MODERN & CONTEMPORARY ART
SATURDAY 4 MARCH 2023
SATURDAY 4 MARCH 2023
20TH CENTURY DESIGN
SATURDAY 4 MARCH
9.30AM (394 lots)
SATURDAY 4 MARCH 2023 AT 9.30AM
AUCTION
The Auction Centre, Leyburn North Yorkshire DL8 5SG
VIEWING
Thursday 2 March 10.00am to 4.00pm
Friday 3 March 10.00am to 5.00pm Morning of Sale from 8.00am
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FRONT COVER Lot 60
BACK COVER Lot 23
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After Laurence Stephen Lowry RBA, RA (1887-1976)
“Britain at Play”
Signed, with the blindstamp for the Fine Art Trade Guild, a colour reproduction, 47cm by 60cm £800-1,200
After Laurence Stephen Lowry RBA, RA (1887-1976)
“Market Scene in a Northern Town”
Signed in pencil, a colour reproduction, 35.5cm by 60.5cm (unframed)
Provenance: Headrow Gallery, Leeds
£1,000-1,500
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11 ✓
After Laurence Stephen Lowry RBA, RA (1887-1976)
“Self Portrait”, “The Artist’s Mother”; “The Artist’s Father” Each signed, a colour reproduction, sold together with the certificate, 33.5cm by 25cm (4) £500-700
12 ✓
After Laurence Stephen Lowry RBA, RA (1887-1976)
“Woman with Beard”
15 ✓
Trevor Grimshaw (1947-2001)
“Stonehenge”
Signed and numbered 40/50, lithograph, 30cm by 40cm £100-150
Harold Riley DL, DLitt, FRCS, DFA, ATC (b.1934)
“Sunstreet, Salford”
Signed, inscribed, dated (19)79 and numbered II/XIII, lithograph, 50cm by 40.5cm £150-250
Trevor Grimshaw (1947-2001)
“Ribblehead Viaduct”
Signed and numbered 70/500, lithograph, 35.5cm by 50cm £200-300
16 ✓
Trevor Grimshaw (1947-2001)
“Aqueduct”
Signed and numbered 36/50, lithograph, 29.5cm by 39.5cm £100-150
1718
17 ✓
Tom McGuinness (1926–2006)
“Miners Gala”
Signed, inscribed and numbered 15/18, dated (19)85, lithograph, 55cm by 41cm £200-300
18 ✓
Tom McGuinness (1926-2006)
“Bankhead”
Signed and dated (19)77, mixed media, 13cm by 14cm £400-600
19 ✓
Tom McGuinness (1926-2006)
Miners underground Mixed media, 6.5cm by 16.5cm £250-400
“The Sea”
Signed and dated 1965, pencil, 24.5cm by 34cm
Provenance: The Stone Gallery, Newcastle Upon Tyne
For a related preparatory pencil study (1965) see Sotheby’s London, “Modern and Post War British Art”, June 10 2015 lot 144
A highly comparable oil painting to the present work titled “The North Sea”, was sold at Tennants
Auctioneers, “Modern and Contemporary Art”, 15 October 2022, lot 122 (see image below)
Lowry was fascinated by the sea. At once both beautiful and dangerously powerful, it was a constant source of inspiration to the solitary artist and he painted it throughout his life. Whilst the majority of his seaside pictures depict bustling seafronts and boats on the North West coast, from the early 1940s he began to depict pure seascapes. These rare, seemingly simple yet highly sophisticated works are far removed from the bustling industrial streets scenes for which he is better known.
After the death of his overbearing mother in 1939, Lowry frequently stayed for long periods of time at the Seaburn Hotel in Sunderland, to which he became deeply attached. Here he always stayed in the same room, which looked straight out at the empty expanse of the North Sea, sketching, and watching the water and sky melding at the horizon.
£12,000-18,000
“The North Sea” A highly comparable oil painting to the present work, was sold at Tennants Auctioneers, “Modern and Contemporary Art”, 15 October 2022, lot 122 for £840,000 plus buyer’s premium
23 ✓
Laurence Stephen Lowry RBA, RA (1887-1976)
“The Stepped Street”
Signed and dated 1929, pencil, 38cm by 27.5cm
Provenance: Phillips London, Tuesday 4th June 1991, British, Irish, Traditional, Modern and Contemporary, lot 63
Laurence Stephen Lowry RBA, RA (1887-1976)
“Crowther Street, Stockport”
Signed and dated 1929
Whilst “The Stepped Street” represents a work in its own right, “Crowther Street, Stockport”, as shown, clearly relates directly.
“The Stepped Street”, 1929 is a superb example of Lowry’s mastery of drawing and comes from a golden period of productivity, creativity and artistic energy which formed the foundation of his successes to come. Shortly after leaving Art School in 1928, Lowry’s father suggested he sketch the nearby soon to be demolished St Simon’s Church in Salford and indeed a few days later the building was razed to the ground. This began Lowry’s search to record other locally threatened architectural gems such as Crowther Street, which was later partially demolished leaving only the right hand portion seen in the drawing which has since been restored. “The Stepped Street” is not a preparatory sketch for an oil painting, here Lowry gives us a detailed, complete, stand-alone and fully formed work in its own right in which he enjoys including many of his signature motifs, dogs, children, prams, smoking chimneys, porches and people in all their shapes and sizes make an appearance if you look hard enough. In addition Lowry is also indulging his love of Steps as subject matter for his work as he says himself ‘Steps and things ... I liked doing steps, steps in Ancoats ... steps in Stockport ... steps anywhere you like, simply because I like steps and the area which they were in was an industrial area. I did a lot, you see. I've never found it interesting to paint pure landscapes. I'm not interested in pure landscapes’.
©. Jonathan Horwich, January 2023
£50,000-80,000
Signed and dated (20)16, inscribed verso, acrylic on board, 51cm by
“Back
Signed
30 Stuart Walton (b.1933) “Steps, Rosebank View, Leeds”Paul Maze (1887-1979), often referred to as ‘The Last of the Post-Impressionists’, had the extraordinary ability to capture the essence of a place with deceptive simplicity. He painted with immediacy, and his skills were once described by his lifelong friend Winston Churchill as “with the fewest of strokes, he can create an impression at once true and beautiful”
Maze spent much of his life living in England, however, after the First World War he lived in Paris and became an integral member of the art scene. He counted amongst his friends Derain, Bonnard and Vuillard, and the latter had encouraged Maze to concentrate on working with pastels, which best suited his style. Maze turned his hand to a variety of subject matter, from marines to cityscapes, and the gentle landscapes of the English and French countryside. However, he had a particular love of painting the pomp and circumstance of British army parades and the social whirl of the English season, and he could be frequently found at Cowes, Henley and Goodwood. Having married his second wife, Jessie, Maze moved to the South Downs in 1950, where he would remain for the rest of his life. He fell in love with the softly rolling hills, which he frequently depicted. He died at the age of 92, at home looking over the Downs, with a pastel in his hand.
“Regents Park”
Signed and dated 1959, pastel, 53.5cm by 74.5cm
Provenance: The artist’s family
Exhibited: Acquavella Galleries, New York £500-700
Signed, pastel, 54cm by 75cm
Provenance: The artist’s family
Exhibited: Altermann Gallery, Dallas, Texas, USA £300-500
Signed and dated (19)57, pastel, 54.5cm by 74.5cm
Provenance: The artist’s family Exhibited: Acquavella Galleries, New York £400-600
36 ✓
Paul Maze (1887-1979) French Study of Oxeye Daisies
Signed, pastel, 74cm by 54cm
Provenance: The artist’s family
£250-400
37 ✓
Paul Maze (1887-1979) French
“Nora and Jessie”
Signed, inscribed and dated 1978, pastel, 36.5cm by 52cm
Provenance: The artist’s family
Exhibited: The Midhurst Gallery, West Sussex £250-400
38 ✓
Paul Maze (1887-1979) French
The artist’s wife Jessie before a mirror
Signed, pastel, 26.5cm by 27.5cm
Provenance: Collins and Hastie, London
£300-500
39 ✓
Sir William Rothenstein (1872-1945)
“Portrait of E M Forster”
Initialled, inscribed “1st Sketch”, contécrayon, 19cm by 12.5cm Provenance: Ex collection of Sir John Rothenstein CBE, by repute With Christie’s stencil verso, FH619
£200-300
40 ✓
Robin Tanner (1904-1988)
“Phallus Impudicus”
Inscribed and dated 22 Oct 1941, and Oct 30 at O.C.F, pencil, 20.5cm by 12.5cm
£150-250
41 ✓
Claire Leighton (1898-1989)
“January Lambing”
Electrotype, together with eleven further prints from “The Farmer’s Year: A Calendar of English Husbandry”, 23cm by 28.5cm (12) £250-400
42
Tanaka Ryohei (1933-2019) Japanese
Thatched farm building with log piles
Signed, numbered 119/150 and dated (19)84 in pencil, etching, 22cm by 20.5cm £200-300
43 ✓
Graham Clarke (b.1941)
“Grande Exposition”
Signed, inscribed artist’s proof, “pièce de résistance”,“Peter with much love”, etching, 58.5cm by 72cm £150-250
45 ✓
Erté (Romain de Tirtoff) (1892-1990) Russian/French
“Don Juan”
Signed, inscribed verso, stamped verso, gouache, 34cm by 23cm £1,000-1,500
44 ✓
Karl Korab (b.1937) Austrian
“Ohne Titel”
Signed and dated 1971, pencil, 38cm by 49cm
Provenance: Galerie Schlégl, Zurich Collection DOBE, Zurich
£400-600
46 ✓
Sir Quentin Blake, CH, CBE, FRSL, FCSD, RDI (b.1932)
“Constant Readers #53”
Signed, pen and ink, 26.5cm by 25.5cm
Provenance: Shapiro Rare Books, London
Literature: “The Q B Papers: Constant Readers”, 2019
£600-800
“Woodland”
Signed,
Provenance:
“Caolas
50 ✓
Derek Hyatt (1931-2015)
“Autumn Sunset Harewood Lake”
Signed, inscribed with title and dated (19)91, pencil and watercolour, 31cm by 45cm £200-300
51 ✓
Derek Hyatt (1931-2015)
“World Beyond the Gate”
Signed, inscribed and dated 1991 to artist’s label verso, mixed media on board, 40cm by 36cm £200-300
52 ✓
Philip Hughes (b.1936)
“Leonie Island: Boxing Day: Moss”
Mixed media, 32cm by 44cm
Provenance: The Phoenix Gallery, Lavenham, 1967 £200-300
Signed, oil on board, 30cm by 49cm
Provenance: The Leinster Gallery, Dublin
Signed and dated, oil on canvas, 51cm by 73cm
Provenance: Purchased from the artist
Arthur Merric Bloomfield Boyd AC, OBE (1920-1999) Australian
“Shoalhaven River and Black Bird”
Signed, oil on board, 30cm by 21.5cm
Christie’s: “Australian, International and Contemporary Paintings”, Melbourne, 3rd - 4th May 2004, lot 1048
Provenance: Art Galleries Schubert, Queensland
Arthur Merric Bloomfield Boyd AC, OBE (1920-1999) was a leading Australian painter, printmaker, sculptor, designer, and ceramicist. Boyd comes from a distinguished artistic dynasty in Australia. Beginning in 1886 with the marriage of artists Arthur Merric Boyd (1862–1940) and Emma Minnie Boyd. The Boyd family have contributed vastly to the landscape of Australian art, pioneering a lasting and illustrious legacy of experimental ceramics, painting, and sculpture.
Following Boyd’s training at the National Gallery School in Melbourne, Australia, and his service as a car tographer in the Australian Army during the Second World War, Boyd established himself as a prominent painter in Britain. Boyd returned to New South Wales, Australia in 1971, settling with his family on the banks of the Shoalhaven River at his home Bundanon which was gifted to Australia and now serves as a prominent art gallery and museum. The Shoalhaven River fascinated Boyd from thereon, becoming one of his most emotive, enduring, and allegorical subjects throughout his career.
“At daybreak the water’s edge would draw the line Arthur Boyd drew between two worlds”
Darleen Bungey in “Arthur Boyd: A Life”
In “Shoalhaven River and Black Bird”, Boyd paints with a loose hand suggesting an intimate familiarity with the Shoalhaven River and its landscape. The sandstone escarpments are painted in a glistening monochrome ivory hue and finished with a dash of ochre. The river is still. Boyd’s scene is a pure and unspoiled landscape, devoid of urban life, be this roads, buildings, vehicles, or boats. It is unashamedly a celebration of the Shoalhaven River and its hold on Boyd’s life and career.
£12,000-18,000
“The Chance Meeting”
Signed, inscribed verso and numbered 2301 with the artist’s numbering system, oil on board, 20cm by 28.5cm £500-700
66
“Before the catch”
Signed, inscribed verso and numbered 2244 with the artist’s numbering system, oil on board, 44cm by 60cm £800-1,200
67
Signed,
“Al Mare”
Watercolour, 22cm by 29cm
Provenance:
John Mackie (b.1953) Scottish “Dancing Trees, St Tropez”
Signed and dated (19)92, oil on canvas, 49cm by 59.5cm
Provenance: Walker Galleries Ltd., Harrogate £600-800
Antoine Blanchard (1910-1988)
French “Paris Rue Trouchet”
Signed, inscribed verso, oil on canvas, 45.5cm by 53cm
Sold together with a letter of authenticity from Rehs Galleries Inc, New York
Provenance: County Galleries, Altrincham £2,000-3,000
74 ✓
Gillian Roberts (Contemporary)
“Settle Market”
Signed, oil on canvas, 27cm by 44.cm
£150-250
76
Felix Kelly (1914-1994) New Zealand
“No 1 Garden Lane, New Orleans”
Oil on board, 11cm by 14cm
Provenance: Partridge Fine Arts Ltd., London
Sold together with two Felix Kelly exhibition catalogues from Partridge Fine Arts Ltd., London
£400-600
75 ✓
Delyth Llwyd Evans de Jones (1919-1986) Welsh
“Golygfa yn ardal Bryn Gwyn, Dyffryn y Gamwy, Chabut”
Signed and inscribed verso, oil on board, 37cm by 47cm
Delyth Llwyd Evans de Jones was a descendant of the first Welsh settlers in Pategonia. She is considered the most important artist from Pategonia.
£200-300
77 ✓
Marie Walker Last (1917-2017)
“The Old Apple Tree”
Signed, inscribed verso, oil on canvas, 44cm by 54.5cm
Sold together with a video of the artist signing the work
£150-250
78 ✓
Trevor Stubley RP, RBA, RSW, RWS (1932-2010)
“Red Lamb”
Signed, acrylic on board, 24.5cm by 29cm
£120-180
80 ✓
John Ridgewell ARCA (1937-2004)
“Oak Walk”
Signed, oil on board, 50.5cm by 40cm
£200-300
79 ✓
John Ridgewell ARCA (1937-2004)
“Bury St Edmunds”
Signed, oil on canvas, 126cm by 101cm
£300-500
81 ✓
John Ridgewell ARCA (1937-2004)
“Daisies”
Signed, oil on board, 91cm by 70cm
£300-500
82
Andrew
“Botanical Gardens, Dominica, Grenadines, West Indies”
Signed, inscribed verso and dated 2001, oil on canvas, 62.5cm by 75cm £700-1,000
83
Andrew
“Young Archers, France”
Signed, inscribed verso and dated 1998, oil on canvas, 70cm by 89.5cm £600-800
84
84
Andrew Macara NEAC (b.1944)
“Ping Pong De African, Queen Hideaway, Barbados”
Signed, inscribed verso, oil on canvas, 51cm by 61cm £400-600
85
Andrew Macara NEAC (b.1944)
“Young Buddists, Thailand”
86 ✓
Colin Orchard (b.1965)
“Hepworth, A Celebration, Sterts Art Gallery, Liskeard”
Monogrammed, inscribed verso and dated 1992, oil on board, 16.5cm by 16.5cm
Provenance: Walker Galleries Ltd., Harrogate, 11/12/1993
£300-500
87 ✓
Sarah Spackman RBA (b.1958)
Still life of assorted stoneware
Signed and dated (20)06, oil on board, 39cm by 60cm
£150-250
88
88 ✓
Christine McArthur RSW, RGI (b.1953) Scottish “Quails Eggs Under Snow Clouds”
Signed, inscribed to artist’s label verso, oil on canvas, 44cm by 44cm £400-600
89
89 ✓
Sarah Bowman (b.1975)
“Still life with Conch Shell”
Signed and dated (20)07, oil on canvas, 70cm by 100cm
Provenance: Ainscough Contemporary Art, Devon
£400-600
90 ✓ Sarah Bowman (b.1975)
“Spring Flowers”
Signed, oil on board, 38cm by 48cm
Provenance: Ainscough Contemporary Art, Devon £250-400
91
Horacio Renteria Rocha (1912 - 1972) Mexican Portrait of two children and a dog before a landscape
Signed, oil on canvas, 59.5cm by 45cm
Provenance: Purchased from the artist £500-700
92
Inimá de Paula (1918–1999)
Brazilian Reclining nude Signed, oil on canvas, 96cm by 129cm £2,000-3,000
93 ✓
Martin Bloch (1883-1954)
Polish/German/British
“Green Bottles on a Green Ground”
(1927)
Signed, oil on canvas, 70cm by 90cm
Exhibited: “Martin Bloch A Painter’s Painter”, Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts at the University of East Anglia Norwich, 2007
£1,000-1,500
94 ✓
Anne H Mackintosh (b.1944) Scottish “Sunny Day - Summer Flowers”
Signed, oil on canvas, 99cm by 90cm
£300-500
98 ✓
After Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) Spanish
“Cote d’Azur” (1962)
Lithographic poster, together with a further lithograph after the artist “Rider and Model” from “La Comedie Humaine”, 100cm by 66cm and 26cm by 34cm respectively (2) (unframed)
£200-300
99 ✓
After David Hockney OM, CH, RA (b.1937)
“Les Manielles de tresias l’enfant et les sortigeges parade” Poster for the Metropolitan Opera New York 1981, together with a further poster after the artist “Fiesta ‘88”, 63cm by 43cm and 63cm by 42.5cm respectively (2) (unframed)
£150-200
“Aesops Fables Peacock & Magpie”
Signed, inscribed and numbered Artist’s proof 15/50, linocut, 42cm by 59.5cm £800-1,200
Henry
“Six Stones” (1973)
Signed and numbered 112/200, lithograph, 34.5cm by 24.5cm
This lithograph was produced as a memento of the opening of British Olivetti’s training centre in Haslemere
Provenance: Olivetti, London
Gifted to the vendor upon her leaving Olivetti
£700-1,000
Robert
Figures
Initialled and dated 1952, inscribed A/P, etching, 20cm by 27.5cm £150-250
104
“Flute”
Signed and dated 1988, monotype, 73.5cm by 52cm £150-250
103 ✓
Graham Sutherland OM (1903-1980)
Form and bird
Signed, lithograph, 62.5cm by 47cm £400-600
105 ✓
John Egerton Christmas Piper CH (1903-1992)
“Stowe, South Side of the House”
Signed and numbered 59/70, lithograph, 48cm by 58.5cm £1,200-1,800
106 ✓
Barbara Rae CBE, RA, FRSE (b.1943) Scottish “Karoo”
Signed and numbered 69/90, screenprint, 58cm by 75cm
Provenance: Castlegate House Gallery, Cockermouth
£600-800
107 ✓
Joe Tilson RA (b.1928)
“Demeter’s Ladder”
Signed, inscribed A/P and dated 1977, etching and silkscreen from “Proscinomi, Oracles”, 92cm by 65cm
£400-600
108 ✓
Sir Terry Frost RA (1915-2003)
“It is True”
Signed, inscribed and dated (19)91, numbered 13/25, lithograph and etching, 76cm by 57cm
£600-800
Signed and dated (19)96, inscribed verso, acrylic on shaped mdf, 74cm by 73cm
Stuart has enjoyed tremendous success up until his retirement in 2019. Born in Dewsbury, Yorkshire, he started painting industrial landscapes in the late 1960’s (see lot 29) and became a full-time professional artist in the 1970’s.
Yorkshire Television appointed him as their first fine arts fellow in 1972, and he was exhibited in many one-man, group and open exhibitions throughout the country including London galleries. He has made many local radio broadcasts, gave the British M.E.N.S.A lecture in London in October 1975, and was the subject of a television film screened in 1973. After completing his national service in the R.A.F in 1954, he became very interested in abstract painting and painters. He soon ventured into abstract expressionism influenced by Franz Kline, Jackon Pollock and other American artists of that period.
Within a couple of years, he had settled into hard-edge painting and construction which he continued throughout the 1960’s. A whole stream of works was produced and exhibited in the north and in London galleries, this being possibly the most rewarding period to date.
In 1970 Stuart gave up his job as Assistant Display Manager to paint full time. He started producing figurative pieces mainly of street scenes of the northern industrial cities. Of course, the subject matter was not new to him, having grown up in that environment, which explains his great affection for it, he continued this until 1990’s.
From 1990, he has returned to his first love, abstract painting. The works on show are a result of his interest on the mass media, such as television, glossy magazines, billboards and any printed ephemera. The works are composite selected particles from which we are constantly bombarded. He continued his abstract painting until he returned to his street scenes in 2013 (see lots 30-32) before retiring in 2019, where he completed his last street scene.
£150-250
Signed and inscribed verso, liquitex on cotton, 60cm by 60cm
Exhibited: South Yorkshire Open Art Exhibition, Cooper Gallery, Barnsley £150-250
Signed and dated (19)91, inscribed verso, liquitex on cotton, 47cm by 71.5cm
111 Stuart Walton (b.1933) “Freeze”112
William Perehudoff (1918-2013) Canadian “La Plonge #9”
Signed, inscribed, printers proof, silkscreen, together with five further silkscreens from the same series, 69cm by 92cm (6) (unframed)
Provenance: Bonhams and Brooks, Knightsbridge, London, 25 July 2001, lot 175 £400-600
113
Tom Hodgson (1924-2006) Canadian
Abstract
Signed watercolour and India ink, 36cm by 58cm
Provenance: Bonhams and Langlois, St Helier, Jersey, 29 November 2000, lot 1118 £500-800
114
Jean Albert McEwen RCA (1923-1999) Canadian
Abstract
Signed and dated (19)63, watercolour, 35cm by 25cm
Provenance: The Robertson Gallery, Ottawa Bonhams and Langlois, St Helier, Jersey, 29 November 2000, lot 1119 £1,500-2,000
115
“Danse Irrégulière”
Signed and dated (19)54, watercolour, 27cm by 35cm
Provenance: Dominion Gallery, Montreal
Bonhams and Langlois, St Helier, Jersey, 29 November 2000, lot 1118
Literature: Borduas Online Catalogue Raisonné, no. 2005-0166
Paul-Émile Borduas was one of the most important figures in modern Canadian art. A leader of the group known as the Automatists, he developed a spontaneous style of non-figurative painting. A technique first used by Surrealist painters and poets to express the unconscious in art.
Borduas spent the first period of his career working primarily as a church decorator and teacher in Montreal. In 1948 he published the “Refus Global”, an influential manifesto calling for freedom of expression. His views on Catholicism and nationalism caused uproar in the media which lead to his dismissal from his teaching post at the École du Meuble.
In 1953, Borduas moved to New York which greatly influenced his artistic development. It was here he viewed works by the New York school of Abstract Expressionists, including Jackson Pollock, Franz Kline and Mark Rothko. Borduas began exclusively using a palette knife to paint and became preoccupied with light and space. In 1955, he moved to Paris, where he achieved some measure of international recognition. He continued to paint, write and travel, despite failing health. His name lends itself to the Prix Paul- Émile Borduas awarded each year to a distinguished Quebec visual artist.
£6,000-8,000
“Bulldog”
Signed and numbered IV/X, bronze, 46cm high
Only two examples of this work were cast
Provenance: The Blake Gallery, York
Literature: “Sally Arnup Animal Bronzes”, The Blake Gallery, York, p.16
Sold together with a copy of “Sally Arnup Animal Bronzes”, The Blake Gallery, York and further literature relating to the artist.
Celebrated sculptor Sally Arnup is most renowned for her lifelike animal bronzes. Although being a zoophilist, her particular passion for dogs and all canine breeds was clearly evident. Her insistence on working directly from her subject and her ability to control her medium allowed Sally to explore and depict the animal’s coat and features conveying the humour in the relationship between man and beast, as seen here in “Bulldog”
£4,000-6,000
Signed and numbered 30/99, aluminium and Carrara marble, 36cm high
Sold together with the aluminium plaque, certificate of authenticity and original crate
£2,500-4,000
124
124
Peter
Signed and numbered 90/950, limited edition, 102cm by 33cm
Sold together with the certificate of authenticity £2,000-3,000
125
Signed and numbered 251/295, giclee print, 62.5cm by 45.5cm
Sold together with the Washington Green Fine Art certificate of authenticity and original slipcase
126
Signed and numbered 161/295, giclee print, 82cm by 61cm
Sold together with the Washington Green Fine Art certificate of authenticity
£1,000-1,500
127
Bob
“Motel Pool” (2013)
Signed and numbered 217/295, giclee print, 80cm by 60cm
Sold together with the Washington Green Fine Art certificate of authenticity £1,000-1,500
128
Bob
Signed and numbered 212/295, giclee print from “The Beaten Path”, 49cm by 66cm
Sold together with the Washington Green Fine Art certificate of authenticity £800-1,200
127
129
Bob Dylan (b.1941) American “Abandoned Motel, Eureka” (2017)
Signed and numbered 202/295, giclee print from “The Beaten Path”, 66cm by 42cm
Sold together with the Washington Green Fine Art certificate of authenticity £800-1,200
130
Bob Dylan (b.1941) American “Clam Bar, Surf Avenue” (2017)
Signed and numbered 203/295, giclee print from “The Beaten Path”, 69cm by 91cm
Sold together with the Washington Green Fine Art certificate of authenticity £1,000-1,500
Billy
“Zebra Crossing”
Signed and numbered 41/295, giclee print, 57cm by 77cm
Sold together with the Washington Green Fine Art certificate of authenticity £700-1,000
Signed and numbered 141/195, giclee print, 77cm by 57cm
Sold together with the Washington Green Fine Art certificate of authenticity £700-1,000
135
136
139
139 ✓
Patrick Demarchelier (1943-2022) French Love Magazine Editorial Photographic print on aluminium, 100cm by 75cm £300-500
140 ✓
140
Helmut Newton (1920-2004) German/Australian “Sumo”, Monte Carlo 1999 (Taschen)
Signed on the title page and numbered 01707 from an edition of 10,000, with the original stand, 71.5cm by 50.5cm £1,500-2,500
142 (part) 141 (part)
141 ✓
After Wolfgang Tillmans (b.1968) German “I Didn’t Inhale” (1997)
Lithographic poster for Chisenhale Gallery, London, together with a further unframed poster after the artist “What is Lost is Lost Forever”, 84cm by 59cm and 84cm by 59cm respectively (2)
£100-150
142 ✓
After Gilbert and George (b.1943 & 1942) “Scapegoating Picture” (2014)
Signed, digital print, together with two further signed posters from the same series, 60cm by 90cm and 90cm by 60cm respectively (3) (one unframed)
£200-300
143 ✓
After Sam Taylor-Johnson OBE (b.1967)
“Crying Men”
Signed, lithographic exhibition poster for White Cube Gallery 29th
October - 4 December 2004, 78cm by 54cm
£80-120
144 ✓
Stanley Donwood (b.1968)
“I Might Be Wrong”, Radiohead artwork
Signed and dated 2013, with the artist’s blind stamp, together with another “Will You Come Back to Me”, 37cm by 34cm and 29cm by 29cm respectively (2)
£200-300
145 ✓
Damien Hirst (b.1965)
Butterflies and Hearts
Signed, pen and ink on an Éire Ireland Flora and Fauna 1985 First Day
Cover, 11cm by 21cm (unframed)
£250-400
Damien
“Card Shark”
Signed and inscribed, marker pen on a black Ace of Spades playing card, 8.5cm by 12.5cm (unframed) £300-500
148 ✓
Grayson Perry RA (b.1960)
“100% ART PLATE”
China plate, with artist’s seal printed to base, produced for York Art Gallery, 22cm (dia)
£150-250
Doodle
Signed, on a Beatles Commemorative First Day Cover, together with a signed photograph of the artist and a copy of Peter Blake’s “ABC” by Tate, 11.5cm by 19cm, 25.5cm by 20cm and 18cm by 18cm respectively (3) (unframed)
£150-250
149
Grayson Perry RA (b.1960)
“100% ART PLATE”, (2020)
China plate, with artist’s seal printed to base, produced for the Holburne Museum Bath, 21.5cm (dia) (2)
Sold together with a signed doodle of Alan Measles by the artist created in Sheffield City Hall 10/9/21
£300-500
SATURDAY 17 JUNE 2023
Friday 24 February Antiques & Interiors
Saturday 4 March 20th Century Design
Saturday 4 March Modern & Contemporary Art
Friday 10 March Antiques & Interiors
Wednesday 15 March Stamps, Postal History & Postcards
Saturday 18 March Spring Fine Art Sale
Saturday 18 March British, European & Sporting Art
Saturday 18 March
Fine Jewellery, Watches & Silver
Wednesday 22 March
Militaria & Ethnographica
Friday 24 March
Antiques & Interiors
Wednesday 5 April Toys & Collectables
Thursday 6 April
Antiques & Interiors, to include: Beswick & Border Fine Art
Saturday 15 April
Motor Cars, Motorcycles & Automobilia
Wednesday 19 April
Natural History & Taxidermy
For further information please contact:
Charlotte Conboy 01969 623780
charlotte.conboy@tennants-ltd.co.uk www.tennants.co.uk
George Dunlop Leslie RA (1835-1921) “Cowslips”
Initialled, oil on canvas, 143cm by 107.5cm
Provenance: The Rt. Hon. William George Armstrong
C.B., F.R.S. of Cragside, Rothbury until 1900 and thence to his executors, by whom sold Christie’s, 24 June 1910, lot 72 bought ‘Sampson’
Exhibited: The Royal Academy 1877, no. 101 Literature: Academy Notes, 1877, p.17; Art Journal, 1877, p.197
Estate of Denton Hall in Ilkley, Yorkshire which has been part of the NG Bailey group of companies for over 40 years. NG Bailey is the UK’s leading independent engineering and services business and is owned by the Bailey family.
£10,000-15,000
Guy Cooper 01969 623780
guy.cooper@tennants-ltd.co.uk www.tennants.co.uk
Tennants is the only auctioneers in the UK with the capability to exhibit single items and collections to the public months head of sale. Museum-quality display galleries were built in 2014 to provide ever-changing displays of highlights from the saleroom.
The Company has a long history of handling outstanding private collections and estate sales of all sizes.
Notable private collection sales have included:
An American Collector – from Virginia
The P Lamaison Van Heenvliet Collection of Arms and Armour - from Holland
Modern Life in Print - from the estate of Edith Laurence
The El-Shamy Wine Collection
An Attic Sale: The Final Instalment of the Collections of the late Stanley J Seeger
The Historical Collection of Natural History and Taxidermy from Hodnet Hall
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We are happy to provide Condition Reports to Prospective Buyers, but would welcome your request as soon as possible, preferably at least 48 hours before the Day of Sale. A Condition Report is an honest expression of our opinion, not a statement of fact and is provided as a service to the Seller. We accept no liability for the opinions expressed in any Condition Report.
The principle of caveat emptor applies to the sale of all goods sold at auction by us. Furthermore, we have no control over the condition of any item offered for sale.
Requests for additional images of items in the sale can made up to 48 hours before the Day of Sale.
We offer an online bidding service via our own platform - Tennants Live Bidding at www.tennants.co.uk. Items purchased via this platform will be subject to an additional 1.5% commission charge plus VAT at the prevailing rate. We also offer online bidding via www.the-saleroom.com for prospective buyers who cannot attend the sale. Items bought via this platform will be subject to an additional 4.95% commission charge plus VAT.
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The forename(s) (or asterisks where not known) and surname of the artist indicates, in our opinion, a work by the artist named.
The initials of the forename(s) and the surname of the artist indicates in our opinion a work of the period of the artist which may be wholly or in part his work.
The following terms apply in our determination of a picture description:
(a) “Attributed to” - is in our opinion probably a work by the artist.
(b) “Studio of” - is in our opinion a work from the studio of the artist which may or may not have been executed under his direction.
(c) “Circle of” - is in our opinion a work of the period of the artist executed under his immediate influence.
(d) “Follower of” - is in our opinion a work by a painter working in the artist’s style, contemporary or nearly contemporary, but not necessarily his pupil.
(e) “Manner of” - is in our opinion a work in a style related to that of the artist, but of a later date.
(f) “School accompanied by the name of a place or country and a date” - means that in our opinion the picture was executed at that time and in that location; e.g. Flemish School, 17th centur y.
(g) “After” - an artist is in our opinion a copy of any date after a work by that artist.
(h) “Signed and/or dated and/or inscribed means that in our opinion the signature and/or date and/or inscription” - are from the hand of the artist.
(i) “Bears signature and/or dated and or inscription means that in our opinion the artist’s name and/or date and/or inscription” - have been added by another hand.
Requests for telephone bidding must be registered at least one hour prior to the close of the View Day. We will not accept requests on the Day of Sale. Telephone Lines are booked on a first-come, first-served basis and are subject to a minimum lot value of £500 for Fine Art Sales and £200 for all other sales.
(j) All references to signature, inscriptions and dates refer to the present state of the work.
(k) Dimensions are given height before width and do not include the frame
(l) Pictures are framed unless otherwise stated.
All items in this catalogue that are marked with “✓” are potentially qualifying items, and the royalty charge (set out below) will apply if the Hammer Price is more than the UK sterling equivalent of €1,000. The royalty charge will be added to purchase invoices, and must be paid before items can be cleared. All royalty charges are paid to either the Design and Artists Copyright Society (“DACS”) or the Artists’ Collecting Society (“ACS”) by the auctioneers, and no handling costs or additional fees with respect to these changes will be retained by the auctioneer.
From 14 February 2006 United Kingdom art market professionals (which includes auctioneers) are required to collect a royalty payment for all works of art that have been produced by living artists, and those who have died within the last 70 years. This payment is calculated on qualifying works of art which are sold for a Hammer Price more that the UK sterling equivalent of €1,000 (the UK sterling equivalent will fluctuate in line with prevailing exchange rates). It is the responsibility of the Buyer to acquaint themselves with the actual Euro to UK sterling exchange rate on the Day of Sale. The actual qualifying threshold will be calculated by the “Artist’s Resale Right Service Hub” based on the “European Central Bank” reference rate published at 2.15pm on the Day of Sale and can be found on www.dacs.org.uk
The royalty charge for qualifying items which achieve a Hammer Price of more than the UK sterling equivalent of €1,000 is as follows:
Up to €50,000 – 4%
€50,000.01 to €200,000 – 3%
€200,000.01 to €350,000 – 1%
€350,000.01 to €500,000 – 0.5%
Exceeding €500,000 – 0.25%
For further information please visit www.dacs.org.uk or www.artistscollectingsociety.org. There is no VAT payable on this royalty charge.
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Payment can be made and purchases collected during the auction. All accounts must be settled within 14 days of the sale. Accounts not paid within 14 days will automatically be subject to an interest charge of 5% above base rate from the day of sale.
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