HEADS 2019

• HEADS •

ABBOTT and HOLDER

Front cover : No.47

HEADS at

ABBOTT and HOLDER

PRIVATE VIEW T hur sda y 1 7 th Oc to b e r 6 - 8 p m

Co nt inu ing thr ou gh S a tu rd ay 1 6 th N ovem b er

Fu r ther i l l u s tra ti o n s a t

w w w. a b b o t t a n d h o l d e r. c o . u k

1. Edward Povey (b.1951) ‘Self-portrait at Forty-Three’.

Oil on canvas. Artists label inscribed and dated ‘July-Sept 94’.

Exh: Louis Newman Galleries, Beverley Hills.

20x16 inches. Framed: 25.5x21.5 inches. £1250

2. William Strang R.A. R.E. (1859-1921) The Artist’s Wife: Agnes Rogerson Strang (c.1860-1933).

Three coloured chalks on tinted paper. Signed and dated, 1904.

10x15 inches. Framed: 23x17 inches. ÂŁ4000

3. Anon. Possibly by an Italian Hand. Circa 1860.

Head of a Woman.

Oil on card.

5x5 inches (circular). Framed: 11.5x9.5 inches (circular). ÂŁ2250

4. Robert Hancock (1730-1817) ‘Portrait of C. Fox (Persian Scholar)’; Charles Fox (1749-1809).

Chalk and watercolour. c.1798. Inscribed on the attached backing.

Possibly commissioned by Joseph Cottle (1770-1853).

6.75x5.5 inches. Framed: 16.25x14.5 inches. £1500 * See our website for more information.

5. Harry Becker (1865-1928) ‘A Samson of a Man’: a Napthine from Wenhaston.

Oil on canvas board. Circa 1914. Prov: Artist’s Estate to Mrs Prue Loftus, and by descent. Ill: David Thompson, Harry Becker, 2002, p.12. 18.25x15 inches. Framed: 24x21 inches. £9750

6. James Leakey (1775-1865) (Traditionally attributed to) Charles Baring Wall (1795-1853).

Oil on panel. Circa 1805.

Prov: Major-General Mark Bond (1922-2017).

13.5x11 inches. Framed: 22x19 inches. ÂŁ4000

7. Robert Scott Lauder R.S.A. (1803-1869) A Huntsman.

Oil on panel. Ex. Collection: Andrew McIntosh Patrick.

8.75x7.25 inches. Framed: 12x10.5 inches. ÂŁ1475

8. Anon. Circa 1820.

‘Mary Chettle, Glasswell, Derbyshire, Aged 19’.

Watercolour. Inscribed on the backing.

7x5.75 inches. Framed: 15.5x13.5 inches. £475

9. Brian Stonehouse MBE (1918-1989) ‘China Machado’ (1929-2016); reputedly the first non-white model to appear in a major American fashion magazine - Har per’s Bazaar (1959). Charcoal. Signed. Inscribed and dated, 1960.

Prov: Artist’s Estate. Studio stamp verso. 25x19 inches. £1500

10. Anon. Circa 1750.

A Confident Man. Oil on canvas.

30x25 inches. Framed: 36x31 inches. ÂŁ5500

11. Maggi Hambling CBE (b.1945) ‘War Requiem II: Victim’.

Oil on canvas. Signed and dated, 2015.

Exh: Bohun Gallery.

12x10 inches.

£6750

12. Josef Maratka (1874-1937) ‘Raněný Čechoslavák’ (Wounded Czechoslovak).

Snake-stone. Signed and dated, 1920. Dedicated on the plinth to Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk (1850-1937), President of the Czechoslovak Republic.

Bust: 10.5x7x9 inches. Base: 4x5.75x6.75 inches. £5750

13. Anon. 1895.

‘Carmela / Anacapri / August / MDCCCXCV’.

Oil on canvas board. Inscribed and dated.

11x9 inches. Framed: 15.75x13.5 inches. £2250

14. Joan Manning-Sanders (1913-2002) ‘Young Andrew’, Sennen. Oil on canvas. 1927. Signed. Prov: Artist’s Estate. Exh: Brook Street Art Gallery; Penlee House, A forgotten prodigy: Joan Manning-Sanders, Nov. 2011. Lit: Drawings and Paintings by Joan Manning Sanders, Faber & Faber, 1929, p.121 and plate IX. 20x16 inches. £5750

15. Anon. Circa 1810.

The Grain Collector.

Oil on canvas. Indistinctly signed(?) ‘F. M. Beamain’.

23.5x20 inches. Framed: 27.5x23.5 inches. £1500

16. Ronald Searle CBE (1920-2011) ‘Robert Graves’ (1895-1985).

Pen and ink. Signed, inscribed and dated, 26th July 1950.

Exh: Leicester Galleries, Exhibition of works by Ronald Searle, October 1954, No.21. 8.5x7 inches. Framed: 15.5x13.75 inches.

£975

17. Anon. Circa 1750.

Boy in Blue.

Oil on copper.

7x5 inches. Framed: 9.5x7.5 inches. ÂŁ1300

18. Denton Welch A.A.A. (1915-1948) Self-portrait.

Pencil. Circa 1940. Prov: Eric Oliver; Geoffrey Dunn; Sotheby’s 6.2.1985. 20.5x14.5 inches. Framed: 29x22 inches. £7000

19. Wilhelmina Carlson-Bredberg (1857-1943) Portrait, possibly a self-portrait.

Oil on panel. Extensively but indistinctly inscribed verso.

24.25x19.5 inches. Framed: 28.5x24 inches. ÂŁ975

20. Anon. Circa 1800.

Head and shoulders of a thoughtful man.

Oil on canvas.

26x22 inches. Framed: 31.5 x27 inches. £1250

21. Leandro Ramon Garrido (1868-1909) Seated Girl.

Oil on canvas. Signed and dated, 1902.

22x13 inches. Framed: 31.5x22.5 inches. ÂŁ6750

22. William Mulready R.A. (1786-1863) Head of a Young Man. Pen and ink. Signed and dated, 1833. Exh: Maas Gallery.

8.5x7 inches. Framed: 14.25x12.5 inches. ÂŁ2500

23. Anon. Circa 1900.

Head of a child.

Oil on Academy Card. Indistinctly inscribed verso.

7.75x6.25 inches. Framed: 11x9.25 inches. ÂŁ475

24. Hugo Köcke (1874-1956) The RAF officer: Flight Lieutenant Desmond Rarp (1924-1994).

Oil on board. Signed and inscribed ‘Sylt, 1946’. Inscribed verso ‘Desmond J. Rarp geboren 3.10.1924 / gemalt von Hugo Köcke.

Westerland-Sylt’. 17.25x14 inches. Framed: 19x15.75 inches. £2250

25. Ludovico Tomassi (1866-1941) ‘Popolano Fiorentino’.

Oil on card. Signed.

Exh: XIX Esposizione Biennale Internazionale d’Arte - Venezia 1934.

33x26.75 inches. Framed: 39x33.25 inches. £8750

26. Dame Elisabeth Frink R.A. (1930-1993) Head of a Man. Pencil. Signed and dated, 1976.

30.5x21.57 inches. Framed: 43.5x34 inches. ÂŁ19000

27. Joseph Highmore (1692-1780) (Circle of) ‘Richard Puller’ (1747-1826).

Oil on canvas. Prov: Major General Mark Bond (1922-2017) 14x12 inches. Framed: 18.5x16.5 inches. £2500

28. Anon. Circa 1810.

Profile of a Beauty Oil on ivory. 2x1.5 inches.

Ivory and bone frame, possibly Anglo-Indian: 9x8.25 inches. ÂŁ775

29. Alphonse Legros (1837-1911) Charles de Sousy Ricketts R.A. (1866-1931) Verso: A Woodcutter.

Bronze. Signed and dated 1897.

Diameter: 2.5 inches.

ÂŁ1600

30. Clifford Rowe (1904-1989) An Intellectual Student.

Oil on panel. Signed. Circa 1925.

12.5x9.25 inches. Framed: 17.75x14.25 inches. ÂŁ2650

31 . Hugh Douglas Hamilton (1740-1808) ‘Susan, Countess of Westmorland’, née Lady Susan Gordon. Pastels. Signed and dated, 1772. Signed and inscribed verso. Prov: The sitter’s daughter, Lady Mary Fludyer, née Fane; Sir John Fludyer 5th Bt.; his sister Katherine, Mrs Henry Finch, and by descent. 9.75x7.75 inches. Framed: 14x12 inches. £4750

32 . Peter Howson (b.1958) ‘The Dreamer’.

Charcoal and pastel. Signed.

9x7 inches. Framed: 18x15 inches. £975

33. Trevor Tennant A.I.A. (1900-1980) The painter, muralist and artist’s wife, Dorothy Annan A.I.A. (1900-1983). Oil on panel. Circa 1935. Signed.

Exh: Maas Gallery. 16x12 inches. Framed: 17.5x13.5 inches. ÂŁ1600

34. Stephen Tomlin (1901-1937) Head of a Man. Bronze. Label inscribed: ‘To The British Council / with compliments from / Margaret Nash / Oxford 1949’.

Bust: 12x9x11 inches. Base: 6x6.5x5 inches.

£6750

35. James Proudfoot (1908-1971) ‘The Black Hat’.

Oil on canvas. Signed and dated, 1940. Exh: National Society of Painters, Sculptors, Engravers and Potters.

18x15 inches. Framed: 23x20 inches. £1250

36. Beatrice How (1867-1932) ‘Vieux Hollandais – M. Vallandon’.

Oil on panel. Exh: Fine Art Society, Beatrice How, A Scottish Painter in Paris, 1979-1980, No 10.

9.25x7.25 inches. Frame: 18x15.75 inches.

£1500

37. William Mouat Loudan (1868-1925) ‘Miss Mary Duthy’.

Oil on panel. Inscribed and dated, 1889.

9.5x7.5 inches. Framed: 15.5x14 inches £3250

38. Ferdinand Heilbuth (1826-1889) Head of a Young Man. Watercolour and gouache. Stamped signature. Exh: Hazlitt, Gooden and Fox, Nineteenth Century French Drawings, June/July 1978, No.55. 8.5x6.5 inches. Framed: 15x12.5 inches. ÂŁ2250

39. Anon. Circa 1840.

The Young Falconer.

Oil on canvas.

22x16.75 inches. Framed: 36x24.75 inches. ÂŁ1500

40. Louis Wain (1860-1939) A Stage Door Tommy.

Pen and ink. Signed.

Prov: J. H. Cozens, his autograph book, and dated 14.8.07 by him.

7.5x5 inches. Framed: 15x13 inches. ÂŁ1250

41. Anon. Circa 1890.

‘Empoisoneuse Pathalogique’.

Oil on canvas. Inscribed in pencil on the stretcher.

29x23.75 inches. £1500

42. Anon. Circa 1798. Probably French.

A Coming Man. Oil on canvas.

21x17.5 inches. Framed: 33x23.5 inches. ÂŁ1750

43. Anon. Circa 1795.

Young man with a folder.

Oil on canvas. Reputed provenance (label): Edward Knoblock (1874-1945) Sale, 1951.11.5x9 inches. Framed: 13.5x11.5 inches. ÂŁ1250

44. Ralph Steadman (b.1936) William S. Burroughs (1914-1997).

Etching and aquatint. Signed and editioned 7/20.

10.75x7.5 inches. Framed: 24x18.5 inches. ÂŁ1100

45. John Downman A.R.A. (1750-1824) Head and shoulders of a Gentleman.

Oil on copper. Inscribed/Signed(?) ‘John Downman’ verso.

Oval: 7x6 inches. £675

46. Robert Bell Vallance A.R.S.A. (fl:1885-1901) ‘A Scotch Bairn’.

Oil on card. Inscribed and indistinctly signed on verso of frame.

5.25x4.25 inches. Framed: 9x8 inches. £1100

47. William Melville (1804-1850) Margaret Gough (nee McCaskill) (c.1826-1849). Oil on canvas.

Monogrammed. Signed, inscribed ‘Simla’ and dated 1847 verso.

Indistinctly inscribed on stretcher in pencil ‘Mr John Blomfield Gough / M. McCaskill’. 10.25x8.25 inches. Framed: 15.5x13.75 inches. £2250

48. Stuart Pearson Wright (b.1975) ‘Domestic Scene’; self-portrait.

Etching and aquatint. Signed, inscribed, editioned 6/20 and dated, 2003. 39.5x22.5 inches. Framed: 46x28 inches. £2250

49. Anon. Circa 1840.

A French Couple.

Oil on card. Exh: Hazlitt, Gooden and Fox. 5x7.75 inches. Framed: 7.5x10.25 inches. £1400

50. Ă… ke Nothberg (1891-1973) Midnight Head.

Oil on canvas. Signed and dated, 1916.

11.5x13.75 inches. Framed: 16x18.5 inches. ÂŁ2250

51. Anon. Circa 1870.

Lurchers plotting.

Oil on panel. Ex. Coll: Alvide Lees-Milne (1909-1994).

6x6.25 inches. Framed: 9.5x.10 inches. ÂŁ875

Back cover : No.12

ABBOTT and HOLDER

Est. 1936

30 Museum Street, London WC1A 1LH g a l l e r y @ a b b o t t a n d h o l d e r. c o. u k | 0 2 0 7 6 3 7 3 9 8 1