Auction Details - AUCTION ALREADY HELD
Modern & Contemporary Art
Auctioneer: Tennants Auctioneers Location: The Auction Centre, Leyburn
Contact: Telephone: +44 (0) 1969 623780 Facsimile: +44 (0) 1969 624281
Date: 21st February 2015 Time: 10:30AM
Details: Viewing:
Monday 16th to Thursday 19th February 9am to 5pm
Friday 20th February 9am to 6pm
Morning of Sale from 7am
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Auction Lots - Page 2
2050
✓ After John D. Wilson (Contemporary)
"Master Class"
"Once Upon a Time"
Each signed and numbered XIV/XXV, giclee prints, 35cm by 35cm and 34cm by 50cm respectively (2)
Provenance: Castle Galleries
Sold together with the certificates of authenticity from Washington Green £80 - 120
2051
✓ After John D. Wilson (Contemporary)
"Art for All"
"Off the Wall"
Each signed and numbered XIV/XXV, giclee prints, 26cm by 68cm (2)
Provenance: Castle Galleries
Sold together with the certificates of authenticity from Washington Green £100 - 200
2052
✓ Douglas Swan (1930-2000)
Scissors
Signed and dated 1989, numbered 32/75, print, together with a lithograph by the artist depicting ice skates and a further print titled "Air/Paint", 28.5cm by 37.5cm, 54.5cm by 47.5cm and 33cm by 47.5cm respectively (3) £100 - 200
2053
John Hall Thorpe (1874-1947) Australian
"Marigolds"
Signed and inscribed, colour woodblock print, together with two further coloured woodblock prints by Thomas Todd Blaylock (1876-1929) titled "Californian Poppies" and "Nasturtiums", 23cm by 29cm and 15.5cm by 18cm respectively (3) £120 - 180
2054
✓ Alfred Cohen (1920-2001)
"Crown Imperial"
Signed and dated (19)86, inscribed H.C.2, lithograph, 75cm by 56cm £70 - 100
2055
William Thomas Martin Hawksworth
(1853-1935)
"A Harbour, Early Morning"
Pen, ink and watercolour, 24cm by 32cm
Provenance: Thomas Agnew and Sons Ltd, London £100 - 150
2056
✓ Attributed to Sir William MacTaggart, PPRSA RA FRSE HonRSW LLD (1903-1981)
Harbour scene
Pencil, together with a further pencil landscape study, each from the artist's sketch book, 23.5cm by 34.5cm (2)
Exhibited: St. Andrew's Fine Art, Scotland, April 1982 £200 - 300
2057
✓ Len Tabner (b.1946)
"Looking Towards Redcar"
Signed and dated (19)83, bears artist's label verso, watercolour and gouache, 18.5cm by 49.5cm
Provenance: The New Art Centre, London £300 - 500
2058
✓ Richard Demarco HRSA, RSW, SSA (b.1930)
"The Lighthouse, Crinan, Argyll"
Signed, inscribed with title and dated 1965, pen ink and wash, together with a watercolour titled "Village Streets, Eymet" by Rosemary Beaton, 34cm by 24cm and 20cm by 27.5cm respectively (2) £100 - 150
2059
✓ Russell Sidney Reeve RE, RBA (1895-1970)
"Roadworks, London"
Signed and dated 1927, inscribed on an exhibition label verso, pencil and watercolour, an unfinished preparatory sketch, 27.5cm by 30.5cm
Provenance: Piano Nobile, Surrey, exhibition date 12 June 1993, stock no. RR93IN12 £70 - 100
2060
✓ Frederick Brill (1920-1984)
"The Railway Viaduct" (Sandsend)
Signed, dated 1958 and inscribed verso, pen and black ink preparatory/working sketch on paper, 50cm by 36cm
Brill did not generally sign his work.
Provenance: labelled Galerie de Seine, and City of Manchester Art Gallery label numbered 20990. £80 - 150
2061
✓ Janet Kenyon (b.1959)
The Quayside, Newcastle
Signed, watercolour, 50cm by 72cm £250 - 400
2062
✓ Derek H. Wilkinson (1929-2001)
Industrial winter landscape
Signed and dated 1964, gouache, 51cm by 60cm £80 - 120
2063
✓ Norman Adams RA (1927-2005)
"Moorland Study"
Initialled, inscribed and dated 29/4/(19)62, mixed media, 21cm by 25cm £150 - 200
2064
✓ Willy Tirr (1915-1991)
"Multicoloured"
Signed, mixed media, 79cm by 59cm £150 - 250
2065
✓ Willy Tirr (1915-1991)
"Towards the Top"
Signed, inscribed verso, mixed media, 78cm by 57.5cm £150 - 250
2066
✓ Willy Tirr (1915-1991)
"Claws"
Signed, mixed media, 62cm by 52cm £70 - 100
2067
✓ Willy Tirr (1915-1991)
"After the Harvest"
Signed, inscribed verso, mixed media, 59cm by 75cm £70 - 100
2068
✓ David Napp (b.1964)
"House and Winding Track"
Signed and dated (19)89, pastel, 31cm by 48cm £100 - 150
2069
✓ Selina Thorp (b.1968)
"Autumn Colours Tarn Hows - Lake District"
Signed, bears artist's label verso, mixed media, 61cm by 50.5cm £100 - 150
2070
✓ Edward Wesson RI, RBA, RSMA (1910-1983)
"Winter Trees"
Signed, pencil and watercolour, 44cm by 61.5cm
Sold together with a Christmas card from Dickie and Ted (Edward Wesson). £180 - 250
2071
✓ Reynolds Stone CBE, RDI (1909-1979)
Study of foliage
Signed and dated (19)72, mixed media, 38cm by 56cm £300 - 500

2072
✓ David McLeod Martin (b.1922) Scottish
Landscape
Signed and dated (19)83, together with a watercolour by Cynthia Wall titled "January Evening", 53cm by 73cm and 21.5cm by 34cm respectively (2)
Primarily a landscape and still life artist David Martin studied at Glasgow School of Art. Since 1948 he has exhibited annually at the Royal Scottish Academy and the Royal Glasgow Institute, in addition to a number of one man shows throughout the UK. £200 - 300
2073
✓ Colum Robert Gore-Booth (1913-1959)
Landscape with farm buildings
Signed and dated (19)46, mixed media, together with a further mixed media landscape by the artist, each 28cm by 37.5cm (2) £100 - 150
2074
✓ Peter von Rawita-Ostrowski (Pedro Ostrowski) (1902-1964) Polish
Study of a South American church
Signed and dated 1964, mixed media together with a further work depicting an indigenous child preparing fish, 41cm by 54cm and 54cm by 42cm respectively (2) £80 - 120
2075
✓ Tony Brummell-Smith (b.1949)
"Gardens of the Alhambra, Spain"
"Springtime Benitaya"
Each signed, pastel, 49cm by 67cm and 49cm by 64cm respectively (2)
Provenance: Walker Galleries, Harrogate £500 - 800
2076
✓ John Mackie (b.1955)
Monmartre, Paris
Signed and dated (19)92, pastel, 39cm by 49cm £300 - 400
2077
✓ Gordon Davy (20th century)
"The Orchid"
Signed and dated (19)68, watercolour heightened with white, 68cm by 49cm £100 - 200
2078
✓ John Holt (Contemporary)
Sunflowers, France
Signed, pastel, 20cm by 69cm £120 - 180
2079
✓ Helen Layfield Bradley (1900-1979)
"We stood by the gate of our favourite picnic place and called good-bye unto the summer"
Signed, bears fly insignia, inscribed verso, watercolour, 18cm by 27.5cm
Provenance: The Anvil Gallery, Cartmel, Cumbria £300 - 500
2080
✓ Harold Riley (b.1934)
"Two Fishermen on the Beach"
"A Study at Midnight on the Fringes of the Arctic Circle"
Each signed, signed and inscribed verso, mixed media, 17cm by 25cm and 20cm by 26cm respectively (2) £500 - 800
2081
✓ Sir Matthew Arnold Bracy Smith
(1879-1959)
Portrait of a lady seated holding a fan
Signed MS, pencil, 51cm by 36cm £300 - 500
2082
✓ Edward Wesson RI, RBA, RSMA (1910-1983)
Self portrait
Signed and dated (19)83, inscribed on artist's label verso, "To Pem and Leonard, with love and thanks from Dickie (Wesson)", watercolour, 36.5cm by 26cm
Provenance: Given to Emily and Leonard Tompkins by the artist's widow, Dickie, thence by descent
This lot is sold together with a card from Dickie Wesson £70 - 100

2083
✓ Charles Willmott (b.1943)
"Paco Peña Dance - Flamenco Voces y Ecos"
Each signed, mixed media, 63cm by 47cm (2) £150 - 250
2084
✓ Follower of Egon Schiele (20th/21st century)
Female nude study
Indistinctly signed, pencil, 83.5cm by 58cm £200 - 300
2085
✓ Albert du Mesnildot (1922-1990) French
"Trois Femmes"
Signed, dated 1976 verso, watercolour, 48cm by 64cm
Exhibited: "Albert du Mesnildot Retrospective 1942-1990" 31st March - 21st April 1990, Duncalfe Galleries Harrogate and London £400 - 600

2086
✓ Fay Pomerance (1912-2001)
Study for "Symphony in Mud"
Signed verso, squared up for transfer, pencil, together with a further drawing by the artist for the "Ballet of Lust and Avarice" and four portrait studies by the artist, 34cm by 48cm, 51cm by 73cm and various other sizes (6)
Born in Birmingham Fay Pomerance was an Anglo-Jewish artist who left school at the age of 16 to study for five years at the Birmingham Central School of Arts and Crafts. Fay had a long friendship with Michael Ayrton who was the dominant influence on her work. Like William Blake she was also a visionary artist (stating that she had visions from the age of eight) and her stylized works explore themes of war, the bible and redemption. She was President of The Sheffield Society of Artists and exhibited widely throughout her career in both solo and mixed shows at the Ben Uri Gallery, Redfern Gallery, Molton and Leicester galleries in London amongst others. Her work is held in many permanent collections including the Museum of Israel. £300 - 500
2087
✓ Fay Pomerance (1912-2001)
"Adam and Eve"
Signed, pencil and watercolour, together with five further works by the artist titled "Jesus Study", "We that use our eyes but to gaze at the mud around our feet call the blind sightless",
"The Flood", "The Watchers" and "Lift Me Up", 33cm by 23.5cm and various other sizes (6) £150 - 250
2088
✓ Fay Pomerance (1912-2001)
"Comedy and Drama"
Signed, watercolour, together with five further watercolours by the artist titled "Red Chiffon", "Rebirth", "Celestial", "The Garden" and "Fire Girl" 14cm by 24.5cm, 23cm by 19cm and various other sizes (6) £120 - 180
2089
✓ Fay Pomerance (1912-2001)
"Resignation"
Signed, inscribed with title, watercolour, together with three further watercolours by the artist titled "Day and Night Service", "The Wind and the Rain" and "Resurrection" and a collection of twelve mono prints by the artist, 24cm by 34cm and various other sizes (a collection) £200 - 300
2090
✓ Bernard Meninsky (1891-1950)
Nude
Signed, brown ink and wash, 39.5cm by 24cm
Provenance: Believed to have been purchased by Frank Laughton, Pavilion Hotel, Scarborough in December 1930 at the Gartil Gallery. £200 - 300
2091
✓ Darren Baker (b.1976)
Smoking lady
Signed, pastel, 19cm by 14cm
Provenance: DeMontfort Fine Art £250 - 400
2092
✓ Tony Holahan (Contemporary)
"Violin Section"
Signed, mixed media, 25cm by 25cm £60 - 90
2093
✓ Mackenzie Thorpe (b.1956)
"Shut that Bloody Door"
Signed, pastel, 68cm by 47cm
Provenance: Halcyon Gallery £1500 - 2000
2094
✓ Doug Hyde (b.1972)
"Love Hearts"
Signed, pastel, 74cm by 101cm
Provenance: DeMontfort Fine Art £2500 - 3000
2095
✓ Doug Hyde (b.1972)
"Ssshh...."
Signed and inscribed with title, signed verso, charcoal, 36cm by 55cm
Provenance: DeMontfort Fine Art £400 - 600
2096
✓ Doug Hyde (b.1972)
"Do Not Disturb"
Signed and inscribed with title, signed verso, mixed media, 36cm by 55cm
Provenance: DeMontfort Fine Art £200 - 300
2097
✓ Doug Hyde (b.1972)
"Bath Day"
Signed, inscribed with title, signed verso, mixed media, 36cm by 55cm
Provenance: DeMontfort Fine Art £300 - 500
2098
✓ Janet Bolton (Contemporary)
"Coming and Goings in the North"
Signed, inscribed with title, patchwork in fabrics, together with two further patchwork pictures by the artist titled "Shooting Star Beneath a Silver Moon" and "Elephant Looking at a Small House", 20cm by 19cm, 12cm by 16cm and 11cm by 17cm respectively (3) £250 - 400
2099
✓ Anne Shingleton (Contemporary)
Still life of peaches in a basket
Signed and dated (19)89, pastel, 30cm by 28.5cm £60 - 90
Auction Details - AUCTION ALREADY HELD
Modern & Contemporary Art
Auctioneer: Tennants Auctioneers Location: The Auction Centre, Leyburn
Contact: Telephone: +44 (0) 1969 623780 Facsimile: +44 (0) 1969 624281
Date: 21st February 2015 Time: 10:30AM
Details: Viewing:
Monday 16th to Thursday 19th February 9am to 5pm
Friday 20th February 9am to 6pm
Morning of Sale from 7am
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