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october 2012
Anthony Gross
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Girls on Horses
Sketch by Anthony Gross for children's book by Hans Anderson. Drawn in 1946 but not published.
pen and ink, 1946, 8.5 x 18.5 cm
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ARTISTS INDEX Clark, Cosmo Frink, Dame Elisabeth Gross, Anthony
16 12,13 above, 1
Miró, Joan Mistry, Dhruva
24,25
Rosoman, Leonard
back cover
28
Simon, Lucien
6,7
Nash, John
4,5
Smith, Richard
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8,9
Steel, George Hammond
House, Gordon
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Paolozzi, Eduardo
Jago
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Phillips, Tom
Laborde, Chas
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Picasso, Pablo
26,27
Trevelyan, Julian
14,15
Laboureur, Jean Émile
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Piper, John
17-21
Wilson, Scottie
10,11
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Swoon
2,3 32
Anthony Gross
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Stones of the Church at Le BoulvĂŠ ink and watercolour, c1960, signed, 26 x 32.5 cm
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George Hammond Steel
George Hammond Steel (1900-1960) was born in Sheffield the son of the artist G.T. Steel. He studied at Sheffield School of Art and later in Birmingham and London. His work was exhibited at several institutions such as the Royal Academy, the Royal Institute of Watercolour Painters and the Paris Salon and is represented in public collections including Sheffield. For the most part Hammond Steel depicted landscapes including coastal scenes in Cornwall and East Anglia, cottage scenes in Essex where he lived and townscapes such as the atmospheric oil and pencil drawing of Blakeney in Norfolk offered here.
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George Hammond Steel
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Blakeney, Norfolk
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oil and pencil on board, c1950, signed, 35.5 x 50.5 cm
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John Nash
A Nash watercolour of similar size to these recently fetched over £3000 in auction. The examples offered here were acquired from the Nash Estate and bear the Estate stamp.
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Dunes pencil and crayon, signed, 21 x 29.5 cm
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Cornwall watercolour, 22 x 29 cm
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John Nash
This pencil drawing is on the reverse of the Steventon watercolour above.
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Steventon watercolour, 22 x 29 cm
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Lucien Simon
Born in Paris, Simon (1861-1945) studied principally at the Académie Julian, 1880-83, one of his tutors being William Adolphe Bouguereau. He quickly established his reputation as he exhibited at the Salon des Artistes Français from 1891 and also at the Salon de la Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts. In 1895 he met the artist Charles Cottet and joined his Bande Noire or Nubians who often painted in an Impressionist style but employing darker tones. Cottet painted a portrait of Simon (1907) which is in the Musée d’Orsay, Paris. Throughout the 1890s Simon won several art prizes culminating in a gold medal at the Exposition Universelle in 1900 and he was made a Chevalier of the Légion d’Honneur in the same year. Simon specialised in painting traditional provincial scenes, particularly of peasant life and scenery in Brittany where his wife Jeanne Dauchez came from. He also painted scenes with figures, fine portraits, genre scenes, and seascapes. He taught at various art schools including the Académie Colarossi and then the École Nationale des Beaux-Arts where he was elected to its Académie des Beaux-Arts in 1929. Eight years later Simon won First Prize at the Exposition Universelle de Paris for his work on the Luxembourg pavilion. He exhibited at the Royal Academy from 1931-34.
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Lucien Simon
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Danseuse de Corde watercolour, signed, 71 x 96 cm
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Eduardo Paolozzi
‘The object was exciting to me as a sculptor. In one sense, what could be more organic than an Elephant? (Or the idea of an Elephant?) To interpret this into completely non-organic shapes, practically all geometric elements with an emphasis on the horizontal and vertical planes, was a fascinating problem.’ Eduardo Paolozzi, Dec 1972 In 1972 Paolozzi was commissioned by design group Douglas Maxwell Ltd to work on a product promotion for Nairn Floors Ltd. Having just seen Paolozzi's retrospective exhibition at the Tate, Maxwell was confident that the artist’s fascination for industrial objects would tie in perfectly with the project. The brief was to design a sculptural container with a removable lid enclosing a compartment for brochures on Nairn products. The result was ‘The Elephant’, 3,000 of which were produced and each numbered and signed by Paolozzi. A description of the ‘Making of the Elephant’ is also included in the literature held inside the object.
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Eduardo Paolozzi
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Elephant rotational moulded plastic from three moulds, 1972, ed 3000, signed, 28 x 35.5 x 14 cm
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Scottie Wilson Scottie Wilson (born Louis Freeman in 1888) was one of the most celebrated Outsider artists of the 20th century, known particularly for his highly decorative paintings. He ran away from his home in Glasgow at the age of 16 and joined the military, serving in India, South Africa and on the Western Front in WW1. After the war he immigrated to Canada where he ran a second-hand junk shop, discovering his passion for art only at the age of 44. Picking up a fountain pen one day he began to doodle on the cardboard table top in his shop, stating: ‘In a couple of days – I worked almost ceaselessly – the whole of the table top was covered with little faces and designs. The pen seemed to make me draw, and them images, the faces and designs just flowed out. I couldn’t stop – I’ve never stopped since that day.’ After receiving recognition for his work in Toronto, Wilson relocated to London in 1945 and had his first one-man exhibition at the Arcade Gallery that same year. Further exhibitions followed in Paris, Switzerland and New York and his work became coveted by the likes of Picasso and Jean Dubuffet – great champions of Outsider art. His stylised imagery incorporates birds, fishes, flowers and totem heads – the latter of which he encountered in Vancouver. Though his work often invites symbolic interpretation, Wilson himself rejected any academic analysis, claiming his work was born out of his imagination and internal visualisations.
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Head I felt pen, signed, 39.5 x 23 cm
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Scottie Wilson
‘I get into a trance and when I wake up they're all waiting for me.’
11. Head III
10. Head II felt pen, signed, 37.5 x 17.5 cm
felt pen, signed, 36.5 x 18.5 cm
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Dame Elisabeth Frink
Elisabeth Frink started experimenting with etching in 1971 with her Canterbury Tales series. This was followed in 1972 with The Birds of Prey series where she developed her etching techniques further. They are distinguished by the use of open bites and textured aquatints and are now highly sought-after.
12. Goshawk etching and aquatint, 1974, artist’s proof, signed, 54 x 46.5 cm
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Dame Elisabeth Frink
13. Kestrel
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etching and aquatint, 1974, artist’s proof, signed, 54 x 46.5 cm
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Julian Trevelyan
14. Stonehenge etching & aquatint, 1961, ed 50, signed, 60 x 46.5 cm
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Julian Trevelyan
This scarce print would normally retail at £1250, however, we have it at a lower price due to some colour fading.
15. Uffizi Gallery, Florence Suite etching & aquatint, 1965/6, ed 100, signed, 47.5 x 35 cm
16. Henley, Thames Suite etching & aquatint, 1962, ed 50, signed, 45 x 35 cm
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Cosmo Clark
Cosmo Clark was born in London in 1897. He studied at the Goldsmith's College School of Art from 1912-14 and again after war service from 1918-19 at the AcadĂŠmie Julian in Paris. Finally he studied at the Royal Academy between 1919 and 1921, where he won the coveted gold medal and Travelling Scholarship. He proceeded to teach at the
17. Bandsmen large poster lithograph, signed in plate, 73 x 112.5 cm
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Camberwell School of Arts and Crafts and became head of Hackney Art School. He designed many posters for British Rail et al. He was elected RA in the winter of 1958 and exhibited widely, including at the NEAC, Leicester Galleries and throughout Europe, Canada and the USA. His works are held in many collections, both private and public.
John Piper
The Lyons lithographs were produced after the Second World War under the influence of the directors Felix and Julian Salmon to improve the war weary interiors of their teashops. They were pasted to the walls and very few have survived. This is the finest example we have seen.
18. Elizabethan Dance Lyons lithograph, c1954, 73.5 x 99 cm
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John Piper
19. Thornton Abbey Gateway screenprint, 1987, ed 70, signed, 45.5 x 59.5 cm
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John Piper
20. Eastnor Castle
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screenprint, 1983, ed 70, signed, 44 x 65 cm
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John Piper
21. Wymondham, Norfolk screenprint, 1971, ed 70, signed, 76.5 x 56 cm
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John Piper
22. Isle Abbots screenprint, 1986, ed 100, signed, 68.5 x 46 cm
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Gordon House
Gordon House (1932-2004) born in South Wales. The Tate Gallery holds more than 100 of his prints and his work is also represented in many important public collections, including the Arts Council, the British Council, the Victoria and Albert Museum and the Museum of Modern Art, New York.
23. Manx Yellow etching, 1978/9, ed 40, signed, 41 x 30 cm
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Richard Smith
Richard Smith, born 1931. Painter and printmaker briefly involved with Pop Art. Exhibited with Green Gallery in New York, ICA and Kasmin Gallery in London. Also showed several times at Venice Biennale and won the Grand Prize at São Paolo
Bienal in 1967. From then on gained a considerable international reputation with a retrospective at Tate Gallery in 1975. Smith has subsequently shown in notable galleries across UK and USA and has work in major international collections.
24. PM Zoom screenprint, 1963, artist’s proof, signed, 48 x 76 cm
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Joan Miró
Sala Gaspar was an art gallery founded in Barcelona in 1909 . Gaspar was committed to the art movements of the avant-garde, promoting the activities and exhibitions by artists such as Pablo Picasso , Salvador Dalí and Joan Miró. Sala Gaspar Miró and Picasso posters are some of the most popular. We are delighted to be able to offer the selection shown on the next four pages.
25. Sala Gaspar Miró Poster lithograph, 1973, 74.5 x 55 cm
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Joan Mir贸
These posters are in mint condition.
26. Sala Gaspar Mir贸 Poster lithograph, 74.5 x 56.5 cm
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Pablo Picasso
These posters are in mint condition.
27. Sala Gaspar Picasso Poster lithograph, 1961, 70 x 50 cm
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28. Sala Gaspar Picasso Poster lithograph, 1968, 70 x 51.5 cm
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Pablo Picasso
29. Sala Gaspar Picasso Poster offset lithograph, 1970, 70 x 50.5 cm
30. Sala Gaspar Picasso Poster lithograph, 1971, 100.5 x 51.5 cm
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Dhruva Mistry
Dhruva Mistry was born in Kanjari, Gujarat in 1957. He graduated in 1981 with a Masters in sculpture and went on to study at the Royal College of Art in London on a British Council scholarship. In 1984, Mistry took up an artist residency at Kettle's Yard Gallery and a fellowship at Churchill College, Cambridge. He was elected member of the Royal Academy of Arts in 1991 and has exhibited in over 30 solo exhibitions in India and abroad. In 2001, he was awarded an Honorary CBE.
31. The Couple etching, 1987, ed 50, signed, 30 x 38 cm
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Tom Phillips
Royal Academician Tom Phillips is renowned for his diverse artistic interests including painting, graphics, book-making, music composition and performance. This lithograph depicts a scene from Act III of Wagner’s opera, Siegfried.
32. Brünnhilde
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lithograph, 1991, ed 275, signed, 31 x 51 cm
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Chas Laborde
Chas Laborde was born in Buenos Aires to French parents. Studying in Paris at the Académie Julian and the École des Beaux-Arts, he began selling his drawings to satirical magazines from an early age. After the First World War, Laborde toured England where he produced some strong satirical images of bourgeois life. During the 1920s and 30s Laborde firmly established himself as one of the leading illustrators of the period. This etching is from the series Rues et Visages de Londres (Streets and Faces of London).
33. Hampstead Heath (Bank Holiday) etching, 1928, ed 121, 28.5 x 23 cm
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Jean Émile Laboureur
Jean Laboureur was born in Nantes, France in 1877. He showed an early gift for drawing, but studied Law in Paris. He learned engraving with Auguste Lepère and lithography with Toulouse-Lautrec (1895-1898). He later settled in North America (1903-1908) where he made many woodcuts showing major industrial cities. He was a superb engraver whose work is much sought-after.
34. La Ruisseau sous Bois engraving, 1927, ed 80, signed, 22 x 19 cm
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Swoon
Swoon (real name, Caledonia Curry) is one of America’s leading urban artists. She studied painting at the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn and inspired by her surroundings began to put up posters and stickers on city walls and billboards. She specialises in life-size wheatpaste prints and paper cutouts of ordinary people that she observes in her everyday life. By pasting them onto the walls of the city Swoon seeks to highlight the human element of urban living. Swoon often collaborates with other artists and activists on projects that reflect her strong social consciousness. In 2010 she began working on Konbit Shelter – a sustainable building project that aims to create homes and community spaces in postearthquake Haiti. The year before, Swoon and a crew of 30 artists and performers gate-crashed the Venice Biennale on rafts made out of New York City garbage. In December 2011 Swoon held her first solo exhibition in London, filling the gallery at Black Rat Projects with sculptures and paper cuts. She often prints at the Goldmark Atelier when in England.
25. Boy (Strong) screenprint, 2007, ed 150, signed, 109 x 30 cm
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Jago
Among the crowds spilling out into New York's Times Square to celebrate V-J Day in 1945 was a young nurse named Edith Shain. As she ran into the street she was grabbed by a sailor for an enthusiastic kiss, providing photographer Alfred Eisenstaedt with one of the most iconic pictures of the 20th Century. Here, the 27-year-old nurse featured in the original photo has been replaced by the no less iconic image of Mrs Marge Simpson. Observing the clinch in the background is her husband Homer. The identity of the artist remains an enigma.
36. The Kiss screenprint, 2007, ed 150, signed, 51 x 35.5 cm
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Leonard Rosoman
We think that Rosoman, who died last year in his 90s, is one of the great underrated artists of British 20th century art.
37. Nude Studies pen and ink, signed, 22 x 16.5 cm
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