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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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Tuesday 14th May 10am – 4.00pm

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Collections - Sussex Saleroom 
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Thursday 16 May         9am - 4.30pm
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Tuesday 21 May           9am – 4.30pm
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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. 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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Lots per page:

Total lots: 299

Lot 1225 Sold
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
Richard Green, London;
Property of a Nobleman
VIEWING NOTICEThis work will be on view in London on 7th & 8th May4 Cromwell Place, South…
Hammer price: £9,000
Estimate: £5,000 - £8,000
15 May 2024
15 May 2024
Lot 1226 Sold
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, 1997, no.92
Condition reportSome foxing and surface dirt in various places, most noticeable to sky and lower…
Hammer price: £180
Estimate: £200 - £400
15 May 2024
15 May 2024
Lot 1227 Sold
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
Hammer price: £280
Estimate: £150 - £250
15 May 2024
15 May 2024
Lot 1228 Sold
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, Christie's, London, 4th August 2020, lot 91
Hammer price: £260
Estimate: £100 - £150
15 May 2024
15 May 2024
Lot 1229 Sold
RONALD OSSORY DUNLOP (IRISH, 1894-1973)
Westminster Bridge
titled (to backboard)
watercolour
35.5 x 53cm
ARR
Hammer price: £90
Estimate: £100 - £200
15 May 2024
15 May 2024
Lot 1230 Unsold
WILLIAM FREDERICK LIDDELL (BRITISH, ACT. 1905-1927)
Trafalgar Square, London
watercolour
17 x 26cm
Estimate: £100 - £150
15 May 2024
15 May 2024
Lot 1231 Unsold
BARAGWANATH KING (BRITISH, 1864-1939)
Harbour wall at low tide
signed 'BARAGWANATH KING' (lower left)
watercolour and gouache
35 x 56cm
Estimate: £100 - £200
15 May 2024
15 May 2024
Lot 1232 Sold
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
Condition reportPossibly a very little discolouration and some very pale brown spots to sky but…
Hammer price: £120
Estimate: £150 - £250
15 May 2024
15 May 2024
Lot 1233 Sold
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 trees, 60.5 x 30.5cm; Red, yellow and orange flowers, 60.5 x 30.5cm; and Fish and seaweed, 76 x 25.5cm, (all unframed)
(4)
ARR
FootnoteATALANTA (LANTA) SPURRIER (1905-1981)Was a British painter known for painting en plein air…
Hammer price: £70
Estimate: £100 - £200
15 May 2024
15 May 2024
Lot 1234 Sold
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, signed, 59 x 43cm; and An extensive landscape with a coppice of trees, 30.5 x 61cm, (all unframed)
(4)
ARR
FootnoteATALANTA (LANTA) SPURRIER (1905-1981)Was a British painter known for painting en plein air…
Hammer price: £380
Estimate: £100 - £200
15 May 2024
15 May 2024
Lot 1235 Sold
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 x 51cm; and Still life of a jug and two vases, 66 x 51cm, (all unframed)
(4)
ARR
FootnoteATALANTA (LANTA) SPURRIER (1905-1981)Was a British painter known for painting en plein air…
Hammer price: £220
Estimate: £100 - £200
15 May 2024
15 May 2024
Lot 1236 Sold
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 81cm, (unframed)
(2)
ARR
FootnoteATALANTA (LANTA) SPURRIER (1905-1981)Was a British painter known for painting en plein air…
Hammer price: £300
Estimate: £100 - £200
15 May 2024
15 May 2024
Lot 1237 Sold
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, Dorset, signed, 51 x 66.5cm; and A coastal landscape, 40 x 76cm, (both unframed)
(3)
ARR
FootnoteATALANTA (LANTA) SPURRIER (1905-1981)Was a British painter known for painting en plein air…
Hammer price: £220
Estimate: £100 - £200
15 May 2024
15 May 2024
Lot 1238 Sold
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, Reigate Heath, signed, 100 x 51cm, (both unframed)
(3)
ARR
FootnoteATALANTA (LANTA) SPURRIER (1905-1981)Was a British painter known for painting en plein air…
Hammer price: £150
Estimate: £100 - £200
15 May 2024
15 May 2024
Lot 1239 Sold
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, signed, 51 x 61cm; Busy Lizzie, signed, 51 x 61cm; and Croton (Codiacum Variegatum), signed, 51 x 61cm, (all unframed)
(4)
ARR
FootnoteATALANTA (LANTA) SPURRIER (1905-1981)Was a British painter known for painting en plein air…
Hammer price: £260
Estimate: £100 - £200
15 May 2024
15 May 2024
Lot 1240 Sold
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 76cm; and Stags-Horn Fern, signed, 63 x 76cm, (both unframed)
(3)
ARR
FootnoteATALANTA (LANTA) SPURRIER (1905-1981)Was a British painter known for painting en plein air…
Hammer price: £200
Estimate: £100 - £200
15 May 2024
15 May 2024
Lot 1241 Sold
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, signed, 66 x 51cm; Corn stooks, 46 x 61cm; and Clogs, 51 x 61cm, (all unframed)
(4)
ARR
FootnoteATALANTA (LANTA) SPURRIER (1905-1981)Was a British painter known for painting en plein air…
Hammer price: £160
Estimate: £100 - £200
15 May 2024
15 May 2024
Lot 1242 Sold
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
FootnoteATALANTA (LANTA) SPURRIER (1905-1981)Was a British painter known for painting en plein air…
Hammer price: £180
Estimate: £100 - £200
15 May 2024
15 May 2024
Lot 1243 Sold
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; Trees by a barn in a landscape, signed, 47 x 60cm; A tree stump covered in snow, signed, 51 x 61cm; Study of Teasels, 61 x 51cm; and Study of flower heads, signed, 38.5 x 68cm, (all unframed)
(6)
ARR
FootnoteATALANTA (LANTA) SPURRIER (1905-1981)Was a British painter known for painting en plein air…
Hammer price: £320
Estimate: £100 - £200
15 May 2024
15 May 2024
Lot 1244 Unsold
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 orange flowers in a mug, 48 x 31.5cm, (both unframed)
(3)
ARR
ProvenanceThe artist, thence by descent to her grandson;Private collection, UKFootnoteMargaret was…
Estimate: £100 - £150
15 May 2024
15 May 2024
Lot 1245 Unsold
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 x 38cm; and Study of Anthurium, 38 x 25cm, (all unframed)
(4)
ARR
ProvenanceThe artist, thence by descent to her grandson;Private collection, UKFootnoteMargaret was…
Estimate: £100 - £150
15 May 2024
15 May 2024
Lot 1246 Sold
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 descent to her grandson;
Private collection, UK
FootnoteMargaret was brought up in Horsted Keynes, East Sussex. She studied art at the Slade under…
Hammer price: £50
Estimate: £100 - £150
15 May 2024
15 May 2024
Lot 1247 Sold
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
FootnoteMargaret was brought up in Horsted Keynes, East Sussex. She studied art at the Slade under…
Hammer price: £50
Estimate: £100 - £150
15 May 2024
15 May 2024
Lot 1248 Sold
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
FootnoteMargaret was brought up in Horsted Keynes, East Sussex. She studied art at the Slade under…
Hammer price: £50
Estimate: £100 - £150
15 May 2024
15 May 2024

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