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Auction date Tuesday 10 October 2023

Old Masters, British & European Paintings

 

 

Tuesday 10 October     - Sussex Saleroom 

Lot 251 –  535                                    Old Master, British & European Paintings 1.00pm

 

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"Attributed to ..." - probably a work by the artist in whole or in part.
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Lots per page:

Total lots: 272

Lot 479 Unsold
WILLIAM CHRISTIAN SYMONS (BRITISH, 1845-1911)
The Carpenter's Cottage
oil on canvas
86 x 111cm

Provenance
Property of the artist;
Thence by family descent

Exhibited
Hastings Museum and Art Gallery, 2nd July - 14th August 1994, no.24;
Rye Art Gallery, 30th January 1999 - 28th March 1999, no.24;
Rye Art Gallery, 30th January 1999 - 28th March 1999, no.30

The present work will be on view at Cromwell Place on 26th & 27th September
Condition ReportThe canvas has an old relining.  Traces of craquelure to some areas, in particular…
Estimate: £2,000 - £4,000
10 October 2023
10 October 2023
Lot 480 Sold
WILLIAM CHRISTIAN SYMONS (BRITISH, 1845-1911)
Study for The Carpenter's Cottage
watercolour heightened with white
31.5 x 43cm

Provenance
Property of the artist;
Thence by family descent

Exhibited
Bath, Victoria Art Gallery, 30th April - 25th June 1994, no.63;
Hastings Museum and Art Gallery, 2nd July - 14th August 1994, no.63;
Newcastle-under-Lyme, Borough Museum and Art Gallery, 27th August - 9th October 1994, no.63;
Rye Art Gallery, 30th January 1999 - 28th March 1999, no.68
Hammer price: £240
Estimate: £200 - £400
10 October 2023
10 October 2023
Lot 481 Unsold
WILLIAM CHRISTIAN SYMONS (BRITISH, 1845-1911)
Cattle on the Marsh
oil on board
79 x 54cm

Provenance
Property of the artist;
Thence by family descent

Exhibited
Rye Art Gallery, 30th January 1999 - 28th March 1999, no.19
Estimate: £500 - £700
10 October 2023
10 October 2023
Lot 482 Sold
WILLIAM CHRISTIAN SYMONS (BRITISH, 1845-1911)
Gypsy Fair, Battle Square
signed 'W X Symons' (lower right)
oil on canvas
64 x 76cm

Provenance
Property of the artist;
Thence by family descent

Exhibited
Bath, Victoria Art Gallery, 30th April - 25th June 1994, no.13;
Hastings Museum and Art Gallery, 2nd July - 14th August 1994, no.13;
Newcastle-under-Lyme, Borough Museum and Art Gallery, 27th August - 9th October 1994, no.33;
Rye Art Gallery, 30th January 1999 - 28th March 1999, no.10
The canvas has an old relining.  Traces of craquelure to the paint surface, otherwise the paint…
Hammer price: £750
Estimate: £800 - £1,200
10 October 2023
10 October 2023
Lot 483 Sold
WILLIAM CHRISTIAN SYMONS (BRITISH, 1845-1911)
Hanging Out the Washing, Stocks Farm
oil on canvas
28 x 46.5cm

Provenance
Property of the artist;
Thence by family descent

Exhibited
Rye Art Gallery, 30th January 1999 - 28th March 1999, no.23
Hammer price: £380
Estimate: £200 - £400
10 October 2023
10 October 2023
Lot 484 Sold
WILLIAM CHRISTIAN SYMONS (BRITISH, 1845-1911)
Collecting Rainwater
oil on card
62.5 x 50cm

Provenance
Property of the artist;
Thence by family descent

Exhibited
Rye Art Gallery, 30th January 1999 - 28th March 1999, no.38
Condition ReportThere is a small vertical tear to the sheet, off the lower central border.  The…
Hammer price: £280
Estimate: £300 - £500
10 October 2023
10 October 2023
Lot 485 Sold
WILLIAM CHRISTIAN SYMONS (BRITISH, 1845-1911)
Boy on a gate
oil on canvas
51 x 38cm
(unframed)

Provenance
Property of the artist;
Thence by family descent
Hammer price: £160
Estimate: £150 - £250
10 October 2023
10 October 2023
Lot 486 Sold
WILLIAM CHRISTIAN SYMONS (BRITISH, 1845-1911)
Roses in a vase
oil on card
35 x 24.5cm

Provenance
Property of the artist;
Thence by family descent

Exhibited
Bath, Victoria Art Gallery, 30th April - 25th June 1994, no.30 (incorrectly listed as oil on canvas);
Hastings Museum and Art Gallery, 2nd July - 14th August 1994, no.30;
Newcastle-under-Lyme, Borough Museum and Art Gallery, 27th August - 9th October 1994, no.30;
Rye Art Gallery, 30th January 1999 - 28th March 1999, no.34 (incorrectly listed as oil on canvas)
Hammer price: £200
Estimate: £200 - £400
10 October 2023
10 October 2023
Lot 487 Sold
WILLIAM CHRISTIAN SYMONS (BRITISH, 1845-1911)
Roses
inscribed with details relating to a separate composition (verso)
oil on canvas
30 x 35.5cm
(unframed)

Provenance
Property of the artist;
Thence by family descent
Hammer price: £750
Estimate: £70 - £100
10 October 2023
10 October 2023
Lot 488 Unsold
WILLIAM CHRISTIAN SYMONS (BRITISH, 1845-1911)
Portrait of a man seated
oil on canvas
46 x 35.5cm
(unframed)

Provenance
Property of the artist;
Thence by family descent
Estimate: £100 - £150
10 October 2023
10 October 2023
Lot 489 Sold
WILLIAM CHRISTIAN SYMONS (BRITISH, 1845-1911)
Portrait of a child with red hair
oil on canvas
51 x 36cm
(unframed)

Provenance
Property of the artist;
Thence by family descent
Hammer price: £350
Estimate: £200 - £400
10 October 2023
10 October 2023
Lot 490 Sold
WILLIAM CHRISTIAN SYMONS (BRITISH, 1845-1911)
Portrait of the architect John Francis Bentley (1839-1902)
oil on board
23 x 18cm

Provenance
Property of the artist;
Thence by family descent
Hammer price: £750
Estimate: £100 - £150
10 October 2023
10 October 2023
Lot 491 Sold
WILLIAM CHRISTIAN SYMONS (BRITISH, 1845-1911) (4)
The Singing Quartet: He sang his song; I can go to Langor for that; As I sat smiling; Ta ra ra fortissimo
a set of illustrations, each signed 'W Xtn Symons' (lower right) and titled (upper left)
watercolour heightened with white
four, framed as one, each 23 x 16cm
(4)

Provenance
Property of the artist;
Thence by family descent
ExhibitedLondon, Goupil Gallery, 1912, (three exhibited) nos. 118, 119, 121;Bath, Victoria Art…
Hammer price: £190
Estimate: £200 - £400
10 October 2023
10 October 2023
Lot 492 Sold
WILLIAM CHRISTIAN SYMONS (BRITISH, 1845-1911)
The Nativity
watercolour
38.5 x 54.5cm

Provenance
Property of the artist;
Thence by family descent
Condition ReportThe sheet is sound.  There are a few surface scratches off the upper central border…
Hammer price: £350
Estimate: £70 - £100
10 October 2023
10 October 2023
Lot 493 Sold
WILLIAM CHRISTIAN SYMONS (BRITISH, 1845-1911)
The Reapers
signed with initials and dated 'W.C.S. aug 1884' (lower right)
pencil and watercolour
27.5 x 23.5cm

Provenance
Property of the artist;
Thence by family descent

Exhibited
Rye Art Gallery, 30th January 1999 - 28th March 1999, no.40
Hammer price: £60
Estimate: £70 - £100
10 October 2023
10 October 2023
Lot 494 Sold
SIMEON SOLOMON (BRITISH, 1840-1905)
Perseus; A Type of Temptation
signed with initials and dated 'SS 1886' (lower right)
coloured chalks
31.5 x 25.5cm

Provenance
Drawings from Britain and the Continent, Sotheby's, London, 10th July 1995, lot 245;
The Seymour Stein Collection

The present work will be on view at Cromwell Place on 26th & 27th September
Condition reportAppears in generally good condition.Under glass and unexamined out of frame.Mount…
Hammer price: £7,500
Estimate: £3,000 - £5,000
10 October 2023
10 October 2023
Lot 495 Sold
SIDNEY HAROLD METEYARD (BRITISH, 1868-1947)
Would I were dead! Would I were dead!
signed with monogram (lower right)
coloured chalks, watercolour and bodycolour
46 x 29cm

Provenance
Films of the Mind: British Fantasy Art and Illustration, Sotheby's, London, 30th October 1997, lot 114;
The Seymour Stein Collection
Condition reportTwo pale white lines visible forming a right angle to lower right corner to left of…
Hammer price: £900
Estimate: £1,000 - £1,500
10 October 2023
10 October 2023
Lot 496 Sold
HENRY JUSTICE FORD (BRITISH, 1860-1941)
The Story of Cupid and Psyche
signed 'H. J. FORD' (lower left)
charcoal
43.5 x 24cm

Provenance
Sale, Sotheby's, London, 30th October 1997, lot 118;
The Seymour Stein Collection
Condition ReportThe sheet is sound and the surface in good clean condition.  Framed and under glass…
Hammer price: £1,000
Estimate: £400 - £600
10 October 2023
10 October 2023
Lot 497 Sold
CHARLES EDWARD DIXON (BRITISH, 1872-1934)
The Lower Pool
signed, titled and dated 'Charles Dixon 06' (lower left)
watercolour
27 x 77cm

Provenance
Private collection, UK
Condition ReportThe sheet is sound.  There are a couple of specks of staining in the sky, upper…
Hammer price: £2,000
Estimate: £1,000 - £1,500
10 October 2023
10 October 2023
Lot 498 Sold
HENRY SCOTT TUKE (BRITISH, 1858-1929)
Portrait of Harold Gotch Robinson
signed and inscribed 'Harold Robinson by H.S.T. 1908' (lower right); inscribed 'Harold Robinson/ W.S Corfield Esq, Aubrey Lodge, Aubrey Road, Campden Hill W.8. pav 2761/ 41442' (verso)
watercolour
38 x 29cm

Provenance
Abbott & Holder, London;
B.D. Price, from whom acquired by the present owner

Exhibited
Falmouth Art Gallery 1980, no.47; and 1985, no.39

Literature
B.D. Price, The Registers of Henry Scott Tuke, Royal Cornwall Polytechnic Society, 2nd Edition 1983, R577
FootnoteHarold Gotch Robinson (1884-1954) was aged twenty-four at the time of this portrait and a…
Hammer price: £19,000
Estimate: £5,000 - £7,000
10 October 2023
10 October 2023
Lot 499 Sold
HENRY SCOTT TUKE (BRITISH, 1858-1929)
Boats at Cassis
signed and dated 'H.S. TUKE 1927' (lower left)
watercolour
17.5 x 24cm

Provenance
Sale, Christie's South Kensington, 22nd July 1981, lot 51;
Sale, Bonhams London, 12th April 2011, lot 1, where acquired by the present owner

Literature
Maria Tuke Sainsbury, Henry Scott Tuke - A Memoir, Martin Secker, 1933, p.178

The present work will be on view at Cromwell Place on 26th & 27th September
FootnoteTuke visited Cassis with his friend Renny Stradling in January 1927 before driving to St.…
Hammer price: £2,800
Estimate: £3,000 - £5,000
10 October 2023
10 October 2023
Lot 500 Unsold
HENRY SCOTT TUKE (BRITISH, 1858-1929)
St-Anthony-in-Roseland from Newporth Cove
signed 'H.S. TUKE' (lower right)
watercolour
13 x 20.5cm

Provenance
Sale, Gorringes, 12th May 2010, lot 1494; where acquired by the present owner
FootnoteThe present work shows the remote cove where Tuke painted many of his seminal nude subjects…
Estimate: £1,000 - £1,500
10 October 2023
10 October 2023
Lot 501 Sold
HENRY SCOTT TUKE (BRITISH, 1858-1929)
Laigueglia, Liguria
signed 'HS Tuke' (lower right) and inscribed 'Laigueglia' (lower left)
watercolour on paper
13.5 x 21cm

Provenance
Gifted by the artist to his sister, Maria Tuke, thence by descent to her great niece;
Sale, Bonhams, Oxford, 16th November 2011, part lot 116, where purchased by the present owner

Footnote
The present work is a preliminary sketch for R431, B.D. Price, The Registers of Henry Scott Tuke, Royal Cornwall Polytechnic Society, 2nd Edition 1983.
Hammer price: £450
Estimate: £300 - £500
10 October 2023
10 October 2023
Lot 502 Sold
ALBERT GOODWIN (BRITISH, 1845-1932)
Sacro Monte, Locarno, Switzerland
signed and dated 'Albert Goodwin / 74' (lower left)
watercolour and pastel
51.5 x 72cm
(unframed)

Private collection, UK
Hammer price: £900
Estimate: £1,000 - £2,000
10 October 2023
10 October 2023

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