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16 October | Old Master, British & European Paintings

Auction date Wednesday 16 October 2024 11:00 - 17:00 BST

Image Lisa Stillman (AMERICAN, 1865-1946) Lot 1180

Wednesday 16 October – Sussex Saleroom 
Lot 1001 - 1292 Old Master, British and European Paintings  11am  

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23 October  

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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: 289

Lot 1242 Sold
ARTHUR WARDLE (BRITISH, 1864-1949)
Portrait of a lady with a tennis racket
signed 'ARTHUR WARDLE' (lower right)
pastel on paper
64.5 x 49cm
(unframed)

Provenance
Property of the artist, thence by family descent
Hammer price: £420
Estimate: £400 - £600
16 October 2024
16 October 2024
Lot 1243 Unsold
ARTHUR WARDLE (BRITISH, 1864-1949)
Portrait of a lady with blonde hair
signed 'Arthur Wardle' (upper right)
pastel on paper laid on card
38 x 56cm
(unframed)

Provenance
Property of the artist, thence by family descent
Estimate: £500 - £800
16 October 2024
16 October 2024
Lot 1244 Sold
ARTHUR WARDLE (BRITISH, 1864-1949)
Nude study
signed 'Arthur Wardle' (lower right)
pastel on paper
52.5 x 34cm
(unframed)

Provenance
Property of the artist, thence by family descent
Hammer price: £300
Estimate: £300 - £500
16 October 2024
16 October 2024
Lot 1245 Sold
ARTHUR WARDLE (BRITISH, 1864-1949) (2)
By the Fire
oil and watercolour on paper
17 x 14cm
together with Study of a fireplace, pastel by the same hand
(2)

Provenance
Property of the artist, thence by family descent
Hammer price: £280
Estimate: £300 - £500
16 October 2024
16 October 2024
Lot 1246 Unsold
ARTHUR WARDLE (BRITISH, 1864-1949)
Portrait of a girl seated on a table
pastel on paper
56 x 37.5cm
(unframed)

Provenance
Property of the artist, thence by family descent
Estimate: £400 - £600
16 October 2024
16 October 2024
Lot 1247 Unsold
ARTHUR WARDLE (BRITISH, 1864-1949)
View from a balcony
signed 'ARTHUR WARDLE' (lower right)
pastel on paper laid on card
41.5 x 28.5cm
(unframed)

Provenance
Property of the artist, thence by family descent
Estimate: £300 - £500
16 October 2024
16 October 2024
Lot 1248 Sold
ARTHUR WARDLE (BRITISH, 1864-1949)
An Afghan Hound
signed 'Arthur Wardle' (lower right)
pastel on paper laid on card
40 x 26cm
(unframed)

Provenance
Property of the artist, thence by family descent
Condition reportThe sheet is sound and has been adhered to mount-board; the surface is in good…
Hammer price: £380
Estimate: £400 - £600
16 October 2024
16 October 2024
Lot 1249 Sold
ARTHUR WARDLE (BRITISH, 1864-1949)
A pointer in a landscape
inscribed '"Sir" said Johnson to Boswell " There is nothing which has yet been contrived by man by which so much happiness is produced as a good tavern or inn"' (upper margin)
watercolour and gouache on paper
38.5 x 26.5cm
(unframed)

Provenance
Property of the artist, thence by family descent

Footnote
The inscribed quote is recorded in James Boswell's The Life of Samuel Johnson first published in 1791
Condition reportThe lower border of the sheet is uneven.  Slight creasing to sheet and media spots…
Hammer price: £300
Estimate: £300 - £500
16 October 2024
16 October 2024
Lot 1250 Sold
ARTHUR WARDLE (BRITISH, 1864-1949)
A Cairn Terrier
pastel on paper
37 x 55cm
(unframed)

Provenance
Property of the artist, thence by family descent
Condition reportTears to the left border and abrasions to the right, lower right corner torn,…
Hammer price: £280
Estimate: £300 - £500
16 October 2024
16 October 2024
Lot 1251 Sold
ARTHUR WARDLE (BRITISH, 1864-1949)
Study of a West Highland Terrier
pastel and charcoal
18 x 18cm

Provenance
Property of the artist, thence by family descent
Condition reportThe sheet is sound, some spots of staining off the left hand border, otherwise in…
Hammer price: £220
Estimate: £200 - £400
16 October 2024
16 October 2024
Lot 1252 Unsold
ARTHUR WARDLE (BRITISH, 1864-1949)
A Pekingese
signed and dated 'Arthur Wardle 1921' (lower right)
oil and gouache on paper
29.5 x 39.5cm
(unframed)

Provenance
Property of the artist, thence by family descent
Condition reportThe sheet has a deckled edge on the lower border, crease to the lower right corner,…
Estimate: £300 - £500
16 October 2024
16 October 2024
Lot 1253 Sold
ARTHUR WARDLE (BRITISH, 1864-1949)
A Macaw
pastel and pencil on paper
signed and dated 'Arthur Wardle 1920' (lower left)
29 x 22.5cm
(unframed)

Provenance
Property of the artist, thence by family descent
Hammer price: £160
Estimate: £150 - £250
16 October 2024
16 October 2024
Lot 1254 Sold
ARTHUR WARDLE (BRITISH, 1864-1949)
Mallard in flight
oil on canvas
22 x 40cm
(unframed and unstretched)

Provenance
Property of the artist, thence by family descent
Hammer price: £150
Estimate: £200 - £400
16 October 2024
16 October 2024
Lot 1255 Sold
ARTHUR WARDLE (BRITISH, 1864-1949)
Studies of a Bullfinch
pastel
28 x 18cm

Provenance
Property of the artist, thence by family descent
Hammer price: £140
Estimate: £100 - £200
16 October 2024
16 October 2024
Lot 1256 Unsold
ARTHUR WARDLE (BRITISH, 1864-1949) (2)
Study of a Stag; Study of Deer
a pair
charcoal, chalk and watercolour
each 23.5 x 15cm
(2)

Provenance
Property of the artist, thence by family descent
Condition reportStudy of stag: the sheet is sound, some tiny flecks of staining, lower left;…
Estimate: £200 - £400
16 October 2024
16 October 2024
Lot 1257 Unsold
ARTHUR WARDLE (BRITISH, 1864-1949)
Study of a Ugandan kob
pastel
27 x 17.5cm

Provenance
Property of the artist, thence by family descent
Estimate: £100 - £150
16 October 2024
16 October 2024
Lot 1258 Unsold
ARTHUR WARDLE (BRITISH, 1864-1949) (3)
Study of kangaroos; Study of a monkey and leopard in a tree
one titled
one charcoal on paper; the other pencil, ink and pastel on paper
one 24 x 31cm; the other 26 x 32.5cm
together with A study of a lion and lioness
(3, 2 unframed)

Provenance
Property of the artist, thence by family descent
Estimate: £100 - £200
16 October 2024
16 October 2024
Lot 1259 Sold
A QUANTITY OF ARTIST'S MATERIALS BELONGING TO ARTHUR WARDLE AND HIS DESCENDANTS
including a leather trunk with printed initial 'A.W.'; boxes of pastels, a table-top easel, an oil pallet, a paint brush, oil paints and further artist's materials
(quantity)

Provenance
Property of Arthur Wardle and his descendants, thence by family descent
Hammer price: £320
Estimate: £100 - £150
16 October 2024
16 October 2024
Lot 1260 Sold
A QUANTITY OF ARTIST'S MATERIALS BELONGING TO ARTHUR WARDLE AND HIS DESCENDANTS
including boxes of pastels, a flask, two oil pallets, oil paint tins, a copy of 'My Doggie Book' published by Raphael Tuck & Sons with illustrations after Arthur Wardle, Fifty Will's cigarette cards with illustrations after Arthur Wardle (framed as one), a paint brush, a roller, oil paints and further artist's materials
(quantity)
Hammer price: £130
Estimate: £100 - £150
16 October 2024
16 October 2024
Lot 1261 Unsold
ATTRIBUTED TO GEORGE HEMMING MASON (BRITISH, 1818-1872)
Study of figures in a landscape
oil on canvas
23 x 51cm

Provenance
Arthur Wardle;
Thence by family descent
Estimate: £400 - £600
16 October 2024
16 October 2024
Lot 1262 Sold
C*** A*** T*** D***
Tribesmen in a mountainous landscape
signed with monogram and dated '92' (lower left)
watercolour
17.5 x 27cm

Provenance
Arthur Wardle;
Thence by family descent
Hammer price: £50
Estimate: £100 - £200
16 October 2024
16 October 2024
Lot 1263 Sold
ARTHUR CROFT MITCHELL (BRITISH, 1872-1956)
Two ladies in conversation in an interior
oil on canvas
46 x 44cm
(unframed)

Provenance
The artist, thence by descent to the present owner;
Private collection, UK
FootnoteArthur Croft Mitchell was born in 1872 in Birmingham. His maternal grandfather was the…
Hammer price: £260
Estimate: £300 - £500
16 October 2024
16 October 2024
Lot 1264 Sold
ARTHUR CROFT MITCHELL (BRITISH, 1872-1956)
Two Worlds (c. 1910)
with inscribed label (to back of stretcher)
oil on canvas
51 x 61cm

Provenance
The artist, thence by descent to the present owner;
Private collection, UK
FootnoteArthur Croft Mitchell was born in 1872 in Birmingham. His maternal grandfather was the…
Hammer price: £900
Estimate: £300 - £500
16 October 2024
16 October 2024
Lot 1265 Sold
ARTHUR CROFT MITCHELL (BRITISH, 1872-1956)
The Chess Match
oil on canvas
76 x 63.5cm
(unframed)

Provenance
The artist, thence by descent to the present owner;
Private collection, UK
FootnoteArthur Croft Mitchell was born in 1872 in Birmingham. His maternal grandfather was the…
Hammer price: £220
Estimate: £200 - £400
16 October 2024
16 October 2024

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