Twentieth Century Watercolours and Drawings 2011
1. John ALDRIDGE R.A. (1905-1983) ‘Sala de Primavera, Villa Falconiere, Frascati’. Watercolour. 22x16 inches. Signed, inscribed and dated, 24th August 1952.
2. ALLINSON Adrian R.B.A. L.G.
(1890-1959)
The Harvest.
Scraperboard drawing. 6x8 inches.
Signed. Circa 1935.
3. APPERLEY George Owen Wynne R.I. (1884-1960) Venetian campo. Watercolour and gouache. 10x14 inches. Signed and dated, 1905.
4. ARMSTRONG John A.R.A. (1893-1973) ‘Pan’: over mantel triptych for Dunshay Manor, Dorset. Watercolour on paper laid on board on three panels. Framed together 50x25 inches. Signed on central panel. Circa 1925. Prov: Mary Spencer Watson
5. ARNOLD Graham (b.1932)
Castlerigg Stone Circle, Cumberland.
Pencil on gesso on hardboard.
11x7 inches. Signed.
Exh: Arnold Retrospective, 1992, No.83.
6. BALL Robin Charles (1910-1979)
‘Stormy Weather’, Utopia Station.
Watercolour. 13x24 inches.
Signed. Inscribed and dated 1939 verso.
7. BANKS Robert R.I.B.A. (1911-2000)
Sunlit wall, Puglia.
Watercolour. 13x18 inches.
Signed and dated 1971.
8. BANTING John (1902-1972)
Still-life with bust and carafe.
Pen and ink. 10x14 inches.
Signed and dated, 1928.
9. BELL Vanessa (1879-1961)
‘Madame de Stael’;
study for Kenneth Clark’s
Famous Women Dinner Service.
Ink and watercolour. 8x8 inches.
Signed and inscribed. Circa 1932.
10. BIRCH Samuel John ‘Lamorna’ R.A. R.W.S. (1869-1955) ‘The Way to the Studio’, Lamorna . Watercolour. 14x21 inches. Signed. Inscribed on backing.
12. BOYD-HARTE Glyn (1948-2003) ‘Gondole on the Riva’, Venice Watercolour and gouache on two pieces of paper. 36x44 inches. Signed.
13. BRIANCHON Maurice (1899-1979)
The Valley in Spring.
Brush and monochrome watercolour.
19x24 inches. Signed.
14. BYRNE John Patrick R.S.A. (b.1940)
‘Glasgow Children’.
Gouache. 26x22 inches. Signed.
Exhibited: Mercury Gallery.
15. CADENHEAD James R.S.A.
(1858-1927)
The High Sands.
Watercolour. 10x14 inches.
Circa 1910. Signed.
16. CAMERON Sir David Young
R.A. R.W.S. (1865-1945)
‘The Woody Tay’.
Charcoal. 11x21 inches. Signed.
Exh: James Connell & Sons, Glasgow.
17. CAMERON Sir David Young R.A. R.W.S. (1865-1945) ‘Bailleul’: WW1 ruins. Pencil, charcoal and watercolour. 14x7 inches. Circa 1916. Signed and inscribed.
18. CHRISTOFOROU John (b.1921)
Standing Figure.
Ink and gouache. 11x7 inches.
Signed and dedicated.
19. CLAUSEN Sir George R.A. R.W.S. (1852-1944) Dawn Sea and Downs. Watercolour. 7x10 inches. Signed and inscribed to ‘Mr and Mrs Lamb’. Ex. Coll: Helen and Arthur Grogan. £800
20. CLOUGH Prunella (1919-1999)
‘Centrepiece’.
Pastel and charcoal. 10x10 inches.
1992. Signed.
21. COCTEAU Jean (1889-1963)
‘Georges Auric’ (1899-1983).
Blue crayon on writing paper. 8x6 inches.
Signed on backing.
Exh: ‘Jean Cocteau’,
Musee D’Ixelles, Brussels, 1991.
Ex. Collection: Andre Bernard.
22. CREFFIELD Denis L.G. (b.1931) Worcester Cathedral; the Crossing from the North Transept. Charcoal. 34x24 inches. 1988. Exh: Hayward Gallery, ‘English Cathedrals’, (touring) 1988/90, Ex. Cat. 128.
23. DE GLEHN Wilfred R.A. N.E.A.C.
(1870-1951)
Landscape above Cannes.
Pencil and watercolour. 13x22 inches.
Signed, inscribed ‘Cannes’ and dated 1938.
24. DERRICK Thomas (1885 -1954) ‘Christine Mavrogordato’. Pastel. 30x22 inches. Signed, inscribed and dated, 1920.
25. DISMORR Jessica (1885-1939)
‘New Neighbourhood, Lewes’.
Watercolour. 11x15 inches.
Signed, inscribed and dated, 1925.
Exh: ‘Jessica Dismorr’, Mayor Gallery, 1925.
26. DUBSKY Mario (1939-1985)
‘Samuel Beckett’.
Pencil. 31x23 inches.
Signed, inscribed and dated, ‘7.viii.79’.
Ill: ‘Mario Dubsky’, E. Lucie-Smith, 1979, pl. 53.
28. FEDDEN Mary R.A. (b.1915)
Landscape with moth and corn.
Pen and ink. 6x8 inches.
Signed and dated, 1973.
27. FEDDEN Mary R.A. (b.1915)
‘Owl’.
Pencil. 27x20 inches.
Signed and dated, 1970.
29. FREEDMAN Barnett C.B.E. (1901-1958)
‘Window Box’; the Misses Mozley
Pen and ink. 5x8 inches.
For the Lyons Corner House
lithograph ‘Window Box’, 1954.
Prov: Sir Robert Leighton,
Leighton-Straker Bookbinders.
30. FRINK Dame Elizabeth
C.B.E. R.A. (1930-1993)
Flying Figures.
Charcoal on repaired paper.
22x17 inches. 1961.
Related the Ulster Bank,
Belfast commission, 1961.
31. GAUDIER-BRZESKA Henri (1891-1915) Standing female nude, hands clasped. Pen and ink. 15x9 inches. Prov: Jim Ede to Colnaghi to Nick Lott to Gillian Jason. Exh: Drawings of Henri Gaudier-Brzeska, Gillian Jason Gallery, 1989 (no cat.).
32. GILES Catherine Dawson (1878-1955)
Village roofs, South of France.
Pencil and watercolour. 10x14 inches.
Circa 1930. Signed.
33. GILMAN Harold L.G. (1876-1919) ‘Romney Marsh’; near Snargate. Pen and ink. 11x14 inches. Inscribed verso. Circa 1910. Signed.
34. GORE Spencer Frederick N.E.A.C. L.G. (1878-1914) The Alhambra Music Hall, Ink, black chalk heightened with white. 10x13 inches. 1909/1910. Signed. Possibly a scene from ‘Les Cloches de Corneville’.
35. GREIFFENHAGEN Maurice R.A.
(1862-1931)
Vesuvius and the Bay of Naples
from above Castellammare.
Watercolour and gouache. 10x14 inches.
Signed and dated 1904.
Prov: the artist to Mrs John William
Waterhouse, and by descent.
For H M Vaughan The Naples Riviera,
Methuen. 1907. Ill. Opposite p.80.
36. GROSS Anthony L.G. (1905-1984) ‘The New Century’ (‘L’Ere Nouvelle’), L’Avenue de la Gare, Villeneuve-sur-Lot. Watercolour and gouache. 13x20 inches. Signed. Inscribed verso. 1930 or 31. Exhibited: Leicester Galleries.
37. GROSS Anthony R.A. L.G. (1905-1984) ‘Base Camp, Arakan’, Burma. Ink and watercolour. 14x22 inches. Inscribed verso. Signed and dated, 1943.
38. HAGEDORN Karl R.B.A. N.E.A.C.
(1889-1969)
‘A family…billet in Serques’, Pas de Calais.
Watercolour. 10x14 inches.
Signed and dated, 1918.
Inscribed verso with title and
‘1st Labour Coy./Middlesex Rgt./B.E.F’.
39. HERMAN Josef R.A. (1911-2000)
The Beret.
Ink and watercolour.
9x7 inches. Circa 1960.
Exh: Roland, Browse and Delbanco.
40. HONE Nathanial (1831-1917)
‘St Doulough’s Park’, Raheny, Co Dublin.
Watercolour. 7x10 inches. Studio stamp.
Exh: ‘Watercolours by N. Hone’,
Dawson Gallery, Dublin.
Lit: ‘Four Irish landscape painters’,
Professor Bodkin, appx no.5.
41. HURRY Leslie (1909-1978)
‘The Woman in a Tree’.
Ink and watercolour. 17x23 inches.
Circa 1940. Signed.
Exhibited: Mercury Gallery.
Ex. Coll: John Sandoe.
42. JARMAN Derek (1942-1994)
‘The Pleasure of Ruins’.
Pencil and watercolour. 5x8 inches.
Signed, inscribed and dated, 1972.
Ex. Coll: Michael Fish.
43. JOHNSTONE Gwyneth (1914-2011)
Mediterranean landscape.
Gouache. 5x8 inches.
Signed.
44. JULLIAN Philippe (1920-1977)
Mistress to the King.
Ink and watercolour.
17x13 inches. Signed.
45. KHILL Marcel (1912-1940)
(Mustafa Marcel Belkacem)
‘Jean Cocteau’.
Pen and ink. 9x7 inches. 1938.
Inscribed by Cocteau on verso of frame:
‘Ce dessin de moi a ete / fait par Marcel
Kill (sic) / a Montargis pendant
/ que j’ecrivais / Les Parents Terribles’.
Khill became Cocteau’s secretary in 1932.
46. KRAMER Jacob (1892-1962)
Industrial landscape, Leeds.
Charcoal and pastel.
14x17 inches.
Signed and dated, 1914.
47. LANCASTER Sir Osbert (1908-1986)
Village Square, Greece.
Watercolour and gouache.
10x13 inches.
Exhibited: Agnews (no.28379).
48. LEES Derwent N.E.A.C. (1885-1931)
The Bay of Banyuls.
Pencil and watercolour. 10x14 inches.
Circa 1913. Signed.
Exhibited: N.E.A.C. Spring 1915, No.136.
Provenance: Agnews (no.28473).
49. MACKINNON Sine (1901-1996)
‘Soir d’hiver, la route des les
Egalieres’(sic), Provence.
Watercolour. 8x11 inches.
Signed and dated, 1949.
Inscribed verso.
50. MCEVOY Ambrose A.R.A. N.E.A.C. (1878-1927) ‘Mrs John Carpenter – a portrait study in blue’. Pen, brush and blue ink. 20x14 inches. Studio stamp. Ex. Collection: R. H. Spurr (Romney Gallery) Southport.
51. MCINTYRE Donald R.C.A.
(1923-2009)
‘The Storm’.
Ink and watercolour. 15x22 inches.
Signed and inscribed.
52. MEARS Gunner F. J. (c.1890-1929)
Soldiers dashing across the (?Messines) Road.
Brush, ink and watercolour. 14x10 inches.
Signed and dated, 1916 (upside down).
53. MINTON John R.B.A. L.G. (1917-1957) Blitz scene. Pen, brush and ink. 9x14 inches. Circa 1942.
54. MINTON John R.B.A. L.G. (1917-1957) Bar in Calvi, Corsica. Pen and ink . 5x7 inches. Circa.1947. Inscribed by the artist recto and verso with printing information. Lit: ‘Time was Away’, Alan Ross. 1948.
55. MOSS Colin A.R.C.A. (1914-2005) Suburban Back garden. Monochrome watercolour. 8x10 inches. Signed and dated, 1947. Exh: Moss Retrospective, Wolsey Art Gallery, Ipswich, 1981.
56. NICHOLSON Winifred (1893-1981)
‘Aesculus orchid’.
Gouache. 23x19 inches.
Signed, inscribed and dated, 1966,
on the original backing.
57. PIPER John O.M. (1903-1992) ‘Lady (Chorus)/Gloriana’. Ink, wax resist, watercolour. 20x14 inches. Label verso. The Royal Opera House commissioned Benjamin Britten’s ‘Gloriana’ to celebrate the 1953 Coronation.
58. PIPER John O.M. (1903-1992) Drysllwyn Castle, Carmarthenshire. Ink and watercolour. 4x12 inches. 1944. Signed. Related to the illustration in ‘English Scottish and Welsh landscape’, Curwen Press, 1944.
59. PROCKTOR Patrick R.A. R.W.S.
(1936-2003)
‘1970, Happy Christmas’.
Watercolour. 7x9 inches.
Inscribed beneath mount
‘1970 Happy Christmas
May 5th 1971, with love Patrick’.
Ex. Collection: Michael Fish.
60. PRYDE James I.S. (1866-1941) Ellen Terry as ‘Nance Oldfield’. Ink and gouache. 11x8 inches. Terry appeared in this role in ‘A Pageant of Great Women’ by Cecily Hamilton in 1909. Exhibited: Duncan Miller Fine Arts.
61. RAVERAT Gwen R.E. (1885-1957) Farm near Haslingfield, Cambridgeshire. Oil on paper. 14x10 inches. Signed, inscribed to ‘Binia’, dated ‘Xmas 1935’ verso.
62. REYNOLDS Alan (b.1926)
‘Study at Shoreham’.
Ink and watercolour. 7x5 inches.
Signed and dated, 1953.
Exh: Redfern Gallery (as ‘The Tree’), 1960.
63. ROBERTSON Eric (1887-1941) The Lovers. Pencil. 9x7 inches. Signed and dated, 17 February 1910.
64. ROONEY Mick R.A. (b.1944) ‘Peasants in an Orchard’. Watercolour and gouache. 7x5 inches. Signed and dated, 1993. Provenance: Thomas W.P. Herbert.
65. ROTHENSTEIN Sir William N.E.A.C. (1872-1945)
A Working Man.
Black chalk. 13x9 inches.
Signed and dated, 1915.
66. ROWNTREE Kenneth (1915-1997)
Taos, New Mexico.
Watercolour and ink. 19x24 inches.
Signed and dated, 1959.
67. RUTHERSTON Albert R.W.S. N.E.A.C. (1881-1953)
‘View from the Plateau Napoleon, Grasse’.
Watercolour and gouache. 12x10 inches.
Signed and dated, 1914. Inscribed verso.
Ex. Collection: Wyndham T. Vint, Bradford.
68. SEARLE Ronald (b.1920)
‘Denzil and Mary / Wild Thyme / Act 2’.
Ink, watercolour and fake donkey fur.
12x17 inches.
Inscribed, signed and dated, 1955.
‘Wild Thyme’, Guard and Swan, London 1955.
69. SHELTON Harold (1913-1994)
The Sorting Office.
Pen, brush, ink and gouache.
14x16 inches.
Signed and dated, 1947.
70. SICKERT Walter Richard R.A. N.E.A.C. (1860-1942)
'La Chiozzota', probably 'La Inez', from Chioggia.
Pencil and ink. 12.5x9 inches.
Signed and inscribed,
‘La Chiozzota/Venezia’.
Lit: Related to Baron Sickert,
Cat. No.222.1; op. cit. Cat. No. 207.2
71. SMITH Sir Matthew L.G. (1879-1959)
The Little Lake.
Pencil and pastel.
7x10 inches. Signed.
72. STEADMAN Ralph (b.1936)
Tied together:
Harold Wilson and George Brown.
Pen, brush and ink. 20x26 inches.
Circa 1967. Signed.
73. STONE Reynolds (1909-1979) ‘Autumn trees at the Old Rectory from the Water Board Field’. Ink and watercolour on blue paper. 13x20 inches. Signed. Inscribed verso. Exhibited: New Grafton Gallery, 1972.
74. TCHELITCHEV Pavel (1898-1957) Landscape. Pen, brush and sepia ink. 8x12 inches. Signed and dated, 1933.
75. TONKS Henry N.E.A.C. (1862-1937)
‘Promenade by a river’.
Pencil and watercolour. 9x14 inches.
Circa 1900. Signed.
Exhibited: Fine Art Society, 1965.
76. TOPOLSKI Feliks (1907-1989)
‘Aldous Huxley’.
Pencil. 18x12 inches.
Signed and inscribed.
77. TUKE Henry Scott R.A. R.W.S. N.E.A.C. (1857-1929)
Study of Harry Cleave.
Watercolour. 10x7 inches.
Signed and dated, 1903.
Related to 'Blue jackets Yarn' (RWS Spring 1904)
and 'Study of Man O'War's Man',
Ill. RWS ed., Studio, 1905. pl. XL.
78. WILLIAMS Sir Kyffin R.A.
(1918-2006)
‘Afon Menai’; Menai Straits.
Pen, brush and ink. 12x18 inches.
Signed. Inscribed by artist verso.
79. WILSON Scottie (1889-1970)
The Swan Vase.
Pastel and gouache.
11x8 inches. Signed.
80. WOOD Christopher (1901-1930)
Flowers in an Eiffel Tower Vase.
Watercolour. 13x9 inches. Circa 1926.
Exh: Redfern Gallery
(Original label attached to backing).