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Modern British & 20th Century Art

Auction date Tuesday 21 November 2023

Modern British & 20th Century Art 

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

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Friday  17 November       10am-4pm
Saturday 18 November    9am-12.30 noon
Monday 20 November     10am-4pm
Tuesday  21 November     10am-1pm

Payment
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Collections - Sussex Saleroom 
We will be open for collections on sale days 9am -4.30pm and additionally
Saturday 25 November      9am -12noon
Monday 27 November  9am-4.30pm
Tuesday 28 November  9am – 4.30pm
Wednesday 29 November 9am – 4.30pm
Thursday  30 November 9am - 4.30pm

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.
"Artist's Resale Right / ARR" - a royalty payable to a qualifying artist or the artist's heirs each time a work is resold during the artist's lifetime and up to a period of 70 years after the artist's death. Royalties are calculated on a sliding percentage scale based on the hammer price excluding the buyer's premium. The royalty does not apply to lots selling below the sterling equivalent of €1,000 and the maximum royalty payable on any single lot is the sterling equivalent of €10,000. Droit de Suite, which is not subject to VAT, will be added to the buyer's purchase price and then passed on to the relevant collecting agency. Please enquire for the accepted exchange rate on the day of the sale. 

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Lots per page:

Total lots: 297

Lot 217 Sold
MILDRED ELDRIDGE (BRITISH, 1909-1991)
Erinaceus Europaeus - Hedgehog
signed and dated 'M. E. ELDRIDGE 1971' (lower right) and titled (lower left)
pencil and watercolour highlighted with bodycolour
20 x 26cm
ARR

Provenance
Spink, London;
Private collection, UK
Hammer price: £650
Estimate: £200 - £400
21 November 2023
21 November 2023
Lot 218 Sold
LEESA SANDYS-LUMSDAINE (BRITISH, B. 1936)
Jockey Geoff Lewis on Mill Reef and Joe Mercer on Brigadier Gerard
signed and dated 'L. SANDYS LUMSDAINE 71' (lower right)
oil on canvas
61 x 122cm
ARR

Provenance
Private collection, UK
Hammer price: £700
Estimate: £800 - £1,200
21 November 2023
21 November 2023
Lot 219 Sold
KEITH JOUBERT (SOUTH AFRICAN, 1948-2013)
Antelope
signed 'Keith Joubert' (lower right)
oil and mixed media on canvas
56 x 76cm

Provenance
Private collection, UK
Hammer price: £1,100
Estimate: £500 - £800
21 November 2023
21 November 2023
Lot 220 Sold
JANE CORSELLIS (BRITISH, B. 1940)
Wild Poppies
signed 'Corsellis' (lower right), titled, dated and inscribed 'Holland 84' (verso)
oil on board
15 x 35cm
ARR

Provenance
Private collection, UK, thence by descent
Hammer price: £380
Estimate: £400 - £600
21 November 2023
21 November 2023
Lot 221 Sold
VICTOR SPAHN (FRENCH, B. 1949)
Force 8
signed 'Spahn' (lower right)
oil on canvas
65 x 55cm
ARR

Provenance
Wally Findlay Gallery, from whom acquired by the present owner in 1988;
Private collection, UK
Hammer price: £280
Estimate: £300 - £500
21 November 2023
21 November 2023
Lot 222 Sold
BRIAN WILLSHER (BRITISH, 1930-2010)
Untitled, Abstract composition
signed and dated 'Brian Willshire 1994' (to underside of base)
wood sculpture
77.5cm high
ARR

Provenance
Belgrave Gallery, Englands Lane, London;
Private collection, UK
Condition ReportThere is an approximately 30cm vertical crack running up one side of the sculpture…
Hammer price: £400
Estimate: £300 - £500
21 November 2023
21 November 2023
Lot 223 Sold
GEORGE WYLLIE (SCOTTISH, 1921-2012)
Wild Bird (2002)
signed, dated and inscribed 'George Wyllie, 2002, For Gwyneth' (under wing), further inscribed 'Such is the service of a fine art and of ships that sail the sea...but the special call of an art which has passed away is never reproduced. It as as utterly gone out of the world as the song of a destroyed wild bird. Joseph Conrad 1906' (on wings)
metal and paint
60cm wide
ARR

Provenance
Private collection, UK, thence by descent
Hammer price: £90
Estimate: £100 - £200
21 November 2023
21 November 2023
Lot 224 Sold
GEORGE WYLLIE (BRITISH, 1921-2012) (3)
Railway Shrine
one section stamped '200 2' (on the base), titled (on artists label to underside of base)
soldered metal sculpture in two parts
height 37cm
together with Thisaway Thataway, a related work on paper, signed and dated 'G Wyllie '83', by the same hand
(3)
ARR

Provenance
Rebecca Hossack Gallery, 20th January 1998; from whom acquired by the parents of the present owner
Hammer price: £190
Estimate: £200 - £400
21 November 2023
21 November 2023
Lot 225 Unsold
BOUKE DE VRIES (DUTCH, B. 1960)
Dead Nature with celadon bowl, fruit, insect and butterfly
mixed media
mounted on a square marble base beneath a glass case
27cm wide x 13.5cm high
ARR

Provenance
The Estate of the Late Meredith Etherington-Smith (1946-2020);
Please see the Bellmans website article for further information
FootnoteBourke de Vries is a Dutch ceramic conservator and artist, who studied at West Dean College…
Estimate: £700 - £1,000
21 November 2023
21 November 2023
Lot 226 Sold
LAURENCE STEPHEN LOWRY (BRITISH, 1887-1976)
Berwick-upon-Tweed
signed in pencil 'L. S. Lowry' and with the Fine Art Trade Guild blindstamp (in lower margin)
offset lithograph in colours
53 x 43cm
ARR

Provenance
Private collection, UK
Condition ReportThe sheet is sound and clean throughout; framed and under glass, unexamined out of…
Hammer price: £8,000
Estimate: £4,000 - £6,000
21 November 2023
21 November 2023
Lot 227 Sold
LAURENCE STEPHEN LOWRY (BRITISH, 1887-1976)
Street Scene
signed in pencil 'L. S. Lowry' and with the Fine Art Trade Guild blindstamp (in lower margin)
offset lithograph in colours
25.5 x 20.5cm
ARR

Provenance
Private collection, UK
Condition ReportThe sheet is sound and clean throughout; framed and under glass, unexamined out of…
Hammer price: £3,500
Estimate: £1,500 - £2,500
21 November 2023
21 November 2023
Lot 228 Sold
JOHN PIPER (BRITISH, 1903-1992)
South Lopham (1976)
signed and numbered 'John Piper 67/70' (in lower margin)
lithograph
91 x 51cm
ARR

Provenance
Property of a Nobleman
Hammer price: £750
Estimate: £800 - £1,200
21 November 2023
21 November 2023
Lot 229 Sold
CERI RICHARDS (BRITISH, 1903-1971)
The Inaudible Tenth
signed, dated and numbered in pencil 'Ceri Richards 70 20/60' (in lower margin)
screenprint
54 x 46cm
ARR

Provenance
Private collection, Conderton Manor, near Tewkesbury
Hammer price: £90
Estimate: £100 - £150
21 November 2023
21 November 2023
Lot 230 Sold
KEITH VAUGHAN (BRITISH, 1912-1977)
The Walled Garden (1951)
signed in pencil 'Keith Vaughan' and inscribed in ink 'Artists proof' (in lower margin)
lithograph in colours
39 x 49.5cm
ARR

Provenance
William Weston Gallery, Albemarle Street, London
Condition ReportThe sheet is sound and clean with strong colour; framed and under glass, unexamined…
Hammer price: £1,400
Estimate: £1,000 - £1,500
21 November 2023
21 November 2023
Lot 231 Sold
CONROY MADDOX (BRITISH, 1912-2005)
Tools of the Alchemist
signed and dated 'Conroy Maddox 40' (lower right)
watercolour and gouache
31 x 43cm
(unframed)
ARR

Provenance
Private collection, UK
Condition ReportThe sheet is sound; patches of staining above the wall, lower right; one further…
Hammer price: £550
Estimate: £500 - £700
21 November 2023
21 November 2023
Lot 232 Sold
CONROY MADDOX (BRITISH, 1912-2005)
Disarray
signed and dated 'Conroy Maddox 40' (lower right)
watercolour and gouache
40 x 28.5cm
(unframed)
ARR

Provenance
Private collection, UK
Condition Reportthe sheet is sound; scattered flecks to paint surface but generally good condition…
Hammer price: £550
Estimate: £500 - £700
21 November 2023
21 November 2023
Lot 233 Sold
CONROY MADDOX (BRITISH, 1912-2005)
Emblematic Variations
signed and dated 'Conroy Maddox 40' (lower right)
watercolour and gouache
33.5 x 47.5cm
(unframed)
ARR

Provenance
Private collection, UK
Condition ReportThe sheet is sound; good, clean condition overall with strong colour.
Hammer price: £1,600
Estimate: £500 - £700
21 November 2023
21 November 2023
Lot 234 Sold
ALAN REYNOLDS (BRITISH, 1926-2014)
Moth Barn
signed, dated and numbered in pencil 'Reynolds 52 41/50' (in lower margin)
lithograph in colours
33 x 46cm
(unframed)
ARR

Provenance
Private collection, UK
Condition Reportthe sheet is sound; light specks of staining to the margin, visible on close…
Hammer price: £850
Estimate: £500 - £700
21 November 2023
21 November 2023
Lot 235 Sold
EDUARDO PAOLOZZI (BRITISH, 1924-2005) (2)
Untitled Grey (1974)
two copies of the same edition; each signed, dated and individually numbered 'Eduardo Paolozzi 1974 6/100 and 100/100' (lower right margin)
screenprints
63.5 x 48cm
(2, both unframed)
ARR

Provenance
Private collection, UK
Condition Report6/100 - creases to lower right margin and scattered flecks of staining throughout…
Hammer price: £300
Estimate: £100 - £200
21 November 2023
21 November 2023
Lot 236 Sold
SIDNEY NOLAN (AUSTRALIAN, 1917-1922)
Bushranger and Homestead
signed 'Nolan' (in lower right margin)
etching with crayon and watercolour
24 x 29cm

Provenance
Whitford Fine Art, London, 2004, from whom purchased by the previous owner, thence by descent
Hammer price: £1,900
Estimate: £400 - £600
21 November 2023
21 November 2023
Lot 237 Sold
SIDNEY NOLAN (AUSTRALIAN, 1917-1992)
Kelly and Horse
signed in coloured chalk 'N' (lower right)
etching and coloured chalks
63.5 x 48cm

Provenance
Private collection, UK
Condition reportA few very small minor spots of foxing and very minor marks to margins.A little…
Hammer price: £5,500
Estimate: £200 - £400
21 November 2023
21 November 2023
Lot 238 Sold
ALAN REYNOLDS (BRITISH, 1926-2014) (5)
Le Tombeau de Mallarne I
signed, dated, titled, numbered and dedicated 'Reynolds 70 VII/XX artists proof Chris and Rose from Alan 28.3.71' (in lower margin)
screenprint
98.5 x 68cm
together with: Self Portrait, a woodcut by Philip Sutton dated 1982; Earth 1971, a print and collage artist's proof by Joe Tilson (some collage missing); a sheet of approximately 45 signatures by Kelpra artists, including Joe Tilson, Robyn Denny and Victor Pasmore; and a photograph of Chris and Rose Prater and Chris Betambeau
(5, all unframed)ARRProvenancePrivate collection, UK
Hammer price: £190
Estimate: £200 - £400
21 November 2023
21 November 2023
Lot 239 Sold
PETER STROUD (BRITISH, 1921-2012) (2)
Untitled - Blue
signed 'Peter Stroud' (lower right margin), Kelpra stamped and numbered '6691' (verso)
screenprint
81.5 x 17cm
together with Eighths, a screenprint by Mark Lancaster, signed, titled and dated '67', Kelpra stamped and numbered '6931' (verso), 68.5 x 46cm
(2, both unframed)
ARR

Provenance
Private collection, UK
Hammer price: £140
Estimate: £150 - £250
21 November 2023
21 November 2023
Lot 240 Sold
IAN TYSON (BRITISH, B. 1933) (7)
A Illiers-Combray
a set of of five screenprints, numbers I, II, III, IV, VI and title page
each signed and dated 'Ian Tyson 73' (lower right margin), five titled and inscribed 'A/P'
each 86.5 x 66cm
together with: Location (1973), a signed screenprint by the same hand
(7, all unframed)
ARR

Provenance
Private collection, UK
Hammer price: £140
Estimate: £100 - £200
21 November 2023
21 November 2023

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