 LANTA SPURRIER (BRITISH, 1905-1981) (4)
In the Copse
signed 'Lanta Spurrier' (lower left) and with artist's label (verso)
oil on canvas-board
51 x 66cm
(unframed)
together with three other oils on canvas-board by the same hand; Anemones,…
£100 - £200 £260 View
1240 LANTA SPURRIER (BRITISH, 1905-1981) (3)
Cypress
signed 'Lanta Spurrier' (lower left) and with artist's label (verso)
oil on canvas
76 x 40.5cm
(unframed)
together with two other oils on canvas by the same hand; A canal boat, signed, 40.5 x…
£100 - £200 £200 View
1241 LANTA SPURRIER (BRITISH, 1905-1981) (4)
Forest Pool
signed 'Lanta Spurrier' (lower right) and with artist's label (verso)
oil on canvas
51 x 61cm
(unframed)
together with three other oils on canvas by the same hand; To Farnham Castle,…
£100 - £200 £160 View
1242 LANTA SPURRIER (BRITISH, 1905-1981) (2)
Approaching Storm, Wool, Dorset
inscribed and with artist's label (verso)
oil on canvas
60.5 x 91.5cm
together with another oil on canvas by the same hand, Flowers in a vase, 41 x 51cm
(2)
ARR
£100 - £200 £180 View
1243 LANTA SPURRIER (BRITISH, 1905-1981) (6)
A farm in the downs
signed 'Lanta Spurrier' (lower left)
watercolour
51 x 61cm
(unframed)
together with five other watercolour and gouache works by the same hand; A coastal view, signed, 38 x 54cm;…
£100 - £200 £320 View
1244 MARGARET METCALFE (BRITISH, 1877-1972) (3)
Still life with a red teapot and poinsettia
pastel
45 x 37cm
(unframed)
together with two other pastels by the same hand; Still life of a bottle, mug, glass and book, 38.5 x 43cm; and Still life of…
£100 - £150 - View
1245 MARGARET METCALFE (BRITISH, 1877-1972) (4)
Still life of two tea pots and a jar and cover
pastel
28 x 38.5cm
(unframed)
together with three other pastels by the same hand; Still life of Anthurium, 56 x 38cm; Still life of flowers in a mug, 56…
£100 - £150 - View
1246 MARGARET METCALFE (BRITISH, 1877-1972)
The Terror That Walked By Night (Angoni Raider)
signed 'M Metcalfe' (lower right) and with inscription and label (to backboard)
watercolour
57 x 39cm
(unframed)
ARR

Provenance
The artist, thence by…
£100 - £150 £50 View
1247 MARGARET METCALFE (BRITISH, 1877-1972)
An African tribesman
signed 'M Metcalfe' (lower right)
watercolour
49.5 x 35cm
(unframed)
ARR

Provenance
The artist, thence by descent to her grandson;
Private collection, UK
£100 - £150 £50 View
1248 MARGARET METCALFE (BRITISH, 1877-1972)
An African tribal mask
pastel
43 x 34cm
(unframed)
ARR

Provenance
The artist, thence by descent to her grandson;
Private collection, UK
£100 - £150 £50 View

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