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Front cover: (17) David Tindle, RA (b.1932) Opening Door

Inside front cover: (36) Carel Weight, RA, CH, CBE (1908-1997) With Uncle Joe to Richmond

1. Bernard Dunstan, RA (1920-2017) Nude, Dark Morning

signed with initials; titled and dated 4.89 on the reverse oil on linen laid down to board 21 by 27.5 cm.; 8 ¼ by 10 ¾ in.

Provenance: Thos. Agnew and Sons Ltd, London

£3,500 plus 4% ARR

2. Fred Cuming, RA (1930-2022) Window Ledge signed oil on board

21 by 30.5 cm.; 8 ¼ by 12 in.

£1,950 plus 4% ARR

Exhibited:

Leamington Spa, Mason-Watts Fine Art, ‘Fred Cuming, RA and Sheila Fell, RA’, 11th-30th June 1989

£1,980 plus 4% ARR

signed oil pastel

16.5 by 21.5 cm.; 6 ½ by 8 ½ in.

£1,200 plus 4% ARR

3. David Michie, RSA (1928-2015) Pigeon

4. Jack Millar, RBA (1921-2006) St Marks

signed, titled and inscribed on the reverse oil on board

29 by 33.5 cm.; 11 ½ by 13 ¼ in

Exhibited:

Leamington Spa, Mason-Watts Fine Art, ‘Jack Millar Show’, 24th March – 15th April 1991, Cat. No. 29.

£820

5. Philip Hicks (1928-2021) Bright Day by the Sea signed oil on board 15.5 by 23 cm.; 6 by 9 in.

Exhibited: London, Messum’s, ‘Philip Hicks 2009’, Cat. No. 19

£450

Signed, titled and inscribed mixed media

33 by 28 cm.; 13 by 11 in.

£680

6. Linda Sutton (b.1947) La Boheme

£1,800 plus 4% ARR

7. John Bratby, RA (1928-1992) Seascape signed oil on canvas 51 by 45.5 cm.; 20 by 18 in.

8. Walter Bayes, RA (1869-1956)

The Foreign Office from St James’s Park signed with initials and dated ‘32 oil on canvas

44 by 63.5 cm.; 17 ¼ by 25 in.

Provenance:

The Court Gallery, Somerset

£2,800 plus 4% ARR

signed with initials oil on canvas laid down to board 12.5 by 25.5 cm.; 5 by 10 in.

£850

9. Peter Greenham, RA (1909-1992) Simonside, Northumberland

10.

signed and dated ’88 oil on board 23 by 28 cm.; 9 by 11 in.

Provenance: Portal Gallery, London

£880

Claude Harrison (1922-2009) Libra

signed with initials oil on canvas laid down to board 17 by 12 cm.; 6 ¾ by 4 ¾ in.

£350

11. Jane Dowling (1925-2023)

Primroses in a Glass

signed with initials oil on canvas laid down to board 17 by 14.5 cm.; 6 ¾ by 5 ¾ in.

£350

12. Jane Dowling (1925-2023) Primroses and Cornflowers

13.

Brenda Lenaghan, RSW (1941-2020)

The Fisherman

signed and dated ‘90

watercolour and gouache

64.5 by 49.5 cm.; 25 ½ by 19 ½ in.

£480

14. Diana Armfield, RA (b.1920) Sunset from the Road to Cloddae signed with initials oil on board 11.5 by 21.5 cm.; 4 ½ by 8 ½ in.

Exhibited: London, New Grafton Gallery, 3.7.85

£1,800 plus 4% ARR

15. David Tindle, RA (b.1932)

Window

watercolour and gouache 28 by 18.5 cm.; 11 by 7 ¼ in.

The present work is a study for ‘Way to Rooms’ which was exhibited at the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition in 1983.

Exhibited: Leamington Spa, Mason-Watts Fine Art, ‘Christmas Exhibition’, 1987.

£350

16. Thérèse Lessore (1884-1945) The Old Bedford signed pencil, watercolour and chalk 25.5 by 18.5 cm.; 10 by 7 ¼ in.

Provenance: Michael Parkin Gallery, London

£1,850

17.

David Tindle, RA (b.1932)

Opening Door

signed and dated ’78; also signed, titled and inscribed on the reverse egg tempera on board 61 by 80 cm.; 24 by 31 ½ in.

Provenance: The Piccadilly Gallery, London

Exhibited: London, Arts Council Show, 1979 (details untraced).

£8,200 plus 4% ARR

media

37 by 22.5 cm.; 14 ½ by 9 in.

£680

18. Linda Sutton (b.1947) Girl and Leopard

signed mixed

19.

Bernard Dunstan, RA (1920-2017) Dressing, Striped Jersey

signed with initials; titled and dated 1.71 on the reverse oil on board

29 by 17 cm.; 11 ½ by 6 ¾ in.

Provenance: Michael Parkin Fine Art, London, December 1983 Private Collection, U.K.

Exhibited: London, Thomas Agnew & Sons, 1972

£2,800 plus 4% ARR

woodcut and watercolour

22 by 17.5 cm.; 8 ¾ by 7 in.

Provenance: Michael Parkin Fine Art, London

£220

20. James Brown (1863-1943) Chiswick

signed with monogram; titled and inscribed with address on a label attached to the reverse watercolour and gouache 25.5 by 19 cm.; 10 by 7 ½ in.

£280

21.

Laura Holloway (20th Century) Polyanthus

signed with initials; inscribed with title and address to the reverse oil on board

40.5 by 51 cm.; 16 by 20 in £680

22.

Jack Millar, RBA (1921-2006)

Busy Lizzie

signed and dated 1988 mixed media 22.5 by 18 cm.; 9 by 7 in.

Exhibited: Leamington Spa, Mason-Watts Fine Art, ‘Lesley Main Show’. 3rd-16th December 1989, Cat. No.31.

£520

23. Lesley Main (1959-2023) Pink Tulips

30.5 by 40.5 cm.; 12 by 16 in.

Provenance: Llwellyn Alexander Ltd, London

£750

24.

Edna Bizon (1929-2016) Still Life with Garlic

signed oil on canvas

25. Edna Bizon (1929-2016) Still Life with Silver and Glass

signed, titled on the overlap oil on canvas

35.5 by 45.5 cm.; 14 by 18 in.

Exhibited: Sheringham, Guild of Norwich Painters Exhibition 2001, No.47

£1,250 plus 4% ARR

signed pen, ink and watercolour

37 by 27 cm.; 14 ½ by 10 ½ in.

£410

26. George Bissill (1896-1973) Fisherman

27. Lesley Main (1959-2023) Mykonos Landscape

signed and dated 1988 mixed media

30.5 by 35.5 cm.; 12 by 14 in.

Exhibited: Leamington Spa, Mason-Watts Fine Art, ‘Christmas Show’, 1988.

£410

Abstract

signed and inscribed Watercolour on the backboard watercolour

20.5 by 25.5 cm.; 8 by 10 in.

£180

28. Pam Izzard (b.1926)

29. John Titchell, RA (1926-1998) Frith Farm, Thunderstorm watercolour 30.5 by 30.5 cm.; 12 by 12 in.

Exhibited: London, Royal Academy of Art, Summer Exhibition 1991

£1,100 plus 4% ARR

signed with monogram watercolour and gouache 48.5 by 38 cm.; 19 by 15 in.

30. Laura Holloway (20th Century) Roses

£480

signed with monogram watercolour and gouache 33.5 by 41 cm.; 13 by 16 in.

£480

31. Laura Holloway (20th Century) Foxgloves and other Flowers

32. Marysia Donaldson (1930-2018) Anemones

signed oil on canvas

61 by 51 cm.; 24 by 20 in.

£750

signed; inscribed on the reverse oil on board

50.5 by 40.5 cm.; 20 by 16 in.

£680

33. Jack Millar, RBA (1921-2006) Yellow Flowers on the Mantle Shelf

signed and dated 1987

mixed media

22.5 by 18 cm.; 9 by 7 in.

£480

34. Lesley Main (1959-2023) Flowers

49.5 by 60 cm.; 19 ½ by 23 ½ in.

£1,800 plus 4% ARR

35. David Michie, RSA (1928-2015) Dahlias signed oil on canvas

36. Carel Weight, RA, CH, CBE (1908-1997) With Uncle Joe to Richmond

signed and titled on a label attached to the stretcher oil on canvas

38 by 68.5 cm.; 15 by 27 in.

Illustrated: ‘Carel Weight - A Haunted Imagination’ by R.V. Weight, published by David & Charles, Newton Abbot, 1994

£5,800 plus 4% ARR

signed and dated 1940 watercolour

32 by 46.5 cm.; 12 ½ by 18 ¼ in.

£480

37. William Dring, RA (1904-1990) Bridge

signed oil on canvas board

24.5 by 29 cm.; 9 ¾ by 11 ½ in.

£1,450 plus 4% ARR

38. Ronald Ossory Dunlop, RA (1894-1973) River View

signed with initials oil on canvas

29 by 39.5 cm.; 11 ½ by 15 ½ in.

The present view is thought to be of Chichester.

£520

39. Rodney Joseph Burn, RA (1899-1984) Harbour

40. Jack Millar, RBA (1921-2006) Plate and Plant

signed and inscribed on the reverse oil on board

51 by 61 cm.; 20 by 24 in.

£680

Olwyn Bowey, RA (b.1936)

A Study for Coultershaw Mill extensively annotated pencil on two sheets of paper 34 by 49.5cm.; 13 ½ by 19 ½ in.

This was the preparatory drawing for her painting exhibited in the Royal Academy of Art, Summer Exhibition, 1983

£480

41.

signed and titled on the backboard watercolour and goauche 53 by 53 cm.; 21 by 21 in.

£280

42. Pam Izzard (b.1926) Bearing Fruit

signed with monogram oil on canvas, unframed 51 by 61 cm.; 20 by 24 in.

£880

43. Morwenna Thistlethwaite (1912-2000)

Tabletop Still Life

The Copse signed with monogram oil on board 96.5 by 61 cm.; 38 by 24 in.

Provenance: Porthmeor Gallery, St.Ives

£980

44. Morwenna Thistlethwaite (1912-2000)

45.

Morwenna Thistlethwaite (1912-2000)

Mother and Child

signed with monogram oil on canvas

56 by 45.5 cm.; 22 by 18 in.

£880

executed in 1987 in an edition of 6 stamped with foundry mark bronze height: 39cm.; 15 ¼ in.

£1,400 plus 4% ARR

British School, 20th Century Moonlight, Dockyard oil on canvas

40 by 63.5 cm.; 15 ¾ by 25 in.

This work is after Atkinson Grimshaw’s ‘Nightfall on the Thames’ held in the collection of Leeds City Art Gallery.

£680

47.

48. Michael Matthews (1933-1995) Dockyard by Moonlight oil on canvas 40 by 63.5 cm.; 15 ¾ by 25 in.

£1,200 plus 4% ARR

pencil and watercolour

26.5 by 37 cm.; 10 ½ by 14 ½ in.

Provenance: Michael Parkin Fine Art

£580

49. John Doman Turner (1871-1938) Tenby

50.

Lesley Main (1959-2023)

A Café in Paris, 14th July

signed and dated 1989 oil on board 46 by 40.5 cm.; 18 by 16 in.

Exhibited: Leamington Spa, Mason-Watts Fine Art, ‘Lesley Main Show’. 3rd-16th December 1989, Cat. No.4.

£820

£2,800 plus 4% ARR

51. Fred Cuming, RA (1930-2022) Flower Pot signed oil on board 19 by 14.5 cm.; 7 ½ by 5 ¾ in

Armfield, Diana RA (b.1920) 14

Bayes, Walter RA (1869-1956) 8

Bissill, George (1896-1973) 26

Bizon, Edna (1929-2016) 24, 25

Bowey, Olwyn RA (b.1936) 41

Bratby, John RA (1928-1992) 7

British School, 20th Century 47

Brown, James (1863-1943) 20

Burn, Rodney Joseph RA (1899-1984) 39

Cuming, Fred RA (1930-2022) 2, 51

Donaldson, Marysia (1930-2018) 32

Dowling, Jane (1925-2023) 11,12

Dring, William RA (1904-1990) 37

Dunstan, Bernard RA (1920-2017) 1, 19

Ford, Laura (b.1961) 46

Greenham, Peter RA (1909-1992) 9

Harrison, Claude (1922-2009) 10

Hicks, Philip (1928-2021) 5

Holloway, Laura (20th Century) 21, 30, 31

Izzard, Pam (b.1926) 28, 42 L

Lenaghan, Brenda RSW (1941-2020) 13

Lessore, Thérèse (1884-1945) 16

Main, Lesley (1959-2023) 23, 27, 34, 50

Matthews, Michael (1933-1995) 48

Michie, David RSA (1928-2015) 3, 35

Millar, Jack RBA (1921-2006) 4, 22, 33, 40 O

Ossory Dunlop, Ronald RA (1894-1973) 38 S

Sutton, Linda (b.1947) 6, 18 T

Thistlethwaite, Morwenna (1912-2000) 43, 44,45

Tindle, David RA (b.1932) 15, 17

Titchell, John RA (1926-1998) 29

Turner, John Doman (1871-1938) 49

Weight, Carel RA, CH, CBE (1908-1997) 36