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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 49 Sold
ERNEST HOWARD SHEPARD (BRITISH, 1879-1976)
We Speculated (about the size of the planes), Illustration for 'Drawn From Life', Methuen, 1961
inscribed with title and 'Ch III No 5' (under mount)
pen and ink
9 x 15cm
ARR

Provenance
The Fine Art Society, London

Exhibited
London, The Fine Art Society, E H Shepard, December 2006, no. 102
Hammer price: £260
Estimate: £100 - £150
15 November 2022
15 November 2022
Lot 50 Sold
WILLIAM HEATH ROBINSON (BRITISH, 1872-1944)
The Water Carrier
signed 'W HEATH ROBINSON' (lower left) and titled (on an old label attached to the backboard)
coloured chalks and watercolour on paper
51 x 26cm
Hammer price: £550
Estimate: £500 - £700
15 November 2022
15 November 2022
Lot 51 Sold
ATTRIBUTED TO LAURA KNIGHT (BRITISH, 1877-1970)
11 Thurlow Terrace, Kentish Town
inscribed with title (upper left)
pencil and coloured chalk
32 x 23cm
ARR
Hammer price: £50
Estimate: £100 - £150
15 November 2022
15 November 2022
Lot 52 Sold
JOHN GILROY (BRITISH, 1898-1985)
Animals for Guinness adverts
signed 'Gilroy' (lower right)
pencil
41 x 27cm
ARR
Hammer price: £1,500
Estimate: £300 - £500
15 November 2022
15 November 2022
Lot 53 Sold
JOHN GILROY (BRITISH, 1898-1985)
Self Portrait with animals used in his Guinness adverts
signed 'Gilroy' (lower left)
watercolour
31.5 x 24cm
ARR
Hammer price: £1,200
Estimate: £300 - £500
15 November 2022
15 November 2022
Lot 55 Sold
EDWARD MCKNIGHT KAUFFER (AMERICAN, 1890-1954)
A house in Cassis
signed, dated and inscribed 'Cassis 1930 for Helen - E. McKnight Kauffer - ' (lower right)
watercolour and gouache
26 x 34.5cm
Hammer price: £700
Estimate: £300 - £500
15 November 2022
15 November 2022
Lot 56 Sold
CHARLES FREDERICK TUNNICLIFFE (BRITISH, 1901-1979)
The White Horse
signed 'C F Tunnicliffe' (lower right) and bears studio stamp '1980 368/5'
pencil and watercolour
43.5 x 61.5cm
(unframed)
ARR
Hammer price: £300
Estimate: £400 - £600
15 November 2022
15 November 2022
Lot 57 Sold
CHARLES FREDERICK TUNNICLIFFE (BRITISH, 1901-1979)
The Woodland Stream
bears studio stamp '1980 '387/24'
pencil and coloured chalks
27 x 38cm
(unframed)
ARR
Hammer price: £80
Estimate: £100 - £150
15 November 2022
15 November 2022
Lot 58 Sold
EDWARD BAWDEN (BRITISH, 1903-1989)
Dartington Hall, Devon
signed 'Edward Bawden' (lower right)
watercolour
49.5 x 64.5cm
ARR

Provenance
Royal Academy, Summer Exhibition 1979, no.911;
Fine Art Society, London, 1979, where acquired by the present owner
Condition reportThe sheet is sound.  There are a few flecks of staining in the foreground, lower…
Hammer price: £4,200
Estimate: £2,000 - £4,000
15 November 2022
15 November 2022
Lot 59 Sold
JULIA M. PHELPS (BRITISH, 1948-1993)
Preparation for Head of the River Race
signed 'Julia M Phelps' (lower right)
watercolour and gouache
50.5 x 63.5cm
ARR

Provenance
Bohun Gallery, Henley-on-Thames, 1979, where acquired by the present owner
Hammer price: £400
Estimate: £300 - £500
15 November 2022
15 November 2022
Lot 60 Sold
JOHN PIPER (BRITISH, 1903-1992)
Venice
signed 'John Piper' (lower right)
watercolour, gouache, pencil and pastel
14.5 x 53cm
ARR

Provenance
Laing Galleries, Bloor Street West, Toronto, Canada;
Shakenhurst Hall, Cleobury Mortimer. For further information please refer to the Bellmans website article: https://www.bellmans.co.uk/story/bellmans-2
Condition reportAcidic mount.Undulation to paper.A small piece of loose white gouache to centre…
Hammer price: £3,500
Estimate: £2,000 - £3,000
15 November 2022
15 November 2022
Lot 61 Sold
JOHN PIPER (BRITISH, 1903-1992)
Mull of Kintyre
signed 'John Piper' (lower right)
ink, gouache and watercolour
38 x 57cm
ARR

Provenance
Bohun Gallery, Henley-on-Thames, 1978, where acquired by the present owner
Hammer price: £3,500
Estimate: £3,000 - £5,000
15 November 2022
15 November 2022
Lot 62 Sold
JOHN PIPER (BRITISH, 1903-1992)
Debden Valley
signed 'John Piper' (lower left)
gouache and watercolour
35 x 53.5cm
ARR

Exhibited
(According to hand written inscription on backboard) 'Oct 1968 Camden Arts Centre, Exhibition in favour of the political refugees from Czechoslovakia'
Condition reportThe sheet is generally sound but has rippled in some areas and minor abrasions to…
Hammer price: £3,800
Estimate: £3,000 - £5,000
15 November 2022
15 November 2022
Lot 63 Sold
EDUARDO PAOLOZZI (BRITISH, 1924-2005)
Forms on a Bow
signed and dated 'Eduardo Paolozzi Dec. 1948.' (lower left)
watercolour
33 x 44cm
ARR

Provenance
Gifted to Rachel Severne, of Shakenhurst Hall, Cleobury Mortimer, by the artist, a very close friend

For further information on Shakenhurst Hall and the family please refer to the Bellmans website article: https://www.bellmans.co.uk/story/bellmans-2
FootnoteThis work relates to Paolozzi's sculpture of the same name, now in The Tate, ref. T00227.…
Hammer price: £1,700
Estimate: £1,000 - £1,500
15 November 2022
15 November 2022
Lot 64 Sold
CIRCLE OF JOSEF HERMAN
The Miner
pen, ink and wash
27 x 26.5cm
Condition reportSmall surface abrasion, upper right and further minor abrasions to extreme corners,…
Hammer price: £500
Estimate: £100 - £150
15 November 2022
15 November 2022
Lot 65 Sold
GLYNN WILLIAMS (BRITISH, B. 1939)
Drawing From the Figure
signed and dated 'Williams /80' (lower right)
charcoal and wash
64 x 69.5cm
ARR

Provenance
Blond Fine Art, Sackville Street, London
Hammer price: £130
Estimate: £100 - £150
15 November 2022
15 November 2022
Lot 66 Sold
SIR SIDNEY NOLAN (AUSTRALIAN, 1917-1992)
Leda and the Swan (one from a series of eight prints titled The Leda Suite)
signed in pencil 'nolan.' (lower right) and numbered in pencil '74/125' (lower left)
lithograph
40 x 55.5cm
Condition reportsThe sheet is adhered to the mount in the lower right and left corner, and stuck…
Hammer price: £120
Estimate: £100 - £150
15 November 2022
15 November 2022
Lot 67 Unsold
PATRICK PROCKTOR (BRITISH, 1936-2003)
Seated nude
signed and dated 'Patrick Procktor 2/62' (lower right)
watercolour and gouache
76 x 55cm
ARR
Estimate: £1,000 - £1,500
15 November 2022
15 November 2022
Lot 68 Sold
PATRICK PROCKTOR (BRITISH, 1936-2003)
Apollo Woman (1981)
watercolour on Chinese paper
90 x 44.5cm
ARR

Provenance
Redfern Gallery, Cork Street, London;
Private collection, UK
Condition reportThe work is executed over joined sheets with horizontal joins visible, sheets are…
Hammer price: £5,500
Estimate: £800 - £1,200
15 November 2022
15 November 2022
Lot 69 Sold
NORMAN REID (BRITISH, 1915-2007)
Barbara Hepworth
signed dated and inscribed 'For Barbara with much love NR 4.XI.64' (verso); further inscribed in a letter to Sir Anthony Baruh Lousada, dated '3 August 1975' (verso)
collage
17 x 15cm
ARR

Provenance
Gifted by the artist to Barbara Hepworth in 1964;
Property of the artist;
Gifted to Sir Anthony Baruh Lousada in 1975
FootnoteSir Norman Reid was director of the Tate Gallery from 1964 to 1979.  The present work was…
Hammer price: £1,300
Estimate: £100 - £150
15 November 2022
15 November 2022
Lot 70 Sold
GEORGE CAMPBELL (IRISH, 1917-1979)
Abstract portrait from Warrior Series
signed and dated 'Campbell 1962' (lower right)
watercolour and ink
37 x 22cm
ARR
Hammer price: £280
Estimate: £200 - £300
15 November 2022
15 November 2022
Lot 71 Sold
KARL-HEINZ DENNIG (GERMAN, B. 1939) (3)
Untitled; a set of three
two signed, dated and inscribed 'Dennig 63' (one lower right, the other upper right), one signed and dated 'Dennig 62' (lower right)
watercolour and gouache
each 31 x 24.5cm
(3)
ARR

Provenance
Hanover Gallery, St George Street, London;
Private collection, UK
Hammer price: £80
Estimate: £100 - £150
15 November 2022
15 November 2022
Lot 72 Sold
ROY SPENCER (BRITISH, 1918-2006)
Life Drawing
signed and dated 'Roy Spencer 1/89' (lower left)
pastel and pencil
54 x 73.5cm
ARR
Hammer price: £300
Estimate: £100 - £150
15 November 2022
15 November 2022
Lot 73 Sold
JAMES PATRICK DONLEAVY (IRISH/AMERICAN, 1926-2017)
Two bottles and other items
signed and dated 'Donleavy 52' (lower right)
ink and watercolour
36 x 41cm
ARR

Provenance
Godolphin Gallery, Clare Street, Dublin
Hammer price: £260
Estimate: £300 - £500
15 November 2022
15 November 2022
Lot 74 Sold
NORMAN STEVENS (BRITISH, 1937-1988)
Crathes - Entrance to gardens
signed and dated 'Norman Stevens 1980' (lower right), signed titled and dated (on the backboard)
pen, ink and wash
50.5 x 66cm
ARR

Provenance
Redfern Gallery, London, 1980, where acquired by the present owner
Condition reportThe sheet appears sound; very light traces of foxing, upper left corner; otherwise…
Hammer price: £320
Estimate: £200 - £300
15 November 2022
15 November 2022
Lot 75 Sold
DAVID TINDLE (BRITISH, B. 1932)
Working design, set for Tchaikovsky, Yolanta, Aldeburgh Festival 1988
signed with initials 'DT.' (lower right) and signed, dated and inscribed 'David Tindle 88' (to backboard)
tempera and gouache on board
50 x 101cm
ARR
Condition reportSome very minor chips, losses and marks to edges.Appears in generally good overall…
Hammer price: £2,400
Estimate: £300 - £500
15 November 2022
15 November 2022
Lot 76 Unsold
ALFRED DANIELS (BRITISH, 1924-2015)
A sketchbook of figure studies
approximately 25 drawings, variously inscribed and dated
pastel on paper
sheet size 41.5 x 29.5cm
ARR
Estimate: £500 - £700
15 November 2022
15 November 2022
Lot 77 Sold
SIR KYFFIN WILLIAMS (BRITISH, 1918-2006)
Hill Farmer I
signed with initials 'KW.' (lower right)
watercolour and pencil
40 x 29cm
ARR

Provenance
Thackeray Gallery, Thackeray Street, Kensington Square, London, where purchased by the present owner's parents in 1990
Private collection, UK
Condition reportThe work appears in generally good condition.Paper appears flat and there does not…
Hammer price: £6,000
Estimate: £3,000 - £5,000
15 November 2022
15 November 2022
Lot 78 Sold
SIR KYFFIN WILLIAMS (BRITISH, 1918-2006)
Study for "The Agony in the Garden"
signed with initials 'KW.' (lower right)
watercolour
47 x 26.5cm
ARR

together with a letter from the artist confirming this work as a study for The Agony in the Garden, a work which "unfortunately came to nothing"
Hammer price: £900
Estimate: £1,000 - £1,500
15 November 2022
15 November 2022
Lot 79 Unsold
WITHDRAWN
Estimate: £0 - £0
15 November 2022
15 November 2022
Lot 80 Sold
HELENA WALICKA (POLISH, 1913-1989)
Organic Figure (1963)
signed and dated 'H. Walicka 1963' (lower right) and signed, dated and inscribed (verso)
oil on canvas
80 x 60cm
ARR

Provenance
Shakenhurst Hall, Cleobury Mortimer

Exhibited
London, The Boyson Gallery, Helena Walicka, 3rd April - 26th April 1963;
London, Doctor's Restaurant, Exhibition of Paintings, 10th January - 6th February 1965
together with two pamphlets relating to the two exhibitions mentioned above to feature this…
Hammer price: £450
Estimate: £100 - £150
15 November 2022
15 November 2022
Lot 81 Sold
KRZYSZTOF WEJMAN (POLISH, 20TH CENTURY)
Swiatowid
signed and dated 'K. Weiman 62' (lower right)
oil on board
124 x 49.5cm
ARR

Provenance
Shakenhurst Hall, Cleobury Mortimer
Condition reportBoard is not even and bowed in places but it may have bene like this when the work…
Hammer price: £140
Estimate: £100 - £150
15 November 2022
15 November 2022
Lot 82 Sold
FRANCIS LITTNA (CZECH, 1903-1973)
Untitled, Figures among trees
signed 'F. LITTNA' (lower right)
oil on canvas
76 x 122cm
ARR
Hammer price: £800
Estimate: £500 - £700
15 November 2022
15 November 2022
Lot 83 Sold
PAUL NEAGU (ROMANIAN, 1938-2004)
Platform for Fingers (Tactile) (1970)
inscribed and bears labels (verso)
mixed media
40 x 86.5cm
ARR

Provenance
Sigi Krauss Gallery;
Private collection, UK
Hammer price: £5,200
Estimate: £300 - £500
15 November 2022
15 November 2022
Lot 84 Sold
MICHAEL J PRAED (BRITISH, B. 1941)
Adits, Shafts and Zawns, The North Cliffs (1976)
signed 'M J PRAED 76' (lower right) and inscribed (verso)
oil on board
91 x 89.5cm
ARR
Hammer price: £700
Estimate: £200 - £300
15 November 2022
15 November 2022
Lot 85 Sold
KEITH PATTERSON (BRITISH, 1925-1995)
Untitled, Abstract composition
signed and dated 'Patterson 73' (lower centre) and further indistinctly inscribed and dated 'March, 17 1956' (upside down centre left)
mixed media
70 x 49.5cm
ARR
Hammer price: £140
Estimate: £100 - £150
15 November 2022
15 November 2022
Lot 86 Unsold
NEWTON HAYDN STUBBING (BRITISH, 1921-1983)
First Spring Light
signed and dated 'Stubbing 74' (lower right) and titled, signed and dated (verso)
oil on canvas
171 x 179cm
ARR
Estimate: £800 - £1,200
15 November 2022
15 November 2022
Lot 87 Sold
NEWTON HAYDN STUBBING (BRITISH, 1921-1983)
Untitled, Turtle head
signed and dated 'Stubbing 1966' (verso)
oil on canvas
22 x 16cm
(unframed)
ARR
Hammer price: £260
Estimate: £200 - £300
15 November 2022
15 November 2022
Lot 88 Sold
NEWTON HAYDN STUBBING (BRITISH, 1921-1983)
Los Pulgimdos Vestidos
signed 'Stubbing' (lower right) and inscribed, signed and dated '1954' (to backboard)
oil on canvas
24 x 19cm
ARR
Hammer price: £260
Estimate: £150 - £250
15 November 2022
15 November 2022
Lot 89 Sold
NEWTON HAYDN STUBBING (BRITISH, 1921-1983) (2)
Untitled, Abstract composition
signed and dated 'Stubbing 2-73' (lower right)
pastel, gouache and watercolour
49.5 x 38.5cm (38 x 29.5cm image size excluding brown paper surround)
together with an oil on board of a chair by the same hand, signed, inscribed and dated '1975' (verso), 14 x 18cm
(2)
ARR
Condition reportThe sheet is sound; good, clean condition overall.  Framed and under glass;…
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £150 - £250
15 November 2022
15 November 2022
Lot 90 Sold
NEWTON HAYDN STUBBING (BRITISH, 1921-1983)
Changing to Autumn
signed and dated 'Stubbing 74' (lower right) and inscribed with title and dated (verso)
oil on canvas
25.5 x 20cm
(unframed)
ARR
Hammer price: £140
Estimate: £80 - £120
15 November 2022
15 November 2022
Lot 91 Sold
GEORGES SPIRO (SWISS, 1909-1994)
Surreal landscape with flowers, fruit and mountains
signed and dated 'Spiro 62' (lower right)
oil on canvas
61 x 50cm
Hammer price: £600
Estimate: £400 - £600
15 November 2022
15 November 2022
Lot 92 Sold
SAM NTIRO (TANZANIAN, 1923-1993)
Harvesting
signed 'SJ Ntiro' (lower right)
oil on canvas
35 x 46cm

Provenance
Private collection, UK
Condition reportCraquelure and associated paint separation.A very small bit of paint lifting to…
Hammer price: £1,900
Estimate: £150 - £250
15 November 2022
15 November 2022
Lot 93 Sold
DAVID PERETZ (FRENCH, 1906-1982)
Untitled, Abstract landscape
signed and dated 'PERETZ 71' (lower right)
oil on canvas laid on board
28.5 x 35cm
ARR
Condition reportAppears generally good.Inspection under uv light reveals various stains.
Hammer price: £1,600
Estimate: £700 - £1,000
15 November 2022
15 November 2022
Lot 94 Sold
DENIS WIRTH-MILLER (BRITISH, 1915-2010)
Dartmoor Landscape
signed, titled and dated 'DENIS WITRH-MILLER 1978' and inscribed 'WITH LOVE TO CAROLINE AND TERENCE OCT. 28TH 1978 FROM DENIS' (verso)
oil on canvas
76.5 x 91.5cm
(unframed)
ARR
Condition reportSome very small minor spots and marks in places.A little surface dirt.Appears…
Hammer price: £4,000
Estimate: £800 - £1,200
15 November 2022
15 November 2022
Lot 95 Sold
ROBERT SADLER (BRITISH, 1909-2001)
Birch Trees
signed with incision 'Sadler' (lower left)
oil on board
25 x 30.5cm
ARR
Hammer price: £480
Estimate: £100 - £150
15 November 2022
15 November 2022
Lot 96 Sold
EUGENE BABOULENE (FRENCH, 1905-1994)
L'Ete - Village du Rigoumel en Provence
signed 'E Baboulene' (lower right), signed, titled and dated 'E. BABOULENE 1966' (verso)
oil on canvas
26 x 34.5cm
ARR
Condition reportOriginal canvas.  Some craquelure in places, most noticeable to sky.A little…
Hammer price: £750
Estimate: £300 - £500
15 November 2022
15 November 2022
Lot 97 Sold
MARY FEDDEN (BRITISH, 1915-2012)
Victoria, Gozo
signed and dated 'Fedden 1963' (lower left)
oil on canvas
40 x 50cm
ARR

Provenance
Bear Lane Gallery 1964, where purchased by the previous owner, thence by descent
Condition ReportOriginal canvas.  Flecks of surface dirt, upper right, otherwise the paint surface…
Hammer price: £20,000
Estimate: £3,000 - £5,000
15 November 2022
15 November 2022

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