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21 November | Modern British & 20th Century Art

Auction date Thursday 21 November 2024 11:00 - 17:00 GMT

IMAGE: MARY FEDDEN (BRITISH, 1915-2012) Black Fish

Thursday 21 November
1401- 1782 Modern British & 20th Century Art   11am

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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.
"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: 382

Lot Title Estimate Hammer price
1449 JOHN BUCKLAND WRIGHT (BRITISH, 1897-1954)
Two women relaxing
dated '291146' (lower left) and with stamp (verso)
pencil and grey wash
29.5 x 41cm
(unframed)
ARR

Provenance
Private collection, UK
£100 - £150 £150 View
1450 JOHN BUCKLAND WRIGHT (BRITISH, 1897-1954)
Studies of a woman
each study dated '30846' (lower centre) and with stamp (verso)
pencil and grey wash
sheet 25.5 x 35.5cm
(unframed)
ARR

Provenance
Private collection, UK
£50 - £100 £90 View
1451 MADELEINE DOWDEN (BRITISH, 1933-2021) AND ATTRIBUTED TO FRANK AUERBACH (BRITISH, B. 1931) (40)
A folio of life drawing sketches, approximately twenty with annotated sketches showing corrections or improvements attributed to Frank Auerbach (1958 and 1959)
some dated '58' or '59'
pencil
twenty…
£200 - £400 £100 View
1452 DAME LAURA KNIGHT (BRITISH, 1877-1970)
Asian figure seated
signed with initials and dated 'LK 1957' (lower right)
pencil on paper
22.5 x 17cm
ARR

Provenance
Private collection, UK
£200 - £400 £380 View
1453 DAME LAURA KNIGHT (BRITISH, 1877-1970)
Hic! Xmas 1932 Compton Park
signed with initials and titled 'L.K.' (lower right)
pencil on paper
37 x 26.5cm
ARR
£1,000 - £1,500 - View
1454 DAME LAURA KNIGHT (BRITISH, 1877-1970)
Dressing
signed 'Laura Knight' (lower left)
watercolour
51 x 34.5cm
ARR

Provenance
The Fine Art Society, New Bond Street, London;
Private collection

Exhibited
Bournemouth, Russell-Cotes Art Gallery…
£1,500 - £2,500 £4,800 View
1455 DUNCAN GRANT (BRITISH, 1885-1978)
Study for Nymph and Satyr (C. 1926)
charcoal
44.5 x 54cm
ARR

Provenance
Sale, Christie's, London, 2nd November 2001, lot 51;
Private collection, UK
£1,500 - £2,500 £2,200 View
1456 GILBERT SPENCER (BRITISH, 1892-1979)
View from a balcony in France, thought to be Berneval Sur Mer
signed and dated ‘Gilbert Spencer 1937’ (lower right)
watercolour
36 x 52cm
ARR

Provenance
Abbott and Holder, London, where acquired by…
£80 - £120 - View
1457 FRITZ KRAMER (AUSTRIAN, 1905-1969)
Boats in a harbour
signed 'Kramer' (lower left)
gouache, pen, ink and watercolour
33 x 45cm
ARR

Provenance
Private collection, UK
£400 - £600 - View
1458 FRITZ KRAMER (AUSTRIAN, 1905-1969)
Boats in a harbour near a church
signed 'Kramer' (lower left)
watercolour, pen and ink
28 x 39cm
ARR

Provenance
Private collection, UK
£200 - £300 £180 View
1459 JOHN STANTON WARD (BRITISH, 1917-2007)
Kate Asleep
pencil on paper
31.5 x 29cm
ARR

Provenance
Archeus Fine Art, London, from whom acquired by the present owner;
Private collection, UK
£400 - £600 £380 View
1460 JOSEF HERMAN (BRITISH, 1911-2000)
Man ploughing with an ox
inscribed (verso)
ink and watercolour on a postcard
8.5 x 13cm
ARR

Provenance
A gift from the artist to the present owner's late husband;
Private collection, UK
£150 - £250 £700 View
1461 JOSEF HERMAN (BRITISH, 1911-2000)
Women at a well
inscribed (verso)
ink and grey wash on a postcard
8.5 x 13cm
ARR

Provenance
A gift from the artist to the present owner's late husband;
Private collection, UK
£150 - £250 £200 View
1462 JOSEF HERMAN (BRITISH, 1911-2000)
Two seated men
inscribed (verso)
ink and grey wash on a postcard
8.5 x 13cm
ARR

Provenance
A gift from the artist to the present owner's late husband;
Private collection, UK
£150 - £250 £400 View
1463 CLAUDE GRAHAM MUNCASTER (BRITISH, 1903-1974)
Trafalgar Square
signed and dated 'Claude Muncaster June 1924' (lower left)
ink and watercolour
35 x 50cm
ARR

Provenance
Sarah Colegrave Fine Art
£300 - £500 £280 View
1464 CLAUDE GRAHAM MUNCASTER (BRITISH, 1903-1974)
Arundel Bridge, Sussex
dated 'June 27th 1920' (lower right)
pencil and watercolour
29 x 39cm
ARR
£200 - £400 - View
1465 CLAUDE GRAHAM MUNCASTER (BRITISH, 1903-1974)
The view from the old 5th tee, Cowdray, (Approx. 1927)
signed 'Claude Muncaster' (lower right); signed, titled and inscribed 'To Dr R.W, Lusk (-) from the/ artist and his wife. A small token of/ …
£200 - £400 £240 View
1466 ANDRAS KALDOR (HUNGARIAN, 1938-2022)
Glyndebourne Festival Opera
inscribed and titled (on the artist's label attached to the backboard)
watercolour
56 x 71cm
ARR
£1,000 - £1,500 - View
1467 EDWARD WESSON (BRITISH, 1910-1983)
Jack and Jill, Post and Tower Windmills, Clayton, Sussex
signed 'Edward Wesson' (lower left)
watercolour
24.5 x 35cm
ARR

Provenance
Gallery Thirty Three, Billingshurst, West Sussex;
Private…
£100 - £200 £200 View
1468 ATTRIBUTED TO ETHELBERT WHITE (BRITISH, 1891-1972) (2)
A peaceful valley; Haycart outside a barn
a pair, watercolour
34 x 42cm
(2)
ARR

Provenance
Private collection, UK
£100 - £200 £150 View
1469 SAMUEL JOHN LAMORNA BIRCH (BRITISH, 1869-1955)
Island fort in a lagoon
signed and dated 'S J Lamorna Birch 1940' (lower right), dedicated 'T Greta with love from John' (lower left)
ink and watercolour
8.5 x 10.5cm
ARR

Provenance
Private…
£80 - £120 £70 View
1470 WITHDRAWN PAUL MAZE (FRENCH, 1887-1979)
River landscape
signed 'Paul Maze' (lower right)
watercolour
37 x 54cm
ARR

Provenance
Private collection, UK
£300 - £500 - View
1471 WITHDRAWN PAUL MAZE (FRENCH, 1887-1979)
Brooklyn Bridge
signed 'Paul Maze' (lower right)
watercolour
37 x 50cm
ARR

Provenance
Private collection, UK

Footnote
For a similar composition see Christie's New York sale, 11th May 2018, lot 1640
£1,000 - £1,500 - View
1472 WITHDRAWN PAUL MAZE (FRENCH, 1887-1979)
Storm over a valley
signed 'Paul Maze' (lower right)
watercolour
36.5 x 55cm
ARR

Provenance
Private collection, UK
£300 - £500 - View
1473 LIONEL DALHOUSIE ROBERTSON EDWARDS (BRITISH, 1878-1966)
The Water Jump
signed 'Lionel Edwards' (lower right)
watercolour and gouache
48 x 35cm
ARR
£1,500 - £2,500 - View
1474 LIONEL DALHOUSIE ROBERTSON EDWARDS (BRITISH, 1878-1966)
General view of the Ground/ Lord Wodehouse stopping a rush - 1921 Westchester Cup
titled (lower left), signed and inscribed (on the artist's label attached to the backboard)
pen and ink on paper
18 x…
£500 - £800 - View
1475 RAOUL MILLAIS (BRITISH, 1901-1999) (2)
Horse and groom
a pair, each signed with initials and dated 'R M 1952' (one lower right, the other lower left)
pencil
16.5 x 23cm
(2)
ARR

Provenance
Arthur Ackermann & Son, Old Bond Street,…
£200 - £400 £500 View
1476 CHARLES JOHNSON PAYNE 'SNAFFLES' (BRITISH, 1884-1967)
Gosh! They do ask them lads a question!
signed and titled 'Snaffles' (lower right)
pencil, ink and watercolour
21.5 x 43cm
ARR

Provenance
Fores Ltd, New Bond Street
£1,500 - £2,500 - View
1477 GEORGES EDMOND DARGOUGE (FRENCH, 1897-1990)
A sailor on deck
signed 'G Dargouge' (lower right)
pencil and watercolour
20 x 16cm
ARR
£80 - £120 £70 View
1478 CHARLES JOHNSON PAYNE 'SNAFFLES' (BRITISH, 1884-1967)
Wipers
signed 'Snaffles' (lower left) and titled (lower right)
pencil and watercolour heightened with white
29.5 x 19.5
framed with a vignette of the battlefield, 7 x 23.5cm, by thy same hand
ARR
£2,000 - £4,000 £1,900 View
1479 FELIKS TOPOLSKI (POLISH, 1907-1989)
Portrait of an army officer
signed, dedicated and dated 'To Baron, Feliks Topolski 1940' (lower right)
pen, ink and grey wash
27 x 20cm
ARR

Provenance
Private collection, UK
£300 - £500 £280 View
1480 PABLO PICASSO (SPANISH, 1881-1973)
Les Filles de Minyas
1930 from Metamorphoses, printed with vignettes
etching
31 x 22cm
ARR

Provenance
Mr and Mrs Walter Goetz

Literature
Bloch 106
£200 - £400 £190 View
1481 AMEDEO MODIGLIANI (ITALIAN, 1884-1920)
Tête de Jeune Fille
inscribed on the mount
engraving
16 x 12cm
(unframed)

Provenance
Private collection, UK
£300 - £500 £450 View
1482 JOAN MIRO (SPANISH, 1893-1983)
Lucifer
signed and numbered 'Miro 24/75' (in lower margin)
lithograph
77 x 56cm
ARR

Provenance
Alley Gallery;
Private collection, UK
£300 - £500 £480 View
1483 SALVADOR DALI (SPANISH, 1904-1989)
Elijah and the Chariot
signed and numbered in pencil 'Dali 126/250' (in lower margin)
etching in colours
40 x 56.5cm
ARR
£150 - £250 £200 View
1484 DAME LAURA KNIGHT (BRITISH, 1877-1970)
Merry-Go-Round
signed in pencil 'LauraKnight' (in lower margin)
etching
28 x 20cm
ARR

Provenance
Private collection, UK
£300 - £500 £320 View
1485 DAME LAURA KNIGHT (BRITISH, 1877-1970)
Watching the Aerial Act (Circus Audience)
signed and titled in pencil 'LauraKnight' and detailed 'David Strang imp.' (in lower margin)
etching
30 x 20cm
ARR

Provenance
Private collection, UK
£300 - £500 £400 View
1486 DAME LAURA KNIGHT (BRITISH, 1877-1970)
Spanish Dancer
signed and inscribed 'Laura Knight Aquatint Edition 50' (in lower margin)
aquatint
26.5 x 21cm
ARR

Provenance
Private collection, UK

Exhibited
Worthing Art Gallery, Paintings and…
£300 - £500 £800 View
1487 JAMES MCBEY (BRITISH, 1883-1959)
Spring, 1917
signed 'James McBey' (in lower margin)
drypoint
20.5 x 34cm
ARR

Provenance
Thomas Agnew & Sons, Exchange Street, Manchester;
Private collection, UK
£200 - £400 £380 View
1488 LAURENCE STEPHEN LOWRY (BRITISH, 1887-1976)
The Fever Van
signed in biro 'L. S. Lowry' and with Fine Art Trade Guild blind stamp EJE, no. 475 (in lower margin), number 475 from the edition of 700
lithograph in colours
41.5 x 51.5cm
ARR
£2,000 - £4,000 £2,800 View
1489 LAURENCE STEPHEN LOWRY (BRITISH, 1887-1976)
The Notice Board (1975)
signed in pencil 'L S Lowry' and with Fine Art Trade Guild Stamp CAD, no. 204 (in lower margin)
lithograph in colours
40 x 50.5cm
ARR

Provenance
Private collection, UK
£2,000 - £3,000 £1,900 View
1490 LAURENCE STEPHEN LOWRY (BRITISH, 1887-1976)
The Family
signed in pencil 'L. S. Lowry' and with Fine Art Trade Guild blind stamp JBE, no. 715 (in lower margin)
lithograph in colours
26 x 21cm
ARR

Provenance
Private collection, UK
£1,000 - £1,500 £1,800 View
1491 HENRY MOORE (BRITISH, 1898-1986)
Two Seated Figures in Stone (1963)
signed, dated and numbered in pencil 'Moore 63. VII/XXXV' (in lower margin)
lithograph
39 x 29cm
CGM 53
ARR

Provenance
Sale, Christie's, London, 19th July 2000,…
£200 - £400 £220 View
1492 HENRY MOORE (BRITISH, 1898-1986)
Three Reclining Figures on Pedestals (1966)
signed, dated and numbered in pencil 'Moore 66 61/75' (in lower margin)
lithograph in six colours
31 x 26.5cm
CGM 62
ARR

Provenance
Sale, Christie's, 19th…
£500 - £800 £700 View
1493 GRAHAM SUTHERLAND (BRITISH, 1903-1980)
Fossil with Rock and Flames (1975) (Tassi 170)
signed and numbered in pencil 'Sutherland 98/99' (in lower margin)
lithograph in colours, printed by Fernand Mourlot, Paris, published by Ediciones…
£200 - £400 £190 View
1494 JOHN PIPER (BRITISH, 1903-1992)
Garn Fawr, Pembrokeshire (1968) (Levinson 192)
signed and numbered in pencil 'John Piper 2/70' (in lower margin), printed by Kelpra Studio, London and published by Marlborough Fine Art, London…
£500 - £700 £450 View
1495 CERI RICHARDS (BRITISH, 1903-1971)
The Crooked Rose
signed 'Ceri Richards' (in lower right margin)
lithograph
45 x 62cm
ARR

Provenance
Alley Gallery;
Private collection, UK
£150 - £250 £140 View
1496 CERI RICHARDS (BRITISH, 1903-1971)
Green Metaphor
signed 'Ceri Richards' (lower right)
lithograph
68 x 56cm
ARR

Provenance
Alley Gallery;
Private collection, UK
£200 - £400 - View

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