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Modern British and 20th Century Art

Auction date Tuesday 16 November 2021 14:00 - 18:00 GMT

Tuesday 16 November
Lot 201 – 420                     Modern British and 20th Century Art 2pm

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Total lots: 209

Lot 201 Sold
ETHELBERT WHITE (BRITISH, 1891-1972)
Set design for the Ballet Russes
signed 'Ethelbert White' (lower left)
hand coloured print
24 x 29cm
ARR
An artist's proof of the present work is held in the V&A collection
Hammer price: £280
Estimate: £150 - £250
16 November 2021
16 November 2021
Lot 202 Sold
RONALD OSSARY DUNLOP (IRISH, 1894-1973) (2)
Portrait of a lady; Portrait of a man
two, each signed 'R O Dunlop' (lower right)
pencil and watercolour
one 16.5 x 13cm; the other 15 x 11cm
(2)
ARR
Hammer price: £110
Estimate: £80 - £120
16 November 2021
16 November 2021
Lot 203 Sold
CLAUD LOVAT FRASER (BRITISH, 1890-1921)
At the theatre
inscribed (on the backboard)
ink, watercolour and wash
18 x 15cm
Hammer price: £750
Estimate: £200 - £400
16 November 2021
16 November 2021
Lot 204 Sold
KEITH VAUGHAN (BRITISH, 1912-1977)
Cottage and ornamental garden
studio stamp ‘KV’ (lower right)
ink on paper
12.5 x 17cm
ARR
Hammer price: £550
Estimate: £200 - £300
16 November 2021
16 November 2021
Lot 205 Sold
FRED UHLMAN (BRITISH, 1901-1985)
Red Sky
signed and titled on the artist's label (attached to the backboard)
lithograph
17.5 x 38.5cm
ARR
Hammer price: £240
Estimate: £200 - £300
16 November 2021
16 November 2021
Lot 206 Unsold
JULIAN TREVELYAN (BRITISH, 1910-1988)
Rain Forest
signed, titled and numbered '71/125' (in lower margin)
coloured etching
47 x 35cm
ARR

Exhibited
Farnham, Ashgate Gallery, March 1968
Condition reportminor staining in the margin to the lower left corner, otherwise sheet is generally…
Estimate: £250 - £350
16 November 2021
16 November 2021
Lot 207 Sold
JULIAN TREVELYAN (BRITISH, 1910-1988)
The Watchers
signed with studio stamp, titled and numbered '12/50' (in the lower margin)
etching
22 x 47.5cm
ARR
Hammer price: £450
Estimate: £400 - £600
16 November 2021
16 November 2021
Lot 208 Sold
SHEILA ROBINSON (BRITISH, 1925-1988)
The Navigation Inn
signed and dated in pencil 'Sheila Robinson 88' (in lower margin)
linocut
41 x 51cm
ARR
Condition reportLight discolouration to the right hand border, some further upper left; otherwise…
Hammer price: £500
Estimate: £100 - £150
16 November 2021
16 November 2021
Lot 209 Unsold
STANLEY WILLIAM HAYTER (BRITISH, 1901-1988)
Untitled (Black & Moorhead 11)
signed, dated and inscribed in pencil 'SWHayter Paris 1926' (in lower margin)
linocut
3.7 x 9.8cm
ARR

Footnote
A rare linocut printed in black, 1926, there was no edition, only a single trial proof is known.
Estimate: £200 - £300
16 November 2021
16 November 2021
Lot 210 Sold
CHRISTOPHER RICHARD WYNNE NEVINSON (BRITISH, 1889-1946)
The Rising City, circa 1926-7
signed in pencil 'C.R.W. Nevinson' (in the margin lower right)
etching
35 x 23.5cm

Literature
Jonathan Black, CRW Nevinson The Complete Prints, Lund Humphries, 2014, cat. no. 125, pp. 56, 176 (illustrated p.177)
FootnoteThe Rising City was first exhibited at Alex Reid & Lefevre, London, April 1927 while a…
Hammer price: £2,800
Estimate: £1,000 - £1,500
16 November 2021
16 November 2021
Lot 211 Unsold
AUGUSTUS JOHN (BRITISH, 1878-1961)
Portrait of Dorothy Walker-Heneage (nee Helyar)
signed 'Aug. John' (lower left) and inscribed (to backboard)
pencil
47 x 23cm
ARR

Provenance
The sitter, thence by family descent

Footnote
Dorothy Walker-Heneage (nee Helyar) was the last of the Helyar family of Coker Court, East Coker, Somerset.
Estimate: £1,500 - £2,500
16 November 2021
16 November 2021
Lot 212 Sold
AUBREY BEARDSLEY (BRITISH, 1872-1898) (17)
A portfolio of illustrations for Salome
lithographs
sheet size 34.5 x 17.5cm
(17)
Hammer price: £500
Estimate: £300 - £500
16 November 2021
16 November 2021
Lot 213 Sold
WILLIAM HEATH ROBINSON (BRITISH, 1872-1944)
Opportunity
signed 'W. HEATH ROBINSON' (lower left) , inscribed in pencil 'OPPORTUNITY' and 'HUMORIST' (in lower margin) and stamped and inscribed (verso)
pen and ink
43.5 x 35cm
(unframed)
Hammer price: £750
Estimate: £500 - £700
16 November 2021
16 November 2021
Lot 214 Sold
WILLIAM HEATH ROBINSON (BRITISH, 1872-1944)
Sensible Ways of Dealing with Incombatibility
signed 'HEATH ROBINSON' (lower left), inscribed with title (in lower margin) and further inscribed and stamped (verso)
pen and ink
47 x 36cm
(unframed)
Hammer price: £2,200
Estimate: £500 - £700
16 November 2021
16 November 2021
Lot 215 Sold
*** BROWN (BRITISH, C. 1900)
Queen Victoria's Jubilee Celebration
indistinctly signed (lower right)
pencil, watercolour and bodycolour on paper
44 x 66cm
(unframed)
FootnoteAccording to an inscription attached to the backboard the present work was discovered in…
Hammer price: £80
Estimate: £100 - £150
16 November 2021
16 November 2021
Lot 216 Unsold
JOHN STRICKLAND GOODALL (BRITISH, 1908-1996)
The Matinee
signed 'John S. Goodall' (lower right)
watercolour and pencil
26.5 x 37cm
ARR

Provenance
Christopher Wood, London
Private collection, UK
Estimate: £50 - £70
16 November 2021
16 November 2021
Lot 217 Sold
MARK NEGIN (BRITISH, B. 1932)
Costume design for Joan Plowright in The Cherry Orchard by Chekhov
signed and dated 'M Negin '83' (lower right) and inscribed and annotated
watercolour and charcoal heightened with white
46 x 30cm
ARR

Provenance
Charles Spencer Theatre Gallery, York Street, London
Private collection, UK
Hammer price: £30
Estimate: £80 - £120
16 November 2021
16 November 2021
Lot 218 Sold
GILBERT HOLIDAY (BRITISH, 1879-1937)
Police patrol with grandstand in the distance
signed 'Gilbert Holiday' (lower right)
pencil and watercolour, heightened with bodycolour
23 x 17cm
Condition reportOne small pin hole to sheet, upper right corner; minor abrasion and specks of dirt…
Hammer price: £140
Estimate: £150 - £250
16 November 2021
16 November 2021
Lot 219 Sold
GILBERT HOLIDAY (BRITISH, 1879-1937)
Scribbles of 'National' Spills
signed with initials 'G.H.' (lower right) and variously titled
pencil and coloured chalk, heightened with white
22 x 38cm
Condition reportThe sheet is generally sound, good condition overall; framed and under glass;…
Hammer price: £300
Estimate: £200 - £400
16 November 2021
16 November 2021
Lot 220 Sold
DENYS JAMES WATKINS-PITHFORD (BRITISH, 1905-1990)
A dog with a bird
signed and dated 'WATKINS-PITCHFORD ARCA 1932' (lower right)
pencil and watercolour
25 x 36.5cm
ARR
Hammer price: £220
Estimate: £80 - £120
16 November 2021
16 November 2021
Lot 221 Sold
FRANTISEK KUPKA (CZECH, 1871-1957)
Abstract composition
stamped signature (lower right)
etching
15 x 34cm
(unframed)
ARR
Hammer price: £700
Estimate: £400 - £600
16 November 2021
16 November 2021
Lot 222 Unsold
ALFRED SISLEY (BRITISH, 1839-1899)
L'Ecluse de Bourgogne à Moret
inscribed in pencil 'Croquis par Sisley - à Monsieur A. Calmair, témoignage de sympathie - Jeanne Sisley 20 aout 1899' (on card to which paper is laid down)
pencil and crayon on paper laid down onto card
20.5 x 26cm

Provenance
Jeanne Sisley, the artist's daughter
Important Impressionist and Modern Drawings and Watercolours, Sotheby's, 3rd December 1980, lot 198C, where purchased by the present owner's father
Private collection, UK
FootnoteAccording to the Sotheby's sale catalogue from 3rd December 1980, this work was executed…
Estimate: £4,000 - £6,000
16 November 2021
16 November 2021
Lot 223 Sold
HENRI DE TOULOUSE-LAUTREC (FRENCH, 1864-1901)
Le Jockey
inscribed in pencil 'Le Jockey (279)' (in lower margin) and further inscribed in French in pencil (verso)
lithograph printed in black, brown and pale red/orange
image size 51 x 36cm
sheet size 54 x 38cm

Provenance
Old Master, Modern & Contemporary Prints, Christie's, London, 31st March 2010, lot 162
Private collection, UK
FootnoteThis work is the second, final state, an extremely rare and unrecorded trial proof before…
Hammer price: £5,000
Estimate: £8,000 - £12,000
16 November 2021
16 November 2021
Lot 224 Sold
AFTER JEAN METZINGER (3)
Cubist Portrait
printed with artist's name and 'Pointe seche' (verso)
etching
18 x 13cm
together with; After Francis Picabia, Cubist Machine, printed with artist's name and 'Pointe seche' (verso), etching, 17.5 x 13cm; After Juan Gris, Portrait of Picasso, printed with artist's name (verso), etching, 18 x 14cm
(all unframed)
(3)
ARR
Hammer price: £150
Estimate: £300 - £500
16 November 2021
16 November 2021
Lot 225 Sold
ATTRIBUTED TO RENE BUTHAUD (FRENCH, 1886-1986) (2)
Abstract composition with figure in grey
bears initials 'RB' (lower right)
gouache
22 x 24cm
together with a watercolour and gouache of three nude women, bears initials 'RB' (lower right), 12.5 x 7.5cm
(2)
ARR
Hammer price: £380
Estimate: £100 - £200
16 November 2021
16 November 2021
Lot 226 Sold
AFTER EGON SCHIELE (AUSTRIAN, 1890-1918)
Reclining nude
photolithograph
30 x 46cm
Hammer price: £140
Estimate: £150 - £200
16 November 2021
16 November 2021
Lot 227 Sold
SALVADOR DALI (SPANISH, 1904-1989)
The Monkey and the Leopard
signed and numbered in pencil 'Dali LXXXIV/CXX' (in lower margin)
etching in colours
58 x 40.5cm
ARR
Hammer price: £380
Estimate: £200 - £300
16 November 2021
16 November 2021
Lot 228 Sold
ERIK DESMAZIERES (FRENCH, B. 1948)
La Grande Bataille
signed, dated and inscribed in pencil 'Erik Desmazieres 1973 E. A.' (in lower margin)
etching
47.5 x 65cm
ARR
Condition reportSome light foxing in places.Otherwise appears generally good.Not examined out of…
Hammer price: £280
Estimate: £200 - £300
16 November 2021
16 November 2021
Lot 229 Sold
JOSEPH BEUYS (GERMAN, 1921-1986)
Untitled
signed and dated 'J Beuys 1974' (on mount)
pencil and ink on two sheets of squared paper
each sheet 20 x 15cm
ARR
Condition reportThe graph paper sheets are adhered to a backing sheet and have a deck led left hand…
Hammer price: £2,200
Estimate: £200 - £300
16 November 2021
16 November 2021
Lot 230 Sold
FERNAND LEGER (FRENCH, 1881-1955)
La Ruche, Extrait du Portfolio "La Ville"
printed signature (in plate) and numbered in pencil '156/180' (in lower margin)
lithograph
48 x 37cm
ARR
Hammer price: £110
Estimate: £150 - £250
16 November 2021
16 November 2021
Lot 231 Sold
PETER MARKHAM SCOTT (BRITISH, 1909-1989)
Andean Geese, Ashy-Headed Geese, Cape-Barren Geese
signed and dated 'Peter Scott 1953' (lower left)
oil on canvas
76 x 63.5cm
ARR
Hammer price: £4,200
Estimate: £1,500 - £2,500
16 November 2021
16 November 2021
Lot 232 Sold
RICHARD BARRETT TALBOT KELLY (BRITISH, 1896-1971)
Female Mallard
signed with monogram (lower left)
watercolour
41.5 x 52.5cm
ARR
Hammer price: £380
Estimate: £400 - £600
16 November 2021
16 November 2021
Lot 233 Sold
ATTRIBUTED TO SIR ALFRED MUNNINGS (BRITISH, 1878-1959)
Sketch of an autumnal landscape
oil on canvas
25 x 45.5cm
ARR
FootnoteMunnings utilised numerous small-scale canvases for oil sketches in the period between the…
Hammer price: £1,600
Estimate: £800 - £1,200
16 November 2021
16 November 2021
Lot 234 Sold
ANTHONY DEVAS (BRITISH, 1911-1958)
Still life of flowers in a vase
signed and dated 'Devas '58' (upper right)
oil on canvas
46 x 36cm
ARR
Hammer price: £1,300
Estimate: £1,000 - £1,500
16 November 2021
16 November 2021
Lot 235 Sold
CHRISTINE SEDGWICK (BRITISH, B. 1928)
Anna's Bunch of Flowers
signed and dated 'Christine Sedgwick 1980' (lower right)
oil on canvas
46 x 61cm

Provenance
Private collection, UK

Exhibited
London, Royal Institute of Oil Painters, The Mall Galleries, 1982
Hammer price: £400
Estimate: £80 - £120
16 November 2021
16 November 2021
Lot 236 Sold
SIDNEY A COURT (BRITISH, EXH. 1933)
Still life of flowers in a vase
signed and dated 'S.A. COURT 1947' (lower right)
oil on board
45 x 28cm
The board is sound and the paint surface in good overall condition.  Ultraviolet reveals a few…
Hammer price: £170
Estimate: £100 - £150
16 November 2021
16 November 2021
Lot 237 Sold
CATHLEEN S MANN (BRITISH, 1896-1959)
Still life of flowers in a vase
signed 'Cathleen Mann' (lower left)
oil on canvas
76 x 60.5cm
ARR

Provenance
Ryman & Co
Private collection, UK
Hammer price: £850
Estimate: £600 - £800
16 November 2021
16 November 2021
Lot 238 Sold
EDVARD DIRIKS (NORWEGIAN, 1855-1930)
Yachts and other shipping in a fjord
signed 'Diriks' (lower right)
oil on canvas
60.5 x 73cm
Hammer price: £750
Estimate: £600 - £800
16 November 2021
16 November 2021
Lot 239 Sold
EDVARD DIRIKS (NORWEGIAN, 1855-1930)
Hut by a lake in winter
signed 'Diriks' (lower right)
oil on canvas
50.5 x 73cm
Hammer price: £550
Estimate: £300 - £500
16 November 2021
16 November 2021
Lot 240 Sold
FRIEDRICH ALBIN KOKO-MICOLETZKY (AUSTRIAN, 1887-1981)
Eiger and The Monch, Bernese Oberland, Switzerland
signed 'F. A. Koko-Micoletzky' (lower left)
oil on canvas
60 x 80cm
ARR

Provenance
F. C. Boydell & Co.
Private collection, UK
Condition reportOriginal canvas.  Flecks of dirt to the upper border, some traces of discoloured…
Hammer price: £400
Estimate: £300 - £500
16 November 2021
16 November 2021
Lot 241 Sold
VICTOR VASARELY (HUNGARIAN, 1906-1997) (2)
Ondho
signed in pencil 'Vasarely' (in lower margin)
screenprint in colours
47.5 x 39cm
together with another screenprint in colours by the same hand, 'Untitled', signed and numbered in pencil 'Vasarely 10/20' (in lower margin), 15.5 x 8cm
ARR
(2)
Condition reportBoth sheets are in good, clean condition.  Each framed and under glass; unexamined…
Hammer price: £420
Estimate: £200 - £300
16 November 2021
16 November 2021
Lot 242 Sold
JACQUES VILLON (FRENCH, 1875-1963) (5)
Oiseau en vol
signed and numbered 'Jaques Villon 30/220' (lower margin)
lithograph
26.5 x 46cm
together with three prints by Andre Jasson and an abstract print by another hand
(all unframed)
(5)
ARR
Hammer price: £280
Estimate: £150 - £250
16 November 2021
16 November 2021
Lot 243 Sold
JACQUES VILLON (FRENCH, 1875-1963)
Le Fauteuil
signed and inscribed in pencil 'Jacques Villon epreuve d'artiste' (in lower margin)
lithograph in colours
48.5 x 30cm
ARR
Hammer price: £70
Estimate: £100 - £150
16 November 2021
16 November 2021
Lot 244 Sold
AFTER NICOLAS DE STAËL (FRENCH, 1914-1955)
Untitled (Paysage)
numbered in pencil '26/150' (in lower margin)
offset lithograph printed in colours
44 x 65cm
ARR
Hammer price: £190
Estimate: £200 - £300
16 November 2021
16 November 2021
Lot 245 Sold
CLAUDE VENARD (FRENCH, 1913-1999)
Still life with glass and jug
signed 'C VENARD' (lower centre)
oil on canvas
27.5 x 19.5cm
ARR
Condition reportOriginal canvas; paint surface is sound, very minor discolouration to the varnish,…
Hammer price: £3,500
Estimate: £1,000 - £1,500
16 November 2021
16 November 2021
Lot 246 Sold
MAX PAPART (FRENCH, 1911-1994)
La Parisienne
signed and dated 'Max Papart 57' (lower left) and signed, titled and dated (verso)
oil on canvas
60 x 92cm
ARR
Hammer price: £800
Estimate: £800 - £1,200
16 November 2021
16 November 2021
Lot 247 Unsold
ABEL PANN (ISRAELI/RUSSIAN, 1883-1963)
Portrait of Orpah
signed and inscribed 'Abel Pann Jerusalem' (lower left) and dated '1951' (lower right)
pastel
61 x 45.5cm
Condition report:Very faint diagonal line visible to centre right, in background.Otherwise appears…
Estimate: £3,000 - £5,000
16 November 2021
16 November 2021
Lot 248 Sold
KIMIKO KOJIMA (JAPANESE, B. 1942)
Young Girl with Peonies
signed, dated and numbered in pencil 'Kimiko Kojima, '84 8/74' (in lower margin)
screenprint
25 x 19cm

Provenance
Editions Graphiques, Clifford Street, London
Sir Eustace Gibbs
Hammer price: £300
Estimate: £50 - £100
16 November 2021
16 November 2021

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