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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 249 Sold
FORTUNINO MATANIA (ITALIAN, 1881-1963)
Portrait of Amelia Mantovani
Signed and inscribed verso
pencil
20.5 x 15cm
ARR
Hammer price: £200
Estimate: £150 - £250
16 November 2021
16 November 2021
Lot 250 Sold
AUGUSTE POTAGE (FRENCH, 1884-1962) (8)
Portrait of a soldier wearing a cap; Portrait of a soldier, two
the first signed, inscribed and dated 'Aug Potage Rennbahn 1917' (lower right), the second signed, inscribed and dated 'Aug Potage Rennbahn 1915' (lower right)
the first charcoal, the second red chalk
the first 63.5 x 48cm, the second 65 x 49.5cm
together with three other pastel portraits of soldiers by another hand, 62 x 48cm, 63.5 x 48.5, and 48.5 x 64.5cm, and three prints relating to the Rennbahn prisoner of war camp
(all unframed)
(8)
FootnoteRennbahn Camp was a prisoner of war camp in Germany in the Fisrt World War.
Hammer price: £1,000
Estimate: £500 - £1,000
16 November 2021
16 November 2021
Lot 251 Sold
PETER RUFENACHT (SWISS, B. 1935) (2)
A man smoking
signed 'Rufenacht' (lower right)
pastel and gouache
39.5 x 39.5cm
together with a watercolour, gouache and oil on card of an abstract composition, by the same hand, signed 'Rufenacht' (lower right)
15.5 x 9.5cm
(2)
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £100 - £150
16 November 2021
16 November 2021
Lot 252 Sold
FRANCIS RUSSELL FLINT (BRITISH, 1915-1977)
A ship in dock
signed 'Francis R Flint' (lower left)
pen, ink and grey wash heightened with white
37.5 x 45cm
ARR
Hammer price: £260
Estimate: £200 - £300
16 November 2021
16 November 2021
Lot 253 Sold
ALBERT GORDON THOMAS (BRITISH, 1893-1970) (2)
Yachts at Weymouth; Summer Afternoon, Weymouth, a pair
one signed 'A GORDON THOMAS' (lower right), the other (lower left)
watercolour
each 48 x 61cm
ARR

Provenance
Aldridge Bros., Worthing
Private collection, UK
(2)
Hammer price: £130
Estimate: £300 - £500
16 November 2021
16 November 2021
Lot 254 Sold
SIR HUGH CASSON (BRITISH, 1910-1999)
Nile Steamer, Dawn
signed with initials 'H.C.' (lower right) and inscribed with title (lower left)
watercolour
5.5 x 14.5cm
ARR

Provenance
Bohun Gallery, Henley on Thames
Hammer price: £190
Estimate: £200 - £300
16 November 2021
16 November 2021
Lot 255 Sold
SIR HUGH CASSON (BRITISH, 1910-1999)
Temple Guard
signed with initials 'HC' (lower right) and inscribed with title (lower left)
watercolour
14 x 11cm
ARR

Provenance
Bohun Gallery, Henley on Thames
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £200 - £300
16 November 2021
16 November 2021
Lot 256 Sold
SIR HUGH CASSON (BRITISH, 1910-1999) (2)
A Month in the Country, Covent Garden Feb 12. 1976
initialled 'HC' (lower right) and inscribed with title and 'For Pat & Dianne - with love and thanks from the Cassons' (lower centre)
watercolour and pencil
12 x 18cm
together with another pencil and watercolour by the same hand, At Sunday, initialled 'HC' and inscribed 'For Dianne, with love', 13.5 x 9cm
(2)
ARR
Hammer price: £220
Estimate: £80 - £120
16 November 2021
16 November 2021
Lot 257 Sold
CLAUDE GRAHAM MUNCASTER (BRITISH, 1903-1974)
Portuguese lighters
signed and dated 'Claude Muncaster. 1930.' (lower right) and titled (verso)
charcoal and watercolour
21 x 29.5cm
ARR
Hammer price: £90
Estimate: £100 - £150
16 November 2021
16 November 2021
Lot 258 Sold
CLAUDE GRAHAM MUNCASTER (BRITISH, 1903-1974)
View of Edinburgh
signed and dated 'Claude Muncaster 1928' (lower left)
pencil and watercolour
23 x 33cm
ARR
Hammer price: £160
Estimate: £100 - £200
16 November 2021
16 November 2021
Lot 259 Sold
CLAUDE GRAHAM MUNCASTER (BRITISH, 1903-1974)
The Incoming Tide, Morecambe Bay
signed 'Claude Muncaster' (lower left)
watercolour
35 x 51cm
ARR
Hammer price: £220
Estimate: £150 - £250
16 November 2021
16 November 2021
Lot 260 Unsold
CLAUDE GRAHAM MUNCASTER (BRITISH, 1903-1974) (2)
Landscape West of Montpellier, France; The Bridge at Carcassonne, France
two; one signed 'Claude Muncaster' (lower right), the other signed and dated 'Claude Muncaster 1926' (lower left), each titled (verso)
ink and watercolour
one 22.5 x 31cm, the other 28 x 37.5cm
(2)
ARR
Estimate: £50 - £70
16 November 2021
16 November 2021
Lot 261 Sold
KATE WYLIE (BRITISH, 1877-1941)
Still life of marigolds in a vase
signed 'KATE WYLIE' (lower right)
oil on canvas
51 x 40.5cm
Condition reportOriginal canvas.  The paint surface is clean and sound.  Ultraviolet reveals no…
Hammer price: £320
Estimate: £300 - £500
16 November 2021
16 November 2021
Lot 262 Sold
MAURICE ALFRED DECAMPS (FRENCH, 1892-1953)
Still life of flowers in a vase
signed 'maurice Decamps' (lower right)
oil on canvas
54 x 81.5cm
ARR
Condition reportCanvas has been relined.  Paint surface appears clean and sound.
Hammer price: £240
Estimate: £200 - £300
16 November 2021
16 November 2021
Lot 263 Sold
MAURICE ALFRED DECAMPS (FRENCH, 1892-1953)
Still life of roses in a vase
signed 'maurice Decamps' (lower right)
oil on canvas
46 x 55.5cm
ARR
Condition reportOriginal canvas.  Paint surface appears clean and sound.  Ultraviolet reveals signs…
Hammer price: £220
Estimate: £200 - £300
16 November 2021
16 November 2021
Lot 264 Sold
WINIFRED STRANGMAN (BRITISH, 1874-1955) (3)
A kingfisher overlooking a pond; Flowering branches with the coast beyond, India; Indian flowers and butterflies, a set of three
oil on canvas
96 x 168cm, 103 x 173cm and 102 x 143cm
ARR
(3)

Provenance
The artist, thence by direct descent
Condition reportAll original canvas.  Two small tears to ‘Waterlilies’, upper left; paint surfaces…
Hammer price: £3,200
Estimate: £200 - £300
16 November 2021
16 November 2021
Lot 265 Sold
WINIFRED STRANGMAN (BRITISH, 1874-1955) (4)
Indian flowers and butterflies, a set of four
oil on canvas
each 153 x 71.5cm
ARR
(4)

Provenance
The artist, thence by direct descent
Condition reportAll original canvases.  Traces of dirt and stretcher marks; one small patch of…
Hammer price: £2,800
Estimate: £200 - £300
16 November 2021
16 November 2021
Lot 266 Sold
WINIFRED STRANGMAN (BRITISH, 1874-1955) (3)
Indian flowers, a set of three
oil on canvas
152.5 x 82cm, 154 x 87cm and 153 x 87cm
ARR

Provenance
The artist, thence by direct descent
(3)
Condition reportAll original canvases.  Traces of dirt to paint surface and some stretcher marks;…
Hammer price: £3,200
Estimate: £200 - £300
16 November 2021
16 November 2021
Lot 267 Sold
ROBIN DARWIN (BRITISH, 1910-1974)
A mountainous landscape
signed 'Robin Darwin'' (lower left), inscribed 'for Margaret & Allan' (lower right) and further inscribed (to backing paper)
watercolour and gouache
23.5 x 34.5cm
ARR
Hammer price: £80
Estimate: £100 - £150
16 November 2021
16 November 2021
Lot 268 Unsold
WILLIAM MINSHALL BIRCHALL (AMERICAN/BRITISH, 1884-1941)
A Passing Barque
signed, titled and dated 'W M Birchall. 1924' (lower left)
watercolour heightened with white
12.5 x 18cm

Provenance
Wilsons Antiques, Worthing
Private collection, UK
Estimate: £50 - £80
16 November 2021
16 November 2021
Lot 269 Sold
WILLIAM MINSHALL BIRCHALL (AMERICAN/BRITISH, 1884-1941)
Oroya
signed, dated and titled 'W M Birchall 1932' (lower right)
watercolour heightened with white
12.5 x 18cm
Hammer price: £70
Estimate: £80 - £120
16 November 2021
16 November 2021
Lot 270 Sold
CLAUDE GRAHAM MUNCASTER (BRITISH, 1903-1974) (2)
The steamship 'Katholm'; Steamship with barge alongside
two, each dated 1928 (lower right and lower left)
ink and watercolour
each 16 x 22cm
(2)
ARR
Hammer price: £140
Estimate: £150 - £250
16 November 2021
16 November 2021
Lot 271 Sold
CLAUDE GRAHAM MUNCASTER (BRITISH, 1903-1974) (2)
Evening light in a Welsh valley; Cloud study Denbighshire
two; one signed 'Claude Muncaster' (lower left), each titled (verso)
one ink, charcoal and watercolour, the other pencil and watercolour
one 21 x 29cm, the other 21.5 x 29cm
(2)
ARR
Hammer price: £140
Estimate: £150 - £250
16 November 2021
16 November 2021
Lot 272 Sold
CLAUDE GRAHAM MUNCASTER (BRITISH, 1903-1974) (2)
Distant views of ruins, Norfolk; Old Cottage, Bignor, Sussex
two; one signed and dated 'Claude Muncaster 1929' (lower right) and titled (verso), the other titled (verso)
one pencil and watercolour, the other pencil and wash
one 25 x 37cm, the other 19.5 x 28.5cm
(2)
ARR
Hammer price: £140
Estimate: £150 - £250
16 November 2021
16 November 2021
Lot 273 Sold
CHARLES HORWOOD (BRITISH, 1908-1975)
Low Tide
signed 'Charles Horwood' (lower right) and signed, titled and dated (verso)
oil on canvas
20.5 x 30.5cm
ARR
Hammer price: £380
Estimate: £100 - £150
16 November 2021
16 November 2021
Lot 274 Sold
PATRICK FERGUSON MILLARD (BRITISH, 1902-1977)
Still life with grapes
bears labels (verso)
oil on canvas
26 x 36cm
ARR
Condition reportOriginal canvas.  Paint surface is in good overall condition.  UV reveals no sign…
Hammer price: £950
Estimate: £100 - £150
16 November 2021
16 November 2021
Lot 275 Sold
SVEN BERLIN (BRITISH, 1911-1999)
Woman With Violet Eyes
signed and dated 'Sven Berlin 46' (lower right)
oil on canvas
25.5 x 18cm
ARR

Provenance
Private collection
Condition reportSurface and ingrained dirt.Small brown marks/stains visible, most noticeable to…
Hammer price: £3,200
Estimate: £200 - £300
16 November 2021
16 November 2021
Lot 276 Unsold
RODRIGO MOYNIHAN (BRITISH, 1910-1990)
Portrait of Robert Buhler (1916-1989)
indistinctly signed (lower right)
oil on canvas board
74 x 60cm
ARR
Estimate: £800 - £1,200
16 November 2021
16 November 2021
Lot 277 Unsold
LEONARD ROSOMAN (BRITISH, 1913-2012)
Figures Dancing on a Terrace
signed 'Leonard Rosoman' (upper left)
oil on canvas
51 x 61cm
ARR

Provenance
Roland, Browse and Delbanco, London
Private collection, UK
Estimate: £1,000 - £1,500
16 November 2021
16 November 2021
Lot 278 Sold
JEREMY ANNETT (BRITISH B. 1942)
Figures gathering in a London park on a winter's day
signed 'J D Annett' (lower right)
oil on board
66.5 x 91cm
ARR

We are grateful to the artist for his assistance in cataloguing this work
Condition reportThe board is generally sound, the paint surface is dirty, some discoloured varnish.…
Hammer price: £420
Estimate: £200 - £400
16 November 2021
16 November 2021
Lot 279 Sold
CLAUDE GRAHAM MUNCASTER (BRITISH, 1903-1974)
Winter Dusk, Byworth, Sussex
signed 'CLAUDE MUNCASTER' (lower left) and further signed and titled (on the canvas return)
oil on canvas
35.5 x 51cm
ARR
Hammer price: £280
Estimate: £300 - £500
16 November 2021
16 November 2021
Lot 280 Sold
CLAUDE GRAHAM MUNCASTER (BRITISH, 1903-1974) (4)
After Sunrise
signed and inscribed 'Claude Muncaster (HG Graham Hall RNVR)' (upper left), titled and dated '1943' (verso)
pencil and watercolour
18 x 25.5cm
together with three further works on paper by the same hand; Sundown in the Southern Indian Ocean; Sketch of a dhow; Study of rigging
(all unframed)
(4)
ARR
Hammer price: £140
Estimate: £150 - £250
16 November 2021
16 November 2021
Lot 281 Sold
CLAUDE GRAHAM MUNCASTER (BRITISH, 1903-1974) (3)
Windmill and yachts on the Broads
signed and dated 'Claude Muncaster 1929' (lower left), signed and titled (verso)
ink and watercolour
20.5 x 29.5cm
together with two further works on paper by the same hand; Sketch for 'The Bird of Dawning' by John Masefield; Sunset on the Indian Ocean
(all unframed)
(3)
ARR
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £120 - £180
16 November 2021
16 November 2021
Lot 282 Sold
CLAUDE GRAHAM MUNCASTER (BRITISH, 1903-1974) (3)
Blue day at sea
dated '1930' (lower right), signed 'Claude Muncaster' and inscribed with title (verso)
watercolour
24 x 34cm
together with two further works on paper by the same hand; Tree study; Coastline at low tide
(all unframed)
(3)
ARR
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £120 - £180
16 November 2021
16 November 2021
Lot 283 Sold
CLAUDE GRAHAM MUNCASTER (BRITISH, 1903-1974) (3)
Home Park Windsor
signed 'Claude Muncaster' (lower left), signed, titled and dated 'Oct 1946' (verso)
pen and ink
56 x 38cm
together with two further works on paper by the same hand; Sketch for 'Bird of Dawning' by John Masefield; 'Above the shrieking wind & tumult of the sea the sound of his voice came faintly to them 'Goodbye Boys''
(all unframed)
(3)
ARR
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £120 - £180
16 November 2021
16 November 2021
Lot 284 Unsold
MARY FEDDEN (BRITISH, 1915-2012)
Tuscany
signed, titled and numbered in pencil 'Fedden Artist's Proof V/X' (in lower margin)
lithograph in colours
60 x 42cm
ARR
Condition reportLight traces of discolouration to borders of the sheet, otherwise good, overall…
Estimate: £100 - £150
16 November 2021
16 November 2021
Lot 285 Sold
MARY FEDDEN (BRITISH, 1915-2012)
A view of summer
signed and dated 'Fedden '02' (lower right)
watercolour on paper
18 x 22cm
ARR

Provenance
Private collection, UK
Condition reportThe sheet has decided edges; good, overall condition, cleaned and ready to hang.
Hammer price: £3,800
Estimate: £2,000 - £3,000
16 November 2021
16 November 2021
Lot 286 Sold
EMMA TENNANT (BRITISH, B. 1943)
Grapes and two figs
signed with initials 'E. T.' (lower left) and dated '2000' (lower right)
watercolour and ink
27 x 34cm
ARR
Condition reportTh sheet is wove paper and therefore not entirely flat.  Clean and good condition;…
Hammer price: £380
Estimate: £300 - £500
16 November 2021
16 November 2021
Lot 287 Sold
OLWEN TARRANT (BRITISH, 1927-2012)
Still life of flowers and fruit with cattle in the background
signed 'OLWEN TARRANT' (lower right)
oil on canvas
51 x 40cm
ARR
Original canvas.  The paint surface is in good clean condition.  Ultraviolet reveals no sign of…
Hammer price: £1,100
Estimate: £50 - £70
16 November 2021
16 November 2021
Lot 288 Sold
OLWEN TARRANT (BRITISH, 1927-2012)
Ta Matete
signed 'OLWEN TARRANT' (lower left) and bears label (to reverse of frame)
oil on canvas
61 x 61cm
ARR
Hammer price: £1,300
Estimate: £80 - £120
16 November 2021
16 November 2021
Lot 289 Sold
BRYAN INGHAM (BRITISH, 1936-1997)
Kynance Cove
titled and dated twice 'January 1969/ April 1971' (lower left), signed, titled and dated twice (on the backboard)
mixed media and collage
59 x 60cm
ARR

Provenance
Messum's, London
From whom acquired by the present owner

Exhibited
London, Messum's, British Modernism, 2002
Hammer price: £1,500
Estimate: £2,000 - £3,000
16 November 2021
16 November 2021
Lot 290 Sold
TERRY FROST (BRITISH, 1915-2003)
Laced Jay VIII
signed 'Terry Frost 8/00' (lower left); further signed and titled (on the backboard)
collage, acrylic and bootlace on board
29 x 19cm
ARR

Provenance
Thompsons, Marylebone
From whom acquired by the present owner
Condition reportEach element of the work is in good, overall condition.  Held in the original box…
Hammer price: £2,400
Estimate: £1,200 - £1,800
16 November 2021
16 November 2021
Lot 291 Sold
DAVID HOCKNEY (BRITISH, B. 1937)
Olympische Spiele München
colour poster
published by Edition Olympia 1972 GmbH 1971
printed in Germany
102 x 64cm
(unframed)
ARR
Hammer price: £900
Estimate: £800 - £1,200
16 November 2021
16 November 2021
Lot 292 Sold
DAVID HOCKNEY (BRITISH, B. 1937)
Little Boodge, 1993
lithographic poster
published by 1853 Gallery, Salts Mill, Saltaire, Yorkshire
28 x 42cm
(unframed)
ARR
Hammer price: £500
Estimate: £200 - £300
16 November 2021
16 November 2021
Lot 293 Sold
SAM FRANCIS (AMERICAN, 1923-1994)
Untitled from Michael Waldberg: Poemes dans le ciel,
signed 'Sam Francis' (lower right) and numbered '38/100' (lower left)
lithograph
76 x 55.5cm
Hammer price: £550
Estimate: £300 - £500
16 November 2021
16 November 2021
Lot 294 Sold
JASON BERGER (AMERICAN, 1924-2010)
Interior
signed with initials 'JB' (lower centre)
mixed media on paper
23 x 21cm
Condition reportThe sheet is sound.  Good, clean condition overall; framed and under glass;…
Hammer price: £550
Estimate: £200 - £400
16 November 2021
16 November 2021
Lot 295 Sold
IAN TYSON (BRITISH, B. 1933) (5)
Screens I-XIV, a quantity held in five folios
variously signed
screenprint on paper
sheet size 50 x 35cm
(5 folios)
ARR
Two copies, 1976, on Arches, each comprising 14 screenprints in colours, 4 signed in pencil, signed…
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £200 - £300
16 November 2021
16 November 2021
Lot 296 Sold
DEREK BOSHIER (BRITISH, B. 1937) (6)
Untitled 1-6
each signed, dated and numbered in pencil 'Derek Boshier 1969 33/75'
screenprint
each 64 x 97cm
(unframed)
(6)
ARR
Condition reportSome very minor small marks in places Some light discolouration to some edges Some…
Hammer price: £320
Estimate: £200 - £300
16 November 2021
16 November 2021

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