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Henry MOORE OM, CH, FBA (1898-1986) Draped Reclining Figures 1948 Pencil, wax crayon, watercolour wash, pen and ink, gouache on paper 12.25 x 9.5 ins / 31 x 24 cm Signed Moore lower right HMF 2475 Provenance: Private Collection UK
MODERN BRITISH ART 17th MARCH – 7th MAY 2022
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FRANK AUERBACH EDWARD BURRA SIR ANTHONY CARO om, cbe JAMES FITTON ra LUCIAN FREUD om, ch DUNCAN GRANT STANLEY WILLIAM HAYTER cbe DAMIEN HIRST DAVID HOCKNEY om, ch, ra L.S. LOWRY rba, ra HENRY MOORE om, ch, fba MARY NEWCOMB BEN NICHOLSON om WINIFRED NICHOLSON WALTER SICKERT rba, ra SIR MATTHEW SMITH cbe TOM STOGDON ALFRED WALLIS
Alfred WALLIS (1855-1942) Harbour and ships c.1930 Oil on board 16 x 19.25 ins / 41.25 x 49 cm Provenance: Ben Nicholson Thence by descent
Sir Matthew SMITH (1887-1976) Pears with blue background 1937 Oil on canvas 19.75 x 24 ins / 50 x 61 cm Signed with initials lower right Provenance: Arthur Tooth and Sons, London c.1947 The Annexe Gallery, Wimbledon c.1975
Mary NEWCOMB (1922-2008) The Canary Tent,Waiting for the Judges 1975 Oil on board 31.4 x 27.5 ins / 80 x 70 cm Signed lower right
James FITTON R.A. (1899-1982) Lighthouse c.1933 Oil on plaster panel 30.5 x 20.25 ins / 76.2 x 50.8 cm Exhibited: James Fitton R.A ‘A Very English Painter’ 16 November-15 January 2005, Crane Kalman Gallery, London
Winifred NICHOLSON (1893-1981) La Rose du Soir c.1970’s Oil on canvas 24 x 20 ins / 60.9 x 50.8 cm Provenance: Crane Kalman Gallery, London Private Collection, purchased 1972 and by descent Exhibited: Crane Kalman Gallery ‘Winifred Nicholson Paintings’ 22 February- 11 March, 1972, Cat no. 37, illus. plate 7
L.S. LOWRY (1887-1976) A Man at a door 1962 Pencil on paper 13.25 x 10 ins / 34.9 x 25.4 cm Signed and dated lower left Provenance: A gift from L.S.Lowry to Carol Ann Lowry Exhibited: Abbot Hall Art Gallery, Kendal ’The Loneliness of L.S. Lowry’, July-October 2010, no. 42, as ‘Untitled (Man at Door)’, this exhibition travelled to Crane Kalman Gallery, London, November-December, 2010 The Lowry, Salford, on long term loan Literature: The Loneliness of Lowry, Abbot Hall Art Gallery, Kendal, 2010, p. 70, no 42 ‘Untitled (Man at Door)’, illustrated.
L.S. LOWRY (1887-1976) Head of a Man 1920 Pencil on paper Signed and dated 1920 8 x 8 ins / 20 x 20 cm
L.S. LOWRY (1887-1976) Portrait of a man 1920 Pencil on paper Signed with initials and dated ‘LSL 1920’ lower right inscribed ‘Portrait of a –‘ 8.1 x 8.1 ins / 20.6 x 20.6 cm Provenance: A gift from L.S. Lowry to Carol Ann Lowry Exhibited: The Lowry, Salford on long term loan
Sir Matthew SMITH (1887-1976) Steeple in Cornwall 1920 Oil on canvas 20 x 15.5 ins / 50.8 x 39.3 cm Provenance: Mr & Mrs. Francis H. Halliday, UK (a gift from the artist c.1930 and then by descent to the current owner) Exhibited: A Memorial Exhibition of Works by Sir Matthew Smith CBE, The Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1960, Cat. No.13 Matthew Smith, Waddington Gallery, London, 1968 (Cat. No.1) Matthew Smith - A Loan Exhibition, Arthur Tooth & Sons, London, & Roland, Browse & Delbanco, London, April - May 1976, Cat. No.6 Matthew Smith (1879-1959) - Landscapes, Crane Kalman Gallery, London, Apr-June 2010 and Victoria Art Gallery, Bath, Jun-Sept, 2010, Cat. No.6 Literature: Matthew Smith published by Allen and Unwin, 1962, illustrated in colour plate 13 Matthew Smith: His Life and Reputation by Malcolm Yorke, Faber & Faber, London, 1997, reproduced in colour, Fig.24 Matthew Smith - Catalogue Raisonne of the Oil Paintings by John Gledhill, published by Lund Humphries, 2009, illustrated b/w page 77, plate 76 and Illustrated in colour plate 11
Edward BURRA (1905-1976) Picking a Quarrel 1968-69 Watercolour on paper 31 x 52.5 ins / 78.7 x 133.4 cm Signed lower right Literature: Edward Burra Complete Catalogue, Andrew Causey, Oxford 1985 Edward Burra, Simon Martin, with contributions by Andrew Lambirth and Jane Stevenson, Published by Lund Humphries in association with Pallant House, 2012 Catalogue number 348, illustrated. Exhibited: Edward Burra, Pallant House Gallery, Chichester, 2012, Catalogue no 148
Stanley William HAYTER (1901-1988) Echanges 1966 Acrylic on canvas 57.5 x 44.75 ins / 146 x 114 cms. Signed, titled and dated Provenance: Galerie Jean-Claude Riedel, Paris Private Collection, Paris (acquired from above in 1984) Exhibited: Grosvenor Gallery, London S.W Hayter Paintings 1957-1967, 16 Feb-11 March 1967 (illus. in colour) The University of Texas Art Museum, Austin, TX, USA, 1967, S.W.Hayter, no. 4 Château-Musee de Dieppe, Stanley William Hayter, 6 July-15 Sept, 1968 (illus. Cat no. 37) Gallery Santica, Kobe, Japan, S.W. Hayter, Symphonic Poem of Lines, 30 March-14 April 1985 (Illus. cat. No. 39) Crane Kalman Gallery, London S.W.Hayter An Exhibition of Paintings, 9th May-12 June 2018 (illus in colour page 49).
Edward BURRA (1905-1976) Sugar Beet, East Anglia 1973 Watercolour, heightened with body colour 30.5 x 53.1 ins / 77.5 x 135 cm Signed lower right Literature: Edward Burra Complete Catalogue, Andrew Causey Oxford, 1985 colour plate No. 28, Catalogue number 386 Edward Burra, Simon Martin, with contributions by Andrew Lambirth and Jane Stevenson, published by Lund Humphries in association with Pallant House, 2012, catalogue no. 149, illustrated. Exhibited: Edward Burra, Pallant House Gallery, Chichester, 2012,
Alfred WALLIS (1855-1942) Sailing Boat c.1930 Oil on board 15 x 19.25 ins / 38.5 x 49 cm Provenance: Ben Nicholson Thence by descent
David HOCKNEY (b. 1937) Portrait of a Man 1978 Coloured pencil on paper 17 x 14 ins / 43 x 35.4 cm Provenance: Private Collection, London
Ben Nicholson in white cap and mac, with Andras Kalman behind and Dorothy Kalman sitting to the artist’s right - watching tennis at Wimbledon c. 1975
Ben NICHOLSON (1894-1982) Untitled Relief 1979 Oil on carved board 19 x 32.25 ins / 48.2 x 81.9 cm Signed, dated and inscribed verso Nicholson, worked and reworked, Brissago & Hampstead, 1979 Provenance: Waddington Galleries, London Helly Nahmad Gallery, London Exhibited: Fuji Television Gallery, Tokyo, 25th March-11th April, 1982, no. 17, illustrated Ben Nicholson, 21 September- 11 April, 2001, Helly Nahmad Gallery, no. 48, Illus. in colour Ben Nicholson: Paintings, Reliefs and Drawings, Bernard Jacobson Gallery, London 4 April-16 June 2012
L.S. LOWRY (1887-1976) A Group of Seven c.1965 Oil on board 11.6 x 7.25 ins / 29.5 x 18.4 cm Provenance: The Estate of L.S. Lowry Private Collection, UK, acquired from Crane Kalman Gallery 2012
Mary NEWCOMB (1922-2008) Sedum and Paling Fence moving in the wind 1996 Oil on board 20 x 20 ins / 50.8 x 50.8 cm Signed and dated 1996 Mary Newcomb lower right Provenance: Private collection, USA
Sir Anthony CARO (1924-2013) Table Piece 2-90 (EBB) 1982 Rusted and varnished steel; unique 32.25 x 23 x 20 ins / 82 x 58.5 x 50.8 cm Provenance: Kasmin, London Private Collection Literature: Anthony Caro,Volume 1, D. Blume, Cologne, 2000, pp.80 251, no 1269, illustrated
Mary NEWCOMB (1922-2008) Two aggressive Jays Watercolour and pencil 12.5 x 9 ins / 31 x 23 cm Signed with initials lower right, further signed and inscribed on reverse Provenance: Crane Kalman Gallery, bought by Dr and Mrs. Gibson, November 1999
Henry MOORE OM, CH, FBA (1898-1986) Draped Reclining Figures 1948 Pencil, wax crayon, watercolour wash, pen and ink, gouache on paper 12.25 x 9.5 ins / 31 x 24 cm Signed Moore lower right HMF 2475 Provenance: Private Collection UK
Tom STOGDON (b. 1964) Porpoise 2022 Ancaster weatherbed limestone 26 x 30.75 x 5.5 ins / 66 x 78 x 14 cm
Portrait of Donegal Man, Fragment is an unfinished work that followed the artist’s completion of two portraits of the same sitter, including Donegal Man (Profile) - illustrated above. All three paintings recently featured in the ‘Freud Project’ exhibition at the Irish Museum of Modern Art in Dublin.
Lucian FREUD (1922-2011) Portrait of Donegal Man, Fragment 2006 Oil and charcoal on canvas 20 x 13.75 ins / 51 x 35 cms Provenance: Private Collection, London (acquired directly from the artist in 2006) Exhibited: IMMA Collection Freud Project, Irish Museum of Modern Art, 2016 - 2021, Page. 78, illustrated in colour
Frank AUERBACH (b. 1931) Interior Vincent Terrace 11 1984 Oil on canvas, 48 x 52.5 ins / 121.9 x 133.3 cms Provenance: Marlborough Gallery, London Private Collection, London Literature: R. Hughes, Frank Auerbach, London 1990, p. 111, no.72, illustrated in colour W. Feaver, Frank Auerbach, New York 2009, pp. 122 and 295 no. 521, illustrated in colour
Walter SICKERT (1860-1942) Carolina Dell’Aqua:Woman in an Interior Oil on canvas 20.5 x 16.5 ins / 52 x 42.5 cms Signed lower left Provenance: Collection Bernheim Jeune, Paris Exhibited: Probably Bernheim 1907 as Stanza Veneziana Literature: Wendy Baron 1973, cat. 168, fig. 115 Wendy Baron 2006, cat. 284, fig. 198, not illustrated
Damien HIRST (b. 1965) Psalm 45 2008 Butterflies and household gloss on canvas 18 x 18 ins / 45.7 x 45.7 cms
MUSEUMS AND PUBLIC GALLERIES THAT HAVE ACQUIRED PAINTINGS FROM CRANE KALMAN GALLERY Aberdeen Art Gallery, Aberdeen, Scotland
Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide
Baltimore Museum of Art, USA
Ulster Museum, Belfast, Northern Ireland
University Art Museum, Berkley, California
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, USA
Dundee Art Gallery, Dundee, Scotland
National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland
Kunstmuseum, Dusseldorf, Germany
Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh
Glasgow Museums and Art Galleries, Glasgow, Scotland
Hiroshima Prefectural Art Museum, Japan
The City Art Gallery, Leicester, England
Musée des Beaux Arts, Le Havre, France
Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, England
The Tate Gallery, London, England
Arts Council of Great Britain, London, England
Imperial War Museum, London, England
The Victoria and Albert Museum, London, England
City Art Gallery, Manchester, England
Whitworth Art Gallery, university of Manchester, Manchester, England
The Felton Bequest, Melbourne, England
Milwaukee Art Museum, Wisconsin, USA The Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, Conn., USA The Andrew Dickson White Museum of Art, Cornell University, New York, USA The Louvre, Paris, France Rochdale Art Gallery, Rochdale, England Art Gallery of New South Wales, Australia The Museum of Everything, London, England Reina Sofia, Madrid, Spain Harris Museum and Art Gallery, Preston, England
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Duncan GRANT (1885-1978) Cockerel Design 1962 Oil on board 9.75 x 13.75 ins / 25 x 35 cm Signed and dated lower right Provenance: Private Collection, London
Stadtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Munich, Germany Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA Toledo Museum of Art, Ohio, USA Western Australia Art Gallery, Perth, Australia Museum of Sao Paulo, Brazil National Gallery of New Zealand, Wellington The National Gallery of Art, Washington, USA ? The Museum of London, London, England Nuffield College, University of Oxford, Oxford, England
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