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✓ Martin Bell after David Blackburn MBE (1939-2016)
"Tree and Wood"
Inscribed to artist's label verso and dated 1963, oil pastel, 24cm by 29cm
Exhibited: Headrow Gallery, Leeds
Sold together with a copy of "David Blackburn and the Visionary Landscape Tradition", by Sasha Grishin, Hart Gallery, Nottingham and London, a collection of exhibition catalogues relating to David Blackburn and a Aboriginal ball gifted to him in Australia
The vendor's father, Derick Custance, was a prominent member of the Huddersfield Cine Club. In 1963 he made a film about David Blackburn and some of his paintings called "Images" as he was embarking shortly on a trip to Australia. Unfortunately, David left for Australia before the film was complete leaving a scene of him working on a tree unfinished. His friend Martin Bell agreed to step in and zooming the camera in from a distance no-one could tell who the artist was! Martin concluded by producing this painting and went on to become a successful freelance cameraman based in London. £70 - 100
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✓ David Blackburn MBE (1939-2016)
"Boulders and Trees - Holme Moss"
Signed and dated 1970, inscribed to artist's label verso, pastel, 24cm by 30cm
Provenance: Gifted by the artist to the vendor as a wedding present in 1970 £300 - 500
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✓ David Blackburn MBE (1939-2016)
"Windy Trees Butternab"
Signed and dated 1975, inscribed to artist's label verso, pastel, 47cm by 61.5cm
Exhibited: Headrow Gallery, Leeds £700 - 1000
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✓ David Blackburn MBE (1939-2016)
"The Ferns Butternab"
Signed and dated 1976, inscribed to artist's label verso, pastel, 50.5cm by 46.5cm
Exhibited: Headrow Gallery, Leeds £400 - 600
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✓ David Blackburn MBE (1939-2016)
"Green Hillside", (1975)
Signed and inscribed verso, pastel, 38cm by 29.5cm £250 - 400
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✓ Marie Walker Last (1917-2017)
"Marine Mirage"
Signed and dated (19)78, mixed media, 56cm by 75cm
Provenance: Park Square Gallery, Leeds £150 - 250
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Robert Emerson Curtis (1898-1986) Australian
"The Building of Sydney Opera House"
Signed and dated (19)65, watercolour, 52cm by 73cm
Sold together with a copy of "A Vision Takes Form - Building of the Sydney Opera House Stages One and Two, A Graphic Record by Robert Emerson Curtis", A.H & A.W. Reed, New South Wales, 1967
Robert Emerson Curtis was the official artist for the construction of Australia's two most famous buildings, the Sydney Harbour Bridge and the Sydney Opera House. He was also an official war artist during World War II and during the 1940's he traversed Australia depicting it's industrial war effort.
The proceeds from this lot will go to Wires, Australian Wildlife Rescue Organisation £400 - 600
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✓ Dame Laura Knight RA, RWS, RE, RWA, PSWA, DBE (1877-1970)
Theatre performance, believed to be at the Old Vic, London
Signed, mixed media, 24.5cm by 34cm
The work is likely to date from the 1930s £800 - 1200
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✓ Jacob Kramer (1892-1962)
Reputedly a head study of Mary Banks aged 21 made at Leeds University in 1948
Signed, pastel, 39cm by 29cm £200 - 300
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✓ Christopher P Wood (b.1961)
"October II"
Signed and inscribed, watercolour, together with a further watercolour study by the artist "Ideas from the Sea", 22cm by 32.5cm and 19.5cm by 7.5cm respectively (2)
Provenance: Gifted by the artist to the vendor £200 - 300
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✓ Stuart Walton (b.1933)
"Railings, Hunslet"
Signed inscribed and dated 1964, charcoal, together with a further example by artist, "White Fence, Anchor Street, Hunslet" dated 1966, 24.5cm by 17cm and 17cm by 24.5cm respectively (2)
Provenance: Headrow Gallery, Leeds £120 - 180
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✓ Laurence Stephen Lowry RBA, RA (1887-1976)
"The Conversation"
Pencil, together with a further sketch by the artist, each 20.5cm by 12.5cm (2)
Provenance: Gifted by Lowry to an associate at Ganymed Originals 1960s
Sotheby's, "Made in Britain" London, 5th April 2017, Lot 79 £2000 - 3000
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✓ Laurence Stephen Lowry RBA, RA (1887-1976)
Animal study
Felt tip pen, with a further study to the reverse depicting a dog, 15.5cm by 19cm
Provenance: James L. Brooke (1903-1973) (Huddersfield artist) Gifted to his sister Gladys Brooke Private Collection, North Yorkshire. Brooke and Lowry became friends during the 1960's when Brooke, who also worked as a paintings restorer, was asked to transversely split a piece of hardboard on which Lowry had painted on both sides. It was at this time that the two artists became friends and Lowry is known to have visited Huddersfield once a fortnight from then, brought by his wealthy friend and patron Alick Leggatt. He and Brooke produced oil paintings from Chapel Hill, Huddersfield, sitting side by side and having been commissioned by Huddersfield Council to do so. £1500 - 2500
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Geoffrey Woolsey Birks (1929-1993)
"Exchange"
Signed and numbered 19/100, hand coloured print, 38cm by 52cm (unframed)
This is the only hand coloured example of this print £200 - 300
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Geoffrey Woolsey Birks (1929-1993)
"Lunch Break"
Signed and dated (19)75, pencil and watercolour, encased within a sketchbook containing twenty-five further sketches by the artist, 13cm by 10cm £300 - 500
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Geoffrey Woolsey Birks (1929-1993)
"Have one on me Mate"
Signed, watercolour, together with five further watercolour card designs by the artist, "Forty Winks", "Shopping Street", "The Mill Yard", "The Red Bus" and "Finishing Work", 11cm by 7.5cm each (6) (all unframed)
Sold together with five postcards relating to the watercolours £600 - 800
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✓ Mackenzie Thorpe (b.1956)
Shepherd and sheep in a Dales landscape
Signed, pastel, 73cm by 63cm £1200 - 1800
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✓ Roger Hilton CBE (1911-1975)
"Untitled 1973"
Signed and dated 1973, gouache, 24cm by 31cm
Provenance: Flowers East, London £1500 - 2500
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✓ Andrew Lanyon (b.1947)
"The Golfer"
Signed, inscribed and dated 1978 verso, pen, ink and watercolour, possibly on tinted paper, 22cm by 20.5cm £250 - 300
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✓ Damien Hirst (b.1965)
Shark
Signed, pen drawn on a Leaders of the World Nanumaga Tuvalu First Day Cover, 12cm by 20cm (unframed) £300 - 500
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✓ Sir Antony Gormley OBE (b.1950)
"Over"
Signed inscribed and dated (19)96 verso, pigment on paper, 40.5cm by 28.5cm
Provenance:
Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris
Private Collection, New York, USA
Private Collection, North Yorkshire
Sir Antony Gormley is one of the finest British sculptors of his generation with works exhibited from Norway to New Zealand and Manchester to Manhattan. Arguably best known for his iconic 'Angel of the North' which presides over the A1 at Gateshead, Gormley was admitted to the Royal Academy in 2003 having also won the Turner Prize a decade earlier.
From September to December of 2019 the Royal Academy of Arts hosted an ambitious exhibition "Antony Gormley" celebrating the work from his outstanding 45-year career.
Seemingly fascinated by the delicate coaction of ink on paper, Gormley has created several figure studies in varying tones and even experimented with a series using Chicory coffee. £7000 - 10000
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✓ Attributed to Sir No'l Coward (1899-1973)
Fisherman before a harbour, possibly Whitby
Signed and indistinctly inscribed verso, oil on paper? laid onto board, 37cm by 48cm £800 - 1200
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✓ William Burns (1923-2010)
"Barges, Pin Mill, Suffolk"
Signed, inscribed to label verso, oil on canvas, 49.5cm by 59.5cm £400 - 600
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✓ William Burns (1923-2010)
"Low tide, Pin Mill"
Signed, inscribed to label verso, oil on canvas, 49cm by 59.5cm £400 - 600
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✓ Andre de Lievin (pseudonym for Pierre de Clausade) (1910-1976) French
Beach scene
Signed, oil on canvas, 44.5cm by 54cm
Provenance: The Unicorn Gallery, Wilmslow £300 - 500
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✓ James Morrison RSA, RSW, LLD (b.1932) Scottish
"Clouds Over Tidal Water"
Signed and dated 1978, oil on board, 76cm by 110cm
Exhibited: Aitken Dott & Son (The Scottish Gallery), Edinburgh, The Scottish Gallery Festival Exhibition, August - September 1978, no.45
Provenance: William Hardie Limited, Glasgow £3000 - 5000
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✓ Ken Howard OBE, RA (b.1932)
"Beach Figures Against the Light", (1985)
Oil on board, 15.5cm by 21.5cm
Provenance: The Ogle Gallery, Cheltenham £500 - 700
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✓ Juan Lluna Lerma (b.1933) Spanish
"El Campanile de San Marco, Venice"
Signed, inscribed verso, oil on canvas, 87cm by 114cm
Provenance: Omell Galleries, Ascot £600 - 800
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✓ Fred Yates (1922-2008)
"The First Channel Crossing by Air 1785"
Signed, oil on board, 62.5cm by 75cm
On 7 January 1785, Frenchman Jean-Pierre Blanchard and his American co-pilot John Jeffries completed the first successful crossing of the English Channel in a balloon £800 - 1200
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✓ Piers Browne (b.1949)
"Whitby Sunset: June Evening from the New Bridge"
Signed and dated 2010, oil on board, 41cm by 59cm
Provenance: The Blake Gallery, York £250 - 400
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✓ Nael Hanna (b.1959) Iraqi/Scottish
"Summer at Westhaven"
Signed, inscribed verso and dated 2008, oil on board, 48cm by 48cm £800 - 1200
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✓ Nael Hanna (b.1959) Iraqi/Scottish
Coastline at sunset
Signed, dated 2010 verso, oil on board, 38cm by 67cm £1000 - 1500
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✓ Rowland Suddaby (1912-1972)
Canal boat
Signed and dated (19)45, oil on canvas, 45.5cm by 63.5cm £400 - 600
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✓ John Ridgewell (1937-2004)
"Grass and Landscape II"
Signed and dated (19)67, oil on canvas, 65cm by 110cm
Exhibited: The New Art Centre, Sloane Street, London £150 - 250
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✓ Christopher P Wood (b.1961)
"Blackbird Through the Trees"
Signed and inscribed verso, oil on canvas, 40.5cm by 50.5cm
Provenance: A gift from the artist £400 - 600
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Brian Alderman (b.1954)
"Road to Semerwater, Wensleydale"
Signed, inscribed and dated 2018 verso, oil on canvas, 69cm by 89cm £300 - 500
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✓ Katherine Swinfen-Eady (b.1966)
"Dusting of Snow, North Yorks"
Signed and dated (20)07, inscribed verso, oil on canvas, 29.5cm by 29.5cm
Provenance: Walker Galleries, Harrogate £80 - 120
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Jacquie Denby (b.1939)
Dales landscape
Acrylic on board, 57.5cm by 70cm £150 - 200
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Jacquie Denby (b.1939)
Dales landscape with Penhill in the distance
Acrylic on board, 57cm by 60cm £200 - 300
| Peter Brook RBA (1927-2009) | This maxim clearly resonates in the West Yorkshire born artist's stark depictions of the Yorkshire Pennines, moors, and mills. Infused with the artist's personality, his signature taglines and the appearance of his trusty sheepdog.
A farmer's son, Peter Brook grew up in West Yorkshire where he spent most of his life. He was educated at Barnsley Grammar School before moving on to teacher training at Goldsmiths College, London, where he visited galleries, attended life drawing evening classes and further developed his art, alongside his teaching career back in Yorkshire.
It wasn't until his 40's that he became a full-time artist, being elected as a member of the Royal Society of British Artists in 1962.
He was represented by Agnews in London where he held a number of solo shows, whilst also exhibiting in America and Australia.
His works can be seen in the V&A, the Tate, Wakefield Art Gallery, Leeds City Art Gallery, Leeds University & Spring Ram PLC and in major private collections worldwide.
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Peter Brook RBA (1927-2009)
"Drawing Outside but Keeping the Dog Well Away from this Road"
Signed and inscribed, oil on board, 17.5cm by 34cm
Provenance: From the artist's estate £1200 - 1800
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Peter Brook RBA (1927-2009)
"In a Fold in the Cheviots"
Signed and inscribed, oil on board, 39.5cm by 58.5cm
Provenance: From the artist's estate £2000 - 3000
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Peter Brook RBA (1927-2009)
"Walking the Pennine Way, Past a Patriotic Sheep"
Signed and inscribed, oil on board, 41.5cm by 50cm
Provenance: From the artist's estate £1800 - 2500
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Peter Brook RBA (1927-2009)
"Classical Pennine Farmhouse with Mole Hills"
Signed and inscribed, oil on board, 61cm by 84cm
Provenance: From the artist's estate £2500 - 4000
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✓ Peter Brook RBA (1927-2009)
"Private Moors"
Signed and inscribed, oil on board, 19cm by 30.5cm
Provenance: Acquired directly from artist £1000 - 1500
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✓ Peter Brook RBA (1927-2009)
"Early Lamb"
Signed and inscribed, oil on board, 40cm by 50cm
Exhibited: Bowland Forest Fine Arts, Lancashire £2500 - 4000
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✓ Peter Brook RBA (1927-2009)
"Old Black House in the Highlands"
Signed and inscribed, oil on canvas, 49cm by 58.5cm £2500 - 4000
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✓ Peter Brook RBA (1927-2009)
"Give Way"
Signed, inscribed, oil on canvas, 49cm by 59cm £3000 - 5000
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✓ Roger Hampson (1925-1996)
"Derelicts"
Signed, inscribed verso, oil on board, 31cm by 23cm £400 - 600
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✓ David Smith (1920-1998)
Street scene
Signed, oil on board, 25.5cm by 30.5cm
Provenance: Gifted to the vendor by the artist's widow £200 - 300
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✓ Simeon Stafford (b.1959)
"Up North"
Signed, inscribed verso, oil on canvas, 90cm by 90cm (unframed) £1000 - 1500
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