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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

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