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*Ben Nicholson (1894 - 1982), pencil study - shaped forms, 23cm x 30.5cm.
Provenance: A gift to the vendor's brother-in-law from Nicholson 1978 / 1979 whilst living in Hampstead
£1000 - 1500
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*John Tookey (b. 1947), pair oils on board - Berwick Farm and Chigwell Village, signed, bearing Mall Galleries labels verso, framed, 22cm x 17.5cm
£100 - 150
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*Julian Novorol (b. 1949), large oil on board - curlew in flight along the shoreline, signed and dated 1972, framed, 108cm x 121cm
£200 - 300
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*Julian Novorol (b. 1949), oil on board - shelducks on the estuary, signed and dated 1973, framed, 50cm x 75.5cm
£80 - 120
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Christine Slade (b. 1943), oil on canvas - sailing barge Thalatta at Fulbridge, signed and dated 1980, inscribed, in gilt frame, 45cm x 65cm
£100 - 150
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Christine Slade (b. 1943), three oils on board - boat yard Maldon, Heybridge Canal and Evening at Maldon, each signed and dated 1978, bearing artist's labels verso, in gilt frames, 29.5cm x 24.5cm
£150 - 200
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William Fielding, collection of signed limited edition lithographs - The Dragon's Dream, edited by Gérard A. Schreiner, twenty lithographs signed and numbered in pencil, 69 / 99, in folio
£150 - 200
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Kenneth Rowell (1920 - 1999), mixed media - study of a figure, signed and dated '64, in glazed gilt frame, 28cm x 22cm.
Provenance: From the collection of Freddie Fox (1931 - 2013)
£80 - 120
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Bruer Tidman (b. 1939), ink and watercolour - Nude with still life, signed and dated '92, in glazed frame, John Russell Gallery label verso, 23cm x 25cm
£150 - 250
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*Robin Warnes (b. 1952), mixed media - two nudes, signed and dated '95, in glazed frame, John Russell Gallery label verso, 28cm x 38cm
£150 - 250
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Bernard Rooke (b. 1938), mixed media panel - The Orchestra, signed, framed, 96cm x 61cm
£150 - 250
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*Richard Bawden (b. 1936), signed limited edition black and white etching - 'The Snowstorm', numbered 9 / 85, bearing Phoenix Gallery label verso, in glazed frame, 44cm x 60cm
£100 - 150
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Donald Wells (b. 1929), aluminium sculpture - Message to Arp, 1960, signed and dated on wooden base, 37cm high overall.
Provenance: Katherine House Gallery
£500 - 700
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George Rouault (1871 - 1958), André Suarès Passion, Ambroise Vollard, Paris 1939, with eighty two wood engravings by Aubert after Rouault - without the aquatints, in original binding and outer case
£500 - 800
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Manner of George Turner, pair oils on board - sheep grazing beside a loch and figures in a rural lane, in gilt frames, 19.5cm x 35cm
£200 - 300
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G. H. Burgess, 19th century oil on canvas - extensive landscape with cattle and sheep grazing, in gilt frame, 29.5cm x 42cm
£200 - 300
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George Edwards Hering (1805 - 1879), oil on board - figure before a monument, inscribed on reverse - On the Lake of Como, signed, in gilt oval and frame, 22.5cm x 17.5cm
£300 - 500
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Victorian English School oil on tin panel - two girls and a dog, unframed, 25cm x 21.5cm
£100 - 150
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George Armfield (1808 - 1893), oil on canvas - three terriers before a hole, signed, in gilt frame, 42cm x 52cm
£600 - 800
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F. Gravier, Victorian English School oil on canvas - portrait of a young lady with flowers in her hair, in gilt frame, 34cm x 29cm
£150 - 200
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Manner of Eugène Isabey (1804 - 1886), oil on panel - fishing boats on the shoreline, in gilt frame, 45.5cm x 65.5cm
£300 - 500
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James Hardy, 20th century
oil on canvas laid on board - extensive seascape with Men O' War, signed, in gilt frame, 58cm x 117cm
£500 - 700
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C. Waller, Victorian English School oval oil on card - mother, child and goat at rest in extensive landscape, signed, 20.5cm x 16.5cm
£100 - 150
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Jocelyne Seguin (1917 - 1999), oil on canvas - portrait of a young girl in pink dress 'Le chapeau rose', signed, inscribed on reverse, in gilt frame, 31cm x 22cm
£400 - 600
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William Thomas Such (1820 - 1893), large oil on canvas - snow covered landscape by moonlight with a figure returning home by pony, signed and indistinctly dated, in gilt frame, 130cm x 112cm
£500 - 700
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Edgar Longstaffe (1849 - 1912), oil on canvas - Autumnal river landscape, signed with monogram and dated 1888, in gilt frame, 24cm x 39cm
£150 - 200
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Henry W. Henley (act. c. 1891 - c. 1895), oil on board - figure fishing on a river, inscribed on reverse - Padley Brook, Derbyshire, signed with initials, in glazed gilt frame, 28cm x 22cm
£150 - 200
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19th century Italian School oval pastel - The Madonna and Child, in ornate floral encrusted gilt frame, 67cm x 55cm
£200 - 300
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Manner of Joseph Turner, 19th century oil on canvas - figures reclining in classical surroundings with a fountain beyond, in extensive landscape, in gilt frame, 68cm x 89cm
£1000 - 1500
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Charles Haigh Wood (1854 - 1927), oil on canvas - extensive river landscape with hills beyond, signed, 29.5cm x 44cm
£150 - 200
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Paul Musin, 20th century oil on canvas laid on board - portrait of a lady examining a gilded object, signed, in gilt frame, 38.5cm x 25.5cm
£300 - 500
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Victorian English School
oil on canvas - portrait of a lady in white bonnet and black dress, in gilt scroll frame, 75cm x 62cm
£150 - 200
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Paul Savigny (1858 - 1916), oil on canvas - Mediterranean harbour view with town beyond, signed, in gilt frame, 68.5cm x 90cm
£400 - 600
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Early Victorian English School watercolour - The Letter Carrier wearing long red coat and black hat with printed Royal arms carrying a basket 'Letter Carrier', inscribed in pencil - Forest Road Livock, Joe Hunt 1843, unframed, 52.5cm x 32cm
£80 - 120
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Fine pair late 18th / early 19th century portraits on vellum of Emperor Francis I - Holy Roman Emperor and his wife Empress Maria Theresa of Austria painted standing in elaborate court robes next to tables burdened with the Austrian Crown Jewels with classical drapery and columns in the background, both resting on red velvet and behind glass in fine quality French ormolu frames. Each with French Royal Crown crestings with fleur de lis floral swag, ribbon and drapery decoration. The images 19cm x 14cm, the frames 37.5cm x 25.5cm
£800 - 1200
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Early 19th century English School miniature on ivory - portrait of a handsome young gentleman wearing a black coat and white cravat - in mahogany frame, 8.5cm x 7.5cm
£100 - 150
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Attributed to Fisher, early 19th century watercolour portrait on paper of a gentleman wearing a cravat and black coat in ebonised and gilt metal oval frame, 8cm
£60 - 100
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Late 18th / early 19th century English School miniature portrait on ivory of an elegant lady wearing a turban with feather and pearls, in original red leather covered oval case, 7cm x 6cm
£100 - 150
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Mid-19th century English School portrait on ivory of a gentleman with ginger hair and mutton chops, wearing a black cravat and coat, in original maroon leather covered oval case, 10cm x 8.5cm
£60 - 100
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Edwardian oval portrait miniature on ivory of a baby signed and dated 1911 in original red leather folding case 5cm x 4cm and another in silver gilt frame of a boy, signed with monogram and dated 1907 in fitted case, 4.5cm x 3.7cm
£80 - 120
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Collection of 19th and 20th century portrait miniatures including Lord Nelson, Napoleon and various female beauties (12)
£200 - 300
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Annie Underwood (1876 - 1942), portrait miniature on ivory - a lady in white dress, signed with monogram, inscribed on reverse - Miss Mary Harrison, in oval gilt frame, 7.5cm x 6.5cm
£100 - 150
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Alberto Prosdocimi (1852 - 1925), pair portrait miniatures - lady and gentleman, in oval frames, one gilt, one ebonised, 6.5cm x 4.5cm and 7cm x 5.5cm
£100 - 150
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Three volumes - Catalogue of Highly Important Japanese Prints, Illustrated Books and Drawings from the Henri Vever Collection: Part I, II, and III, with dust wrappers, together with two other volumes - The Passionate Art of Kitagawa Utamaro (5).
Provenance: From the collection of the late Peter Coker R.A. (1926 - 2004)
£50 - 80
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Two volumes - Vincent Van Gogh, Evert van Uitert, Louis van Tilborgh, Sjraar van Heugten, 1990, in original slip case.
Provenance: From the collection of the late Peter Coker R.A. (1926 - 2004)
£40 - 60
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Collection of art reference books including: Catalogue of Pictures in the collection of Her Majesty The Queen, Rembrandt, Sickert, Henry Moore (32).
Provenance: From the collection of the late Peter Coker R.A. (1926 - 2004)
£80 - 120
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Collection of art reference books including: Picasso, Botticelli, Da Vinci and others (40).
Provenance: From the collection of the late Peter Coker R.A. (1926 - 2004)
£80 - 120
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Three volumes - Quentin Blake Laureates Progress, published by Chris Beetles Gallery, limited edition of 1000, signed copy. Quentin Blake Words and Pictures, published by Chris Beetles Gallery, limited edition 844 / 2000, signed copy and John Julius Norwich The Twelve Days of Christmas, illustrated by Quentin Blake, signed copy.
Provenance: From the collection of the late Peter Coker R.A. (1926 - 2004)
£50 - 80
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One volume - Life Lines by John Everard, published 1936 by Chapman & Hall Ltd., containing forty-eight numbered black and white photogravures
£150 - 200
Phoebe Peto Willetts (1917 - 1978) studied at Birmingham Art School and the Royal Academy School (1934 - 1940). One of the portraits (Lot 1111) is of a Jewish refugee who modelled at the Royal Academy. Her early work includes life studies, still life and portraits.
During the Second World War Phoebe worked in the Land Army. It was here she met Alfred, a conscientious objector, whom she married in 1942, living first in London before settling in Watford. In the 1950s, not content to paint family portraits, flowers and landscapes she developed her unique style of figurative symbolism with abstract geometric compositions. She expressed her radical views in painting religious and political subjects, in particular heaven & hell and nuclear weapons (The Empy Tomb IMG_4438 and The Hydrogen Bomb Lot 1118).
When they moved to Cardiff in 1957, Phoebe and Alfred were early activists in the Direct Action Committee and the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament. In 1960 Phoebe served six months in Holloway (Lot 1129) and Hill Hall prisons, for participating in civil disobedience organised by DAC, blocking the entrance to the Atomic Weapons Reasearch Establishment at Foulness Island while the site was under construction.
In the 1960s she experimented with different media to portray the political topics of the period: conscription, apartheid, nuclear weapons and the arms trade, from a Christian point of view and continued tirelessly to campaign for peace (Let My People Go IMG_4465 and The Arms Trade Lot 1137).
First Alfred then Phoebe were ordained priest and deaconess respectively, in the Church of England and worked together in the parish of Miles Platting in Manchester. They were both active in the Movement for the Ordination of Women. In October 1977, the Rev. Alison Palmer, from the Episcopal Church in the United States, celebrated Holy Communion in the parish church. This highlighted a contradiction between the denial by the Church of England that women could be priests and the mutual recognition of priests ordained in the global Anglican Communion (Lot 1133). The defiance of the Church of England's authority went a stage further when, on 8th January 1978, Alfred and Phoebe concelebrated communion. This assertion of the possibility of women's priesthood had been brought forward because Phoebe had terminal cancer. She died just seven weeks later.
With grateful thanks to Ann Dowden for the above information.
Painted between 1934-1939
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Phoebe Peto Willetts (1917-1978) oil on canvas - The Artist at Work, in painted frame, 51cm x 40.5cm
£100 - 150
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