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

Payment
Payment to be received by bank transfer or on collection by 30 November

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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Total lots: 297

Lot Title Estimate Hammer price
25 PAUL MASCART (FRENCH, 1874-1958)
Fishing boats on the shore
signed 'P Mascart' (lower left)
acrylic on paper
30 x 41cm
(unframed)
ARR
£200 - £400 £260 View
26 FRANK HENRY MASON (BRITISH, 1876-1965)
Arab Shipyard
signed 'FRANK H MASON' (lower left)
oil on canvas-board
38 x 54cm
(unframed)
ARR
£600 - £800 £550 View
27 IVO SALIGER (AUSTRIAN, 1894-1987)
The Doctor, the Girl and Death (1920)
signed in pencil 'Ivo Saliger' (in lower margin)
etching
image size 69 x 52cm
ARR

Provenance
Private collection, UK
£150 - £250 £120 View
28 DANIEL RIDGWAY KNIGHT (AMERICAN, 1839-1924)
A Drink for the Gods
signed and titled 'Ridgway Knight' (lower right)
gouache and watercolour
36 x 28cm

Provenance
Sale, Sotheby's, Monaco, 3rd December 1989, lot 166;
The Seymour Stein Collection
£500 - £700 - View
29 PIERRE ADOLPHE VALETTE (FRENCH, 1876-1942)
St Tropez
signed 'a Valette' (lower left) and titled (lower right)
watercolour and pencil
38 x 28cm

Provenance
Private collection, UK
£800 - £1,200 £1,200 View
30 PIERRE ADOLPHE VALETTE (FRENCH, 1876-1942)
St Tropez
signed 'a. Valette' (lower left) and titled (lower right)
watercolour and pencil
27 x 38cm

Provenance
Private collection, UK
£800 - £1,200 £2,800 View
31 ATTRIBUTED TO PIERRE ADOLPHE VALETTE (FRENCH, 1876-1942)
A view of the Chartreuse, Valldemossa, Majorca
watercolour and pencil
28 x 38cm

Provenance
Private collection, UK

Footnote
It is understood Valette painted here in 1934.
£300 - £500 £320 View
32 PIERRE ADOLPHE VALETTE (FRENCH, 1876-1942)
View of Salles, in the Beaujolais, near Blacé
signed 'A. Valette' (lower right)
oil on canvas-board
30.5 x 39.5cm

Provenance
Private collection, UK

Footnote
Valette lived for a time in this village.
£1,000 - £1,500 £900 View
33 PIERRE ADOLPHE VALETTE (FRENCH, 1876-1942)
Male nude
signed 'a valette' (upper right)
charcoal
61 x 43.5cm

Exhibited
Manchester City Art Gallery, Adolphe Valette, 6th October - 14th November 1976;
Private collection, UK
£700 - £900 £600 View
34 JEAN DUPAS (FRENCH, 1882-1964)
Seated male nude
signed, inscribed and dated 'Jean Dupas 08 á mon ami Valette' (lower right)
charcoal
24.5 x 31.5cm

Provenance
Private collection, UK

Footnote
This appears to be a work by Dupas…
£700 - £900 £600 View
35 PIERRE ADOLPHE VALETTE (FRENCH, 1876-1942)
Venus de Milo
signed, inscribed and dated 'a valette Manchester 27th nov, 1905' (upper right)
pencil and grey wash
61 x 45cm

Provenance
Private collection, UK

Exhibited
Manchester City Art Gallery,…
£700 - £900 £1,100 View
36 PIERRE ADOLPHE VALETTE (FRENCH, 1876-1942)
Nude figures
signed in pencil 'a Valette' (in lower margin)
etching
5.7 x 7cm

Provenance
Private collection, UK
£100 - £150 £160 View
37 PIERRE ADOLPHE VALETTE (FRENCH, 1876-1942) (3)
A man with his dog and sheep in a landscape
signed 'a valette' (in lower margin)
etching
13.3 x 18.3cm
together with two other etchings by the same hand; another of a man with his dog and sheep in a…
£500 - £700 £450 View
38 EUROPEAN SCHOOL, 20TH CENTURY
Study of a seated male nude
indistinctly signed (upper right)
charcoal
60 x 45cm
£100 - £150 £170 View
39 CELSO LAGAR (SPANISH, 1891-1966)
Figure study
studio stamped 'Lagar' (lower right)
pencil on paper
32 x 19cm
ARR

Provenance
Property from the collection of art critic Terence Mullaly
£200 - £400 £150 View
40 BOHUMIR STROHALM BOCIAN (FRENCH, 1912-2002) (6)
Zebra
signed 'Bocian' (lower left), signed and inscribed 'A Bernadotte pour votre amour de l'art moderne Bocian'
grey wash
16 x 23cm
together with four other works on paper by the same hand, each…
£300 - £500 £260 View
41 BERNARD MENINSKY (BRITISH, 1891-1950)
Reclining female nude with red hair
signed 'Meninsky' (lower left)
charcoal and red chalk
44 x 50cm

Provenance
Private collection, UK
£300 - £500 £260 View
42 MARC CHAGALL (FRENCH/RUSSIAN, 1887-1985)
Le Bouquet Vert et Violet (1959)
signed and inscribed in pencil 'Marc Chagall Epreuve d'artiste' (in lower margin)
lithograph in colours
50.5 x 65cm
(unframed)
ARR

Provenance
Private collection,…
£1,500 - £2,500 £2,000 View
43 JOAN MIRO (SPANISH, 1893-1983)
Femme-Oiseau II (1960)
signed and numbered in pencil 'Miro 24/90' (in lower margin)
etching and aquatint
35 x 46.5cm
ARR
£2,000 - £3,000 £1,200 View
44 JOAN MIRO (SPANISH, 1893-1983)
La Translunaire (1974)
etching with aquatint
61.5 x 47cm
ARR
£1,500 - £2,500 £1,700 View
45 PABLO PICASSO (SPANISH, 1881-1973)
Exposition Ceramique Vallauris (1959)
signed and numbered 'Picasso 111/175' (lower margin)
linocut
64 x 53cm
ARR

Literature
Bloch 1286; Baer 1216
£800 - £1,200 £1,400 View
46 EDMUND BLAMPIED (BRITISH, 1886-1966)
Politics
signed in pencil 'E. Blampied' (in lower margin)
etching
17.5 x 22cm
ARR

Provenance
Private collection, UK
£80 - £120 £80 View
47 ISAAC FRIEDLANDER (AMERICAN, 1890-1968)
Coney Island
signed and titled in pencil 'I Friedlander a/p' (in lower margin)
etching with aquatint
26 x 21cm
(unframed)

Provenance
The Seymour Stein Collection
£300 - £500 £300 View
48 HARRY SHOKLER (AMERICAN, 1896-1978)
Thriller, Coney Island
signed in pencil 'Harry Shokler' (in lower margin)
woodcut print
15 x 20.5cm
(unframed)

Provenance
Sale, Swann Galleries, New York, 14th September 2006, lot 358;
The Seymour…
£150 - £250 £80 View

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