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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
Saturday 11th May  9am – 12.30pm
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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Lots per page:

Total lots: 299

Lot 1298 Sold
LAURENCE STEPHEN LOWRY (BRITISH, 1887-1976)
An Industrial Town
signed and numbered in pencil 'L S Lowry 164/500' (in lower margin)
offset lithograph in colours
44 x 60cm
ARR

Provenance
Private collection, UK
VIEWING NOTICEThis work will be on view in London on 7th & 8th May4 Cromwell Place, South…
Hammer price: £1,500
Estimate: £800 - £1,200
15 May 2024
15 May 2024
Lot 1299 Sold
JULIAN TREVELYAN (BRITISH, 1910-1988)
Downing College, Cambridge
signed and numbered 'Julian Trevelyan 34/70' (lower margin)
lithograph
39.5 x 45cm
ARR

Provenance
Property from the collection of art critic Terence Mullaly
Hammer price: £260
Estimate: £80 - £120
15 May 2024
15 May 2024
Lot 1300 Unsold
JOSEF HERMAN (BRITISH, 1911-2000) (54)
Song of the Migrant Bird
a set of fifty-four lithographs printed in colours by Curwen Press, Chilford, with their blindstamp, fifty-two of them signed and numbered in pencil 'josef herman' (lower right) '50/50' (lower left)
each 30 x 21cm
(all unframed) (no box)
(54)
ARR
Condition reportMinor surface spots and stains but generally good condition overall.  
Estimate: £1,000 - £1,500
15 May 2024
15 May 2024
Lot 1301 Unsold
GEORGE ALEXANDER HAIG (BRITISH, 1918-2009)
River landscape
signed 'Haig' (lower right)
screenprint
28 x 32cm
ARR
Condition reportSome undulation to paper.A few very small spots and marks, mostly along upper edge…
Estimate: £80 - £120
15 May 2024
15 May 2024
Lot 1302 Sold
CHRISTOPHER RICHARD WYNNE NEVINSON (BRITISH, 1889-1946)
Wembley, 1925
lithograph, published by David Allen & Sons, Ltd.
76 x 51cm
(unframed)
Hammer price: £900
Estimate: £400 - £600
15 May 2024
15 May 2024
Lot 1303 Sold
EDWARD MCKNIGHT KAUFFER (AMERICAN, 1890-1954)
Flowers of the Hills
published by the Dangerfield Printing Company
lithograph
76 x 51cm
(unframed)
Hammer price: £350
Estimate: £200 - £400
15 May 2024
15 May 2024
Lot 1304 Sold
SIR JACOP EPSTEIN (BRITISH, 1880-1959)
The Putti, Fifth and Sixth Portraits of Peggy Jean at Two (conceived in 1920)
signed with monogram 'JE' (on the back of the neck)
bronze
35.5cm wide
on a marble base
ARR

Provenance
Private collection, UK
VIEWING NOTICEThis work will be on view in London on 7th & 8th May4 Cromwell Place, South…
Hammer price: £1,800
Estimate: £2,000 - £4,000
15 May 2024
15 May 2024
Lot 1305 Unsold
MENASHE KADISHMAN (ISRAELI, 1932-2015)
Totem Crucifix
numbered '3 10' (verso) and signed and numbered 'Menashe Kadishman 3/10' (to bottom of wooden base)
bronze on a wooden plinth base
19cm high, 26cm high including base

Provenance
Private collection, UK
Estimate: £600 - £800
15 May 2024
15 May 2024
Lot 1306 Sold
ATTRIBUTED TO JESSE WATKINS (BRITISH, 1899-1980)
Untitled, Abstract form
signed with initials and dated 'JW 62' (verso) and further signed with initials 'JW' (to base)
bronze
32.5cm high x 19cm wide
ARR
Hammer price: £110
Estimate: £100 - £200
15 May 2024
15 May 2024
Lot 1307 Sold
ATTRIBUTED TO IVOR ABRAHAMS (BRITISH, 1935-2015)
Tree Form
bronze
on a marble base
41cm high x 45cm wide, 46.5cm high including marble base
ARR

Provenance
Private collection, UK
Hammer price: £650
Estimate: £200 - £400
15 May 2024
15 May 2024
Lot 1308 Sold
W*** H*** (20TH CENTURY) (3)
Mother and Child
signed with initials and numbered 'W H 6/20' (to base)
bronze
17cm high
together with two other 20th century sculptures of figures, one 13cm high, the other 10.5cm high
(3)

Provenance
Private collection, UK
Hammer price: £160
Estimate: £150 - £250
15 May 2024
15 May 2024
Lot 1309 Sold
JAMES WOODFORD (BRITISH, 1893-1976)
The Printing Press
signed and dated 'James Woodford 1954' (lower right)
carved limestone plaque
145 x 110cm
ARR

Provenance
Private collection, UK
Hammer price: £400
Estimate: £500 - £700
15 May 2024
15 May 2024
Lot 1310 Sold
ENZO PLAZZOTTA (ITALIAN, 1921-1981)
Crucifixion
artist's stamp (lower left)
bronze relief
37 x 25.5cm
ARR

Provenance
Private collection, UK
Hammer price: £900
Estimate: £1,000 - £1,500
15 May 2024
15 May 2024
Lot 1311 Unsold
PRUNELLA CLOUGH (BRITISH, 1919-1999)
Grey Quadrant (1968-1973)
signed 'Clough' (verso)
oil and pencil on canvas
40 x 46cm
ARR

Provenance
Sale, Bonhams, London, 12th November, 1997;
Austin Desmond Fine Art, where acquired by the present owner in 1998;
Private collection, UK
VIEWING NOTICEThis work will be on view in London on 7th & 8th May4 Cromwell Place, South…
Estimate: £3,000 - £5,000
15 May 2024
15 May 2024
Lot 1312 Unsold
CLARKE HUTTON (BRITISH, 1898-1984)
Red Landscape
signed with initials and dated 'CH '63' (lower right), further signed and titled (verso)
oil on panel
30.5 x 40.5cm
ARR

Provenance
Private collection, UK
Condition reportSmall horizontal crack to lower left and lower right corner.Small patches of…
Estimate: £500 - £700
15 May 2024
15 May 2024
Lot 1313 Sold
ALBERT HOUTHUESEN (DUTCH, 1903-1979)
Lake with sunset
titled (on the backboard)
oil on board
17.5 x 25.5cm
ARR

Provenance
Property from the collection of art critic Terence Mullaly
Condition reportSome of the circular marks visible in the photo are on the glass, both on the…
Hammer price: £600
Estimate: £300 - £500
15 May 2024
15 May 2024
Lot 1314 Sold
EDGAR HUBERT (BRITISH, 1906-1985)
Composition, June 1946
signed 'E Hubert' (lower right)
mixed media on paper
36.5 x 25cm
ARR

Provenance
The Fine Art Society, London, 2005;
Property of a Nobleman

Exhibited
London, The Fine Art Society, Edgar Hubert 1906-1985, 2005, no.23
Condition reportSmall crease lower left corner.Faint crease upper right corner.Otherwise appears in…
Hammer price: £180
Estimate: £200 - £300
15 May 2024
15 May 2024
Lot 1315 Sold
WILLIAM CROSBIE (BRITISH, 1915-1999)
Munnie and Janette (1937)
titled (lower left)
watercolour and gouache
56.5 x 64cm
ARR

Provenance
Aitken Dott & Son, Castle Street Edinburgh;
Private collection, UK

Exhibited
Edinburgh, Aitken Dott & Son, Castle Street, The Scottish Gallery Summer Exhibition 1978, no. 92
Condition reportPinholes to upper left and right corner, minor creasing off the lower left border…
Hammer price: £3,200
Estimate: £300 - £500
15 May 2024
15 May 2024
Lot 1316 Sold
WILLIAM CROSBIE (BRITISH, 1915-1999)
Study II
gouache
37 x 28cm
ARR

Provenance
Aitken Dott & Son, Castle Street, Edinburgh;
Private collection, UK

Exhibited
Edinburgh, Aitken Dott & Son, The Scottish Gallery Summer Exhibition 1978, No. 94
Condition Reporthorizontal fold line to the centre of the sheet, pinholes to the four corners,…
Hammer price: £1,000
Estimate: £200 - £400
15 May 2024
15 May 2024
Lot 1317 Sold
PAUL JOOSTENS (BELGIAN, 1889-1960) (3)
Alleluia, Désincarneé; Alleluia - La margelle en Pucellerie; Austerity Christienne
a set of three; each titled, two signed and dated 'P. Joostens 50' (lower right margin), the third signed and dated 'P. Joostens 51' (lower right margin)
each collage on paper
largest 22 x 17cm
(3)
ARR
Condition reportAll with some discolouration, small marks, stains and some foxing to margins/paper…
Hammer price: £850
Estimate: £500 - £800
15 May 2024
15 May 2024
Lot 1318 Unsold
ROTRAUT KLEIN-MOQUAY (GERMAN/FRENCH, B. 1938)
Untitled, Abstract composition in black
signed, indistinctly inscribed and dated 'Rotraut 1960' (verso)
ink on paper
62.5 x 50.5cm
(unframed)
ARR

Provenance
Private collection
Condition reportSmall creases, nicks and tears including:Small tear and loss to upper left corner…
Estimate: £400 - £600
15 May 2024
15 May 2024
Lot 1319 Sold
ALEXANDER MACKENZIE (BRITISH, 1923-2002)
Variations/White Horse, Uffington
signed, titled and dated 'Variations/White horse Uffington/March 78/Alexander Mackenzie' (to backboard)
gouache and pencil on printed paper, laid on board
12.5 x 14cm
ARR

Provenance
Michael Parkin Gallery, Motcomb Street, London;
Private collection, UK
Hammer price: £150
Estimate: £400 - £600
15 May 2024
15 May 2024
Lot 1320 Sold
JAMES LAWRENCE ISHERWOOD (BRITISH, 1917-1988)
Sunset, Houses of Parliament
signed 'ISHERWOOD' (lower right), titled (verso)
oil on board
35.5 x 45.5cm
(unframed)
ARR

Provenance
Private collection, UK
Hammer price: £450
Estimate: £300 - £500
15 May 2024
15 May 2024
Lot 1321 Sold
JAMES LAWRENCE ISHERWOOD (BRITISH, 1917-1988)
Arbroath
signed 'ISHERWOOD' (lower left), titled (verso)
oil on board
30 x 40.5cm
ARR

Provenance
Sale, Bonhams, Chester, 5th September 2013, lot 272, where acquired by the present owner;
Private collection, UK
Hammer price: £240
Estimate: £300 - £500
15 May 2024
15 May 2024

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