– Our Lists introduce 100 new works to stock every month –
PART I
Nos. 1-50, issued 5pm 5th October
1. ANON (Nineteenth-Century)Figure and Chinese heads.Pencil. Provenance: The Newall Collection, Christies, 13, 14 December 1979, Album, lot 249.7×4.25 inches.●
2. ANON (Nineteenth-Century)Alpine or Pyrenean landscape.Pencil and gouache on a prepared block of wood, possibly made for wood-engraving. Previously identified as the Cirque de Gavarnie, Pyrenees, France.5.5×4 inches.Framed: 9.5×8 inches.●
3. ANON (Nineteenth-Century)The crowning ceremony for the Prix de Rome.French. Pencil, pen, ink and wash. c.1830-35. Ex. Collection: Edward Croft-Murray. Exhibited: Arts Council, ‘Berlioz and the Romantic Imagination’, 1969, no. 172. Sold with a copy of the catalogue.8.25×11 inches.Framed: 12.75×14.75 inches.
6. Bawtree, John (born 1952)Italy; a Canal in Venice.Oil on board. Signed.15×12.25 inches.Framed: 18.5×15.5 inches.●
7. Boyd, Kit (born 1970)‘The Shining Path’.Etching and aquatint. Signed, titled and editioned ‘E/V III/X’.8.25×9.5 inches.●
8. Beale, Edward (born 1950)London; ‘View to Fitzalan Street, Lambeth Walk’.Oil on canvas. Signed, title and dated 1982 verso.21.25×16.25 inches.Framed: 25.5×20.5 inches.●
9. Chatelain, Jean Baptiste (1710 – 1758)Capriccio Landscape.Pencil, pen, ink and watercolour. Inscribed ‘J Chatelain’ verso and to the wash line mount. Provenance: L. G. Duke (D390). Exhibited: Bill Thomson, Albany Gallery.6.25×8.25 inches.●
10. Cook, Ebenezer Wake (1843 – 1926)Kent; the South Eastern Railway as it meets the sea at Folkestone Harbour.Pen, ink and watercolour. c.1865. Inscribed ‘Dover’ on the original wash line mount.10.5×16 inches.●
11. Cooke (Contemporary), LeighArrangement with Leaf and Keys; a surface pattern still life.Watercolour and gouache. c.2010. Provenance: direct from the artist.6.75×9.5 inches.●
12. Cadenhead R.S.A., James (1858 – 1927)Scotland; ‘Loch Awe (Kilchrenan Shore)’.Oil on panel. Signed with a monogram. Inscribed and dated, 1919 verso.14×10.5 inches.Framed: 17.75×14 inches.●
15. Dughet (After), Gaspard (1615 – 1675)A Forest Glade.Engraving by William Woollett and John Browne. 1763. Inscribed in the plate. Literature: Fagan, A Catalogue Raisonné of the Engraved Works of William Woollett, 1885, No.54.14.5×18 inches.Framed: 25×27.5 inches.●
16. Field, Elizabeth (born 1902)Birmingham; ‘Calthorpe Road, Edgbaston’.Linocut. Signed, titled and editioned 2/50.8.25×10 inches.●
24. Johnson, Audrey (born 1918)Bridal Party; the Bride and Bridesmaids.Oil on board. Signed and dated, 1987.7.5×9.5 inches.Framed: 12×14 inches.
£375
25. Larkins, William Martin (1901 – 1974)New York; Bush Tower, West 42nd Street.Developed 1916-1918. Etching and engraving. 1927. Inscribed ‘3rd State. Imp.A’.9.25×5 inches.
£1,750
26. Howard (9th Earl of Carlisle), George (1843 – 1911)‘Polly’; Lady Dorothy Georgiana Howard (1881-1968), Baroness Henley of Chardstock from 1925.Pencil. c.1890. Inscribed ‘Polly’ recto and on the original mount. Verso: woman in a riding hat and veil, possibly Rosalind Howard, Countess of Carlisle (1845-1921). Provenance: A group of works by Howard believed to have belonged to his daughter Lady Cecilia Howard (1869-1947) (m. Charles Henry Roberts 1891).8.5×7 inches.
29. May R.E., Gwen (1903 – 1992)London; ‘Holland Park Mews’.Pencil and watercolour. c.1940. Signed and inscribed.15×10.5 inches.Framed: 23.5×18.5 inches.
33. Pocock OWS, Nicholas (1740 – 1821)Portrait of a woman in a mobcap seated at a tea table.Pencil and watercolour. c.1780. Ex. Collection: Cyril Fry,6.25×4 inches.●
35. Sandby R.A., Paul (1731 – 1809)Seated Girl.Pencil and wash. c.1760. Provenance: Christies July 1968.6.5×4 inches.Framed: 14.5×11.5 inches.●
36. Shelley, Samuel (1750 – 1808)‘Rest Beauteous Flower’; ‘Miss S’ [Stevens?] performing the song by William Jackson?Pen, ink and pencil. c.1800. Provenance: from an album of Shelley drawings with A and H.5×6 inches.Framed: 12.5×14 inches.●
37. Scott, Gordon (1914 – 2016)Still life with apples and garden flowers.Oil on canvas. Signed. Provenance: Artist’s Estate.18×14 inches.Framed: 21.5×17.5 inches.●
43. Strang R.A. R.E., William (1859 – 1921)‘The Doings of Death’.12 chiaroscuro woodcuts in the original cloth portfolio. Published by the Essex House Press in December 1901. ‘Death and the Children’. ‘Death the King’. ‘Death the Judge’. ‘Death and the Dancers’. ‘Death and the Husbandman’. ‘Death and the Robber’. ‘Death the Leech’. ‘Death on the Barricades’. ‘Death and the Artist’. ‘Death the Lover’. ‘Death the Comforter’. ‘Death the Mourner’. The folder: 23.75×17.25 inches.11.5×11.5 inches.●
46. Vaughan, Keith (1912 – 1977)Mending Nets.Pencil on trimmed page from a 1943 sketchbook. Studio stamp. Provenance: Professor John Ball.4.25×6.5 inches.Framed: 11.75×13.75 inches.●
48. Westall R.A., Richard (1765 – 1836)A foot more light, a step more true / Ne’er from the heath-flower dashed the dew / E’en the slight harebell raised its head / Elastic from her airy tread’.Pencil and Watercolour. An illustration for Scott’s ‘The Lady of the Lake’ (1810).5×4 inches.Framed: 12×10.5 inches.●
49. Whittlesea, Michael (born 1938)‘Flowers in a Herb Pot’.Oil on canvas. Signed. Signed and title verso. Exhibited: Arthur Young Exhibition at Rolls House, 1985.12×16 inches.Framed: 16.25×20.25 inches.●
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PART II
Nos 51-100, issued 5pm Tuesday 19th October
50. Aldridge R.A., John (1905 – 1983)‘In the Naafi / this morning, Aug.11th.’Pen and ink. Circa 1940. Inscribed by the artist. Provenance: Ian Tregarthen-Jenkins.4.25×7 inches.●
53. ANON (Eighteenth-Century)Somerset; ‘Cheddar Gorge’ / ‘Cheddar Cliffs’.Pencil and monochrome wash. Inscribed to the washline mount ’52 Cheddar Cliffs’ and ‘Cheddar Cliffs’. Inscribed and dated verso, ‘Cheddar Gorge Sept 12 1778’. Original wash line mount.11×16 inches.●
56. Barrow, Julian (1939 – 2012)London; Thames, Albert Bridge from the embankment at Chelsea.Oil on canvas. Signed and dated, 1984.8.75×11.25 inches.Framed: 16.5×19 inches.●
58. Bond R.P. N.E.A.C., Jane (born 1939)‘Shell’.Oil on board. Signed and dated, 1997. Artist’s label verso; ‘Originally a larger still life including Chinese bowl. Cut down’. Exhibited: ‘Discerning Eye’, Mall Galleries, 1997; N.E.A.C. Annual, Mall Galleries, 1998.4.5×5 inches.Framed: 10×11 inches.●
59. Bourgeois-Borgex, Louis (1873 – 1959)Portrait by candle-light.Chalks. c.1895. Provenance: A collection of works by B-B at Christies 19/5/2015.11.5×9 inches.Framed: 19.5×16 inches.●
64. Cope R.A., Charles West (1811 – 1890)‘C W Cope – His Book’ / ‘C W Cope’s book – Steal not’; a sketchbook frontispiece.Pencil. Ex. Collection: Cyril Fry.5×3.5 inches.●
65. Daly, Jehan (1918 – 2001)Lamp-light study.Chalks. Signed and dated, 1970. Exhibited: Agnews.11×13.5 inches.Framed: 19×20.5 inches.●
66. Creffield, Dennis (1931 – 2018)North Yorkshire; York Minster, the East End and Chapter House.Charcoal. 1987. From the artist’s ‘English Cathedrals’ series.24×33.75 inches.Framed: 31.75×41.5 inches.●
68. Desmet R.A., AnneItaly; Rome, ‘Temple of Vesta’.Wood-engraving. 1993. Signed, titled and editioned 9/20.4.25×4 inches.Framed: 10.75×10.75 inches.●
69. De Morgan, William (1839 – 1917)Figure Study.Watercolour and gouache. Provenance: A sketchbook of approx. 80 De Morgan studies, Christies 21.10 1975, .4×1.75 inches.Framed: 9×7.25 inches.●
71. Dewe Mathews, Johnny (born 1946)Vase of Flowers.Watercolour. Signed and dated, 23.5.85. Ex. Collection: David Scrase.22.25×30.25 inches.Framed: 26.5×34 inches.●
74. Fries, Willy (1881 – 1965)Switzerland; Lakeside Landscape.Oil on board. Signed and dated, 1909. Dedicated verso to Herta Schonlank: ‘Zur Erinnerund an freundlichst abgesessene v abgestandene Stunden auf meinem Atelier der lieblichen Herta Schonlank gewidmet von ihrem Willy Fries. Marz 1911’.12×15.75 inches.Framed: 17.5×21.25 inches.●
75. Gibson, Patrick (1782 – 1829)London / Surrey; ‘Richmond Bridge’.Pen, ink and wash. Signed and dated. Signed, inscribed and dated, 1805 verso. Ex. Collection: L. G. Duke (D978); Edward Croft-Murray.7.25×10.5 inches.
£1,750
76. Gosse, Sylvia (1881 – 1968)Kent; ‘Prawls Farm, Stone-cum-Ebony’.Etching. 1913. Signed. Edition of 20. Titled and editioned under the mount.9.75×14 inches.●
81. Howard (9th Earl of Carlisle), George (1843 – 1911)Italy; an Etruscan School landscape.Oil on panel. c.1885. Provenance: A group of works by Howard believed to have belonged to his daughter Lady Cecilia Howard (1869-1947) (m.Charles Henry Roberts 1891).8×14 inches.
£3,250
82. ANON (Twentieth-Century)London Street.Oil on canvas. Indistinctly signed and dated, 1950.18.25×11.5 inches.Framed: 19.75×13 inches.●
83. La Dell A.R.A., Edwin (1940 – 1970)Cambridge; ‘Queens’ College.Lithograph. Signed and titled. Proof for the ‘The Oxford and Cambridge Eight’ portfolio, 1959.14×24 inches.●
86. Leighton, Clare (1898 – 1989)‘Turning the Plough’ (MH.28).Wood-engraving. Proof. 1926. Inscribed by the artist beneath the mount. Printed in an edition of 50. Provenance: The Artist to Hilaire Belloc, and by descent.6.75×5 inches.Framed: 14.25×12 inches.●
87. Pearce, Charles Maresco (1874 – 1964)France; Paris, ‘Rue de l’Abbaye’, 6th Arrondissement.Oil on board. Signed and dated, 1936. Exhibited: London Group.36×24.25 inches.Framed: 42×30 inches.●
88. Nash R.A., John (1893 – 1977)Celeste (Greenwood 2906)Wood-engraving. 1929. Signed proof. For ‘Celeste and Other Sketches’, Publ. Blackmore Press, 1930, p.11.4.75×3.25 inches.●
96. Wadham (fl.1893-1907), PercyItaly; Rome, The Basilica of Constantine.Pen and ink. To illustrate F. Marion Crawford’s ‘Ave Roma Immortalis’, Publ. 1902, Vol. 1, p.90.6.75×10.5 inches.Framed: 14.75×18 inches.●
98. Wallesz, Rudolph (1894 – 1966)‘Miag Chindustrie A.G.’.The German mechanical engineering company. Watercolour and gouache. Signed and dated, January 1930.23×16 inches.●
Stephen Tomlin (1901-1937) Duncan Grant (1885-1975) Bronze. Edition of 15. Cast in 2020/2021 by Bronze Age London for Abbott and Holder JV. Stamped ‘AHJV’ (Abbott and Holder JV), editioned ‘… /15’, foundry stamped and hallmarked using the DACS Bronzechain hallmarking scheme. 14.5 x 9 x11.5 inches. £7200 (£6000 +VAT) 15% of each sale – £900 – will be donated to the Charleston Trust
Cast from the original bronze of 1924, recently sold by Abbott and Holder Ltd to the Charleston Trust.
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