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Modern British & 20th Century Art

Auction date Tuesday 21 November 2023

Modern British & 20^th Century Art

Tuesday 21 November - Sussex Saleroom
Lot 1 – 297 Modern British & 20^th century Art 1.00pm

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Saturday 25 November 9am -12noon
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PICTURES & PRINTS CATALOGUE TERMS
An explanation of catalogue terms in our opinion:

"Full name of the artist" - a work by the artist.
"Attributed to ..." - probably a work by the artist in whole or in part.
"Name and initial" - possibly a work by the artist.
"Studio of ..." - a work executed in the studio or workshop of the artist.
"Circle of ..." - a work of the period of the artist and showing his influence.
"Follower of ..." - a work executed in the artist's style, but not necessarily by a pupil.
"Manner of ..." - a work in the artist's style, but of a later date.
"After ..." - a copy (of any date) of a work by that artist.
"Signed ... Dated ... Inscribed ..." - the work has been signed/date/inscribed by the artist.
"Bears signature and/or date and/or inscription" - has been added by another hand.
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Lot	Title	Estimate	Hammer price
49	ABBO OSTROWSKY (AMERICAN, 1889-1975) Bracing Subway Excavation, New York signed, dated and inscribed 'Abbo Ostrowsky Jo and William Katz July 14 1933 New York' (in lower margin) etching 35 x 27cm	£200 - £400	£100	View
50	EDWARD WADSWORTH (BRITISH, 1889-1949) Imaginary Harbour lithograph in colours 41 x 60cm Provenance Private collection, UK	£200 - £400	£300	View
51	WILLIAM LEE HANKEY (BRITISH, 1869-1952) (2) The Corniche Staples; An East Coast Village a set of two, each signed 'W Lee Hankey' and bearing artist's stamp (in lower margin) and each inscribed with title (on old label attached to the backboard…	£100 - £150	£90	View
52	* MARSH (20TH CENTURY) Fatigue & Sunlight indistinctly signed and dated '* Marsh 1918' (lower right) pen and ink on paper 18 x 13.5cm ARR Provenance The Seymour Stein Collection	£500 - £700	£400	View
53	MAX BEERBOHM (BRITISH, 1872-1956) Mrs. Campbell and Mr. Shaw as they respectively appeared to themselves signed and dated 'Max July 1922' (lower left) and titled (lower centre) watercolour and pencil 21 x 19cm ARR Provenance Sale,…	£500 - £700	£1,100	View
54	MAX BEERBOHM (BRITISH, 1872-1956) Mrs. Campbell and Mr. Shaw as they respectively appeared to each other signed and dated 'Max July 1922' (lower left) and titled (upper right) watercolour and pencil 21 x 18.5cm ARR Provenance Sale,…	£500 - £700	£1,100	View
55	AUSTIN OSMAN SPARE (BRITISH, 1886-1956) Untitled, Four figures signed twice with initials 'aos' (both lower left) watercolour and pencil 22 x 39.5cm ARR Provenance The Seymour Stein Collection	£1,500 - £2,500	£2,400	View
56	AUSTIN OSMAN SPARE (BRITISH, 1886-1956) Untitled, Figures at night under a moon signed with initials 'aos' (lower right) watercolour and pencil 44.5 x 28cm ARR Provenance The Seymour Stein Collection	£1,500 - £2,500	£4,000	View
57	AUSTIN OSMAN SPARE (BRITISH, 1886-1956) Untitled, Crucifixion featuring mythological figures signed with initials and dated 'AOS 08' (lower right) pencil 38 x 27.5cm (unframed) Provenance The Seymour Stein Collection	£800 - £1,200	£1,700	View
58	AUSTIN OSMAN SPARE (BRITISH, 1886-1956) Untitled, Wings below a face and above figures signed and dated 'AOS 08' (lower left) pencil 38 x 27.5cm (unframed) ARR Provenance The Seymour Stein Collection	£800 - £1,200	£1,700	View
59	AUSTIN OSMAN SPARE (BRITISH, 1886-1956) Untitled, Men and horses signed and dated 'aos. '08' (lower left) pencil 37.5 x 27.5cm (unframed) ARR Provenance The Seymour Stein Collection	£800 - £1,200	£700	View
60	AUSTIN OSMAN SPARE (BRITISH, 1886-1956) Untitled, Male and female figures signed and dated 'aos '08' (lower right) pencil 37.5 x 27.5cm (unframed) ARR Provenance The Seymour Stein Collection	£800 - £1,200	£900	View
61	AUSTIN OSMAN SPARE (BRITISH, 1886-1956) Untitled, Study of figures and faces pencil 39 x 28cm (unframed) ARR Provenance The Seymour Stein Collection	£800 - £1,200	£1,000	View
62	AUSTIN OSMAN SPARE (BRITISH, 1886-1956) Untitled, Figures in the air and on the ground signed with initials and dated 'AOS 1904' (lower right) pencil 39 x 27.5cm (unframed) ARR Provenance The Seymour Stein Collection	£800 - £1,200	£750	View
63	AUSTIN OSMAN SPARE (BRITISH, 1886-1956) Untitled, Nude woman stood on a dolphin signed with initials and dated 'AOS '10' (lower left) pencil 39 x 28.5cm (unframed) ARR Provenance The Seymour Stein Collection	£800 - £1,200	£1,100	View
64	ATTRIBUTED TO AUSTIN OSMAN SPARE (BRITISH, 1886-1956) Untitled, Two men with a woman on the ground black chalk 30.5 x 25cm (unframed) ARR Provenance The Seymour Stein Collection	£500 - £700	£400	View
65	PHILIP CONNARD (BRITISH, 1875-1958) Sinbad the Sailor signed with monogram (lower left), further inscribed 'Philip Connard Sinbad the Sailor' (verso) ink heightened with bodycolour 32.5 x 19.5cm ARR Provenance Sale, Films of the Mind …	£400 - £600	£700	View
66	ANTHONY GROSS (BRITISH, 1905-1984) Coulourgues Barley Field signed in pencil 'anty gross' (in lower margin) etching 20.5 x 14cm ARR Provenance Oxford Gallery, High Street, Oxford	£100 - £150	£140	View
67	FELIKS TOPOLSKI (BRITISH, 1907-1989) A Day at the Races (Pay First Past the Post, Dick Franklin) signed and dated 'Feliks Topolski 36' (lower right) ink and grey wash 41 x 55cm ARR Provenance Private collection, UK	£200 - £300	£450	View
68	ANTHONY GROSS (BRITISH, 1905-1984) Cows and New Vines at Bovila (1981) signed 'anthony gross' and titled (lower right) watercolour, pen and ink 37 x 56cm ARR Provenance The New Art Centre, Sloane Street, London; Private collection,…	£400 - £600	£450	View
69	EDWARD ARDIZZONE (BRITISH, 1900-1979) St Paul's School from the North signed, titled and number '48/100 Edward Ardizzone' (in lower margin) lithograph 40 x 54.5cm ARR Provenance Private collection, UK	£300 - £500	-	View
70	IRISH SCHOOL, 20TH CENTURY (2) Dublin a pair, one signed with initials and dated 'Dublin aug 1932 WR' (lower left), the other signed with initials, dated and indistinctly inscribed 'WR aug 1932' (lower right) watercolour each 23…	£500 - £700	-	View
71	ROBERT POLHILL BEVAN (BRITISH, 1865-1925) A Farm at Cuckfield black chalk and watercolour 24.5 x 33.5cm Provenance R. A. Bevan; Thomas Agnew & Sons, Old Bond Street, London; Private collection, UK	£1,000 - £1,500	£900	View
72	ALFRED AARON WOLMARK (POLISH, 1877-1961) St Ives signed, titled and dated 'Wolmark 1921' (lower right) pen, ink and coloured chalks 31.5 x 24cm ARR	£200 - £400	£220	View
73	RENZO VESPIGNANI (ITALIAN, 1924-2001) Female nude signed and dated 'Vespignani 53' (lower centre) ink and pastel 51 x 39.5cm ARR Provenance Private collection, UK	£150 - £250	£220	View
74	NORMAN BLAMEY (BRITISH, 1914-2000) Praying Woman, Study for Ruislip Mural (1964) with inscribed label (to backboard) pencil and wash 32 x 21.5cm ARR Provenance Private collection, UK	£100 - £150	£2,000	View
75	SIR CECIL BEATON (BRITISH, 1904-1980) Portrait of a lady pencil 38.5 x 24cm ARR Provenance Abbott and Holder, London, where acquired by the parents of the present owner; Thence by descent	£100 - £150	£50	View
76	DOROTHY LOFTUS (BRITISH, 1875-1943) Portrait of Miss Lucy Mary Silcox (1862-1947) signed 'Dorothy Loftus' (lower right) coloured chalks on paper 49 x 34.5cm Provenance Private collection, UK	£200 - £400	£450	View
77	MERVYN PEAKE (BRITISH, 1911-1968) One of the Artist's Sons signed 'Peake' (lower left) pastel 27 x 29.5cm ARR Provenance John Brophy; Alan Rowe Works of Art, Sherwood Close, Barnes, London; Private collection, UK	£300 - £500	£850	View
78	MERVYN PEAKE (BRITISH, 1911-1968) The Glassblowers 9 pencil 23.5 x 15cm ARR Provenance Chris Beetles, Ryder Street, London; Private collection, UK	£400 - £600	£1,100	View
79	STEPHEN TENNANT (BRITISH, 1906-1987) The Circus Boy watercolour, pen and ink 25 x 20cm ARR Provenance Abbott & Holder, Museum Street, London; Private collection, UK	£400 - £600	£650	View
80	CLAUDE MUNCASTER (BRITISH, 1903-1974) The East Wind signed, and dated 'Claude Muncaster March 1932' (lower left) watercolour 26 x 37cm ARR Provenance Chris Beetles, Ryder Street, London; Private collection, UK	£100 - £150	£120	View
81	CLAUDE MUNCASTER (BRITISH, 1903-1974) Cowdray Ruins watercolour and pencil 32 x 23.5cm ARR Provenance Garton & Cooke, New Bond Street, London; Private collection, UK Exhibited King's Lynn, The Fermoy Gallery, Festival Exhibition,…	£100 - £150	£100	View
82	SIR HUGH CASSON (BRITISH, 1910-1999) Shepherd's Hut, Aegina signed with initials 'HC' (lower right) and titled (lower left) watercolour heightened with white 15.5 x 15.5cm ARR Provenance New Grafton Gallery, Church Road, Barnes, London…	£80 - £120	£150	View
83	CHARLES CUNDALL (BRITISH, 1890-1971) (2) A view of Florence watercolour and gouache 9 x 17cm together with another watercolour and gouache by the same hand of trees, 26 x 20cm (2) ARR Provenance Abbott and Holder, London, where acquired by…	£80 - £120	£60	View
84	HUGH CASSON (BRITISH, 1910-1999) Cottage, Samos signed with initials and titled 'HC' (lower right) watercolour 5 x 12cm ARR Exhibited London, Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, 1993, no.1; Private collection, UK	£200 - £400	£190	View
85	LANTA SPURRIER (BRITISH, 1905-1981) Banana Tree signed 'Lanta Spurrier' (lower left) and with artist's label (verso) oil on canvas-board 122 x 76cm ARR	£80 - £120	£700	View
86	LANTA SPURRIER (BRITISH, 1905-1981) Thames Barges signed 'Lanta Spurrier' (lower right) and with artist's label (verso) oil on canvas-board 50.5 x 65.5cm ARR	£50 - £100	£110	View
87	LANTA SPURRIER (BRITISH, 1905-1981) To Brockham from Root Hill signed 'Lanta Spurrier' (lower right) and with artist's label (verso) oil on canvas-board 50 x 65cm ARR	£50 - £100	£120	View
88	LANTA SPURRIER (BRITISH, 1905-1981) Windswept Corner signed 'Lanta Spurrier' (lower left) and with artist's label (verso) oil on canvas-board 50.5 x 60.5cm ARR	£50 - £100	£190	View
89	LANTA SPURRIER (BRITISH, 1905-1981) (4) Thistles signed 'Lanta Spurrier' (lower left) oil on canvas 40 x 76.5cm (unframed) together with three other oils on canvas by the same hand; Still life of a green vase, signed (lower left), 50.5 x…	£100 - £200	£240	View
90	LANTA SPURRIER (BRITISH, 1905-1981) (4) Poppy Heads and Thistles signed 'Lanta Spurrier' (lower right) and with artist's label (verso) oil on canvas 76 x 51cm (unframed) together with three other oils on canvas by the same hand; Plants by…	£100 - £200	£150	View
91	LANTA SPURRIER (BRITISH, 1905-1981) (4) Sunlit clouds above the sea oil on canvas 61 x 46cm (unframed) together with three other oils on canvas by the same hand; Lulworth Cove, Dorset, signed (lower right) and with artist's label (verso),…	£100 - £200	£500	View
92	LANTA SPURRIER (BRITISH, 1905-1981) (4) The Church in the Midst of Nature's Glories signed 'Lanta Spurrier' (lower left) and with artist's label (verso) oil on canvas-board 100 x 50.5cm (unframed) together with three other oils on canvas…	£100 - £200	£200	View
93	LANTA SPURRIER (BRITISH, 1905-1981) (4) The Beginning with inscribed label (verso) oil on canvas-board 106 x 30cm together with three other oils on canvas-board by the same hand; Sandstone and shells, signed (lower right) and with artist's…	£100 - £200	£120	View
94	LANTA SPURRIER (BRITISH, 1905-1981) (4) Bottle Party signed 'Lanta Spurrier' (lower left) and with artist's label (verso) oil on canvas-board 61 x 81.5cm (unframed) together with three other oils on canvas-board by the same hand; Still…	£100 - £200	£170	View
95	PETER GREENHAM (BRITISH, 1909-1992) Simonside, Northumberland signed with initials 'PG' (lower left) oil on canvas-board 12 x 25cm ARR Provenance Property from the collection of art critic Terence Mullaly	£300 - £500	£380	View
96	DIANA MAXWELL ARMFIELD (BRITISH, B. 1920) Torcello through the vines signed with initials 'DMA' (lower right) watercolour 21 x 21cm ARR Provenance Private collection, UK	£300 - £500	£320	View

Total lots: 297

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