MODERN
& CONTEMPORARY ART SATURDAY 1 MARCH 2025
ALSO SELLING TODAY:
20TH CENTURY DESIGN
SATURDAY 1 MARCH 2025 9.30AM
MODERN & CONTEMPORARY ART
SATURDAY 1 MARCH 2025 AT 9.30AM
AUCTION
The Auction Centre, Leyburn North Yorkshire DL8 5SG
VIEWING
Thursday 27 February 10.00am to 4.00pm Friday 28 February 10.00am to 4.00pm Morning of Sale from 8.00am
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FRONT COVER Lot 84
BACK COVER Lot 30
MODERN & CONTEMPORARY ART DEPARTMENT
In line with rising interest with this area of visual culture, Tennants offer a wide range of examples by artists and movements from the 20th century through to the present day.
Yorkshire Pictures and Northern Art
Tennants is the leading auction house in the North of England representing and promoting high calibre and varied examples from this genre of artists. The importance of our local consigners and collectors, as well as those works sourced and sold from further afield, is testament to the notable reputation held by the Department.
The Picture Department is proud to have successfully represented many important living artists and artists’ estates from the North, including Norman Cornish, Peter Brook, John Ridgewell, Marie Walker Last, Karl Torok and Sally Arnup, to name but a few, and we continue to build new and lasting relationships with numerous living artists and estates.
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Each year Tennants holds over 80 auctions and handles in excess of 40,000 lots covering all major discipliners, making it one of the UK’s busiest salerooms.
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1 ✓
After Laurence Stephen Lowry RBA, RA (1887-1976)
“The Beach”
Signed in pencil, with the blindstamp for the Fine Art Trade Guild, a colour reproduction, 28.5cm by 53cm
Provenance: De Montfort Fine Art Ltd., West Midlands
£1,500-2,000
2 ✓
After Laurence Stephen Lowry RBA, RA (1887-1976)
“Landscape with Farm Buildings”
Signed, with the blindstamp for the Fine Art Trade Guild, a colour reproduction, 43.5cm by 52cm
£800-1,200
3 ✓
After Laurence Stephen Lowry RBA, RA (1887-1976)
“The Fever Van”
Signed, a colour reproduction, 43cm by 52cm
Provenance: De Montfort Fine Art Ltd., West Midlands
£2,000-3,000
4 ✓
After Laurence Stephen Lowry RBA, RA (1887-1976)
“Our Town”
Signed and numbered 158/850, a colour reproduction, 46cm by 63cm
£2,000-3,000
5 ✓
After Laurence Stephen Lowry RBA, RA (1887-1976)
“View of a Town”
Signed, with the blindstamp for the Fine Art Trade Guild, a colour reproduction, 46cm by 55cm
Provenance: De Montfort Fine Art Ltd., West Midlands
£1,000-1,500
6 ✓
After Laurence Stephen Lowry RBA, RA (1887-1976)
“Mill Scene”
Signed, a colour reproduction, 32.5cm by 41cm
Provenance: De Montfort Fine Art Ltd., West Midlands
£300-500
7 ✓
After Laurence Stephen Lowry RBA, RA (1887-1976)
“Great Ancoats Street”
Signed and numbered 150/850, with the Henry Donn blindstamp, a black and white reproduction, 29.5cm by 39cm
Provenance: De Montfort Fine Art Ltd., West Midlands
£800-1,200
8 ✓
After Laurence Stephen Lowry RBA, RA (1887-1976)
“The Reference Library”
Signed, with the blindstamp for the Fine Art Trade Guild, a black and white reproduction, 27.5cm by 37cm
Provenance: De Montfort Fine Art Ltd., West Midlands £800-1,200
9 ✓
After Laurence Stephen Lowry RBA, RA (1887-1976) ‘’Street Scene’’
Signed, with the blindstamp for the Fine Art Trade Guild, a colour reproduction, 28.5cm by 22cm
Provenance: De Montfort Fine Art Ltd., West Midlands £1,000-1,500
10 ✓
After Laurence Stephen Lowry RBA, RA (1887-1976)
“Industrial Scene”
Signed in pencil, with the blindstamp for the Fine Art Trade Guild, a colour reproduction, 37.5cm by 26.5cm
£1,200-1,800
11 ✓
After Laurence Stephen Lowry RBA, RA (1887-1976)
“Two Brothers”
Signed, with the blindstamp for the Fine Art Trade Guild, a colour reproduction, 64cm by 32.5cm
Provenance: De Montfort Fine Art Ltd., West Midlands
£2,000-3,000
12 ✓
After Laurence Stephen Lowry RBA, RA (1887-1976)
“The Meeting Point”
Signed, with the blindstamp for the Fine Art Trade Guild, a colour reproduction, 49cm by 71.5cm
Provenance: De Montfort Fine Art Ltd., West Midlands
£1,200-1,800
13 ✓
After Laurence Stephen Lowry RBA, RA (1887-1976) “Peel Park”
Signed, with the blindstamp for the Fine Art Trade Guild, a colour reproduction, 41cm by 78cm
Provenance: De Montfort Fine Art Ltd., West Midlands
£2,000-3,000
14 ✓
Laurence Stephen Lowry RBA, RA (1887-1976) “Spittal, Berwick”
Signed, inscribed and dated 1960, pencil, 19.5cm by 24cm
Provenance: Headrow Gallery, Leeds
Despite his fame for depicting industrial landscapes, Lowry was very drawn to the North East coast. From the 1930’s until the end of his life, Berwick-upon-Tweed became a favourite haunt for the artist. He delighted in the town's charm and drew inspiration from its dramatic seascapes. At least 20 paintings and drawings of the town and coastline by Lowry are in existence, including “Spittal Sands”, Berwick, 1960.
£7,000-10,000
15 ✓
Laurence Stephen Lowry RBA, RA (1887-1976) “Lancashire Street”
Signed and dated 1960, pencil, 12.5cm by 17.5cm
Provenance: Headrow Gallery, Leeds
£6,000-8,000 15
Harold Riley: An Introduction from the Vendor of lots 16-21
“In 1971 I graduated from Boston University School of Fine Arts and it was around the same time, my parents travels brought them to Jerusalem were they met Harold Riley and Hannelore, his first wife. The two couples became life-long friends very quickly.
My mother spoke about me to Harold and he made the suggestion that I come to England to live for a year with his family and study painting.
I lived for the first few months in the main house with the Rileys, including the famous boxer dog Bonzo, and quickly became a part of the family. When renovations were finished on the house that would become his studio in Salford, I moved there.
I travelled with the Riley family often and had the pleasure of meeting a great array of people that Harold knew, ranging from very wellknown celebrities to the local ice cream vendors with whom Harold enjoyed sharing soccer news. Always entertaining and varied, living with the Riley family was a very happy time in my life - the dream of a lifetime!”
16 ✓
Harold Riley DL, DLitt, FRCS, DFA, ATC (1934-2023)
“Kate in Trafalgar Square”
Signed and dated (19)70, inscribed and dedicated “for Stephen”, pen and ink, 50cm by 30cm (unframed)
Kate born in 1969 is the artist’s first daughter. Stephen was the vendor’s late father.
This lot has been imported from outside the United Kingdom under the Temporary Admission Scheme. VAT will be charged at 20% on the hammer price and 20% on the buyer’s premium.
£150-250
17 ✓
Harold Riley DL, DLitt, FRCS, DFA, ATC (1934-2023)
“Bonzo” The beloved Riley family Boxer
Inscribed and dedicated “For Stephen”, pen and ink, 50cm by 30cm (unframed)
Stephen was the vendor’s late father.
This lot has been imported from outside the United Kingdom under the Temporary Admission Scheme. VAT will be charged at 20% on the hammer price and 20% on the buyer’s premium.
£150-250
18 ✓
Harold Riley DL, DLitt, FRCS, DFA, ATC (1934-2023)
“St Bartholomew” Mixed media, 23cm by 13cm (unframed)
Sold together with a letter from the artist dated 31st July 1968 authenticating the piece.
This lot has been imported from outside the United Kingdom under the Temporary Admission Scheme. VAT will be charged at 20% on the hammer price and 20% on the buyer’s premium.
£100-150
19 ✓
Harold Riley DL, DLitt, FRCS, DFA, ATC (1934-2023)
“Istanbul” (1971)
Inscribed and dedicated “To our dearest Steve and Jocelyn with our love always Harry and Hannelore Istanbul October 1971”, a sketchbook containing thirty mixed media studies of views of Istanbul and its inhabitants, 31cm by 50cm
When the vendor’s family were living in Istanbul, the Riley family came to stay with them in October of 1971. At the end of their trip Harold gifted them with this sketchbook.
This lot has been imported from outside the United Kingdom under the Temporary Admission Scheme. VAT will be charged at 20% on the hammer price and 20% on the buyer’s premium.
£5,000-7,000
20 ✓
Harold Riley DL, DLitt, FRCS, DFA, ATC (1934-2023)
“Florida” (1974)
A sketchbook containing thirteen mixed media studies, 14cm by 24cm
After the death of his wife Hannelore in 1973, Riley and his daughter Kate went out to Florida to stay with the vendor’s parents to find comfort and support. At the end of his stay, he gifted them with this sketchbook as a thank you present.
Sold together with a letter from Harold Riley to Steve and Jocelyn (the vendor’s parents).
This lot has been imported from outside the United Kingdom under the Temporary Admission Scheme. VAT will be charged at 20% on the hammer price and 20% on the buyer’s premium.
£2,000-3,000
21 ✓
Harold Riley DL, DLitt, FRCS, DFA, ATC (1934-2023)
Landscape with figures
Pastel, 23cm by 27.5cm (unframed)
This lot has been imported from outside the United Kingdom under the Temporary Admission Scheme. VAT will be charged at 20% on the hammer price and 20% on the buyer’s premium.
£150-250
22 ✓
Helen Layfield Bradley (1900-1979)
“Across Windermere”
Signed, inscribed extensively to label verso “On a warm Spring day Grandpa took Mother George and I also the Dogs...”, bears fly insignia, watercolour, 36cm by 54cm
Provenance: Headrow Gallery, Leeds
£8,000-12,000
Norman Stansfield Cornish MBE (1919-2014)
Born in 1919 in Oxford Street, Spennymoor Norman Cornish began working in the mines in 1933 and not long after he was accepted as a member of the Spennymoor Settlement, at just age 15. It was here that he met the author Sid Chaplin and later fellow mining artist Tom McGuinness. The resident warden of the Settlement Bill Farrell encouraged Cornish to “paint the life he knew”.
Cornish’s paintings offer an insight into everyday life in Spennymoor and the mines, capturing scenes of places and an industry that no longer remain. The characters he painted are real people he knew and who belonged to the mining heritage. There was a time when Sid Chaplin expressed concerns over Norman's unvarying subject matter stating, “I’ve often been irritated by his seeming lack of enterprise, his lack of interest in anything but Spennymoor”. However, this unerring dedication to his subject reveals and provides an intimate rendition of the industrial and social history of the North East.
23 ✓
Norman Stansfield Cornish MBE (1919-2014)
The Channel leading out to the North Sea, Hartlepool Signed, mixed media, 21.5cm by 27cm
£2,000-3,000
24 ✓
Norman Stansfield Cornish MBE (1919-2014)
“Ann watching the TV” Signed and inscribed, flomaster pen, 39cm by 24.5cm £800-1,200
25 ✓
Norman Stansfield Cornish MBE (1919-2014)
“Sketch for Painting”
Signed and annotated, mixed media, 21cm by 26cm
Provenance: The Stone Gallery, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne
£500-700
26 ✓
Norman Stansfield Cornish (1919-2014)
A man seated at a table with pints of beer
Signed, pastel, 28.5cm by 39.5cm
£4,000-6,000
27 ✓
Norman Stansfield Cornish MBE (1919-2014)
“Waiting for a Bus”
Signed, oil on board, 82cm by 36.5cm
Provenance: From the artist’s estate
Exhibited: Northumbria University Art Gallery, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Sold together with a signed copy of “A Test of Time” by Mike and Ann Thornton
£6,000-8,000
28 ✓
Norman Stansfield Cornish MBE (1919-2014)
“The Accordionist”
Signed, pastel, 63cm by 48cm
Provenance: The artist’s estate
Exhibited: Northumbria University Gallery, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Literature: “Norman Cornish A Shot Against Time”, Northumbria University Gallery and Kings Place Gallery, London, p. 90. Sold together with a copy of the book signed by the artist’s children
£5,000-7,000
29 ✓
Norman Stansfield Cornish MBE (1919-2014)
“Back Tenter Street, Bishop Auckland”
Signed, mixed media, 49.5cm by 74.5cm
Provenance: The artist’s estate
Exhibited: Northumbria University Gallery, Newcastleupon-Tyne
Literature: “Norman Cornish A Shot Against Time”, Northumbria University Gallery and Kings Place Gallery, London, p. 36 Sold together with a copy of the book signed by the artist’s children
£4,000-6,000
30 ✓
Joan Kathleen Eardley RSA (1921-1963)
“Tall Red House”
Pastel, 14cm by 13cm
Provenance: Roland, Browe and Delbanco, London
£4,000-6,000
31 ✓
Geoffrey Roper (b.1942)
“Clocking On”
Signed, oil on panel, 70cm by 44cm
Provenance: The Fine Art Society Ltd, Edinburgh
£300-500
32 ✓
Geoffrey Roper (b.1942)
“Clocking Off”
Signed, oil on panel, 70cm by 44cm
Provenance: The Fine Art Society Ltd, Edinburgh
£300-500
33 ✓
Geoffrey Roper (b.1942)
“Darkened Figures”
Signed, oil on canvas, 50.5cm by 40cm
Provenance: The Fine Art Society Ltd, London
£200-300
34 ✓
Tom McGuinness (1926-2006)
“Steps to no.2 Shaft”
Signed, inscribed and dated (19)80, artist’s proof, etching, together with a further etching by the same hand “Pit Head”, 38cm by 19cm and 14cm by 19cm respectively (one unframed) (2)
£150-250
35 ✓
Tom McGuinness (1926-2006)
Miners trudging towards the colliery
Signed and dated (19)81, mixed media, 6.5cm by 16.5cm
£200-300
36 ✓
Arthur Delaney (1927-1987)
“Charlottown”
Signed and inscribed “Owned by Lady Zia Wernher, Trained by G Smyth”, oil on board, together with a companion “I Say” “Owned by Louis Freedman, Trained by W Knightingale”, 29cm by 21.5cm respectively (2)
Charlottown’s racing career lasted from 1965 until 1967. He ran ten times winning on seven occasions and is most celebrated for winning the 1966 Derby.
His owner, Lady Anastasia Mikhailovna Wernher CBE, known as Lady Zia Wernher, was a German-born Russian-British aristocrat and successful owner and breeder of thoroughbred racehorses. She was awarded CBE for her service to St John Ambulance during WWII. She was a lifelong friend of the Royal Family and she and her husband were regarded as honorary aunt and uncle to the late Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.
A self-made, extremely successful businessman, Louis Freedman initially took up horse racing as a relaxing pass time. However, his acute business acumen and driven nature meant that he soon became one of the leading racehorse owners and breeders in the country. His first taste of horse racing success was when his colt “I Say” came third in the 1965 Derby. The horse then went on to win the 1966 Coronation Cup.
£1,500-2,500
37 ✓
Vivien John (1915-1994)
“The Garden at Fryern, Winter”
Signed and dated 1939, pencil and watercolour, 58cm by 46.5cm
Exhibited: “Nicholette Devas with Three Friends from the Slade”, Sally Hunter Fine Art Ltd., London, July-August 1987, no.85
£150-250
39 ✓
John Stanton Ward CBE, RA (1917-2007)
“Jane in the Gardens”
Signed in pencil twice, oil on board, 31cm by 23cm
Provenance: “John Ward Exhibition 1985”, Maas Gallery, London, no.11
£250-400
38 ✓
Anthony Eyton OBE, RA, RWA, RWS (b.1923)
“Church Enstone, Cotswolds”
Signed, inscribed verso, oil on board, 29cm by 34.5cm
£250-400
40 ✓
Ceri Richards CBE (1903-1971) Welsh
Portrait of a man seated (1940)
Signed and inscribed “with our wishes from Frances Richards 1942”, with a further study of a church verso inscribed Evelyn Rowland, pen and ink, 38cm by 29cm
£150-250
Paul Maze (1887-1979)
Paul Maze, 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 was born in Le Havre, Normandy, the son of a successful tea merchant and art collector. From an early age he was surrounded by art, and was fortunate to count Monet, Renoir, Pissarro, and Dufy as family friends. Indeed, it was Pissarro who would teach him the rudiments of art before he was sent to school in Southampton at the age of 12 to perfect his English. Here he fell in love with all things English.
At the outbreak of the First World War, Maze was turned away from the French Army having been deemed unfit for service. However, seeing soldiers from the Royal Scots Guards disembarking at Le Havre, he offered his services as an interpreter. Despite not having and official position, which led to his near execution at the hands of a British firing squad after he was wrongly accused of being a spy, he went onto become a highly decorated soldier who sketched his experiences when opportunity allowed. It was during his time in the trenches that he met Winston Churchill, the pair bonding over their mutual love of painting. Maze would become Churchill’s artistic mentor, and in return Churchill introduced him into British aristocratic circles and was instrumental in obtaining commissions for Maze at military events and his appointment as official artist for the funeral of King George VI and the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II.
Maze would spend 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.
41 ✓
Paul Maze (1887-1979) French Tree study
Signed, pen and ink, 34.5cm by 50cm
Provenance: The artist’s family
£80-120
43 ✓
Paul Maze (1887-1979) French
Jessie and her Spaniel Nora seated in a garden with a friend
Signed, pastel, 35.5cm by 54cm
Provenance: The artist’s family
Exhibited: The Midhurst Gallery, Sussex
£300-500
42 ✓
Paul Maze (1887-1979) French Garden Scene with hills beyond Signed, watercolour, 55cm by 73.5cm
Provenance: The artist’s family
£300-500
44 ✓
Paul Maze (1887-1979) French “Still life of Pink Roses in a White Vase”
Signed, pastel, 36.5cm by 44cm
Provenance: The artist’s family
Exhibited: Aquavella Galleries, New York
£300-500
45 ✓
Paul Maze (1887-1979) French “Vase of Marigolds”
Signed, pastel, 55cm by 74cm
Provenance: The artist’s family
Exhibited: Aquavella Galleries, New York
£400-600
46 ✓
Paul Maze (1887-1979) French “Interior With Two Dogs” Signed, pastel, 53cm by 73cm
Provenance: The artist’s family
Exhibited: Aquavella Galleries, New York
£600-800
47 ✓
Paul Maze (1887-1979) French Interior with Pansies in a blue and white bowl
Oil on canvas, 58.5cm b 71.5cm
Provenance: The artist’s family
£200-300
48 ✓
Paul Maze (1887-1979) French Interior with a jug of summer flowers
Signed, oil on board, 92cm by 73cm
Provenance: The artist’s family
£1,000-1,500
49 ✓
Paul Maze (1887-1979) French Bridge over a river
Signed, oil on canvas, 39cm by 49cm
£400-600
50 ✓
Charles Clément Francis Perron (1893-1958) French “Intérieur en Bretagne”
Signed, oil on board, 31cm by 39cm
Provenance: E Stacey Marks Ltd., Helmsley
£400-600
51 ✓
Antoine Blanchard (1921-1988) French “Boulevard Madeleine”
Signed, oil on canvas, 32cm by 44cm
Provenance: John Noott Fine Paintings, Broadway £1,200-1,800
52 ✓
Keith Grant (b.1930)
“Marinescape”
Signed, inscribed verso, oil on board, 72cm by 114cm
£500-800
53 ✓
Reginald James Lloyd (1926-2020)
“Two Figures, Avebury”
Signed and dated (19)68, oil on board, 49.5cm by 75cm
Exhibited: Hereford City Museum and Art Gallery, “RJ Lloyd
Retrospective Exhibition”, no. 126
£250-400
55 ✓
Reginald James Lloyd (1926-2020)
“Budleigh Salterton”
Signed and dated (19)73, oil on board, 23cm by 37cm
Exhibited: Hereford City Museum and Art Gallery, “RJ Lloyd
Retrospective Exhibition”, no. 121
£120-180
54 ✓
Reginald James Lloyd (1926-2020)
“Hillfort with Ploughlands”
Signed and dated (19)72, oil on board, 16cm by 29cm
Exhibited: Hereford City Museum and Art Gallery, “RJ Lloyd
Retrospective Exhibition”, no. 62
£100-150
56 ✓
Reginald James Lloyd (1926-2020)
“Boscastle Evening”
Signed and dated 1982, inscribed verso, oil on board, 90cm by 120cm
£250-400
57 ✓
John Cunningham RGI D.LITT (1926-1998) Scottish “Rocky Shore Colonsay” (1966) Signed, oil on canvas, 29cm by 39cm
£1,000-1,500
58 ✓
John Lowrie Morrison “Jolomo” OBE (b.1948) Scottish “Pink Rocks Iona” Signed and dated 2002, inscribed verso, oil on canvas, 90cm by 90cm
Provenance: Walker Galleries Ltd., Harrogate
£3,000-5,000
59 ✓
Pam Carter (b.1952) Scottish “Muck Beach”
Signed, oil on canvas, 74cm by 73cm
Provenance: Walker Galleries Ltd., Harrogate
£1,000-1,500
59
60 ✓
Pam Carter (b.1952) Scottish “Eigg, Rock and Rum”
Signed, inscribed verso, oil on canvas, 73cm by 74cm
Provenance: Walker Galleries Ltd., Harrogate
£1,000-1,500
Norman Ackroyd CBE, RA (1938-2024)
Norman Ackroyd was one of the UK’s most respected printmakers, and the greatest etcher of his generation. A consummate technical master, he captured light, wind and water on paper with an extraordinary subtlety of tone.
Born in Leeds, his love of the elemental landscape was entrenched through a childhood exploring the Yorkshire Dales, cycling and fishing and trying to sketch light sparkling on water. An early talent for art was spotted at school, and he was awarded a scholarship to Leeds College of Art. In his early twenties, Ackroyd was accepted into the Royal College of Art, where he was instructed in etching by Julian Trevelyan, and where he made lifelong friends with Zandra Rhodes and David Hockney.
After a spell teaching, Ackroyd embarked on his career as a landscape artist, becoming elected as an associate of the Royal Academy in 1988, and a Royal Academician in 1991. Amongst numerous honours, he was made a Senior Fellow of the Royal College of Art in 2000 and was awarded the CBE in 2007.
Whilst he worked in a range of media, Ackroyd was most prolific in intaglio etching, working from his studio and home in a converted warehouse in Bermondsey, London. Drawn to wild and windswept outlying coastal margins, he loved to visit the rugged coast and islands of Ireland, the Outer Hebrides and the west coast of Scotland. Sketching on the spot, often from a small boat bobbing around on the swell, he captured the cliffs, foaming seas and wheeling gulls. Such experiences helped him imbue his work with extraordinary atmosphere - a sense of the sublime and the power and timelessness of these marginal places. Rarely does man appear in his work.
Ackroyd was fascinated by, and a master of the technical process of printmaking, and never lost his enthusiasm for the subject. Renowned for his generosity of spirit and knowledge, one of his last endeavours was to set up a foundation that will allow young artists to complete their education. His works are held in private and public collections around the world, in the likes of the Tate, Moma in New York, the Rijksmuseum and the Royal Collection.
61 ✓
Norman Ackroyd CBE, RA (1938-2024)
“Puffin Island”
Signed and dated (20)18, inscribed and numbered 56/90, etching, 22cm by 28cm (unframed)
£250-400
62 ✓
Norman Ackroyd CBE, RA (1938-2024) “Benbulben”
Signed and dated (20)18, inscribed and numbered 60/90, etching, 22cm by 28cm (unframed)
£250-400
63 ✓
Norman Ackroyd CBE, RA (1938-2024)
“The Anvil - Noss”
Signed and dated (20)18, inscribed and numbered 55/90, etching, 22.5cm by 28cm (unframed)
£250-400
64 ✓
Norman Ackroyd CBE, RA (1938-2024)
“Anvil Rock Shetland”
Signed and dated (20)19, inscribed and numbered 29/90, etching, 26cm by 34cm (unframed)
£300-500
65 ✓
Norman Ackroyd CBE, RA (1938-2024)
“The Sound of Jura”
Signed, inscribed and dated (20)19, numbered 11/90, etching, 20cm by 29cm (unframed)
£250-400
66 ✓
Norman Ackroyd CBE, RA (1938-2024) “Blakeney Church”
Signed and dated (20)04, inscribed, artist’s proof, etching, 26cm by 37.5cm (unframed)
£300-500
67 ✓
Norman Ackroyd CBE, RA (1938-2024) “Thornham Evening”
Signed and dated (20)04, inscribed and numbered 63/90, etching, 25.5cm by 38.5cm (unframed)
£300-500
68 ✓
Norman Ackroyd CBE, RA (1938-2024) “Holkham”
Signed and dated (20)05, inscribed verso and numbered 25/90, etching, 26.5cm by 36.5cm (unframed)
£250-400
69 ✓
Norman Ackroyd CBE, RA (1938-2024)
“Brancaster Morning”
Signed and dated (20)12, inscribed and numbered 44/90, etching, 26cm by 35.5cm (unframed)
£250-400
70
70 ✓
Norman Ackroyd CBE, RA (1938-2024)
“Hambleton Hills”
Signed and dated (20)18, inscribed and numbered 54/90, etching, 22cm by 28cm (unframed)
£200-300
71 ✓
Norman Ackroyd CBE, RA (1938-2024)
“From Sutton Bank - Vale of York”
Signed and dated 8/2/09, inscribed and numbered 68/90, etching, 49cm by 77cm
£700-1,000
73
Brian Alderman (b.1954)
72 ✓
Janet Rawlins (b.1931)
Bolton Castle Signed, collage, 42cm by 45.5cm
£150-250
“Into Wensleydale, High above Hawes” Signed, inscribed verso and dated February 2018, oil on gesso board, 44cm by 54.5cm
Provenance: Burtersett Gallery, Wensleydale
£250-400
74 ✓
Rowland Fisher RA, RMSA, ROI (1885-1969) Boats in the harbour Signed, oil on board, 31cm by 37cm
£200-300
75 ✓
Pierre de Clausade (1910-1976) French
“Highlights on the trees, Loire Estuary” Signed, oil on canvas, 48.5cm by 59.5cm
Provenance: E Stacey Marks Ltd., Helmsley £600-800
76 ✓
Edward Seago RBA, ARWS, RWS (1910-1974)
“The Lieutenance Honfleur” Signed, inscribed verso, oil on board, 50cm by 75cm
Provenance: Colnaghi, London
E Stacey Marks Ltd., Helmsley
Seago regularly sailed to France on his yacht Capricorn, traveling down the Seine towards Paris.
The Normandy town of Honfleur was one of his favourite stops along the route. He loved the town’s topography and often painted it from various viewpoints. Here we see his signature warm, soft palette cleverly depicting the reflections on the harbour waters.
£12,000-18,000
77 ✓
Diana Maxwell Armfield RA, RWA, MSIA (b.1920)
“The Lagoon, Venice”
Initialled, oil on board, 16cm by 20cm
£600-800
78 ✓
Bernard Dunstan RA, PPRWA (1920-2017)
“The Salute, Late Afternoon”
Initialled, inscribed verso, oil on board, 20cm by 22cm
Exhibited: Thomas Agnew and Sons Ltd., London, “Bernard Dunstan RA, Recent Paintings”, 7th - 30th June 1989, no.33.
Sold together with the exhibition list
£700-1,000
79 ✓
Bernard Dunstan RA, PPRWA (1920-2017)
“The Shower, Perth”
Initialled, inscribed verso and dated 3.7.85, oil on board, 109cm by 69cm
Exhibited: Thomas Agnew and Sons, London
£2,000-3,000
80 ✓
Sir Robin James Philipson RA, PPRSA, FRSE, RSW (1916-1992)
“Waiting”
Signed and dated (19)70, watercolour, 17.5cm by 17.5cm
£400-600
81 ✓
Sir Jacob Epstein KBE (1880-1959)
“Head of Infant”
Bronze on a wooden base, stamped with the foundry mark
Cire Perdue A.A. Hebrard, 13cm high (excluding base)
Exhibited: Venice Bienalle, 1938, no. 178
£1,500-2,500 81
82 ✓
Adrian Sorrell (1923-2001)
Head of a boy
Signed and numbered 1/7, bronze, 26cm high (excluding base)
£250-400
83 ✓
William Henry Barribal (1873-1952)
Portrait of an elegant lady wearing a yellow cloche hat and holding a glass of champagne
Signed, mixed media, 43cm by 36.5cm
Provenance: Savage Fine Art, Northampton
£200-300
84 ✓
Kathleen Muriel Scale (Muriel Harding-Newman) (1913-2006)
Nymph and Deer in a wooded glade beside a pool
Signed and dated 1944, oil on board, 90cm by 71.5cm
£800-1,200
85 ✓
Mary Winifred Yule Hayes (1891-1980)
Portrait of Mrs Mervyn Evans
Signed and dated (19)53, oil on canvas, 75cm by 62.5cm
£400-600
85
86 ✓
Harry Kernoff RHA (1900-1974) Irish
“Stephen and Simon Weil” aged 6 and 7 years old, December 1960
Signed, inscribed verso and dated (19)60, oil on board, 40cm by 54cm
£400-600
87 ✓
Michael Wishart (1928-1996)
“The Tap Dancer”
Signed, inscribed verso and dated 1966, oil on canvas, 40cm by 21cm
Provenance: The Leicester Galleries, London
£600-800
88 ✓
Michael Duhan (b.1956) Irish
“Troilism III”
Signed and dated (19)96, inscribed and numbered 1/9, bronze, 44cm high (including base)
£1,500-2,000
89 ✓
Michael Duhan (b.1956) Irish
“Triad”
Signed, inscribed and numbered 1/9, bronze, 58cm high (including base)
£1,500-2,000
90 ✓
Andre Durand (b.1947) Canadian “Androles and the Lion”
Signed and dated 1980, oil on canvas, 73cm by 108cm
Canadian born Durand draws influence from the Old Masters such Titian, Michelangelo, Velázquez and Rubens. Spending the majority of his time between London and Italy, Durand is most celebrated for his classical and allegorical portraits, including a series of works depicting Princess Diana. However, he has painted many official portraits including those of Pope John Paul II, the 14th Dalai Lama and the Irish novelist Elizabeth Bowen, which is housed in the National Portrait Gallery in London.
£500-700
91 ✓
Tom Dearden (1942-2020)
“Homage to Claude Harrison”
Dated 20.5.04, oil on canvas, 74.5cm by 62cm
Provenance: From the artist’s estate
Exhibited: Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, London, 2005
Born in Ulverston, Dearden’s drawing skills were recognised from a young age. His Tutors encouraged him to attend Lancaster and Morecombe College of Art. Following this he attended the Slade School of Art in London and became a full time artist in 1970. He exhibited at the Royal Academy in London and held a solo exhibition at Abbot Hall, Kendal in 1975. The same year he received a gold medal at the Paris Salon, the second ever British artist to receive such an accolade.
He continued to paint, experimenting in a variety of styles and exhibiting up until his death in 2020.
This example depicts the Lancashire artist Claude Harrison, most known for his depictions of harlequins and masked figures in a landscape. Harrison was married to the still life artist Audrey Johnson, see lot 104.
£300-500
Geoffrey Key (b.1941)
Born in Manchester, Geoffrey Key attended the Manchester Regional College of Art where he undertook his artistic education, most notably gaining a postgraduate scholarship in sculpture. Key was tutored by, amongst others, Harry Rutherford, a key painter in L.S Lowry’s ‘Northern School’. As an artist, Key has a long and established record of solo exhibitions in the UK and further afield. He has gained academic awards, namely the Heywood Medal in Fine Art and the Guthrie Bond Travelling Scholarship and his extensive portfolio of work is structured around thematic lines of enquiry, with intellect, curiosity, originality and examination at the heart of his oeuvre. The artist once stated, “I love life… I love the joys of being alive. I try to paint happy pictures.”
Provenance: Purchased from the artist
£7,000-10,000
92 ✓ Geoffrey Key (b.1941) “Park Dance”
Signed and dated (19)78, oil on board, 121cm by 90cm
93 ✓
Geoffrey Key (b.1941) House on a hill
Signed and dated (19)86, oil on board, 98.5cm by 72cm
Provenance: Purchased from the artist
£4,000-6,000
94 ✓
Geoffrey Key (b.1941)
Signed and dated (19)86, oil on canvas, 45cm by 40cm
£2,500-4,000
“Landscape”
95 ✓
Geoffrey Key (b.1941)
“Macau Study II”
Signed and dated 20(00), inscribed verso, oil on canvas, 75cm by 100cm
£5,000-7,000
96 ✓
Simeon Stafford (b.1956)
Street scene
Signed and dated 07.11.21, oil on board, 45cm by 60cm
£400-600
97 ✓
Jonathan Armigel Wade (b.1960)
“Hare”
Signed, inscribed verso, oil on board, 30.5cm by 49.5cm
£300-500
98
Jonathan Armigel Wade (b.1960)
“The Hope of the Side”
Signed, inscribed verso and numbered 2416 with the artist’s numbering system, oil on board, 36cm by 50.5cm
£1,000-1,500
“Race Day
Signed, oil on board, 55cm by 65cm
£2,500-4,000
99 ✓
Sherree Valentine Daines (b.1956)
Shade”
100 ✓
Duncan Grant (1885-1978)
Still life of apples
Signed and dated (19)41, oil on canvas, 44cm by 38.5cm
Provenance: A gift from the artist. The vendor married William, the younger son of David Garnett in 1969. They were both musicians and met playing in a production of Peter and the Wolf. They married in Cambridge. Their wedding party took place at David’s home at Hilton Hall, Huntingdon, Cambs. Linda recounts a vivid memory of Duncan arriving with Angelica Bell with gifts; a Moroccan rug and a still life by Duncan. Subsequently David Garnett settled in the Dordogne and William and Linda in the Yorkshire Dales.
£4,000-6,000
101 ✓
George Campbell (1917-1979) Irish “Berries and Candles” (1958)
Signed, oil on board, 39cm by 53cm
Provenance: The Picadilly Gallery, London
£1,500-2,000
102 ✓
Robbie Wraith RP (b.1952)
Still life of cherries in a bowl
Signed, oil on board, 14.5cm by 20cm (unframed)
£250-400
103 ✓
Tobias Harrison (b.1950)
“Asparagus”
Signed, oil on board, 13.5cm by 22cm
Provenance: The Contemporary Fine Art Gallery, Eton
£250-400
104 ✓
Audrey Johnson (1918-2010)
“White Flowers in Chinese Pot”
Signed and dated 1988, oil on board, 28cm by 23cm
£200-300
106 ✓
Dame Elizabeth Violet Blackadder DBE, RA, RSA (1931-2021) Scottish “Wild Flowers” (2013)
Signed and numbered 45/65, screenprint, 73cm by 89cm
Provenance: Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, London
£600-800
105 ✓
Leonard William Joseph McComb RA (1930-2018) “Iris”
Signed and dated 1/4/2017, acrylic on paper, 53cm by 38cm
Provenance: Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, 2017
£250-400
107 ✓
Brian Willsher (1930-2010)
“Echo” (1972)
Signed and dated to base, teak, 69.5cm
Provenance: Rowntree Clark, Norfolk
£700-1,000
108
108 ✓
Edward Rogers (1911-1994)
Abstract form
Signed and dated 1960, oil on board, 22.5cm by 15cm
£150-250
109 ✓
William Black (Contemporary) “Leaving Harbour”
Initialled and dated (19)67, inscribed, mixed media, 29cm by 39cm
£150-250
110 ✓
Adrian Heath (1920-1992)
Abstract
Initialled and dated (19)62, mixed media, 20cm by 22cm
£150-250
111 ✓
Adrian Heath (1920-1992)
Abstract
Initialled and dated (19)62, mixed media, 20cm by 21.5cm
£150-250
112 ✓
Adrian Heath (1920-1992)
Abstract in blue and yellow
Initialled and dated (19)65, mixed media, 20cm by 21cm
£200-300
114 ✓
113 ✓
Alan Davie (1920-2014) Scottish “Ghost of a Chance” (2010)
Signed, dated and inscribed verso, oil on board, 30cm by 24.5cm
Provenance: Gimpel Fils, London, GF13842
£400-600
Alan Davie (1920-2014) Scottish “Blue Sun” (2010)
Signed, inscribed and dated verso, oil on board, 35cm by 40cm
Provenance: Gimpel Fils, London, GF13804
£500-700
116 ✓
After Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) Spanish “Le Concert” from “Femmes et Faunes” (1947)
Collotype and pochoir printed by Daniel Jacomet of Paris, signed by Daniel Jacomet and numbered 130/200, 44cm by 54cm
Provenance: Goldmark Gallery, Rutland
£150-250
115 ✓
Sir Francis Cyril Rose (1909-1979) ‘’Madame Recamier’’
Signed and dated 1948, inscribed and dated, mixed media on paper, 52cm by 76cm (unframed)
£250-400
117 ✓
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) Spanish
“La
Couple” from La Series 347 (1968)
Signed and numbered 11/50, etching, 21cm by 26cm
£1,000-1,500
Sieste:
118 ✓
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) Spanish
“Combat de gladiateurs, avec spectateurs, et en bas, rappel de l’ Ecce Homo” (1970)
Numbered 44/50, etching and aquatint, plate 19 from “The 156 Series”, 37cm by 46cm
£2,000-3,000
119 ✓
Nicholas Eekman (1889-1973) Belgian
“The Couple”
Signed, with the artist’s blindstamp, woodblock print, together with three further woodblock prints by the same hand, “Crowd in Motion #2”, “Kreufulen I” and another, 22cm by 28cm, 32cm by 32cm, 26cm by 24cm and 24.5cm by 29.5cm respectively (4)
£200-300
120 ✓
Julian Trevelyan RA (1910-1988)
“Seaside, 1936”
Signed, inscribed and numbered 10/25, etching, 20.5cm by 8cm
£250-400
121 ✓
Julian Trevelyan RA (1920-1988)
“Tower Bridge” (1968)
Signed and inscribed, artist’s proof, lithograph, 77cm by 57cm
£400-600
122 ✓
Julian Trevelyan RA (1910-1988)
123 122
123 ✓
Julian Trevelyan RA (1910-1988)
“Grand Union Canal at Brentford” (1975)
Signed and inscribed,artist’sproof, lithograph, 70.5cm by 49.5cm
£400-600
124 ✓
Julian Trevelyan RA (1910-1988)
“Tom Among the Flowers” (1978)
Signed, inscribed and numbered 1/50, etching and aquatint, 54cm by 64.5cm
£300-500
“Me and My Two Cats” (1978)
Signed and inscribed, artist’s proof, etching and aquatint, 75.5cm by 57.5cm
£300-500
125 ✓
Emily Sutton (Contemporary)
“Dieu et Mon Droit”
Signed and dated 2011, ink on bamboo plate, 28cm (dia)
£80-120
126 ✓
Mark Hearld (b.1974)
“Curwen Press: Printing with Spirit”
Signed and dated (20)08, numbered 38/50, lithograph, 69cm by 93cm (unframed)
£300-500
127 ✓
Mark Hearld (b.1974)
“British Art at the Tate”
Signed and dated 2010, numbered 74/75, lithograph, 94cm by 69cm (unframed)
£300-500
128 ✓
Mark Hearld (b.1974)
“Bullfinch”
Signed and dated (20)09, mixed media collage, 15cm by 21cm
£300-500
129 ✓
Mark Hearld (b.1974)
“Lapwing”
Initialled and dated (20)09, mixed media collage, 28cm by 38cm
£500-700
130 ✓
Mark Hearld (b.1974)
“Minster and Magpies”
Signed and dated 2011, inscribed A/P 14/15, lithograph, 54cm by 71cm (unframed)
£200-300
132 ✓
Mark Hearld (b.1974)
“Pisanello’s Hare”
Signed and dated (20)08, numbered 41/75, lithograph, 54cm by 74cm (unframed)
£400-600
131 ✓
Mark Hearld (b.1974)
“Rooster and Railway Carriage”
Signed and dated (20)09, numbered 73/75, lithograph, 55cm by 70cm (unframed)
£250-400
133 ✓
Mark Hearld (b.1974)
Two Horses before a barn
Initialled and dated (20)09, mixed media collage, 15.5cm by 21cm
£300-500
135
Darren Yeadon (b.1970)
Ram
Signed, Carrara marble, 22cm high
£400-600
137
Darren Yeadon (b.1970)
Ammonite
Signed, Carrara marble, 25cm high
£500-700
134 ✓
Julian Chichester (Contemporary)
Flamingo
Silkscreen, together with a companion, 70cm by 88cm (2)
£200-300
136
Darren Yeadon (b.1970)
Big Fish
Signed, Carrara marble, 40cm high
£700-900
138 ✓
Victor Vasarely (1906-1997) Hungarian-French
Untitled (Gold, Green & Blue Vertical) (1982)
Signed and numbered 50/250, screenprint, 88cm by 46cm
£200-300
139 ✓
After David Hockney OM, CH, RA (b.1937)
“Little Stanley Sleeping”, “Tate Gallery, David Hockney, A Retrospective 27 October 1988-8 January 1989”
Offset lithograph, 76cm by 50.5cm (unframed)
£250-400
140 ✓
Banksy (b.1974)
“Tesco Value Cream of Tomato Soup” (2006)
Offset lithograph in colours, 84cm by 60cm (unframed)
Provenance: Pictures on Walls, London
£500-700
142 ✓
Marielle MacLeman (Contemporary)
“Watertight” (Swimmer)
Signed, inscribed and dated (19)98 verso, 136cm by 91cm
£200-300
141 ✓
Sir Grayson Perry CBE, RA, Hon FRIBA (b.1960) “100% ART PLATE”
China plate, with artist’s seal printed to base, produced for York Art Gallery, 22cm (dia)
£150-250
143 ✓
Lincoln Lightfoot (Contemporary)
“The Minster Monster”
Initialled, oil on canvas, 59.5cm by 42cm (unframed)
£300-500
144
After Andy Warhol (1928-1987) American “Warhol: Tate Gallery, 17 February - 28 March, 1971”
Signed and dedicated “To Caroline”, offset lithographic poster, published by Tate Gallery Publications, 74.5cm by 50cm
Provenance: Purchased at the exhibition in 1971 where it was signed by the artist
£2,000-3,000
145
145
Bob Dylan (b.1941) American “Omaha Rain” (2023)
Signed and numbered 277/295, giclee print from “The Beaten Path”, 49cm by 45cm
Sold together with the Washington Green Fine Art certificate of authenticity
£1,000-1,500
146
Bob Dylan (b.1941) American “Train at Sunset” (2023)
Signed and numbered 92/295, giclee print from “The Beaten Path”, 49cm by 65.5cm
Sold together with the Washington Green Fine Art certificate of authenticity £1,000-1,500
147
Bob Dylan (b.1941) American “Terminal Bar” (2023)
Signed and numbered 92/295, giclee print from “The Beaten Path”, 49cm by 66cm
Sold together with the Washington Green Fine Art certificate of authenticity
£800-1,200
148
Bob Dylan (b.1941) American “Pink Motel” (2023)
Signed and numbered 135/295, giclee print from “The Beaten Path”, 49cm by 65.5cm
Sold together with the Washington Green Fine Art certificate of authenticity
£800-1,200
149
Bob Dylan (b.1941) American “Brooklyn Bridge, 7 am” (2023)
Signed and numbered 92/295, giclee print from “The Beaten Path”, 49cm by 66cm
Sold together with the Washington Green Fine Art certificate of authenticity
£800-1,200
£2,000-3,000 150
Provenance: Blain Southern, London
150
Chiharu Shiota (b.1972) Japanese “Home” Signed, mixed media, 48cm by 35cm
151
Yoshitomo Nara (b.1959) Japanese “Drumming Girls 123” (2020)
PVC, each encased in the original box with the certificate of authenticity, 15cm high (3)
£200-300
152 ✓
Damien Hirst (b.1965)
“Theodora H10-3” (Empresses) (2022)
Signed to label, no. 2828/3315, laminated giclee print on aluminium composite, screen printed with glitter, 100cm by 100cm
Provenance: Heni Editions, London
£1,000-1,500
John Constable (1776-1837)
Dedham Vale looking towards Langham, c. 1809-14
Oil on millboard laid onto canvas, 31.5cm by 39cm
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SATURDAY 14 JUNE 2025
Further entries invited
Richard (Louis) Garbe RA FRBS (1876-1957) for Doulton & Co., "Fate": A Ceramic Wall Mask, circa 1921, modelled as the head of a female, her hair entwined with serpents, flanked by two miniatures kneeling nudes, matt green glaze, green painted ‘Fate’. by :- Richard Garbe. A.R.A Potted by :- Doulton & Co., Edition Limited to 100 ..No.58.., ..G.. impressed 848, modelled RICHARD GARBE 1921 across the top of the head, 27cm long £800-1200
For further information please contact: Diane Sinnott 01969 623780 diane.sinnott@tennants-ltd.co.uk
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