British & French paintings, drawings, prints & sculpture 2014

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Browse & Darby


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38th Annual Exhibition

British & French paintings, drawings, prints & sculpture

11 June - 17 July 2014

Monday - Friday 10 - 5.30 Saturday 11 - 2

Browse & Darby 19 Cork Street . London W1S 3LP Tel: 020 7734 7984 Fax: 020 7851 6650 e-mail: art@browseanddarby.co.uk www.browseanddarby.co.uk



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Catalogue CRAIGIE AITCHISON (1926-2009) 1. Garden at Tulliallan, circa 1958-63 oil on canvas 9 x 6 inches Provenance Gifted from the artist to the present owner 2. Foxglove in Vase Still Life, 1984 oil on canvas, inscribed verso ‘Not for:- Florence Shientag’ 20 x 16 inches Provenance With David Grob 3. Sugarbush wearing a Hat, 2009 etching, aquatint and carborundum signed and numbered by the artist‘ 42/50’ 31 x 19 3/4 inches 4. Wayney, 2009 etching, aquatint and carborundum signed and numbered by the artist ‘42/50’ 31 x 19 3/4 inches DAVID BOMBERG (1890-1957) 5. Talgwyn Farm, Red Wharf Bay, 1944 oil on board inscribed and dated on the reverse 12 1/2 x 16 inches MAURICE BRIANCHON (1899-1979) 6. Le 11 Novembre, 1953 oil on canvas, signed 18 1/8 x 24 inches Provenance Private Collection, UK Exhibited Brianchon, Recent Paintings, Galerie Alfred Daber, Paris, 1954, no.1

Maurice Brianchon, David Findlay Gallery, New York, 1981, no.1 Literature P-A. Brianchon & O.Daulte, Maurice Brianchon, Catalogue de l’oeuvre peint, 2008, p.215, no.444 7. Plage Normande, 1938 oil on canvas 18 1/4 x 25 5/8 inches Provenance Richard Heyd, Neuchâtel Private collection, London Literature Richard Heyd, Brianchon, ides et Caledes, Neuchâtel, 1954, no.35 Brianchon & Daulte, Maurice Brianchon. Catalogue de l’oeuvre peint, La Biliotheque des Arts, 2008, p.114, no.168 EDGAR DEGAS (1834-1917) 8. Etude de Jockey, circa 1885 pencil on paper, stamped with signature ‘Lugt 658’ 12 1/8 x 9 1/16 inches Provenance Estate of the artist Sale: Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, 4eme Vente Atelier Edgar Degas, 2-4 July 1919, lot 274a (illustrated p.237; one of two) Anon.sale., Christie’s, London, 2 December 1980, lot 111 James Kirkman Gallery, London Grob Gallery, London Private collection, UK Literature A.Wofsy, ‘Degas Atelier at Auction, Paintings, Pastels & Drawings Sales III-IV - 1919’, San Francisco, 1989, no.274, (illustrated p.237) J.Sutherland Boggs, ‘Degas at the Races’, exh.cat., Washington, National Gallery of Art, 1998, p.147, under note 26


9. Danseuse, Grande Arabesque, premier temps bronze, stamped with signature and foundry mark, AA Hébrard cire perdue, numbered 18/HER.D, height: 19 1/4 inches This bronze cast between 1919 and 1937, in an edition of 20 numbered A-T, plus two casts reserved for the Degas heirs and the founder Hébrard. This cast reserved for the Degas heirs Provenance Galerie de L’Elysée, Paris, 1962 Private Collection, USA (acquired from the above) and thence by descent Exhibited London, Browse & Darby, Edgar Degas (1834-1917), Bronzes, May – June 1999, no 6. Literature J. Rewald, ‘Degas Sculpture, The Complete Works’, New York, 1956, no. 35 S. Campbell, ‘Degas, The Sculptures, A Catalogue Raisonne’ in ‘Apollo’, vol. CXLII, Aug 1995, no. 18 J. S. Czestochowski & A. Pingeot, ‘Degas Sculptures, Catalogue raisonné of the Bronzes’, Memphis, 2002, no.18 (another cast ill. pp. 156-157) RAOUL DUFY (1877-1953) 10. Le Vase aux Anémones, 1937 gouache and watercolour signed ‘Raoul Dufy’ lower left 24 x 19 inches Provenance Private Collection, USA LUCIAN FREUD (1922-2011) 11. Girl Sitting, 1987 etching, signed and dated in pencil and inscribed ‘21/50’ 20 3/4 x 27 3/4 inches 12. Blond Girl, 1985 etching, signed with initials and numbered ‘40/50’ 34 5/8 x 28 inches

13. Head and Shoulders, 1982 etching signed with initials and inscribed ‘studio proof’ aside from edition of 20 9 1/2 x 11 1/2 inches HENRI GAUDIER-BRZESKA (1891-1915) 14. Eagle, 1913 pen and ink 15 x 10 inches Provenance H.S.Ede Mercury Gallery, London, where acquired by Barry Flanagan 15. Male Nude Standing, circa 1913 charcoal on paper 20 x 15 inches Provenance Ex Coll: Ezra Pound Anthony d’Offay Gallery, London Mercury Gallery, London Private Collection, Switzerland Exhibited Lugano, Galleria Pieter Coray, Henri Gaudier-Brzeska, 1984, no. 20 WILLIAM GEORGE GILLIES (1898-1973) 16. Still life with white roses oil on canvas 36 x 30 3/4 inches Provenance with Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh, July 1982 The Reader’s Digest Collection Private collection, UK ARMAND GUILLAUMIN (1841-1927) 17. Le Puy Barriou, Paysage de la Creuse, circa 1910 pastel on paper, signed ‘Guillaumin’ 18 5/16 x 24 1/2 inches


Provenance Madame Rousso, Paris, FR Eardley Knollys, April 1954 for £120 Literature To be included in the Comité Guillaumin’s (Dominique Fabiani, Jacques de La Béraudière and Stéphanie Chardeau-Botteri) forthcoming second volume of the catalogue raisonné. ALLAN GWYNNE-JONES (1892-1982) 18. Roses, 1939-40 oil on canvas 11 1/2 x 14 inches HENRI-JOSEPH HARPIGNIES (1819-1916) 19. Vallée Gorbio, 1908 watercolour 11 1/4 x 8 3/4 inches HENRI HAYDEN (1883-1970) 20. Vue sur Molien, 1964 oil on canvas 30 x 39 inches Provenance Acquired directly from the Artist’s wife Exhibited Hayden, Soixante Ans De Peinture 1908-1968, Musée Nationale d’art Moderne, Paris, 1968, no. 93 21. La Nuage Rouge, 1968 gouache 14 7/8 x 19 5/8 inches Provenance Acquired directly from the Artist’s wife PATRICK HERON (1920-1999) 22. Three Reds in Magenta and Green in Blue, 1970 screenprint signed and numbered, edition of 73/100 23 1/2 x 30 3/4 inches

23. January Composition, 1973 screenprint signed, numbered and dated, edition of 1/72 23 1/8 x 32 inches IVON HITCHENS (1893-1979) 24. Nude Reading, Sizewell, circa 1935 oil on canvas signed lower left 20 1/4 x 23 3/4 inches Provenance Estate of the artist 25. Flowers in a Vase, circa 1942 oil on canvas 18 x 20 inches Provenance Estate of the artist 26. Still Life in a Landscape, circa 1950 oil on canvas 22 x 33 inches Provenance Private Collection, UK AUGUSTUS JOHN (1878-1961) 27. Lily in the Welsh Hills, circa 1910-13 oil on canvas, signed 30 x 18 1/4 inches Provenance With Arthur Tooth & Sons Ltd, London, 18 July 1961, where purchased by the previous owner Exhibited London, The Piccadilly Gallery, A collection of oils, drawings and etchings, 1991, no.3, ill London, Olympia, Augustus John with his Family, February 1999 28. Study of Dorelia, Head and Shoulders, 1903 red & black chalk on pale grey paper, signed 12 3/4 x 9 1/4 inches


Provenance Leicester Galleries Spink & Son Private collection c/o Spink & Son Private collection, UK Exhibited Cardiff, National Museums and Galleries of Wales, ‘Themes and variations: the drawings of Augustus John, 1901–1931’, 1996, cat. 9, illus. GWEN JOHN (1876-1939) 29. Portrait of a Lady, circa 1909-1910 pencil and grey wash 8 x 6 1/8 inches Provenance Private Collection, USA, 1996 Private Collection, UK Exhibited Chichester, Pallant House Gallery, Gwen John and Celia Paul – Painters in Parallel, October 2012 – February 2013 30. Flowers and Foliage in a Vase Probably executed during the late 1920s - early 1930s gouache on board, stamped signature 8 7/8 x 6 1/2 inches Provenance Estate of the Artist 31. Rear View of Nun and Orphans gouache and watercolour 7 x 5 1/2 inches 32. Black Cat Sleeping on Chair, Facing Right Probably executed during the late 1910s - early 1920s charcoal on paper, stamped signature 7 5/8 x 9 5/8 inches Provenance Estate of the Artist

33. Sleeping Black Cat on a Green Background gouache and watercolour 6 7/8 x 8 inches 34. Rear View of Girl and Nun Sitting in Church Probably executed during the 1920s gouache and watercolour on paper, stamped signature 6 3/8 x 5 5/8 inches Provenance Estate of the Artist 35. Flowers in a Pink Vase gouache on board 7 1/2 x 5 3/4 inches Provenance Gifted by the artist to the present owner’s family, Private Collection, UK HENRY LAMB (1883-1960) 36. Girl’s Head, 1912 pencil on paper initialled and dated 10 1/2 x 9 1/4 inches PAUL MAZE (1887-1979) 37. At the Races oil on canvas 14 1/2 x 12 3/8 inches Provenance Private Collection, UK 38. The Cavendish Hotel pastel 15 x 22 inches Provenance Private Collection, UK 39. In the Paddock pastel 14 1/4 x 21 1/2 inches


40. Michaelmas Daisies pastel 29 x 21 1/2 inches Provenance Private collection, UK HENRY MOORE (1898-1986) 41. Reclining Figure No.3, 1952 Conceived in 1952 and cast in an edition of 9 bronze width: 8 inches Provenance Private Collection, Devon, England A gift from the above, circa 1958, to a Private Collection, USA Literature Franco Russoli & David Mitchinson, Henry Moore Sculpture, New York, 1981, no. 229, illustration of another cast Alan Bowness, ed., Henry Moore, Complete Sculpture 1949-54, vol. 2, London, 1986, no. 330, illustration of another cast p. 43 JOHN NASH (1893-1977) 42. Autumn Flowers, circa 1948 oil on board 21 1/2 x 16 1/8 inches Provenance New Grafton Gallery, London, 1987 Private Collection, UK ANNE REDPATH (1895-1965) 43. Daffodils in a Breton Jug circa 1952 Still life with Red Cabbage (verso) oil on panel 24 x 20 inches Provenance Aitken Dott & Son: The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh, catalogue number 3488 Private Collection, South Africa

WALTER RICHARD SICKERT (1860-1942) 44. St RÊmy, Dieppe circa 1910-11 ink and pencil on paper 9 1/2 x 6 1/2 inches Provenance Redfern Gallery, 1937 Private Collection, UK, 2012 45. La Rue de la Boucherie avec le Chevet de l’Eglise, Dieppe circa 1900-03 oil on canvas 15 x 18 1/4 inches Provenance Bernheim Jeune, Paris Raphael Bullrick, and by descent, 2002 Browse & Darby, London, 2003 Private Collection, UK, 2012 Exhibited Browse & Darby, London, 2002, no.26 Literature Wendy Baron, Sickert Paintings & Drawings, London, 2006, p.249, no 143.1 SIR MATTHEW SMITH (1879-1959) 46. Still Life with Fish, circa 1919-20 oil on canvas 19 3/4 x 24 inches Provenance Dick Wyndham Nancy Ellinor Bligh, Countess of Darnley 47. Fruit in a Bowl watercolour and gouache signed in pencil 10 1/4 x 12 3/4 inches Provenance H. A. Verney, 1957 Mrs Dreyfus Mrs D. Wilson-Young


Exhibited Leicester Galleries, London, Artists of Fame & Promise II September 1957 Browse and Darby, British Painting 48. Still Life of Fruit with Water Jug oil on canvas initialled ‘MS’ 9 x 11 inches PHILIP WILSON STEER (1860-1942) 49. Children on the Beach, Southwold, 1894 oil on panel signed with initials 8 1/4 x 10 3/4 inches Provenance Steer Studio Sale, Christie’s, 1942, no.198 Leger Galleries Hon. Mrs. P. Sandeman Private Collection, UK Literature Bruce Laughton, Philip Wilson Steer, 1971, p.136, no.163 EUAN UGLOW (1932-2000) 50. A Girl lying on her Back pencil 13 x 18 inches 51. Nude with Arm on Box, circa 1965 oil on board 23 3/4 x 21 3/4 inches Provenance A gift from the Artist to the present owner

CHRISTOPHER WOOD (1901-1930) 52. Anemones in Window, Broad Chalke, Wiltshire, 1928 oil on canvas 20 x 24 inches Provenance Redfern Gallery, London Private Collection, UK, 2013 (acquired from the above, 20th January 1948) Literature Eric Newton, Christopher Wood, Redfern Gallery, London, 1938, cat no.275, p.70.




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