47th ANNUAL EXHIBITION
British & French
paintings, drawings, prints & sculpture
5 June – 18 July 2025
Monday – Friday 10.00am - 5.30pm
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34 Bury Street, St James’s - London SW1Y 6AU
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Ile-de-France, 1948 signed ‘Brianchon’ (lower left) oil on canvas
28 3/4 x 36 1/4 in. / 73 x 92 cm.
Rose Against the Light, 1979 signed and dated (lower left) oil on canvas
23 7/8 x 11 3/4 in. / 60.5 x 30 cm.
7 1/2 x 9 1/2 in. / 19.1 x 24.1 cm.
Crapaud (Toad), 1950 signed with initials and dated (lower right)
oil on board
9 x 7 in. / 22.9 x 17.8 cm.
Anemones oil on canvas
18 x 15 in. / 45.7 x 38.1 cm.
7. EDGAR DEGAS (1834-1917)
Danseuse se Frottant le Genou bronze, stamped with the artist’s signature and numbered 39/O; stamped with the foundry mark Cire-Perdue A. A. Hébrard height: 11 3/8 inches / 29 cm
Near Jouars-Pontchartrain oil on panel
5 3/4 x 8 1/8 in. / 14.6 x 20.7 cm.
Seine et Oise oil on panel
8 1/8 x 5 3/4 in. / 20.7 x 14.6 cm.
4 3/4 x 2 3/4 in. / 12.1 x 7 cm.
26 4/5 x 21 2/5 in 68.1 x 54.4 cm.
Man with Stick ink on paper
15 1/4 x 10 in. / 38.7 x 25.4 cm.
Workman with Spade charcoal on paper
10 x 7 in. / 25.4 x 17.8 cm.
Standing Woman pen and ink on paper
15 x 10 in. / 38 x 25.5 cm.
30 x 36 in 76.2 x 91.4 cm
18. IVON HITCHENS (1893-1979)
Sussex Downland Clump, c.1929 oil on canvas
20 x 20 in. / 50.8 x 50.8 cm.
pencil on paper
9 1/2 x 7 in. / 24.2 x 17.8 cm.
Lyndra, circa 1910 signed (lower left) pencil
13 1/4 x 6 1/8 in. / 33.5 x 15.5 cm.
Two Vases with Flowers watercolour
7 1/4 x 5 3/4 in. / 18.4 x 14.6 cm.
Seated Girl with Folded Arms, late 1910s with the estate stamp (lower right) watercolour on buff paper
12 1/4 x 9 3/8 in. / 31.1 x 23.8 cm.
Spectators on the Lawn, Goodwood signed (lower right) pastel
14 1/2 x 21 in. / 36.8 x 53.3 cm.
25. GIORGIO MORANDI (1890-1964)
Natura morta, 1958 signed ‘Morandi’ (lower centre) pencil on paper
6 1/8 x 9 in. / 15.5 x 22.7 cm.
Pink Peonies, 1913 signed with an initial and dated ‘1913/N.’ (lower left) oil on canvas board
16 x 13 in. / 40.6 x 33 cm.
(1903-1971)
Two Costers in a Pub, 1942 pen and ink, gouache and pastel on paper
12 x 9 1/2 in. / 30.5 x 24.1 cm.
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Portrait Head, 1930 signed & dated ‘G. Rouault, 1930 (lower centre)
oil on paper
10 1/2 x 8 in. / 26.7 x 20.3 cm.
Rue du Mortier d’Or, Dieppe, 1903 signed lower left ‘Sickert’ oil on canvas
13 1/4 x 16 1/8 in. / 33.5 x 41 cm.
Tipperary, 1914 inscribed ‘Russell Square ‘ on the reverse pencil, charcoal and ink heightened with white 12 x 10 3/4 in. / 30.5 x 27.3 cm.
Bedroom, Camden Town, circa. 1909 pen and ink
12 1/2 x 7 3/4 in. / 31.8 x 19.7 cm.
21 3/4 x 18 1/4 in. /55 x 46 cm.
Nude, circa 1924 initialed ‘MS’ lower right oil on canvas
21 1/4 x 25 1/2 in. / 54 x 64.7 cm.
Portrait of an Italian Girl, 1958 oil on canvas
20 x 30 in./50.7 x 76.2 cm.
20 x 18 in. 50.7 x 45.7 cm.
Italian Landscape, 1972 oil on canvas
34 x 44 in. / 86.4 x 111.8 cm.
Half an Apple with 50p, 1976 oil on canvas laid on panel
5 1/2 x 7 1/2 inches / 14 x 19 cm
CATALOGUE
1. MAURICE BRIANCHON (1899-1979)
Ile-de-France, 1948 signed ‘Brianchon’ (lower left) oil on canvas
28 3/4 x 36 1/4 in. / 73 x 92 cm.
Provenance
Jean Baigneres, Fontainebleau, France
Richard Heyd, Neuchatel, Switzerland Private Collection, Geneve, Switzerland
Literature
Marcel Zahar, Maurice Brianchon, Pierre Cailler, Geneve, 1949, reproduced Richard Heyd, Brianchon, Ides et Calendes, Neuchatel, 1954, no. 42, reproduced
2. MAURICE BRIANCHON (1899-1979)
Still Life On Red Tablecloth oil on canvas
25 x 31 1/2 in. / 63.5 x 80 cm.
Provenance Private Collection, UK
3. WILLIAM BROOKER (1918-1983)
Rose Against the Light, 1979 signed and dated (lower left) oil on canvas
23 7/8 x 11 3/4 in. / 60.5 x 30 cm.
Provenance
Thomas Agnew& Sons, London Private collection, Adelaide, acquired from the above circa 1980s Exhibited
Possibly: William Brooker, Recent Paintings, Thomas Agnew &Sons, London, 23 October - 9 November 1979
4. SIMON BUSSY (1870-1954)
Pink Flamingos and Waders pastel
7 1/2 x 9 1/2 in. / 19.1 x 24.1 cm.
5. SIMON BUSSY (1870-1954)
Crapaud (Toad), 1950 signed with initials and dated (lower right) oil on board
9 x 7 in. / 22.9 x 17.8 cm.
6. JANE SIMONE BUSSY (1906-1960) Anemones oil on canvas
18 x 15 in. / 45.7 x 38.1 cm.
7. EDGAR DEGAS (1834-1917)
Danseuse se Frottant le Genou bronze, stamped with the artist’s signature and numbered 39/O; stamped with the foundry mark Cire-Perdue A. A. Hébrard height: 11 3/8 inches / 29 cm
Provenance
Galerie Blanche, Stockholm
Hans Mott, Lidingö (Sweden) by the early 1950s
Private Collection, Switzerland, thence by descent from the above in 1986
Private Collection, UK
Literature
S. Campbell, ‘Degas, The Sculptures, A Catalogue Raisonné’, Apollo, vol. CXLII, no. 402, August 1995, pp. 29-30, no. 39
J. S. Czestochowski & A. Pingeot, Degas, Sculptures, Catalogue Raisonné of the Bronzes, Memphis, 2002, pp. 196, 197, no. 39
M. Guillard, Degas, Form and Space, Paris, 1984, no. 36 (illustrated fig. 161)
C. W. Millard, The Sculpture of Edgar Degas, Princeton, 1976, p. 76
J. Rewald, Degas Sculpture, His Complete Work, New York, 1956, no. XLVIII (illustrated pl. 62)
J. Rewald, Complete Degas Sculpture, Lefevre Gallery, London, 1976, no. 27
A. Pingeot & F. Horvat, Degas Sculpture, Paris, 1991, pp. 142-143, 165, no. 27
F. Russoli and F. Minervino, L’Opera Completa Di Degas, Milan, 1970, p. 142, no. S27
8. PAUL DELANCE (1848-1924)
Near Jouars-Pontchartrain oil on panel
5 3/4 x 8 1/8 in. / 14.6 x 20.7 cm.
9. PAUL DELANCE (1848-1924)
Seine et Oise oil on panel
8 1/8 x 5 3/4 in. / 20.7 x 14.6 cm.
10. PAUL DELANCE (1848-1924)
Paysage oil on panel
5 3/4 x 8 1/8 in. / 14.6 x 20.7 cm.
11. PAUL DELANCE (1848-1924)
Paysage et Collines oil on panel
4 5/8 x 8 1/8 in. / 11.8 x 20.7 cm.
12. JOAN KATHLEEN HARDING EARDLEY (1921-1963)
Head of Jim Samsom charcoal and pastel
4 3/4 x 2 3/4 in. / 12.1 x 7 cm.
Provenance
Roland, Browse and Delbanco, London
Lord Glendevon
Browse & Darby, London, where acquired by previous owner
13. LUCIAN FREUD (1922-2011)
Blonde girl, 1985 etching
26 4/5 x 21 2/5 in 68.1 x 54.4 cm
14. HENRI GAUDIER-BRZESKA (1891-1915)
Man with Stick ink on paper
15 1/4 x 10 in. / 38.7 x 25.4 cm.
Provenance
H.S. (Jim) Ede.
Acquired at the 1967 exhibition. Their sale; Christie’s, South Kensington, 25 March 2009, lot 47, where acquired by the previous owner.
Exhibited
London, Victor Waddington, Gaudier-Brzeska: Drawings, November - December 1966, no. 30.
Manchester, Tib Lane Gallery, Gaudier-Brzeska 1891-1915: Drawings, June - July 1967, no. 17.
Literature
Exhibition catalogue, Gaudier-Brzeska: Drawings, London, Victor Waddington, 1966, n.p., no. 30, illustrated.
15. HENRI GAUDIER-BRZESKA (1891-1915)
Workman with Spade charcoal on paper
10 x 7 in. / 25.4 x 17.8 cm.
16. HENRI GAUDIER-BRZESKA (1891-1915)
Standing Woman pen and ink on paper
15 x 10 in. / 38 x 25.5 cm.
Provenance
The Collection of Gillian Raffles.
17. PATRICK GEORGE (1923-2016)
Hickbush Landscape oil on canvas
30 x 36 in 76.2 x 91.4 cm
18. IVON HITCHENS (1893-1979)
Sussex Downland Clump, c.1929 oil on canvas
20 x 20 in. / 50.8 x 50.8 cm.
19. AUGUSTUS JOHN (1878-1961)
Fisher Girl of Equihen, to left, 1907 signed (lower right) pencil on paper
9 1/2 x 7 in. / 24.2 x 17.8 cm.
20. AUGUSTUS JOHN (1878-1961) Lyndra, circa 1910 signed (lower left) pencil
13 1/4 x 6 1/8 in. / 33.5 x 15.5 cm.
21. GWEN JOHN (1876-1939)
Two Vases with Flowers watercolour
7 1/4 x 5 3/4 in. / 18.4 x 14.6 cm.
22. GWEN JOHN (1876-1939)
Seated Girl with Folded Arms, late 1910s with the estate stamp (lower right) watercolour on buff paper
12 1/4 x 9 3/8 in. / 31.1 x 23.8 cm.
Provenance
The artist’s estate.
Acquired at the 1986 exhibition. Acquired by the previous owner at the 2004 exhibition. Exhibited
New York, Davis & Langdale, Gwen John, May - June 1986. New York, Davis& Langdale, Gwen John: Paintings, Watercolours and Drawings, April - May 2004, no. 27.
Literature
Exhibition catalogue, Gwen John: Paintings, Watercolours and Drawings, New York, Davis & Langdale, 2004, n.p., no. 27, illustrated.
23. PAUL MAZE (1887-1979)
Spectators on the Lawn, Goodwood signed (lower right) pastel
14 1/2 x 21 in. / 36.8 x 53.3 cm.
Provenance
Wildenstein & Co, London Browse and Darby, London
24. PAUL MAZE (1887-1979)
The Winning Post, Goodwood with Figures Looking from the Grandstand signed (lower left) pastel
14 1/2 x 21 in. / 36.8 x 53.3 cm.
Provenance
Marlborough Fine Art, London Browse and Darby, London
25. GIORGIO MORANDI (1890-1964)
Natura morta, 1958 signed ‘Morandi’ (lower centre) pencil on paper
6 1/8 x 9 in. / 15.5 x 22.7 cm.
Provenance
Valerio Zurlini, Rome
Private Collection, Rome
Sale; Sotheby’s, London, 26th October 1994, lot 34 Sale; Sotheby’s, London, 6 February 2013, lot 214
Purchased at the above sale by the present owner
Exhibited
Roma, Galleria Il Gabbiano, Giorgio Morandi, 1980, no. 10, illustrated in the catalogue
Literature
Efrem Tavoni (ed.), Morandi Disegni, Bologna, 1984, vol. II, no. 427, illustrated
Efrem Tavoni, Morandi Disegni, Catalogo generale, Milan, 1994, no. 1958 12, illustrated p. 148
26. WILLIAM NICHOLSON (1872-1949)
Pink Peonies, 1913 signed with an initial and dated ‘1913/N.’ (lower left) oil on canvas board 16 x 13 in. / 40.6 x 33 cm.
Provenance
G.D. Thomson
anonymous sale; Christie’s, London, 11 June 1934, lot 101, as ‘Peonies in a Glass’, where acquired by Beaux Arts, London
T.E. Milligan Grundy E.M. Bunyar, 1956
anonymous sale; Sotheby’s, London, 13 November 1985, lot 70, where acquired by the family of the previous owner.
Exhibited
London, Beaux Arts, Early Paintings by Richard Sickert and William Nicholson, May 1939, no. 30, as ‘Peonies’. Stoke-on-Trent, City Museum and Art Gallery, The Flower Show, July - September 1986, ex-catalogue.
Literature
L. Browse, William Nicholson, London, 1956, p. 60, no. 166, pl. 10. P. Reed, William Nicholson: Catalogue Raisonné of the Oil Paintings, London, 2011, p. 259, no. 306, illustrated.
27. CERI RICHARDS (1903-1971)
Two Costers in a Pub, 1942 pen and ink, gouache and pastel on paper 12 x 9 1/2 in. / 30.5 x 24.1 cm.
28. CLAUDE ROGERS (1907-1979)
Kitchen Garden
signed ‘C Rogers’ (lower right) oil on board
8 1/2 x 10 1/2 in.
Provenance
Leicester Galleries, London
29. GEORGES ROUAULT (1871-1958)
Portrait Head, 1930 signed & dated ‘G. Rouault, 1930 (lower centre) oil on paper
10 1/2 x 8 in. / 26.7 x 20.3 cm
Provenance
Purchased February 1938, Mayor Gallery, London.
Exhibited
Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery, 1938 National Art Gallery of Canada, 1941 & 1944 (illustrated in hanging photographs for the 1944 exhibition).
Masterpieces from Birmingham Private Collections, The Barber Institute of Fine Arts, Birmingham, 2008.
30. WALTER RICHARD SICKERT (1860-1942)
Rue du Mortier d’Or, Dieppe, 1903 signed lower left ‘Sickert’ oil on canvas
13 1/4 x 16 1/8 in. / 33.5 x 41 cm.
Provenance
Eldar Gallery; Countess Jowitt; Sotheby’s sale, London, December 1963, lot no. 53, illus.; Private Collection, Switzerland
Exhibited
Eldar Gallery, 1919
Literature
Wendy Baron, Sickert: Paintings & Drawings, Yale University Press, 2006, p. 257, no. 153.1
31. WALTER RICHARD SICKERT (1860-1942)
Tipperary, 1914
inscribed ‘Russell Square ‘ on the reverse pencil, charcoal and ink heightened with white 12 x 10 3/4 in. / 30.5 x 27.3 cm.
Provenance
Private Collection, UK
32. WALTER RICHARD SICKERT (1860-1942)
Bedroom, Camden Town, circa. 1909 pen and ink
12 1/2 x 7 3/4 in. / 31.8 x 19.7 cm.
33. SIR MATTHEW SMITH (1879-1959)
Tulips in a Vase, 1925 oil on canvas
21 3/4 x 18 1/4 in. /55 x 46 cm.
Provenance
Sotheby’s 9th November, 1989 Crane Kalman Gallery, 1990 Private Collection, Switzerland
Exhibited
‘Matthew Smith, Paintings: Phillip Sutton, Drawings’, Roland Browse & Delbanco, March - April 1963 (No.5, ill.cat); Crane Kalman Gallery 1990 (No.24, ill. cat)
34. SIR MATTHEW SMITH (1879-1959)
Nude, circa 1924
initialed ‘MS’ lower right oil on canvas
21 1/4 x 25 1/2 in. / 54 x 64.7 cm.
Provenance
Purchased J Leger & Co March 1944 Private Collection, UK
Literature
Matthew Smith, Catalogue Raisonne of the Oil Paintings, by John Gledhill, published by Lund Humphries. no. 157, illus. p.103
35. EUAN UGLOW (1932-2000)
Portrait of an Italian Girl, 1958 oil on canvas
20 x 30 in./50.7 x 76.2 cm.
Provenance
Beaux Arts Gallery, 20 June 1961 Private Collection, UK
Exhibited
Beaux Arts Gallery, 1961, no. 25; Arts Council, 1974, no. 24
Literature
C. Lampert, Euan Uglow, The Complete Paintings, Yale University Press, New Haven and London, 2007, no. 149 (illustrated p. 61)
A. Lambirth, The Uglow Papers, Modern art Press, New Haven and London, 2025, no. 26 (illustrated p. 38)
36. EUAN UGLOW (1932-2000)
Still life, 1969 oil on canvas
20 x 18 in. 50.7 x 45.7 cm.
Provenance
Private Collection, UK
Acquired directly from the artist, 17 March 1971
Exhibited
Arts Council, 1974, no. 60
Literature
C. Lampert, Euan Uglow, The Complete Paintings, Yale University Press, New Haven and London, 2007, no. 234 (illustrated p. 102)
37. EUAN UGLOW (1932-2000)
Italian Landscape, 1972 oil on canvas
34 x 44 in. / 86.4 x 111.8 cm.
Provenance
Private Collection, UK
Acquired directly from the artist, 7 January 1973
Literature
Browse & Darby, London, Euan Uglow, 1998 (illustrated)
C. Lampert, Euan Uglow, The Complete Paintings, Yale University Press, New Haven and London, 2007, no. 256 (illustrated p. 116)
A. Lambirth, The Uglow Papers, Modern art Press, New Haven and London, 2025, no. 99 (illustrated p. 140)
38. EUAN UGLOW (1932-2000)
Half an Apple with 50p, 1976 oil on canvas laid on panel 5 1/2 x 7 1/2 inches / 14 x 19 cm
Provenance
Private Collection, UK
Exhibited
London, Browse & Darby, Euan Uglow, 30 April - 31 May 1997
Bath, The Holbourne Museum of Art, Living with Art: Twentieth Century Treasures from Bath’s Private Collections, 18 May - 19
September 2005
Literature
Browse & Darby, London, Euan Uglow, 1998 (illustrated)
C. Lampert, Euan Uglow, The Complete Paintings, Yale University Press, New Haven and London, 2007, no. 278 (illustrated p. 130)
A. Lambirth, The Uglow Papers, Modern art Press, New Haven and London, 2025, no. 165 (illustrated p.265)
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