MODERN & CONTEMPORARY ART
SATURDAY 13 JUNE 2026
ALSO SELLING TODAY:
MOUSEMAN
150TH ANNIVERSARY SALE
SATURDAY 13 JUNE 2026 9.30AM
20TH CENTURY DESIGN
SATURDAY 13 JUNE 2026 1.30PM
MODERN & CONTEMPORARY ART
Following directly after A Yorkshire View - Part II
SATURDAY 13 JUNE 2026 AT 9.30AM
AUCTION
The Auction Centre, Leyburn North Yorkshire DL8 5SG
VIEWING
Thursday 11 June 10.00am to 4.00pm Friday 12 June 10.00am to 4.00pm Morning of Sale from 8.00am
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COVER Lot 493
FRONT
MODERN & CONTEMPORARY ART DEPARTMENT
In line with rising interest with this area of visual culture, Tennants offer a wide range of examples by artists and movements from the 20th century through to the present day.
Yorkshire Pictures and Northern Art
Tennants is the leading auction house in the North of England representing and promoting high calibre and varied examples from this genre of artists. The importance of our local consigners and collectors, as well as those works sourced and sold from further afield, is testament to the notable reputation held by the Department.
The Picture Department is proud to have successfully represented many important living artists and artists’ estates from the Nor th, including Norman Cornish, Peter Brook, John Ridgewell, Marie Walker Last, Karl Torok, Piers Browne and Sally Arnup, to name but a few, and we continue to build new and lasting relationships with numerous living artists and estates.
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457✓
After Laurence Stephen Lowry RBA, RA (1887-1976)
“Level Crossing”
Signed, a colour reproduction, 48.5cm by 56cm
£800-1,200
458✓
After Laurence Stephen Lowry RBA, RA (1887-1976)
“Huddersfield”
Signed, with the blindstamp for the Fine Art Trade Guild, a colour reproduction, 47cm by 57cm
£1,000-2,000
457
459✓
After Laurence Stephen Lowry RBA, RA (1887-1976)
“Mrs Swindell’s Picture”
Signed, with the blindstamp for the Fine Art Trade Guild, a colour reproduction, 43.5cm by 31.5cm
£1,000-2,000
460✓
After Laurence Stephen Lowry RBA, RA (1887-1976)
“Two Brothers”
Signed, with the blindstamp for the Fine Art Trade Guild, a colour reproduction, 63cm by 31cm
£1,200-1,800
459
Provenance: Reputedly acquired by the previous owner from L.S. Lowry during a trip to the North East Tennants Auctioneers, “Summer Fine Art Sale”, 22nd July 2016, lot 723
£7,000-10,000
461✓
Laurence Stephen Lowry RBA, RA (1887-1976) Street Scene with Children and Dogs Signed, pencil, 24cm by 16cm
461
462✓
Laurence Stephen Lowry RBA, RA (1887-1976)
Figures on a street
Signed and dated (19)71, biro, 9.5cm by 19.5cm
Provenance: Gifted by the artist to Mr Donald Earnshaw on a social visit to Newland House, Seaham
Thence by descent
Tennants Auctioneers, “Fine Art Sale”, 22nd November 2002, lot 704
Tennants Auctioneers, “Modern and Contemporary Art”, 7th October 2023, lot 105
£8,000-12,000
463✓
Geoffrey Woolsey Birks YWS (1929-1993)
Figures before an industrial town
Signed, watercolour, 32.5cm by 47.5cm
Provenance: Hartleys Auctioneers, Ilkley
£400-600
464✓
Geoffrey Woolsey Birks YWS (1929-1993)
“Boy in a Red Jumper”
Signed, watercolour, 33cm by 47.5cm
Provenance: Hartleys Auctioneers, Ilkley
£400-600
465✓
Tom McGuinness (1926-2006)
“Lamplight, Early Evening”
Signed and dated (19)60, charcoal, 34cm by 49cm
Provenance: TB & R Jordan, Stockton-on-Tees
£600-800
463
464
466✓
Tom McGuinness (1926-2006)
“The Cage”
Signed and dated 1978, inscribed and numbered 7/30, etching, 55cm by 15.5cm
£250-300
467✓
Norman Stansfield Cornish MBE (1919-2014)
The artist’s father seated in a chair
Signed, mixed media, 22.5cm by 29cm (unframed)
Provenance: Purchased from the artist’s family
£800-1,200
468✓
Norman Stansfield Cornish MBE (1919-2014)
“Bar Maid”
Signed, mixed media, 19cm by 28cm (unframed)
Provenance: Purchased from the artist’s family
£800-1,200
466
467
469✓
Norman Stansfield Cornish MBE (1919-2014)
Miner in a flat cap Signed, mixed media, 38.5cm by 28cm (unframed)
Provenance: Purchased from the artist’s family £1,500-2,000
470✓
Norman Stansfield Cornish MBE (1919-2014)
“The Gantry”
Signed, watercolour on newspaper, 19cm by 16cm
Provenance: The Stone Gallery, Newcastle-upon-Tyne TB & R Jordan, Stockton-on-Tees
With Dean and Chapter Colliery receipt verso £1,200-1,800
469
471✓
Norman Stansfield Cornish MBE (1919-2014)
Miners Going to Work
Signed, mixed media, 19cm by 27.5cm
Provenance: Purchased from the artist’s family
£2,000-3,000
472✓
Brian Shields ‘Braaq’ FBA (1951-1997) “It’s 20 Feet Deep in the Middle!”
Signed and dated (19)77, inscribed “Ann”, oil on board, 39.5cm by 29.5cm
£4,000-6,000
473✓
Stuart Walton (b.1933)
Leeds Street Scene
Signed and dated (19)68, oil on board, 51cm by 66cm
£500-700
475✓
Stuart Walton (b.1933)
“Back Thomson Street, Burmantofts, Leeds”
Signed and dated (20)14, inscribed verso, acrylic on cotton, 29.5cm by 39.5cm
Provenance: The artist’s family
£300-500
474✓
Stuart Walton (b.1933)
“Queen Street East Ardsley”
Signed and dated (19)71, oil on board, 66cm by 76cm
Provenance: Sands Gallery, Harrogate
£600-800
473
474
476✓
Stuart Walton (b.1933)
“Grey Building, Globe Road”
Signed and dated 2014, inscribed verso, acrylic on cotton, 40cm by 29.5cm
Provenance: The artist’s family
£400-600
477✓
Stuart Walton (b.1933)
“Back Street, Bradford”
Signed and dated 2015, inscribed verso, acrylic on cotton, 30cm by 39.5cm
Provenance: The artist’s family
£400-600
478✓
Reg Gardner (b.1948)
Train
Signed and dated (19)74, oil on board, 24.5cm by 23cm
£250-350
476
478
477
480✓
Joash Woodrow (1927-2006)
Portrait of a woman
Pastel and chalk, 50cm by 39cm
Provenance: 108 Fine Art, Harrogate
£250-400
479✓
John Melville (1902-1986)
Industrial landscape
Signed and inscribed verso, dated 1960’s verso, oil on board, 67cm by 83cm
£400-600
481✓
Joash Woodrow (1927-2006)
Woman wearing a red hat in profile
Signed and dated (19)67, pastel and chalk, 63cm by 48cn
£500-700
479
480
482✓
Joash Woodrow (1927-2006)
Woman in a red hat
Signed, pastel and chalk, 63cm by 43cm
£400-600
483✓
Joash Woodrow (1927-2006)
“Two Ladies and a Gentleman Having a Drink” Pastel and chalk, 50cm by 62.5cm
Provenance: 108 Fine Art, Harrogate
£500-700
484✓
Jake Attree (b.1950)
“The Hunters in the Snow” (after Bruegel) Oil pastel, 59cm by 59cm
Exhibited: Messum’s Fine Art, London, “Artists of Fame and of Promise”, 2021, no.6
£400-600
482
483
484
485✓
Fred Yates (1922-2008)
Family Life
Signed, inscribed, acrylic on canvas, 124cm by 90.5cm
Provenance: Artcurial, Paris, “Vente généraliste - Fred Yates”, 31 March 2014, Lot 29
£2,000-3,000
486✓
Fred Yates (1922-2008)
The Passing Train
Signed, acrylic on canvas, 72cm by 99cm
Provenance: Artcurial, Paris, “Vente généraliste - Fred Yates”, 31 March 2014, Lot 154
£2,000-3,000
485
487✓
Percy Kelly (1918-1993)
Workington Ship Yard
Signed and numbered 23/75, 23.5cm by 27.5cm
£150-200
488✓
Norman Ackroyd CBE, RA (1938-2024)
“On Twyford Down - Deacon Hill”
Signed and dated (19)93, inscribed and numbered 26/90, etching, 20.5cm by 30cm
Provenance: Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, London, 1993
£150-250
489✓
Norman Ackroyd CBE, RA (1938-2024)
“Twyford Down - St Catherine’s Hill”
Signed and dated (19)93, inscribed and numbered 13/90, etching, 20.5cm by 29.5cm
Provenance: Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, London, 1993
£150-250
487
488
490✓
Janet Rawlins (b.1931)
Castle Bolton Signed, collage, 39cm by 59cm
£200-300
491✓
Anne Isabella Brooke (1916-2002) “Penhill Wensleydale”
Signed, oil on canvas, 34cm by 54.5cm
£800-1,200
492✓
Maxwell Doig (b.1966)
“Old House Façade near Rawtenstall”
Initialled, signed, inscribed and dated 2019-2020 verso, acrylic on canvas laid onto panel, 83cm by 61cm
Exhibited: Messum’s Fine Art, London, “Maxwell Doig”, 2020, no.26
£2,000-3,000
493✓
Maxwell Doig (b.1966)
“Late Afternoon, Flamborough Head Lighthouse”
Initialled, signed, inscribed and dated 2019-20 verso, acrylic on canvas laid onto panel, 61cm by 82.5cm
Exhibited: Messum’s Fine Art, London, “Maxwell Doig”, 2022, no.34
£2,000-3,000
492
493
494✓
Maxwell Doig (b.1966)
“Abandoned House, Above Marsden”
Initialled, signed, inscribed and dated 2017 verso, acrylic on canvas laid onto panel, 57cm by 80.5cm
£3,000-5,000
495✓
Miles Richmond (1922-2008)
“Durham Cathedral” (1980)
Charcoal, 58cm by 78cm
Exhibited: Messum’s Fine Art, London, “Modern Romantics”, 2014, no.12
£300-500
494
497✓
Rigby Graham MBE (1931-2015)
“Windermere”
Signed and dated 1960, inscribed, oil on board, 30.5cm by 37cm
Provenance: The vendor’s mother worked with the artist’s wife (Pat) in Leicester. The painting was gifted to the vendor’s mother by the artist and his wife, possibly as a wedding present as they married in July 1960
Sold together with a collection of postcards after the artist, and two books “Rigby Graham, A Selection of Paintings”, Hans van Eijk, 1979, Leicester and “Rigby Graham”, Anne Greer, 1981, Newcastle-uponTyne
£400-600
496✓
Miles Richmond (1922-2008)
“Osmotherley” (1982)
Signed and dated (19)82, mixed media, 47.5cm by 64.5cm
Exhibited: Messum’s Fine Art London, “Miles Richmond”, 2014, no.41
£250-400
498✓
Geoffrey Key (b.1941) Rolling Landscape
Signed and dated (19)86, oil on paper laid onto board, 72cm by 98cm
£2,000-3,000
496
497
499✓
Jonathan Armigel Wade (b.1960)
“In the Dale”
Signed, inscribed verso and numbered 2517 with the artist’s numbering system, oil on board, 20cm by 28.5cm
£400-600
500✓
Piers Browne (1949-2024)
“Happy Days at Skeldale, August Sunset”
Initialled, signed, inscribed and dated Feb 2013 verso, oil on panel, 43cm by 47.5cm
£300-500
501✓
Piers Browne (1949-2024)
Window sill with still life of Summer flowers overlooking Saltburn beach
Initialled, oil on board, 43cm by 60cm
Provenance: The Artist’s Estate
£400-600
502
502
Brian Alderman (b.1954)
“Reaching the Summit, on Wether Fell”
Signed, inscribed verso, oil and gesso on board, 68cm by 48cm
£300-500
503
Brian Alderman (b.1954)
“The Snowstorm”
Signed, inscribed verso, oil on canvas, 44cm by 60cm
£300-500
505✓
Selina Thorp (b.1968)
“Scarborough Harbour”
Signed, inscribed and dated November 1996 to label verso, mixed media, 41.5cm by 58.5cm
£250-400
504✓
Selina Thorp (b.1968)
“Whitby Harbour”
Signed, pastel, 49.5cm by 67.5cm
Provenance: Harrogate Borough Council, 29.5.1993
Private Collection, North East of England
£250-400
506✓
Selina Thorp (b.1968)
“Cador Patissier - Salon de Thé”
Signed, oil pastel, 40cm by 30cm
£120-180
507✓
Lilian Colbourn (1897-1967)
“La Créperie Bretonne, Paris”
Signed, oil on canvas board, 74cm by 59cm
Exhibited: Scarborough, 1960
Messum’s Fine Art, Buckinghamshire, “20th Century British Art”, 2009, no.26
Messum’s Fine Art, Buckinghamshire, “Elemental North”, 2014, no.33
£300-500
508✓
Lilian Colbourn (1897-1967)
“Houses, Paris”
Signed, inscribed verso, oil on canvas, 55.5cm by 46cm
Exhibited: Messum’s Fine Art, Buckinghamshire, “Elemental North”, 2014, no.35
£400-600
509✓
Lilian Colbourn (1897-1967)
“Indoor Plant”
Signed, mixed media, 37.5cm by 27.5cm
Exhibited: Messum’s Fine Art, Buckinghamshire, “The Elemental North”, 2010, no.94
Messum’s Fine Art, Buckinghamshire, “The Elemental North”, 2012, no.5
£150-250
508
509
507
511✓
Paul Ehrenberg (1876–1949) German “Fahrendes Volk, Normandie”
Signed, inscribed verso, oil on board, 28cm by 44cm
£400-600
510
Erich Brill (1895–1942) German Hamburg Harbour
Signed and dated 1936, oil on canvas, 72cm by 98cm
£700-1,000
512✓ Roy Petley (b.1950)
“Stroll Through the Park”
Signed, oil on board, 39cm by 59.5cm
£800-1,200
511
513✓
Margaret Green (1925-2003)
“The Promenade”
Signed, inscribed verso, oil on board, 29cm by 46cm
£400-600
514✓
Walter John Beauvais (1942-1998)
Lady seated on a beach Monogrammed, oil on board, 24cm by 34cm
Provenance: Walker Galleries Ltd., Harrogate £200-300
515✓
Andre de Lievin (pseudonym for Pierre de Clausade) (1910-1976) French “Bretagne”
Signed, inscribed verso, oil on canvas, 45.5cm by 54cm
£250-350
516✓
Pierre de Clausade (1910-1976) French “Nuages sur la Loire”
Signed, oil on canvas, 56cm by 89.5cm
Provenance: E Stacy-Marks Ltd, Eastbourne Exhibited: E Stacy-Marks Ltd, “Paintings and Watercolours of the Nineteenth Century and Paintings of the Twentieth Century” at the Ardsley House Hotel, South Yorkshire, 1983
£1,000-2,000
515
516
517✓
Carlos Nadal (1917-1998) Spanish “Plage”
Signed, stamped verso atelier Carlos Nadal, mixed media, 20.5cm by 16cm
Provenance: Walker Galleries Ltd., Harrogate
£700-1,000
518✓
Carlos Nadal (1917-1998) Spanish “Village”
Signed, stamped verso atelier Carles Nadal, mixed media, 12cm by 17.5cm
Provenance: Walker Galleries Ltd., Harrogate
£600-800
517
519✓ John Mackie (b.1953) “Montpellier”
Signed and dated (19)92, pastel, 58cm by 76cm
Provenance: Gallery Six, Harrogate £400-600
520✓ Godfrey Tonks (b.1948)
“Poppies with Distant Village, The Dordogne” Signed, oil on canvas, 39.5cm by 29cm
Provenance: Walker Galleries Ltd., Harrogate £300-500
521✓
John Lowrie Morrison “Jolomo” OBE (b.1948) Scottish “Early Morning Light, Iona”
Signed, inscribed and dated 2010 verso, oil on canvas, 30cm by 30cm
Provenance: Kranenburg Fine Art, Argyll
£1,000-1,500
522✓
Clare Leighton (1898-1989) “Four Hedges” (1935)
Eighteen wood engravings from the book, each mounted, Camelot Press, 17.5cm by 12cm (18)
£200-300
521
522 (part)
523✓
Edward Bawden CBE, RA (1903-1989) “Review of Revues and Other Matters” (1930)
A calendar of twelve lithographs, each mounted, 6cm by 12.5cm (12) (unframed)
£150-200
524✓
Edward Bawden CBE, RA (1903-1989)
“Good Food” (1932)
A Calendar of twelve prints from the Frist Edition, published by Faber & Faber, each mounted, 10cm by 12cm (12) (unframed)
£150-250
525✓
Edward Bawden CBE, RA (1903-1989)
“Life in an English Village” (1949)
Eight lithographs from the series, together with six further black and white prints, all mounted, 26cm by 20cm and 20cm by 26cm respectively (14) (unframed)
£200-300
523 (part)
524 (part)
525 (part)
526✓
Eric Ravilious (1903-1942) and Ambrose Heath (1891-1969)
Calendar from “The Country Life Cookery Book” (1937)
Twelve wood engravings, each mounted, 18.5cm by 20cm, together with title vignette (13) (unframed)
£150-250
527✓
Eric Gill ARA, RDI (1882-1940)
“Ariel and Children”
Signed and dated 4.8.31, pencil, 11.5cm by 18cm
Provenance: The Folio Society, London
£600-800
528✓
Edith Lawrence (1890-1973)
“France”
Signed and numbered 6/50, linocut, 26cm by 36cm (unframed)
Provenance: From the artist’s estate
£700-1,000
526 (part)
527
528
529✓
Elsie Queen “EQ” Nicholson (1908-1992) “Black Goose” (1938)
Block cut, printed on cloth, 81cm by 82cm (unframed)
£200-300
530✓
Kathleen Major (1905-1977)
“In the Jungle”
Signed and inscribed, pen and ink, 24cm by 33.5cm
Exhibited: The Stone Gallery, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, “Kathleen Major”, no. 21
Sold together with the exhibition list
£150-200
531✓
Kathleen Major (1905-1977)
“Elephant”
Signed and inscribed, pen and ink, 24cm by 33.5cm
Exhibited: The Stone Gallery, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, “Kathleen Major”, no.38
£150-200
532✓
Mark Hearld (b.1974)
Fish
Signed and dated (20)13, numbered 4/50, linocut, 59cm by 79cm
£300-500
533✓
Mark Hearld (b.1974) “Orchard Goose”
Signed and dated (20)12, numbered 51/95, lithograph, 65.5cm by 88.5cm
£500-700
532
534✓
Emily Sutton (b.1983)
“D is for Dolls’ House”
Signed and numbered 19/75, screenprint, 52.5cm by 70cm
£200-300
535✓
Emily Sutton (b.1983)
“G is for Greenhouse”
Signed and numbered 13/75, screenprint, 55cm by 72.5cm
£300-500
536✓
Emily Sutton (b.1983)
“H is for Horse and Hound”
Signed and numbered 6/75, screenprint, 55.5cm by 73cm
£200-300
534
535 536
537✓
Emily Sutton (b.1983)
“I is for Ice Cream”
Signed and numbered 4/75, screenprint, 56cm by 73cm
£200-300
538✓
Emily Sutton (b.1983)
“K is for Kittens and Knitting”
Signed and numbered 27/75, screenprint, 54cm by 71cm
£300-500
539✓
Emily Sutton (b.1983)
“Q is for Quince and Quail”
Signed and numbered 39/75, screenprint, 57.5cm by 73.5cm
£200-300
537
538
540✓
Emily Sutton (b.1983)
“R is for Rose”
Signed and numbered 16/75, screenprint, 57.5cm by 74cm
£200-300
541✓
Emily Sutton (b.1983)
“T is for Tree”
Signed and numbered 73/75, screenprint, 60cm by 77cm (unframed)
£300-500
542✓
Ed Kluz (b.1980)
“Newby Hall”
Initialled and numbered IX/XXV, screenprint, 59cm by 63cm
£250-400
543✓ Margaret Green (1925-2003)
Interior with red chair Gouache on paper, 46cm by 61.5cm
Exhibited: Messum’s, London, “Lionel Bulmer and Margaret Green”, 2025, no.41
£300-500
544✓
Signed, oil on canvas, 61cm by 48.5cm
Provenance: Purchased from the artist The vendor’s daughter, “Sarah,” was Ken Howard’s model for over three years
£4,000-6,000
Ken Howard OBE, RA, RBA, NEAC (1932-2022)
“Sarah at Oriel”
545✓ Ken Howard OBE, RA, RBA, NEAC (1932-2022)
“Sarah” Signed, oil on canvas, 49.5cm by 29.5cm
Provenance: Purchased from the artist The vendor’s daughter, “Sarah,” was Ken Howard’s model for over three years
£2,000-3,000
546✓
Sydney Harpley RA, FRBS (1927-1992)
Standing nude Bronze on a slate base, 21cm high (including base)
£300-500
547✓
Vincent Butler RSA (1933–2017)
Seated nude
548✓
John Melville (1902-1986)
“The Nightmare”
Signed, inscribed verso and dated 1964, oil on canvas, 97cm by 100cm
£600-800
549
No Lot
Initialled, bronze on a wooden base, 11cm high (including base)
£200-300
550
No Lot
546
547
548
PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973) SPANISH
Picasso began producing ceramics at the family-run Madoura pottery in Vallauris, a little way inland from Antibes and the site of clay production since Roman times. Here, over the course of twenty years, Picasso would create hundreds of unique and editioned ceramic pieces, of ten exploring anthropomorphic designs, classical imagery and whimsical animal forms.
Owls have long been a symbol of wisdom and watchfulness and having a fascination with and deep understanding of ancient cultures, Picasso was very much aware of the association of owls with the goddess Athena and their frequent presence in the decoration of ancient potter y. Serendipitously, the owl was also the ancient symbol of Antibes, the town having been founded on an Ancient Greek settlement.
One of his most iconic shapes was the pottery owl vase, with a bulbous body tapered top and bottom to form the head and legs, and of ten with extra clay added to form a tail. Simple in shape, it could be quickly painted with bold and energetic brushstrokes to form a character ful owl. Picasso produced both unique hand-built examples, and editioned pieces made with clay moulds, which are often marked on the base ‘Edition Picasso’ as seen in the present piece.
“Pablo loved to surround himself with birds and animals. In general, they were exempt from the suspicion with which he regarded his other friends.”
- Françoise Gilot
551✓
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) Spanish Wood-owl
Inscribed Edition Picasso to the underside, white earthenware vase painted in brown and black with white enamel, 30cm high
£3,000-5,000
552✓
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) Spanish “Tête Polychrome” (1961)
Marked and numbered “Edition Picasso 86/200 / Madoura” to the reverse, white earthenware ceramic plaque with coloured engobe and glaze, 25cm by 25cm
£2,500-4,000
552
553✓
After Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) Spanish Le Picador from “À Los Toros” (1961) Lithograph, 23cm by 29cm
Provenance: Jonty Hearnden Limited, Oxfordshire
£300-500
554✓
Clifford Hall (1904-1973) “Sevilla”
Signed, inscribed and dated 9.4.1950, mixed media, 16.5cm by 22.5cm
£150-200
555
* J B (20th Century)
Torero
Signed and dated 1954, oil on board, 73cm by 60cm
£300-500
554
553
556✓
Philip Davies (b.1953)
“Young Girl with Fur Coat”
Initialled and dated (20)07, oil on paper, 35cm by 29.5cm
£300-500
557✓
Peter Howson OBE (b.1958) Scottish “Head Study IVTransition”
Signed and dated (20)07, mixed media, 15cm by 10cm
£120-180
558✓
Tonio Trzebinski (1960-2001) “Drawing V” (1999)
Charcoal, 107cm by 73cm
Provenance: Lefevre Gallery, London
£300-500
556
557
Steve Winterburn (b.1959)
“White Thunder”
Signed, bronze, 24.5cm high (including base)
Sold together with a signed pencil study of “White Thunder” (2)
Provenance: Halcyon Gallery, Birmingham
£4,000-6,000
560✓
Steve Winterburn (b.1959)
Baby Rhino
Signed, bronze, 15cm high (including base)
Provenance: Halcyon Gallery, Birmingham
£1,000-1,500
559 (part)
561
Darren Yeadon (b.1970)
Stone Fish
Signed, Whitby Sandstone, 49cm high (including base)
£600-800
562✓
David Shepherd CBE, FRSA, FGRA (1931-2017)
Elephant amongst foliage
Signed, oil on canvas, 18cm by 25cm
Presented by the artist to raise funds jointly for St John Ambulance and The David Shepherd Conservation Foundation, according to inscription to reverse
£4,000-6,000
563
561
562
564✓
Adrian Paul Allinson ROI (1890-1959)
“Flower Composition”, Dahlia’s in a blue vase
Signed, oil on board, 79cm by 54cm
Exhibited: Central Institute of Art and Design, National Gallery, London
£1,000-1,500
565✓
Audrey Johnson (1918-2010)
Buttercups
Signed and dated 1984, oil on board, 29cm by 24cm
£250-400
566 No Lot
567 No Lot
568✓
John Miller (1931-2002)
“Tulips”
Oil on canvas, 60cm by 54.5cm
£400-600
569✓
John Miller (1931-2002)
“Orange Over Cadmium Yellow”
Signed, inscribed verso, oil on canvas, 55.5cm by 46cm
£500-700
565
570
Sandy Skoglund (b.1946) American Notebook, pens and leaves
Signed and dated 1988, bronze, 37.5cm high
£700-1,000
571✓
John Egerton Christmas Piper CH (1903-1992) for Sandersons “Chiesa della Salute” (1959)
Screen printed cotton for Arthur Sanderson & Sons Ltd, commissioned for Sanderson’s centenary, 33.5cm by 33.5cm
£150-250
570
573✓
Anthony Harrison (b.1931)
“San Pedro” (1958)
Screenprinted cotton for Edinburgh Weavers, 35cm by 53.5cm
£150-200
572✓
Anthony Harrison (1931-2012)
“Matador” (1958)
Printed cotton for Edinburgh Weavers, 34cm by 55cm
This design was derived from the artist’s 1958 etching “El Toro”
£120-180
574✓
Marino Marini (1924-1997) Italian “Cavallo” (1959)
Jacquard woven furnishing fabric for Edinburgh Weavers, 43cm by 53cm
Literature: “Artists’ Textiles in Britain 1945-1970”, The Antique Collectors’ Club in association with The Fine Art Society/Target Gallery, 2003, p.102 £120-180
572
573
575✓
Alan Reynolds (1926-2014)
“Weald” (1959)
Screen printed cotton for Edinburgh Weavers, 36cm by 56cm
Literature: “Artists’ Textiles in Britain 1945-1970”, The Antique Collectors’ Club in association with The Fine Art Society/Target Gallery, 2003, p.98
£120-180
577✓
Victor Pasmore RA, CH, CBE (1908-1998)
“Points of Contact 2”
Initialled and dated (19)65, numbered 50/70, screenprint, 57.5cm by 91cm (unframed)
Provenance: Bonhams Chester, “Collectable Ceramics and 20th Century Prints”, 4th August 2009, lot 180
Literature: Bowness and Lambertini, “Victor Pasmore: With a Catalogue Raisonne of Paintings, Constructions and Graphics, 192679”, Cat. 3
£400-600
576✓
John Langton (b.1932)
“Scarlet and Black”
Signed, inscribed with title and dated Sep (19)63 verso, oil on canvas, 70cm by 90cm
John Langton trained at art school in York and Guildford between 1949 and 1953 and since then has exhibited widely throughout the UK and Germany.
£300-500
578✓
Victor Pasmore RA, CH, CBE (1908-1998)
“Quiet is the Island” (1974)
Initialled, etching, aquatint and screenprint with poetry, 70cm by 60cm
Provenance: Bonhams, London, “Prints”, 30th September 2008, lot 205
Literature: Bowness and Lambertini, “Victor Pasmore: With a Catalogue Raisonne of Paintings, Constructions and Graphics, 192679”, Cat. 39e
£500-700
575
576
577
DAVID
HOCKNEY
OM, CH, RA (b.1937)
In 1954, a young Hockney, much enthused by starting at Bradford Regional College of Art the previous year, drew and painted scenes of everyday life around his home in Bradford. Enamoured with art, he had persuaded his parents to let him leave grammar school at 16 to pursue his passion The lessons Hockney learned about perspective from Malcolm Riley are certainly evident in the present work, with the salient lines of the street scene deftly mapped, giving a sense of receding space and volume with a few simple marks.
579✓
David Hockney OM, CH, RA (b.1937)
Bolton Junction Eccleshill, Bradford Mixed media, 45cm by 55cm
Provenance: The vendor’s father was Malcolm Riley, who taught David Hockney perspective at Bradford Regional College of Art circa 1955/56. Mr Riley purchased this piece from the student’s end-of-year show. Thence by descent.
For a similar example, see “Bolton Junction, Eccleshill” (1956), oil on board, Cartwright Hall Art Gallery, Bradford Museums and Galleries
£7,000-10,000 579
580✓
David Blackburn (1939-2016)
“Moorland Waterfall”
Signed and dated 1991, pastel, 37cm by 43cm
Provenance: Messum’s Fine Art, London
£300-500
582✓
David Blackburn (1939-2016)
“Blue Forest”
Signed and dated 1995, pastel, 46cm by 38cm
Provenance: Messum’s Fine Art, London
£300-500
581✓
David Blackburn (1939-2016)
“Landscape Gasometer”
Signed and dated 1994, pastel, 64cm by 52cm
Provenance: Messum’s Fine Art, London
£250-400
583✓
David Blackburn (1939-2016)
“High Ariel Moorland”
Signed and dated 1999, pastel, 52.5cm by 65cm
Provenance: Messum’s Fine Art, London
£300-500
584✓
David Blackburn (1939-2016)
“Leaf Beach”
Signed and dated 2005, pastel, 49.5cm by 37.5cm
Provenance: Messum’s Fine Art, London
£200-300
583
GEOFF MORTEN (1947-2009)
An artist of many disciplines, but primarily a painter and printmaker, Geoff Morten’s images are alive with metaphor and observation. His work examines the mysteries of his own life’s journey, and in turn, invites us all to explore our own experiences.
Having grown up in Yorkshire, Morten trained at York School of Art and the Royal College of Art in London, focusing in the British figurative tradition, and received an MA in 1970. In 2003, he relocated to California, furthering the careers both the artist and his wife had begun to forge, indeed even exhibiting together with their respective disciplines of paintings and sculpture. This move shifted the artist’s perspective on identity and location, which can be seen reflected in his later work. Morten both lectured and exhibited internationally, is contained in numerous selected publications, and his work forms part of 20 national and international public collections.
“You cannot tell people what to do or think, you can only tell them parables; and perhaps that is what art really is, particular stories of particular people and experience, from which, each according to their own immediate needs may draw their own conclusions.”
- Geoff Morten
585✓
Geoff Morten (1947-2009) “Stuff that Works”
Signed, inscribed and dated 2003, monoprint, together with a further monoprint by the same artist, “You Can’t See Me SJB”, 28cm by 25cm (2)
Provenance: The artist’s estate £100-150
586✓
Geoff Morten (1947-2009)
“Park’s Edge”
Initialled and dated (20)06, oil pastel, 24cm by 18cm
Provenance: From the artist’s estate
£150-200
587✓
Geoff Morten (1947-2009)
“Study for the Pruning”
Initialled and dated (19)98, inscribed verso, acrylic on board, 32cm by 45cm
£200-300
588✓
Richard Smith (1931-2016)
“Times Square Remembered 4”
Signed and dated (19)73, inscribed PP, lithograph with collage elements, 90cm by 59cm
£200-300
586
587
589✓
Gillian Ayres CBE, RA (1930-2018)
“Sikar II”
Signed and dated (19)93, numbered 6/100, etching with aquatint and carborundum printed in colours, with extensive hand-painting, 86cm by 85cm
£600-900
590 (part)
590✓
Sir Terry Frost RA (1915-2003)
“Six Decades” Royal Academy of Arts, London, 12 October - 12 November 2000
Signed and numbered 222/300, hardback with a signed and numbered screenprint “Trembath Blues”, 24cm by 28.5cm
£500-700
591✓
David Hockney OM, CH, RA (b.1937)
“Little Stanley Sleeping”, “Tate Gallery, David Hockney, A Retrospective 27 October 1988-8 January 1989”
Offset lithograph, 76cm by 50.5cm (unframed)
£200-300
589
593
Bob Dylan (b.1941) American “New England Depot” (2017)
Signed and numbered 265/295, giclee print from “The Beaten Path”, 49cm by 66cm
Sold together with the Washington Green Fine Art certificate of authenticity
£800-1,200
592✓
Sir Billy Connolly CBE (b.1942) Scottish “A Glance at the Instructions”
Signed and numbered 86/195, giclee print, 77cm by 56.5cm
Sold together with the Washington Green Fine Art certificate of authenticity
£600-800
594
Bob Dylan (b.1941) American “Flat Top MT. Diner, Tennessee” (2017)
Signed and numbered 91/295, giclee print from “The Beaten Path”, 49cm by 67cm
Sold together with the Washington Green Fine Art certificate of authenticity and the original sleeve
£800-1,200
593
592
595
Bob Dylan (b.1941) American “Joshua Tree, Sunrise” (2019) Signed and numbered 219/295, giclee print from “The Beaten Path”, 49cm by 63cm
Sold together with the Washington Green Fine Art certificate of authenticity
£1,000-1,500
596
Andy Warhol (1928-1987) American Marilyn Stamped verso “Published by Sunday B Morning, fil in your own signature”, silkscreen, 91cm by 91cm
Provenance: Bonhams and Brooks Limited, London £300-500
✓ Albert Watson OBE (b.1944) Scottish “Kaos”
Signed and numbered 46, Art Edition No.1-50 with the signed “Prince, Cleveland” (2004) print, Taschen Baby Sumo, hardcover with faux chimpanzee fur fitting, in a clamshell box, 37.2cm by 50cm
Sold together with the original box
£2,000-3,000
597
597 (part)
Signed and numbered 65, Art Edition No. 1-75 with a signed “John Lennon and Paul McCartney” (1965) print, accompanied by a bookstand designed by Marc Newson, white gloves and a set of four book jackets featuring John Lennon and Paul McCartney, Jean Shrimpton, Mick Jagger, and Andy Warhol, Taschen, 50cm by 70cm
Sold together with the original box
£7,000-10,000
598✓
David Bailey (b.1938)
“Beatles Sumo Edition”
598
Signed, stamped verso, acrylic on paper, 53cm by 48cm (unframed)
This painting was made by Eugen Sonnyi to celebrate the opening of Damien Hirst “Requiem” at the Pinchuk Art Centre on April 25-26th 2009
£10,000-15,000
599✓ Damien Hirst (b.1965) Heart Spin
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