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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

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