Browse & Darby
Cover No. 11
41st Annual Exhibition British & French paintings, drawings, prints & sculpture
7 June - 14 July 2017
Monday - Friday 10 - 5.30 Saturday 11 - 2
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Catalogue CRAIGIE AITCHISON CBE RSA RA (1926 - 2009) 1. Landscapes: A Set of Three oil on board 8 1/4 x 5 inches (each) Provenance Gifted to the owners by the artist. 2. White Butterfly, Yellow Painting, 1965 oil on canvas 30 x 25 inches Provenance Gifted to the owners by the artist. KENNETH ARMITAGE CBE RA (1916 -2002) 3. Standing Female Figure pencil & gouache on paper 14 1/2 x 11 inches Provenance Estate of the artist. 4. Two Figures ink and wash on paper 23 x 18 inches Provenance Estate of the artist. ROBERT POLHILL BEVAN (1865-1925) 5. Horse Dealers (Ward’s Repository No. 1), 1919 lithograph, edition of 80 watermark ‘ANTIQUE DE LUXE’ 10 7/8 x 14 7/8 inches Literature Dry, Graham, Robert Bevan 1865-1925 Catalogue Raisonné of the Lithographs and Other Prints, (Maltzahn Gallery, London 1968), cat. no. 33. 6. Horse Dealers at the Barbican (‘Barbican No 2’), 1921 lithograph, edition of 70 11 3/4 x 14 inches Literature Dry, Graham, Robert Bevan 1865-1925 Catalogue Raisonné of the Lithographs and Other Prints, (Maltzahn Gallery, London, 1968), cat. no. 35.
7. The Horse Mart (Barbican No.1), 1920 lithograph, edition of 65 watermark ‘ANTIQUE DE LUXE’ 10 5/8 x 14 7/8 inches Literature Dry, Graham, Robert Bevan 1865-1925 Catalogue Raisonné of the Lithographs and Other Prints, (Maltzahn Gallery, London 1968), cat. no. 34. 8. Sale at Ward’s Repository, ‘Ward’s No 2’, 1921 lithograph, edition of 50 12 1/8 x 14 1/2 inches Literature Dry, Graham, Robert Bevan 1865-1925 Catalogue Raisonné of the Lithographs and Other Prints, (Maltzahn Gallery, London 1968), cat. no. 36. EUGÈNE BOUDIN (1824-1898) 9. Étude du ciel pastel signed ‘E. Boudin’ (lower left) and stamped with initials ‘E. B.’ (lower right) 6 1/8 x 7 5/8 inches Provenance Emily M. Wilson, Washington, 1985. Private Collection, UK, 2006. Notes With a photo-certificate of authenticity from Robert Schmidt, no 1002, dated 17 September 1985. MAURICE BRIANCHON (1899 - 1979) 10. Nature Morte aux Pommes de Pin, 1962 oil on canvas signed ‘Brianchon’ (lower right) 23 5/8 x 36 1/4 inches Provenance Wildenstein & Co. Inc. New York. Browse & Darby, London. Exhibited Neuchâtel, Musée des Beaux-Arts, ‘Maurice Brianchon’, May – August 1962, Editions La Bibliothèque des Arts, cat. no. 122, illus. p. 288. Literature Brianchon, P. A., and Daulte, O, Maurice Brianchon –
Catalogue de l’Oeuvre Peint, (Editions La Bibliothèque des Arts, Lausanne, 2008), no. 640, illus. p. 288. EDGAR DEGAS (1834 - 1917) 11. Danseuse Assise, circa 1897-1900 pastel and charcoal on paper mounted on card stamped ‘Degas’ (lower right); stamped ‘Atelier Ed. Degas’ (verso) 22 3/8 x 16 1/2 inches Provenance Atelier Edgar Degas (and sold: Galeries Georges Petit, Paris, 3ème Vente, April 7-9, 1919, lot 170). Vignier Collection, Paris (and sold: Hôtel Drouot, Paris, May 21, 1931, lot 56). Stoppenbach & Delestre, Ltd., London. Acquired from the above, 2004. Literature Lemoisne, Paul-André, Degas et Son Oeuvre, Vol. III, (Librairie Plon, Paris, 1946), no. 1300 bis, illus. p. 757. 12. Danseuse se Frottant le Genou (or Étude Pour Danseuse en Arlequin), 1939 bronze with brown patina stamped with signature ‘Degas’ (Lugt 658), numbered and stamped with the foundry mark ’39/O CIRE PERDUE A. A. HEBRARD’ (on top of the base) height: 11 3/8 inches This bronze was cast between 1919 and 1937, in an edition of 20 numbered A-T, plus two casts reserved for the Degas heirs and the founder Hébrard. Provenance Galerie Blanche, Stockholm. Hans Mott, Lidingö, Sweden by the early 1950s. Private Collection, Switzerland, by descent from the above in 1986. Literature Russoli, F., and Minervino, F., L’Opera Completa di Degas, (Rizzoli, Milan, 1970), no. S27, another cast illus. p. 142. Rewald, J., The Complete Sculptures of Edgar Degas, (Thames & Hudson, London, 1976), no. 27, p. 12, another cast illus. p. 46. Millard, C. W., The Sculpture of Edgar Degas, (Princeton, Princeton University Press, 1976), another cast illus. p. 76.
Guillard, J. and M., Degas, Form and Space, (Marais Guillard Editions, Paris, 1984), no. 36, another cast illus. fig. 161. Pingeot A. and Horvat, F., Degas Sculpture, (Paris, 1991), p. 165, no. 27, another cast illus. pp. 142-143, 165. Campbell, S., ‘Degas, The Sculptures, A Catalogue Raisonné’, Apollo, (Apollo Publishing Ltd., London, vol. CXLII, no. 402, August 1995, pp. 29-30, no. 39, another cast illus. p.29). Czestochowski, J. S. and Pingeot, A., Degas, Sculptures, Catalogue Raisonné of the Bronzes, (The Torch Press, Memphis, 2002), no. 39, p. 197, another cast illus. pp. 196, 197. 13. Femme Nue S’Essuyant charcoal on paper stamped ‘Degas’ (lower left) with the Atelier mark and numbered in blue pencil ‘1547’ and ‘ph. 810’ (verso) 19 1/4 x 12 5/8 inches Provenance Vent a Degas III, Paris, 1999, cat. no. 207, 1,800 Francs. Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, April 7 to 9, 1919, cat. no. 207, 1,800 Francs. Paul Haim, Paris. Albert Loeb, New York. The James Goodman Gallery, New York. Sale, London, July 2, 1970, cat. no. 30, former collection of Mrs. BD. RAOUL DUFY (1877-1953) 14. Le Vase aux Anemones, 1937 gouache and watercolour on paper signed ‘Raoul Dufy’ (lower left) 24 x 19 inches Provenance Private Collection, USA. Literature Guillon-Laffaille, F., Catalogue Raisonné des Aquarelles, Gouaches et Pastel par Fanny Guillon-Lafaille, (Louis Carre & Cie, Paris, 1981-1982), cat. no. 1271.
LUCIAN FREUD (1922 - 2011) 15. Blond Girl, 1985 etching signed with initials (lower right) and numbered ‘40/50’ (lower left) (published by J. Kirkman, London and Brooke). 34 5/8 x 28 inches (sheet), 27 1/4 x 21 1/5 inches (plate) 16. Girl Sitting, 1987 etching signed with initials and inscribed ‘AP IV/X’ 23 2/5 x 30 1/2 inches (sheet), 20 1/2 x 27 2/5 inches (plate) Provenance Acquired directly from the artist. Private Collection, UK, 2008. 17. Head and Shoulders of a Girl, 1990 etching signed with initials (lower right) and numbered ‘7/50’ (lower left) 30 3/4 x 24 3/4 inches (sheet), 27 1/4 x 21 1/2 inches (plate) Notes Reference: Hartley 41; Figura 32. Related Work Lying by the Rags, 1989-90. HENRI GAUDIER-BRZESKA (1891-1915) 18. Equestrienne, 1913 pen and ink on paper signed ‘H. Gaudier-Brzeska’ and inscribed along right hand margin 9 4/5 x 14 3/5 inches Provenance Mrs Sophie Brzeska. Harold Stanley Ede, London. Richard and Joan Crebbin Collection, Sydney. Mrs Joan Crebbin, Sydney. Exhibited The Folio Society, London, ‘Gaudier-Brzeska. An Exhibition of Drawings’, April – May 1964. Rudy Komon Gallery, Sydney, ‘Gaudier-Brzeska. Sculptures and Drawings’, April 1967.
Literature Levy, M., Gaudier Brzeska. Drawings and Sculpture, (Cory Adams and Mackay, London, 1965), pl. 40, illus. p. 27. 19. Female Nude ink on paper 15 x 10 inches Provenance Collection of Mr Jim Ede. SIR HERBERT JAMES GUNN (1893 -1964) 20. Les Pêcheurs, 1926 oil on canvas, mounted on board signed (lower left) & titled (verso) 18 x 14 inches IVON HITCHENS (1893 - 1979) 21. Colourspaces over the Marsh, 1970 oil on canvas signed & dated (lower right); also signed, titled & dated on artist’s label (verso) 21 x 52 inches 22. The Striped Shawl, circa 1938 oil on canvas estate stamp (verso) 20 1/2 x 25 inches AUGUSTUS JOHN (1878 - 1961) 23. Dorelia, circa 1914 oil on panel 16 x 12 inches 24. Portrait of a Young Woman, circa 1923 charcoal on paper signed and inscribed ‘to Dr Jerome Martin/ Ziegler/1923’ Provenance The Artist, gifted to Dr Jerome Ziegler. Thence by descent. Literature Birnbaum, Martin, The Last Romantic, The Story of More Than a Half Century in the World of Art, (Twayne Publishers, Inc., New York, 1960), p. 172.
GWEN JOHN (1876 - 1939) 25. Elisabeth de Willman Grabowska wash on tan paper 7 1/2 x 6 1/2 inches Provenance Edwin John, nephew of the artist. Private Collection, London. Private Collection, UK. Exhibition Maynard Walker Gallery, New York. Matthiesen Ltd., London, ‘Gwen John Memorial Exhibition’, 1946. 26. Rear View of Nun and Orphan Seated in Church, circa 1920s gouache on paper stamped signature (lower right) 5 5/8 x 5 7/16 inches Provenance Acquired from the Artist’s Estate, estate no. EJ 1215. Notes Another version of this composition is illus. in Cecily Langdale, Gwen John, London & New Haven, 1987, illus. as pl. 356, p. 223, no.311. 27. Red Flowers on White Bloom watercolour on paper stamped signature (lower left) 6 1/4 x 4 3/4 inches Exhibited Gallery/exhibition labels (verso) ‘Mattiesen Ltd, Gwen John Memorial Exhibition 1946’. ‘Matthiesen Gallery Gwen John Exh. 1961’. 28. Still Life of Flowers at a Window, 1928 watercolour and gouache inscribed and dated ‘Des fleurs à la fenêtre. Oct.1.28.’ (verso) 5 1/2 x 4 1/2 inches Provenance Private Collection, France. Thence by descent in family of the present owner since circa 1929.
29. Two Cottages behind a Wall gouache and watercolour on paper stamped signature (lower right) 6 3/8 x 6 1/4 inches Provenance Private collection, UK. HENRY LE SIDANER (1862 - 1939) 30. L’Eglise a Ventimiglia oil on board 10 1/5 x 9 1/5 inches Provenance Private Collection, UK. Literature Browse & Darby, ‘British & French Paintings, Drawings & Sculpture’, July 1986. PAUL MAZE (1887-1979) 31. Sailing Boats on an Estuary oil on board 10 1/2 x 28 1/2 inches Exhibited O’Hana Gallery, Carlos Place, London, ‘Paul Maze’, May 1958, catalogued as ‘Boats’. 32. The Cavendish Hotel pastel 15 x 22 inches Provenance Private Collection, UK. BERTHE MORISOT (1841-1895) 33. Femme et Enfant au Bois pencil on paper laid on card stamped with initials ‘B.M’ and numbered no. 25 (lower right); further inscribed ‘For my granddaughter 23.10.1970./Suzanne Eisendieck’ (verso) 21 x 16 inches Provenance Gifted by Mrs Suzanne Eisendieck to her granddaughter. Exhibited Musee Jacquemart-Andre, Paris, ‘Exposition Berthe Morisot’.
Notes It has been suggested by the Wildenstein Institute that this drawing is a study for the painting Femme et Enfant au Bois as listed in the catalogue raisonné by M.L Bataille and G. Wildenstein; Berthe Morisot (Les Beaux-Arts, Paris 1961) no. 412. SIR WILLIAM NICHOLSON (1872-1949) 34. A Game of Pelota, Saare, near Ciboure, 1938 oil on canvas board 13 x 16 1/4 inches Provenance Albert H Girling. Roland, Browse & Delbanco, London, 1951. J. B. Priestley (acquired from the above). Thence by descent, sold by executors of a deceased estate, Phillips, London, March 1999, lot 35. Private Collection, UK. Exhibited Roland, Browse & Delbanco, London, 1951, cat. no. 28. Literature Browse, Lillian, William Nicholson, (R. Hart-Davis, London, 1956), no.492. Reed, Patricia, William Nicholson, Catalogue Raisonné of the Oil Paintings, (Modern Art Press Ltd., London, 2011), p.624, no. 839. AUGUSTE RODIN (1840-1917) 35. Danseuse Accroupie bronze on a green marble plinth, edition of 12 inscribed with ‘George Rudier Fondeur’ height: 3 1/2 inches Provenance Private Collection, UK. Sotheby’s sale, New York, 14th June 1985. Literature Descharnes, R. and Chabrun, J.F., Auguste Rodin, (Lazarus, Paris, 1967), terracotta cast, illus., p. 249. Tancok, J. L., The Sculpture of Auguste Rodin: the collection of the Rodin Museum, (David R. Godine, Philadelphia, 1976), p. 288.
EDWARD SEAGO 36. The Butt and Oyster, Pin Mill oil on board signed (lower left) 20 x 30 inches Provenance Colnaghi, London, 1960. WALTER RICHARD SICKERT (1860 -1942) 37. St Remy, le Chevet de l’Eglise, Dieppe, circa 1900-03 oil on canvas 15 x 18 1/4inches Provenance Bernheim Jeune, Paris. Raphael Bullrick, and by descent, 2002. Browse & Darby, London, 2003. Private Collection, UK, (acquired in 2012). Exhibited Browse & Darby, London, 2002, no.26. Literature Baron, Wendy, Sickert Paintings and Drawings, (New Haven and London, London, 2006), p.249, no 143.1. 38. Study for ‘Resting: Napoleon III Tobacco Jar’ circa 1916 pencil on paper 10 3/4 x 14 1/2 inches Provenance Private Collection, UK. 39. Flowers in a White Vase, 1911 oil on canvas signed, indistinctly dedicated and dated ‘To Miss Regina Middleton/ W.Rt. Sickert 1911’ (lower left) 20 x 16 1/4inches Provenance A gift from the artist to Regina Middleton. Christie’s, London, 14 December 1973, lot 196, where purchased by Brian Sewell. Literature Baron, Wendy, Sickert Paintings and Drawings, (New Haven and London, 2006), p. 414, illus. no. 428.
42. Yorkshire landscape, circa 1931 SIR MATTHEW SMITH (1879 - 1959) oil on canvas 40. Still Life of Flowers on a Red Background 24 x 30 inches oil on canvas Provenance signed with initials (lower left) Piccadilly Gallery, London, 1965. 24 x 18 1/8 inches Private Collection, UK. Provenance Exhibited Arthur Tooth & Sons, London, 22 June 1942, where Brook Street Gallery, London (early exhibition, date acquired by Dr. Louis Forman unknown). Dr. Richard Alexander, thence by descent to the Literature present owner. Gledhill, John, Matthew Smith: Catalogue Raisonné of the Oil Paintings, (Lund Humphries, 2009), no. 352. Private Collection, UK. Yorke, Malcolm, Matthew Smith: His Life and Reputation, (Faber & Faber, London, 1997), pl. 37. 41. Still Life of Pears and Tulips, circa 1936 oil on canvas SIR STANLEY SPENCER, R.A. (1891 -1959) 13 x 18 1/4inches 43. Late Youth Provenance pencil, squared for transfer Arthur Tooth & Sons Ltd, London where acquired by inscribed ‘Late Youth’ (lower centre) 23 1/8 x 18 inches the Earl of Sandwich, 5th November 1936. Provenance Thence by descent to Amiya, The Countess of Sandwich. Sale of The Countess of Sandwich, Christie’s London, Gillian Jason Gallery, London. Purchased from above by the previous owner’s father, 3rd November 1967, lot 202. circa 1980, thence by descent. Waddington Galleries, London, where acquired by the present owner in the late 1960s. EUAN UGLOW (1932-2000) Exhibited 44. Hare, 1961 etching, edition of 15 Arthur Tooth and Sons Ltd., London, ‘Recent signed Paintings by Matthew Smith’, 5th-28th November 6 3/4 x 11 1/4 inches 1936, cat. no. 10. Castle Museum, Norwich, ‘Contemporary British and 45. Hydrangea in Octagonal-based Vase, 1960 French Art’, 1938, cat. no. 11. oil on panel Temple Newsam House, Leeds, ‘Jacob Epstein and 24 x 16 1/4 inches Matthew Smith’, July - September 1942, cat. no. 128. Provenance The Westinghouse Collection, Pennsylvania, 1969. The Mayor Gallery, London, ‘15 Paintings from 1921Belloc-Lowndes Fine Art, Chicago, 1997. 1946: Matthew Smith’, January - February 1949, cat Private Collection, Chicago. no. 12 (catalogued as Flowers and Fruit). Literature Tate, London, ‘Matthew Smith, Paintings from 1909Catherine Lampert, Euan Uglow, The Complete Paintings, 1952’, 3rd September - 18th October 1953, cat. no. 58. (Yale University Press, New Haven and London, Royal Academy of Arts, London, ‘A Memorial 2007), cat. no. 130, p. 52. Exhibition of Works by Sir Matthew Smith ALFRED WALLIS (1855-1942) C.B.E., 1879-1959’, 1960, cat. no. 211. 46. Boats in a Harbour Literature Gledhill, John, Catalogue Raisonné of the Oil Paintings of oil and pencil on card 5 x 9 inches Matthew Smith, (Lund Humphries, Farnham, 2009), Provenance cat. no. 494, illus. p.195. Private Collection, UK.
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