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Modern British & 20th Century Art

Auction date Tuesday 15 November 2022 14:00 GMT

Tuesday 15 November  - Sussex Saleroom 

Lot 1 – 253                                          Modern British & 20th Century Art 2.00pm

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Important Notice
Lot 51 Please note this lot is subject to ARR (artist resale rights)
Lot 148 Please note this lot is subject to ARR (artist resale rights)

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Total lots: 252

Lot 1 Sold
MARCEL DYF (FRENCH, 1899-1985)
A figure on a path by a coastal village
signed 'Dyf' (lower right)
oil on canvas
45.5 x 55.5cm
ARR

Provenance
Private collection, UK
Condition reportCraquelure in various places.A few small spots of paint loss in places, most…
Hammer price: £4,500
Estimate: £3,000 - £5,000
15 November 2022
15 November 2022
Lot 2 Sold
HERBERT ALEXANDER (BRITISH, 1874-1946)
A man stood in a field, trees beyond
inscribed 'Painted by Herbert Alexander' (verso)
oil on panel
35.5 x 26.5cm
Hammer price: £380
Estimate: £100 - £150
15 November 2022
15 November 2022
Lot 3 Sold
ELLIOTT SEABROOKE (BRITISH, 1886-1950)
Paris
signed and dated 'Elliott Seabrooke PARIS 1928' (lower left)
oil on board
47.5 x 66cm

Provenance
Sale, Bonhams London, 15th November 2005, lot 29
Condition reportSome minor very small spots and marks in places.Some surface dirt.Overall appears…
Hammer price: £800
Estimate: £400 - £600
15 November 2022
15 November 2022
Lot 4 Sold
FERNAND PIET (FRENCH, 1869-1942)
Les Deux Amies
oil on canvas-board
23.5 x 30.5cm

Provenance
Connaught-Brown, London
Condition reportVery pale diagonal white mark to centre, but looks to be on surface and should come…
Hammer price: £380
Estimate: £100 - £150
15 November 2022
15 November 2022
Lot 5 Sold
HAN VAN MEEGEREN (DUTCH, 1889-1947)
The Mischievous Singer
signed 'H. van Meegeren' (lower right)
oil on board
71 x 58cm
Condition ReportThe board is sound.  There is a thick varnish which has slightly discoloured in…
Hammer price: £500
Estimate: £500 - £700
15 November 2022
15 November 2022
Lot 6 Sold
HAN VAN MEEGEREN (DUTCH, 1889-1947)
A woman smoking, wearing a hat
signed 'H. van Meegeren' (lower right)
pastel
86 x 63cm
Condition ReportThere are pinholes to the sheet in the upper left and right corner and lower right…
Hammer price: £500
Estimate: £500 - £700
15 November 2022
15 November 2022
Lot 7 Sold
FRANCISCO RODRIGUEZ SANCHEZ CLEMENT (SPANISH, 1861-1956)
A Spanish woman in a red dress holding a guitar, with dancing beyond
signed 'F Rodriguez S. Clement' (lower left)
oil on canvas
81 x 64.5cm
ARR
Condition ReportOriginal canvas; there is a tear to the canvas off the upper left border; scattered…
Hammer price: £700
Estimate: £500 - £700
15 November 2022
15 November 2022
Lot 8 Sold
CHARLES HENRY HARRISON BURLEIGH (BRITISH, 1875-1956)
Women washing clothes in a river
signed 'C. H. H. Burleigh' (lower left)
oil on canvas
63.5 x 76cm
ARR
Condition reportSome surface dirt.Appears in generally good condition.Nothing flaring under uv…
Hammer price: £400
Estimate: £300 - £500
15 November 2022
15 November 2022
Lot 9 Sold
CHARLES HENRY HARRISON BURLEIGH (BRITISH, 1875-1956)
An impressive archway into a European town
signed 'C. H. H. Burleigh' (lower right)
oil on canvas
51 x 40.5cm
ARR
Hammer price: £180
Estimate: £200 - £300
15 November 2022
15 November 2022
Lot 10 Sold
CHARLES HENRY HARRISON BURLEIGH (BRITISH, 1875-1956)
A rural European village, with a church on a hill
signed 'C H H Burleigh' (lower right)
oil on canvas
71 x 91cm
ARR
Hammer price: £200
Estimate: £200 - £300
15 November 2022
15 November 2022
Lot 11 Sold
CHARLES HENRY HARRISON BURLEIGH (BRITISH, 1875-1956)
A European town square
signed 'C H H. Burleigh' (lower left)
oil on canvas
45.5 x 60.5cm
ARR
Hammer price: £180
Estimate: £200 - £300
15 November 2022
15 November 2022
Lot 12 Sold
CHARLES HENRY HARRISON BURLEIGH (BRITISH, 1875-1956)
A man on a country track in a landscape
signed 'C. H. Burleigh' (lower right)
oil on canvas
50.5 x 69cm
ARR
Hammer price: £180
Estimate: £200 - £300
15 November 2022
15 November 2022
Lot 13 Sold
SIEGFRIED MACKOWSKY (GERMAN, 1878-1941)
Cityscape minarets
signed 'S MACKOWKSY' (lower right)
oil on canvas
66 x 86cm
(unframed)
Condition reportA very small amount of minor craquelure in places including to green roof upper…
Hammer price: £190
Estimate: £200 - £400
15 November 2022
15 November 2022
Lot 14 Sold
WALTER TAYLOR (BRITISH, 1860-1943)
Fontainebleau
signed 'Walter Taylor' (lower right)
oil on canvas
63 x 77cm

Provenance
The Parkin Gallery, Motcomb St. London
Hammer price: £260
Estimate: £200 - £300
15 November 2022
15 November 2022
Lot 15 Sold
BLOOMSBURY SCHOOL, EARLY 20TH CENTURY
A gentleman, possibly Lytton Strachey, seated in an interior by a fire
indistinctly stamped (lower right)
oil on canvas
51 x 61cm
Hammer price: £650
Estimate: £300 - £500
15 November 2022
15 November 2022
Lot 16 Sold
CATHLEEN MANN (BRITISH, 1896-1959)
Portrait of a lady in a blue dress
signed 'CATHLEEN MANN' (lower right)
oil on canvas
70 x 60cm
ARR
Condition reportDiscoloured/yellow varnish.Some undulation to canvas.Small dark spots and marks in…
Hammer price: £2,000
Estimate: £200 - £400
15 November 2022
15 November 2022
Lot 17 Sold
ATTRIBUTED TO SIR HERBERT JAMES GUNN (BRITISH, 1893-1964)
Portrait of Edward, Duke of Windsor
indistinctly inscribed 'Paul Gunn' (verso)
oil on board
22 x 15cm
ARR

Footnote
For a similar portrait by the artist see The National Portrait Gallery, accession number 4949
Hammer price: £800
Estimate: £700 - £1,000
15 November 2022
15 November 2022
Lot 18 Sold
SIR HERBERT JAMES GUNN (BRITISH, 1893-1964)
Portrait of Michael Severne
signed 'James Gunn' (lower right) and inscribed with sitter's name and dated '27.2.43' (lower left)
pencil
40.5 x 25.5cm
ARR

Provenance
Shakenhurst Hall, Cleobury Mortimer. For further information please refer to the Bellmans website article: https://www.bellmans.co.uk/story/bellmans-2
Condition reportThe sheet is sound.  Weave of paper is visible, slightly discolouration; some…
Hammer price: £1,900
Estimate: £100 - £150
15 November 2022
15 November 2022
Lot 19 Sold
HILLA REBAY (GERMAN, 1890-1967)
Portrait of a gentleman
signed 'HiLLAR REbAy' (lower right)
pencil
34.5 x 24cm
ARR

Provenance
Shakenhurst Hall, Cleobury Mortimer. For further information please refer to the Bellmans website article: https://www.bellmans.co.uk/story/bellmans-2
Condition reportTear to the sheet, upper central border, some abrasion and staining off upper right…
Hammer price: £200
Estimate: £80 - £120
15 November 2022
15 November 2022
Lot 20 Sold
DOUGLAS CHANDOR (BRITISH, 1897-1953)
Portrait of Rowland Burdon-Muller
signed and dated 'DOUGLAS CHANDOR 1921' (lower right) and inscribed with sitter's name (upper left)
oil on canvas
71 x 58.5cm
ARR

Provenance
Shakenhurst Hall, Cleobury Mortimer. For further information please refer to the Bellmans website article: https://www.bellmans.co.uk/story/bellmans-2
Hammer price: £190
Estimate: £200 - £300
15 November 2022
15 November 2022
Lot 21 Sold
REGINALD GRENVILLE EVES (BRITISH, 1876-1941)
Portrait of Cecily Mary Severne (nee Burdon-Muller)
signed 'R. G. Eves (upper right) and inscribed with sitter's and artist's names (on canvas return)
oil on canvas
51 x 40cm

Provenance
Shakenhurst Hall, Cleobury Mortimer. For further information please refer to the Bellmans website article: https://www.bellmans.co.uk/story/bellmans-2
Condition ReportOriginal canvas.  The paint surface is dirty and there is a horizontal surface…
Hammer price: £650
Estimate: £100 - £150
15 November 2022
15 November 2022
Lot 22 Sold
NEVILLE STEPHEN LYTTON (BRITISH, 1879-1951)
Portrait of Cecily Mary Severne (nee Burdon-Muller), wife of Edmund Charles Wigley Severne
signed with initials 'NSL' (lower left) and dated '1930' (lower right)
oil on canvas
61 x 50cm

Provenance
Shakenhurst Hall, Cleobury Mortimer. For further information please refer to the Bellmans website article: https://www.bellmans.co.uk/story/bellmans-2
Condition reportOriginal canvas; surface abrasions to corners and above sitter's head; scattered…
Hammer price: £150
Estimate: £200 - £300
15 November 2022
15 November 2022
Lot 23 Sold
WILFRID BLUNT (BRITISH, 1901-1987)
Portrait of Michael Meysey Wigley Severne
signed and dated 'Blunt 1940' (lower right)
oil on board
52.5 x 35.5cm
ARR

Provenance
Shakenhurst Hall, Cleobury Mortimer. For further information please refer to the Bellmans website article: https://www.bellmans.co.uk/story/bellmans-2
FootnoteArtist, teacher, writer and curator, Wilfrid Blunt was born in Ham, Surrey. His brother was…
Hammer price: £1,300
Estimate: £300 - £500
15 November 2022
15 November 2022
Lot 24 Sold
BERNARD DUNSTAN (BRITISH, 1920-2017)
Nude by Lamplight
signed with initials 'BD' (lower left)
oil on panel
33.5 x 27cm
ARR

Provenance
Royal Exchange Art Gallery, London;
Private Collection, UK
Condition reportOne or two very small very minor dark spots in places.Appears in generally good…
Hammer price: £1,900
Estimate: £1,000 - £1,500
15 November 2022
15 November 2022
Lot 25 Sold
REGINALD GRAY (IRISH, 1930-2013)
Glass on Window-Ledge
signed and dated 'GRAY 60' (upper left); further signed (verso)
mixed media on board
42 x 31.5cm
ARR

Provenance
Abbott & Holder;
Private Collection, UK
Hammer price: £450
Estimate: £300 - £500
15 November 2022
15 November 2022
Lot 26 Sold
CHARLES HENRY HARRISON BURLEIGH (BRITISH, 1875-1956)
Still life of flowers in a vase
signed 'C. H. H. Burleigh' (lower left)
oil on canvas
50.5 x 40.5cm
ARR
Hammer price: £240
Estimate: £200 - £300
15 November 2022
15 November 2022
Lot 27 Sold
BERNARD MENINSKY (UKRAINIAN, 1891-1950)
Still life with flowers in a jug
signed and dated 'Meninsky 33' (lower right)
oil on canvas
56 x 40.5cm
Condition reportOriginal canvas.  There is a approximately 2cm long horizontal tear, upper left…
Hammer price: £1,700
Estimate: £500 - £700
15 November 2022
15 November 2022
Lot 28 Sold
IRMA STERN (SOUTH AFRICAN, 1894-1966)
Arum Lilies
signed and dated ‘Irma Stern 1936’ (lower left)
gouache on paper
77.5 x 57.5cm

Provenance
Sir William Clark (1876-1952) British High Commissioner to South Africa 1935-1939, purchased by him at an exhibition of Irma Stern’s work in Cape Town in 1938;
Thence by descent

Exhibited
Cape Town, Martin Melck House, 96 Strand Street, Irma Stern Exhibition of Paintings, 28th March - 8th April 1938
FootnoteSir William Clark opened the 1938 Irma Stern Exhibition (see photo of exhibition invitation…
Hammer price: £18,000
Estimate: £20,000 - £30,000
15 November 2022
15 November 2022
Lot 29 Sold
CHARLES MOZLEY (BRITISH, 1914-1991)
The Construction of Eastbourne Terrace, London
signed and dated 'Mozley 57' (lower right)
oil on canvas
76 x 101.5cm
ARR
Hammer price: £900
Estimate: £1,000 - £1,500
15 November 2022
15 November 2022
Lot 30 Sold
ATTRIBUTED TO STEPHEN BONE (BRITISH, 1904-1958)
A London street scene
inscribed with artist's name (to label verso)
oil on board
25.5 x 35.5cm
ARR
Condition reportThe board is sound.  There are scattered areas of surface dirt and the work is…
Hammer price: £70
Estimate: £100 - £150
15 November 2022
15 November 2022
Lot 31 Sold
CLAUDE GRAHAM MUNCASTER (BRITISH, 1903-1974)
The London Skyline from the Shell Building
signed 'CLAUDE MUNCASTER' (lower right)
oil on board
38 x 122cm
ARR

Provenance
Tooveys, 15 June 2016, lot 34;
Rountree Tryon Galleries, Petworth, from whom acquired by the present owner
Condition reportSome surface dirt and some minor small dark spots in places.Otherwise appears in…
Hammer price: £1,100
Estimate: £1,000 - £1,500
15 November 2022
15 November 2022
Lot 32 Sold
HENRI GAUDIER-BRZESKA (FRENCH, 1891-1915)
Crouching Fawn
originally conceived in 1913; cast circa 1918-1939
bronze
24.5cm high x 30cm wide x 13cm deep

Provenance
Miss Jeanne Courtauld (1909-2003), daughter of Major John 'Jack' Courtauld MC (MP for Chichester 1924-1942) and the niece of Samuel Courtauld, founder of The Courtauld Institute of Art in London;
Gifted to Faye White by Miss Jeanne Courtauld, thence by descent
Literature E. Pound, Gaudier Brzeska. A Memoir, London and New York, 1916, p. 161, (stone version…
Hammer price: £26,000
Estimate: £8,000 - £12,000
15 November 2022
15 November 2022
Lot 33 Sold
PABLO PICASSO (SPANISH, 1881-1973)
Footballeur (1965) (A. R. 538)
numbered '23/50' and stamped 'MADOURA PLEIN FEU / EDITION PICASSO' (to base)
unglazed earthenware sculpture
30.5cm high
ARR

Provenance
Private collection, UK

Footnote
Conceived in 1965 and executed in an edition of 50
Condition reportAppears in overall generally good condition, with no restoration.Some very minor…
Hammer price: £26,000
Estimate: £8,000 - £12,000
15 November 2022
15 November 2022
Lot 34 Sold
PABLO PICASSO (SPANISH, 1881-1973)
Profil de Jacqueline (1956) (A.R. 385)
stamped 'MADOURA PLEIN FEU / EMPREINTE ORIGINALE DE PICASSO' (on the reverse)
white earthenware ceramic plaque with black engobe and white glaze
18.7 x 19cm
ARR

Provenance
Private collection, UK

Footnote
Conceived in 1956 and executed in an edition of 500
Condition reportNo sign of restoration to ceramic however overpaint visible to areas of white and…
Hammer price: £4,000
Estimate: £3,000 - £5,000
15 November 2022
15 November 2022
Lot 35 Sold
PABLO PICASSO (SPANISH, 1881-1973)
Danseurs (1956) (A. R. 388)
stamped 'MADOURA PLEIN FEU / EMPREINTE ORIGINALE DE PICASSO' (on the reverse)
white earthenware ceramic plaque with black engobe and white glaze
18.7 x 19cm
ARR

Provenance
Private collection, UK

Footnote
Conceived in 1956 and executed in an edition of 500
Condition reportNo sign of restoration to ceramic however overpaint visible to areas of white and…
Hammer price: £2,600
Estimate: £1,500 - £2,500
15 November 2022
15 November 2022
Lot 36 Sold
PIERRE-AUGUSTE RENOIR (FRENCH, 1841-1919) (2)
Le Chapeau Epingle
etching
12 x 8.5cm
together with another etching by the same hand, Sur la Plage a Berneval, 13 x 9cm
(2)
Hammer price: £240
Estimate: £200 - £300
15 November 2022
15 November 2022
Lot 37 Sold
FRANTISEK KUPKA (CZECH, 1871-1957)
Étude Pour Plans Couleurs - Grand Nu
numbered in pencil '21/150' (in lower margin)
lithograph
45 x 57cm
ARR
Hammer price: £1,000
Estimate: £400 - £600
15 November 2022
15 November 2022
Lot 38 Sold
MARC CHAGALL (RUSSIAN/FRENCH, 1887-1985)
Sirene au Poete (1967) (Sorlier 27)
signed and numbered in pencil 'Marc Chagall 64/150' (in lower margin)
lithograph printed in colours by Charles Sorlier from Nice et la Côte d'Azur
image 61.5 x 45.5cm
ARR

Provenance
Private collection, UK

Footnote
The total edition includes 75 impressions numbered in Roman numerals as well as the 150 in Arabic numerals.
Condition reportDiscolouration to margins and some minor spots and foxing to margins.Some minor…
Hammer price: £7,000
Estimate: £4,000 - £6,000
15 November 2022
15 November 2022
Lot 39 Sold
WASSILY KANDINSKY (RUSSIAN, 1866-1944) (2)
Cometes (Comets); Etoiles (Stars), from the Celestial Bodies for Verve (1938), a pair
lithographs
each 34 x 25cm
(2)
Hammer price: £600
Estimate: £300 - £500
15 November 2022
15 November 2022
Lot 40 Sold
WASSILY KANDINSKY (RUSSIAN, 1866-1944)
Accompaniment in Black
numbered in pencil '227/300' (in lower margin)
lithograph
34.5 x 28cm
Hammer price: £180
Estimate: £80 - £120
15 November 2022
15 November 2022
Lot 41 Sold
ERTE (RUSSIAN, 1892-1990)
Costume design
signed and numbered 'ERTE 21/300' (in lower margin)
serigraph
63 x 45.5cm
Condition reportFoxing throughout margins.Image appears generally good.Under glass and not examined…
Hammer price: £260
Estimate: £150 - £250
15 November 2022
15 November 2022
Lot 42 Sold
ERTE (RUSSIAN, 1892-1990)
Costume design
signed and numbered 'ERTE 81/300' (in lower margin)
serigraph
63 x 45cm
Condition Reportthe sheet is sound; print surface and margins are in good clean condition; framed…
Hammer price: £450
Estimate: £150 - £250
15 November 2022
15 November 2022
Lot 43 Sold
ERTE (RUSSIAN, 1892-1990)
Costume design
signed and numbered 'ERTE 21/300' (in lower margin)
serigraph
63 x 45.5cm
Condition reportLight surface dirt to the sheet and light spots of foxing to the margins; light…
Hammer price: £420
Estimate: £150 - £250
15 November 2022
15 November 2022
Lot 44 Sold
SIR WILLIAM NICHOLSON (BRITISH, 1872-1949)
D is for Dandy; S is for Sportsman, two
lithographs
each 24.5 x 19.5cm
(2)
Hammer price: £170
Estimate: £80 - £120
15 November 2022
15 November 2022
Lot 45 Sold
ROBERT POLHILL BEVAN (BRITISH, 1865-1925)
The Smithy, Luppitt, Devon
signed in pencil 'Robert P Bevan' (in lower margin)
lithograph
23 x 31cm
Condition reportA very little undulation to paper.A few very small dark spots and foxing visible,…
Hammer price: £650
Estimate: £500 - £700
15 November 2022
15 November 2022
Lot 46 Unsold
SIR WILLIAM ORPEN (IRISH, 1878-1931)
The Merchant's Arch, Dublin, with tinkers and bears
signed 'ORPEN' (lower left)
pen, ink watercolour and wash
18 x 15cm

Provenance
Muriel Clutton, thence by descent to the present owner
Footnote The Merchant's Arch, Dublin with tinkers and bears forms part of a body of work by Orpen…
Estimate: £4,000 - £6,000
15 November 2022
15 November 2022
Lot 47 Sold
SIR WILLIAM ORPEN (IRISH, 1878-1931)
A lady with flowers in a landscape
signed and indistinctly dated 'William Orpen' (lower left)
watercolour, pen and ink
25.5 x 15cm
Hammer price: £700
Estimate: £500 - £700
15 November 2022
15 November 2022
Lot 48 Sold
SIR WILLIAM RUSSELL FLINT (BRITISH, 1880-1969) (2)
Figures in a landscape
stamped 'W RUSSELL FLINT' (lower left) and 'SIR WILLIAM RUSSELL FLINT/STUDIO' (verso)
pencil sketch
19.5 x 28cm
together with another pencil sketch by the same hand, stamped 'W RUSSELL FLINT' (verso), 12.5 x 19cm
(2)
ARR
Hammer price: £280
Estimate: £200 - £300
15 November 2022
15 November 2022

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