Aspects of British Abstraction

Aspects of BRITISH ABSTRACTION

Aspects of BRITISH ABSTRACTION

12 March – 20 April 2018

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Caziel 1906-1988 Composition #35, c.1950 Oil on canvas 48 x 63 cm Signed with studio stamp verso Caziel Inventory number WC210 PROVENANCE: The Estate of the Artist.

EXHIBITIONS: 1997, CAZIEL: Works from the Fifties, Whitford Fine Art, London; 2017, Caziel: Abstraction Explored, Whitford Fine Art, London.

LITERATURE: CAZIEL: Works from the Fifties, exhibition catalogue, Whitford Fine Art, London, 1997, ill. cat. no. 35. £ 16,000

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Caziel 1906-1988 Composition with Organic Forms, c.1955 Oil on canvas 33 x 55 cm Signed with studio stamp verso Caziel Inventory number WC216 PROVENANCE: The Estate of the Artist.

LITERATURE: MONKIEWICZ, Dorota. Caziel 1906-1988, Catalogue Raisonné. National Museum, Warsaw, 1998, cat. rais. no.325, p.55. £ 12,000

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Terry Frost RA 1915–2003 Timberaine F, 2001 Woodblock print 105 x 150 cm Set of 6 (lettered A to F) Edition of 16 + 6APs Signed and numbered verso, 1-3, to indicate order Printed by Stoneman Graphics, Cornwall Published by The Paragon Press, London PROVENANCE: Charles Booth-Clibborn, London.

LITERATURE: Contemporary Art in Print: The Publications of Charles Booth-Clibborn and His Imprint the Paragon Press 2001-2006. Edited by LULLIN, Etienne and Florian SIMM, London, 2007, pp. 22 - 23, 311, ill.

KEMP, Dominic. Terry Frost Prints, A Catalogue Raisonné. London, 2010, cat. rais. no. 207, pp. 220 - 225, ill. £ 6,500

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Terry Frost RA 1915–2003 Timberaine E, 2001 Woodblock print 105 x 150 cm Set of 6 (lettered A to F) Edition of 16 + 6APs Signed and numbered verso, 1-3, to indicate order Printed by Stoneman Graphics, Cornwall Published by The Paragon Press, London PROVENANCE: Charles Booth-Clibborn, London.

LITERATURE: Contemporary Art in Print: The Publications of Charles Booth-Clibborn and His Imprint the Paragon Press 2001-2006. Edited by LULLIN, Etienne and Florian SIMM, London, 2007, pp. 22 - 23, 311, ill.

KEMP, Dominic. Terry Frost Prints, A Catalogue Raisonné. London, 2010, cat. rais. no. 207, pp. 220 - 225, ill.; Sir Terry Frost RA: Timberaine, exhibition catalogue, Galleria Multigraphic, Venice, ill. cover. £ 6,500

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William Gear 1915-1997 Contained Landscape, 1963 Oil on canvas 101 x 71 cm Signed and dated lower right / signed, dated and titled verso PROVENANCE: Douglas and Foulis Art Gallery, Edinburgh; Redfern Gallery, London.

EXHIBITIONS: 1963, William Gear, Douglas and Foulis Art Gallery, Edinburgh; 2015, William Gear 1915-1997: The painter that Britain forgot, Towner Art Gallery, Eastbourne, UK and touring 2016, City Art Centre, Edinburgh.

LITERATURE: LAMBIRTH, Andrew. William Gear. Samson & Company, 2015, fig. 313, p. 294, ill. £ 25,000

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William Gear 1915-1997 Diamond Motif, 1968 Oil on canvas 122 x 91.5 cm Signed and dated lower right / signed, dated ''July 68'' and titled verso EXHIBITIONS: 1969, William Gear, Scottish Art Council Gallery Glasgow (touring retrospective exhibition), cat. no. 61. ÂŁ 28,000

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William Gear 1915-1997 Vertical Motif, 1959 Oil on canvas 91 x 46 cm Signed and dated lower right / signed, dated ''Sep. ''59'' and titled verso EXHIBITIONS: 2015, William Gear: A Centenary Exhibition, Redfern Gallery, London.

LITERATURE: LAMBIRTH, Andrew. William Gear. Samson & Company, 2015, fig 277, p. 261, ill.; William Gear: A Centenary Exhibition, exhibition catalogue with introduction by Andrew LAMBIRTH, Redfern Gallery, London, 2015, ill. p. 79. £ 18,000

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Barbara Hepworth 1903-1975 Landscape Sculpture, 1947 Screenprint on silk 90 x 90 cm Artist's signature lower left / Ascher’s signature lower right Titled upper right Ed. 175 / 3 AP EXHIBITIONS: 1947, Lefevre Gallery, London; 1950, Galerie Doucet, Paris; 1975, The Ascher Squares, Neiman Marcus, Dallas; 1983, Redfern Gallery; 1987, Zika and Lida Ascher: Fabric - Art - Fashion, Victoria and Albert Museum, London; 1990, Ascher Artists Scarves, Comme des Garçons, Tokyo; 2008, Styling the Modern: Fine Art Meets Fashion, Fine Art Centre, Colorado Springs.

LITERATURE: Valerie MENDES and Frances HINCHCLIFFE. Zika and Lida Ascher: Fabric - Art - Fashion.

Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1987, ill. p. 60. £ 10,000

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James Hull 1921-1990 Abstract Composition, 1954 Collage 24 x 53 cm Signed and dated upper left ÂŁ 1,650

10. James Hull 1921-1990 Playground, 1955 Collage 21.5 x 44.5 cm PROVENANCE: Wenlock Fine Art, UK; Gimpel Fils, London. £ 1,800

11. Alastair Morton 1910-1963 Composition in Grey, Red and Blue, 1946 Gouache and pencil 40 x 50 cm Signed lower right PROVENANCE: Alexander Postan Fine Art, London.

EXHIBITIONS: 1978, Alastair Morton and Edinburgh Weavers, Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh. £ 8,500

12. Alastair Morton 1910-1963 Yellow and White, 1940 Pen, coloured ink and wash 25.3 x 35.4 cm PROVENANCE: Alexander Postan Fine Art, London. £ 8,500

13. John Plumb 1927-2008 Untitled, 1960 Oil and tape on hardboard 122 x 122 cm Signed and dated verso JPC Inventory Number P7/623 Provenance: Collection of Peter Cochrane, London. ÂŁ 18,000

14. John Plumb 1927-2008 Untitled, 1965 Oil on board 61 x 61 cm Signed and dated verso Provenance: Private collection, London. ÂŁ 14,000

15. Albert Irvin RA 1922-2015 Echoing Red, c.1965 Oil on canvas 122.5 x 81.5 cm Signed and titled verso Irvin Estate Inventory number GF16522 PROVENANCE: The Estate of the Artist.

EXHIBITIONS: The New Art Centre; City of Bradford Gallery, Cartwright Memorial Hall; 2017, Albert Irvin: The Early Works 1950 - 1970, Whitford Fine Art, London.

LITERATURE: Albert Irvin: The Early Works 1950 - 1970, exhibition catalogue with introduction by Basil Beattie, Whitford Fine Art, London, cat. no. 24, ill. £ 19,000

16. Albert Irvin RA 1922-2015 North Side 1, c.1965 Oil on paper 56 x 38 cm Signed with studio stamp lower right / titled verso Irvin Estate Inventory number GF16531 PROVENANCE: The Estate of the Artist.

EXHIBITIONS: 2017, Albert Irvin: The Early Works 1950 - 1970, Whitford Fine Art, London.

LITERATURE: Albert Irvin: The Early Works 1950 - 1970, exhibition catalogue with introduction by Basil Beattie, Whitford Fine Art, London, cat. no. 24, ill. £ 8,500

17. Albert Irvin RA 1922-2015 Untitled, c.1960 Oil on canvas 91.5 x 76.5 cm Irvin Estate Inventory number GF16516 PROVENANCE: The Estate of the Artist.

EXHIBITIONS: 2017, Albert Irvin: The Early Works 1950 - 1970, Whitford Fine Art, London.

LITERATURE: Albert Irvin: The Early Works 1950 - 1970, exhibition catalogue with introduction by Basil Beattie, Whitford Fine Art, London, cat. no. 24, ill. £ 16,500

18. Graham Sutherland 1903-1980 Black Trellis, 1947 Screenprint on silk 90 x 90 cm Artist’s signature upper right / Ascher’s signature upper left EXHIBITIONS: 1947, Lefevre Gallery, London; 1950, Galerie Doucet, Paris; 1975, The Ascher Squares, Neiman Marcus, Dallas: 1983, Redfern Gallery; 1987, Zika and Lida Ascher: Fabric - Art - Fashion, Victoria and Albert Museum, London; 1990, Ascher Artists Scarves, Comme des Garçons, Tokyo; 2008, Styling the Modern: Fine Art Meets Fashion, Fine Art Centre, Colorado Springs.

LITERATURE: MENDES, Valerie and Frances HINCHCLIFFE. Zika and Lida Ascher: Fabric - Art - Fashion.

Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1987, ill. p. 49. £ 10,000

19. Vera Spencer b.1926 Composition (black), 1952 Collage 50.2 x 61.5 cm Signed upper left PROVENANCE: Galerie Arnaud, Paris; Private collection, London. £ 7,500

20. Vera Spencer b.1926 Composition (white), 1953 Collage 54 x 76 cm Signed and dated lower right PROVENANCE: Galerie Arnaud, Paris; Private collection, London. ÂŁ 7,500

21. Douglas Swan 1930-2000 Blue Sail, 1959 Oil on canvas 66 x 45.5 cm Signed, dated ''July 59'' and titled verso PROVENANCE: Private collection, London. £ 8,500

22. Douglas Swan 1930-2000 Red Net, 1959 Oil on canvas 105 x 48 cm Signed, titled and dated ''May 59'' verso ÂŁ 15,000

23. Douglas Swan 1930-2000 Untitled, c. 1959 Oil on canvas 70 x 45 cm Signed verso PROVENANCE: Private collection, London. £ 8,500

24. Frank Avray Wilson 1914-2009 Vital Geometry, 1955 Oil on canvas 185 x 58 cm Signed and dated lower right PROVENANCE: Acquired directly from the Artist.

EXHIBITIONS: 2016, Frank Avray Wilson: British Tachist, Whitford Fine Art, London.

LITERATURE: FERMON, An Jo. Frank Avray Wilson: British Tachist. 2016, London, pl. 7, p. 41, ill. £ 40,000

25. Frank Avray Wilson 1914-2009 Meeting, 1960 Oil on canvas 101 x 76 cm Dated verso Provenance: Acquired directly from the Artist.

Exhibitions: 2016, Frank Avray Wilson: British Tachist, Whitford Fine Art, London.

Literature: FERMON, An Jo. Frank Avray Wilson: British Tachist. London, 2016, pl. 23, p. 57, ill. ÂŁ 30,000

26. Frank Avray Wilson 1914-2009 Talisman, 1954 Oil on hardboard 91 x 71 cm Dated verso Provenance: Acquired directly from the Artist.

Literature: WROE, Georgina. Abstract Thinking, Antique Collecting Magazine, Dec. 2017 - Jan. 2018, p. 22, ill. ÂŁ 30,000

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