Auction Details - AUCTION ALREADY HELD
Summer Fine Art Sale (Day 2 of 2 in Saleroom 2)
Auctioneer: Tennants Auctioneers Location: The Auction Centre, Leyburn
Contact: Telephone: +44 (0) 1969 623780 Facsimile: +44 (0) 1969 624281
Date: 26th July 2014 Time: 10:00AM
Details: Viewing:
Sunday 20 July 11.00am to 4.00pm
Monday 21 July 9.00am to 4.00pm
Tuesday 22 July 9.00am to 4.00pm
Wednesday 23 July 9.00am to 4.00pm
Thursday 24 July 9.00am to 4.00pm
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Auction Lots - Page 4
655
Brian Shields "Bráaq" FBA (1951-1997)
Children and other figures on a frozen lake with an industrial landscape beyond
Signed, inscribed "Ann" and dated (19)76, oil on board, 44cm by 59.5cm £8000 - 120O0
656
Brian Shields "Bráaq" FBA (1951-1997)
A winter street scene before an industrial landscape
Signed inscribed "Ann", and dated (19)76, oil on board, 44cm by 59.5cm £8000 - 12000
657
Brian Shields "Bráaq" FBA (1951-1997)
Frozen pond with figures
Signed, inscribed "Ann", and dated (19)78, oil on board, 29cm by 38cm £10000 - 15000
658
Brian Shields "Bráaq" FBA (1951-1997)
"Don't just stand there Betty, Get hold of the rope"
Signed, inscribed and dated (19)79, oil on board, together with a further work of figures before a church, also signed, inscribed and dated (19)77, 28.5cm by 33cm & 28.5cm by 23cm respectively (2) £6000 - 8000
659
John Lowrie Morrison "Jolomo" (b.1948)
"Evening Gloaming Tarbet, Loch Fyne"
Signed Jolomo, inscribed verso and dated 2012, oil on canvas, 60cm by 60cm £800 - 1200
660
John Lowrie Morrison "Jolomo" (b.1948)
White Cottage
Signed Jolomo and dated 2000, oil on board, 84cm by 84cm £2500 - 4000
661
Jonathan Armigel Wade (b.1960)
"Fishing the Lochan"
Signed, bears inscribed studio label verso, oil on board, 53cm by 82.5cm £800 - 1200
662
John Trickett (b.1952)
"Keeping Watch" - a Golden Retriever standing in woodland
Signed, oil on canvas, 58.5cm by 48cm £500 - 800
663
Roy Lyndsay (b.1945) Irish
"Royal Ascot at York"
Signed and inscribed with title, oil on canvas, 50cm by 100cm £2000 - 3000
664
Roy Lyndsay (b.1945) Irish
"Point to Point, Castle Town Gagen"
Signed, inscribed verso with title, oil on canvas, 41cm by 97cm £1000 - 1500
665
Matthew Smith (1879-1959)
A still life of red flowers in a pink jug
Signed, watercolour, 35.5cm by 25cm
Provenance: Given by the artist thence by decent £500 - 800
666
Rowland Suddaby (1912-1972)
Still life of flowers in a jug on a window ledge
Signed and dated (19)45, oil on board, 38.5cm by 55.5cm
Provenance: Leeds City Art Gallery and Temple Newsam House Exhibition May 22nd 1952 £450 - 650
667
Elliot Seabrooke (1886-1950)
Still life of apples and a plant
Oil on board, 58cm by 71cm
Provenance: Colin George Steer, Portobello Gallery, London, 1986 £1000 - 1200
668
Diana Maxwell Armfield RA (b.1920)
Still life of flowers in a cream jug
Initialled, inscribed verso, oil on board, 33cm by 27.5cm £1800 - 2500
669
Paul Hughes (1891-1951)
An interior scene of a drawing room
An interior scene of a breakfast room
Each signed, charcoal and gouache, 17cm by 13cm (a pair) £500 - 800
670
Katherine Church (1910-1999)
"Pink Lilies in a Lustre Jug"
Signed and dated (19)88, signed, inscribed and dated 1988 verso, oil on board, 48.5cm by 59cm £500 - 800
671
Christopher John Harrison RA (b.1945)
Trompe L'oeil study of two Delft tiles, two plates, a flask and two ceramic figurines
Initialled, oil on canvas, 54cm by 78.5cm £700 - 1000
672
Joash Woodrow (1927-2006)
"Woman with Red Hair"
Oil on hessian, 113.5cm by 65cm
Sold together with a limited edition hard back copy of Joash Woodrow 'Portraits', published by 108 Fine Art and the Joash Woodrow family 2008.
Born in Leeds of Polish extraction, Joash Woodrow (1927- 2006) trained at Leeds College of Art. Following this, he served in the army as a cartographer – Egypt 1945-1948. Between 1950-1953 he studied drawing and painting at the Royal College of Art, where his fellow students included Frank Auerbach and Peter Blake.
Upon graduating from the RCA Joash returned to his home in Chapel Allerton, Leeds where he lived an increasingly solitary life. In 2000, 772 paintings and 4500 drawings were found at his home following a period of prolonged illness and his move into sheltered accommodation.
The first exhibition of his paintings was held in 2002; representing the first glimpse of the artists output between 1940 and the 1990's. Since then solo exhibitions have been held at Leeds City Art Gallery, Manchester Art Gallery, the Ben Uri Art Gallery, London, Leeds Metropolitan University Art Gallery and several other University art galleries. His work is held in the collections of Leeds City Art Gallery, Manchester Art Gallery, The Ben Uri, Liverpool University, Hull University, Liverpool Metropolitan University. A highly successful exhibition was held also at the Fine Art Society, London in 2009. £3000 - 5000
673
Eve Arnold (1913-2012) American
"Marilyn" (Monroe)
Silver gelatin print, no.31 from an edition of 99 taken from the original negative, signed in pencil by Eve Arnold verso, 30cm by 42.5cm
The original negative for the print is now in the Beinecki Rare Book and Manuscript Library at Yale University. This work was produced in association with Magnum Photos and Halcyon Fine Art. £800 - 1200
674
Damien Hirst (b.1965)
"Spin 2002"
Signed in pencil, metallic paint on paper, 28.5cm by 19.5cm
Provenance: King's Galleries Limited, Kent
Purchased 2008, sold with a copy of original receipt £3000 - 5000
675
Fortunino Matania RI (1881-1963) Italian
"Cubiculum"
Signed in pencil, a colour reproduction, together with four further examples of the same print, and also a signed in pencil print of "Domestic Bliss in Ancient Rome", (all unframed) and a collection of approximately nine further miscellaneous prints by the artist, some housed in hand made classically inspired frames, various sizes, a collection
Provenance: The artist's family
"Cubiculum" print was included in an "Exhibition of paintings by Fortunino Matania" RI 6th September - 30th September 1950, Foyles Art Gallery, Charing Cross, London, no.22, priced at 30 guineas and details that the original painting was then in the possession of HM Queen Mary
The lot is sold with a black and white photograph of "Cubiculum" inscribed by the artist, a black and white photograph of "Domestic Bliss in Ancient Rome" upon a sideboard in the artist's house £300 - 500
676
Fortunino Matania RI (1881-1963) Italian
"Southport (The Lido)"
Poster printed for London Midland and Scottish Railway Company, c.1930, 102cm by 127cm
Provenance: The artist's family £250 - 400
677
Fortunino Matania RI (1881-1963) Italian
"Blackpool"
Poster produced for London Midland and Scottish Railway Company, c. 1937, printed by Waterlow and Sons, 102cm by 127cm
Provenance: The artist's family
The V&A Museum hold an example of this poster, museum number E.3861-1953 £2000 - 3000
678
Fortunino Matania RI (1881-1963) Italian
Two head studies of goats
Signed and dated 1896, oil on board, together with a small unframed pencil sketch of a kid inscribed "drawn at age of 3", 32.5cm by 43.5cm and 7.5cm by 10cm respectively (2)
Provenance: The artist's family £150 - 250
679
Fortunino Matania RI (1881-1963) Italian
"Hassan's Garden"
Signed, together with a further original artwork for reproduction "Love Scene on Staircase", each monochrome bodycolour, 30cm by 22cm and 33.5 by 24.5cm respectively (2)
Provenance: The artist's family
This original drawing "Hassan's Garden" was an illustration for an article in "Look and Learn" which covered the history of the assassins active in 11th century Persia and Syria £300 - 500
680
Fortunino Matania RI (1881-1963) Italian
A female nude resting on a rock beside cliffs
Oil on canvas board, 28.5cm by 23cm
This painting is probably a study for the nude which appears in the artists work "The Edge", the painting is sold with a black and white photograph of the final work "The Edge"
Provenance: The artist's family £200 - 300
681
Fortunino Matania RI (1881-1963) Italian
The beauty spot; a sketch of a beauty seated at her dressing table
Signed, pencil, together with a further unframed sketch of a full length nude and a further female nude drawing 28cm by 24cm, 46cm by 27cm and 31.5cm by 22.5cm (3)
Provenance: The artist's family £150 - 250
682
Fortunino Matania RI (1881-1963) Italian
Head and shoulders portrait of a lady in historical dress leaning on a ledge
Signed in pencil, heightened with white together with a pencil drawing of a fashionable Edwardian lady reading and a further unframed pencil and watercolour sketch of a lady seated in Classical robes, 33cm by 23cm, 26.5cm by 21cm and 29.5cm by 26cm (2)
Provenance: The artist's family £180 - 250
683
Fortunino Matania RI (1881-1963) Italian
"Beryl at her easel"
Signed, oil on board, 45cm by 27cm
Provenance: The artist's family £500 - 800
684
Fortunino Matania RI (1881-1963) Italian
A three quarter length portrait of the artist's wife seated beside a window, wearing Renaissance costume and jewellery holding a book
Oil on board, together with a small head and shoulders watercolour drawing of a 17th century Dutch gentleman, possibly Rembrandt van Rijn, 18.5cm by 11cm and 15.5 diameter (oval) respectively (2)
Provenance: The artist's family £200 - 300
685
Fortunino Matania RI (1881-1963) Italian
A head and shoulders portrait of the artist's wife wearing a green dress and seated in a chair
Signed, oil on canvas, together with a further head and shoulders portrait of a lady, wearing a cream brocade dress and green shawl, 67cm by 49cm and 58.5cm by 49cm respectively (2)
Provenance: The artist's family
There is a photograph of the painting depicting the artist's wife shown on an easel in the artist's house sold with this lot £300 - 500
686
Fortunino Matania RI (1881-1963) Italian
Self portrait
Oil on canvas, unfinished and squared up in pencil for transfer, together with a further head and shoulders self portrait in charcoal, an oil on canvas purportedly a portrait of Fortunino Matania copied by him from an original painting by his father Eduoardo in 1887 and an oil on board of the Bay of Naples, 60cm by 50.5cm, 32.5cm by 28cm and 10cm by 17cm respectively (4)
Provenance: The artist's family
The oil on board of the Bay of Naples was reputedly painted by the artist aged 12 £100 - 150
687
Fortunino Matania RI (1881-1963) Italian
"Edward V and Elizabeth Woodville"
Signed, inscribed verso, pencil, unframed, together with a small unframed sketch of a dog, an unframed drawing of two lions, a Christmas card, a small sketch book (limited entries), a larger sketchbook showing costume design, interiors, architectural details, annotations, etc, another sketch showing a figure being taken into police custody, a sketch on panel of a gentleman weighing a turkey and a further unframed oil on board coastal scene, 27cm by 41cm and various other sizes (a collection)
Provenance: The artist's family £200 - 300
688
Fortunino Matania RI (1881-1963) Italian
A lady wearing Victorian fashionable dress seated beside a window and conversing with a parrot
Signed, oil on panel, together with an unframed preparatory sketch for the work 15.5cm by 14.5cm and 16.5cm by 12.5cm respectively (2)
Provenance: The artist's family £200 - 300
689
Fortunino Matania RI (1881-1963) Italian
"The Music Master"
Signed, bears inscription verso and dated 1913, oil on canvas, together with a further oil on canvas by the same artist depicting an 18th century interior scene of a lady dressing her hair, 35.5cm by 26cm and 22cm by 10cm respectively (2)
Provenance: The artist's family £300 - 500
690
Fortunino Matania RI (1881-1963) Italian
"My Studio"
Signed, oil on canvas, 57.5cm by 90cm
The work depicts the artist in his studio at 104 Priory Road, Hampstead, London
Provenance: Included in an "Exhibition of Paintings by Fortunino Matania", 6th September - 30th September 1950, Foyles Art Gallery, Charing Cross, London, no.42, and indicated as not for sale
The work is sold with original photographs of the painting, a reproduction and another original photograph showing the artist's studio. £2000 - 3000
691
Fortunino Matania RI (1881-1963) Italian
"The Holy Stable"
Signed, oil on canvas, 33cm by 23cm
Provenance: The artist's family £400 - 600
692
Fortunino Matania RI (1881-1963) Italian
A still life of pink roses
Oil on canvas, 41cm by 36cm
Provenance: The artist's family £200 - 300
693
Fortunino Matania RI (1881-1963) Italian
Camellias in a vase
Signed, oil on board, 33cm by 23cm
Provenance: The artist's family £400 - 600
694
Fortunino Matania RI (1881-1963) Italian
A head and shoulders portrait of a lady in repose with her arms outstretched
Signed, bears stencil number 48 verso, watercolour, 50cm diameter (tondo)
Provenance: The artist's family
The painting is sold with a black and white photograph from the artist's family archives of the work in question propped on a chair, probably in the artist's garden £700 - 1000
695
Fortunino Matania RI (1881-1963) Italian
"A Gift from Caeser - A Vision of Imperial Rome"
Signed and dated 1925, bears a Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolours label verso, watercolour, 52.5cm by 71.5cm
Provenance: Exhibited at the RI Galleries in 1926
Exhibited in an exhibition of paintings by "Fortunino Matania RI" 6th September-30th September 1950 at Foyles Art Gallery, Charing Cross, London, no.27 and priced 700 guineas
Thence by decent through the artist's family
Illustrated in "The Sphere" November 22nd 1926, pages 14 and 15
This lot is sold with a small collection of photographs and copies relating to the work. Contained in a purpose made frame by the artist decorated with classical masks, cornucopia, laurel leaves, acanthus leaves and the Greek keystone pattern. £3000 - 5000

DECORATIVE ARTS AND MODERN DESIGN

Post 1950 Furniture
Some furniture offered in this sale was not originally intended for use in a private home and will be sold as Works of Art. It is possible that some furniture does not comply with the Furniture and Furnishings Fire/Safety Regulations 1989 and, for this reason, should not be used in a private home.

696
A Pair of William Moorcroft Eventide Landscape Pattern Trumpet Vases, circa 1925, of flared trumpet form, tubelined with four trees in a landscape, on a hammered pewter base, stamped MADE IN ENGLAND TUDRIC MOORCROFT 01310, 16.5cm (chip to rim) £400 - 500
697
A William Moorcroft Eventide Landscape Pattern Bowl, impressed factory marks and blue painted monogram, 20.5cm with electroplated rim (restored foot) £300 - 500
698
A William Moorcroft Moonlit Blue Landscape Pattern Twin-Handled Jar and Cover, blue painted monogram, impressed factory mark, 17cm (restored cover) £700 - 1000
699
A William Moorcroft Claremont Toadstool Pattern Vase, circa 1918, on a blue/green ground, impressed Burslem factory mark and 364, green painted signature, 18cm (restored rims) £300 - 500
700
A William Moorcroft Claremont Toadstool Pattern Bowl, 1913, on a blue/green ground, impressed 56, green painted signature and 10-1913, 8.5cm £300 - 500
701
A William Moorcroft Poppy Pattern Cup and Saucer, on a green ground, impressed factory marks and green painted monogram, cup 6cm £150 - 250
702
A Wiliam Moorcroft Poppy Pattern Bowl, on a blue ground, impressed factory marks and blue painted signature, 25cm diameter (restored rim) £150 - 250
703
A William Moorcroft Flambé Leaf and Grape Pattern Cup and Saucer, impressed MADE IN ENGLAND with facsimile signature and POTTER TO H.M THE QUEEN, cup 6cm £200 - 300
704
A William Moorcroft Pansy Pattern Vase, on a blue wash ground, impressed factory marks and green painted signature, 19cm (crazed) £250 - 350
Auction Details - AUCTION ALREADY HELD
Summer Fine Art Sale (Day 2 of 2 in Saleroom 2)
Auctioneer: Tennants Auctioneers Location: The Auction Centre, Leyburn
Contact: Telephone: +44 (0) 1969 623780 Facsimile: +44 (0) 1969 624281
Date: 26th July 2014 Time: 10:00AM
Details: Viewing:
Sunday 20 July 11.00am to 4.00pm
Monday 21 July 9.00am to 4.00pm
Tuesday 22 July 9.00am to 4.00pm
Wednesday 23 July 9.00am to 4.00pm
Thursday 24 July 9.00am to 4.00pm
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