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Lot 17
Paul Henry RHA RUA (1876-1958) Thatched Cottages (1915-16)oil on boardsigned 'PAUL HENRY' lower left 20½ x 25½cm (8.1 x 10in)Bell Gallery, Belfast; Christie's, Dublin, 29th June 1994, Lot 264, reproduced in colour; Private Collection Possibly 1916 Belfast as 'Moonlight in the Village'S.B. Kennedy: Paul Henry Paintings, Drawings Illustrations, published by Yale, University press; Catalogue No. 418, page 183 illustrated. A small, very directly observed and notably unromanticised view of a grouping of Spartan cottages, thought by SB Kennedy to be on Achill. Certainly Henry had been based on Achill since 1912, and found it an extraordinarily rich source of inspiration. Later, when he had moved on to Dublin and then Wicklow, his Western scenes could be formulaic and idealized, but the earthy realism of this scene rings true.
Lot 18
Paul Henry RHA RUA (1876-1958) Waterville, Co Kerryoil on boardsigned 'PAUL HENRY' lower right and titled on reverse 41 x 46cm (16.1 x 18.1in)Combridge Gallery, Dublin, 1946, by whom lent for a time to the Shelbourne Hotel, Dublin; Thence the artist's studio; Mrs McAreavey, acquired from Mabel Young in 1962; The estate of the late James Gibson; Bell Gallery, Belfast (label verso); Private Collection S.B. Kennedy: Paul Henry Paintings, Drawings Illustrations, published by Yale, University press; Catalogue No.1063, page 308 This is probably the picture of this title that Paul Henry first exhibited at the Combridge Gallery, Dublin, in October 1945. It was almost certainly painted in the summer of that year when Henry and his second wife, Mabel Young, stayed at the Great Southern Hotel in Waterville. They had first visited the Iveragh Peninsula a decade earlier, in 1932, staying on the northern side of the Peninsula at Glenbeigh. Paul was enchanted by the area. 'It is lovely. Wherever one turns there is material for dozens of pictures. I felt that if I spent a lifetime I would never exhaust all the possible subjects,' he wrote to a friend, James Healy, in New York (letter of 13 December 1934, Healy Papers, Stanford University Libraries). The Peninsula produced a paler key in his paintings, as the Irish Times commented (7 May 1935), which contrasts with the heavier, more brooding works of the late 1920s and early 1930s when his marriage to his first wife, Grace, was breaking up and at a time when he had other domestic difficulties. By 1945, with a much more settled lifestyle, Paul and Mabel returned to Kerry-there is no record of their having been there since the 1930s-and, staying at Waterville, they used that as a base to explore much of the Peninsula. The area around Waterville has welcomed many celebrities over the years, the most notable, perhaps, being Walt Disney and Charlie Chaplin. The Iveragh Peninsula, of course, is traversed by the famous Ring of Kerry tourist route. The stretch of water depicted in this composition is probably Lough Currane, which lies immediately to the east of Waterville, which is the town crowning the hilltop in the middle distance. The 'paler key' that typifies Henry's work in these late years of his painting career-he suffered almost total blindness shortly after this picture was painted-is well seen in this composition, where the mounting cumulus clouds in the sky are reflected in the sea in the foreground, which is almost without detailing of any sort, save for the masterly dexterity of the brushwork. In this regard, Waterville, Co. Kerry may be compared with one of Henry's finest late works, Kinsale, of 1939 (Kennedy, 2007, number 994). For a discussion of Henry's other Iveragh Peninsula pictures see S. B. Kennedy, 'Paul Henry's Iveragh Paintings', in John Crowley & John Sheehan (eds.), The Iveragh Peninsula: A Cultural Atlas of the Ring of Kerry, Cork University Press, 2009, pp.441-4. Dr. S.B. Kennedy, October 2018
Lot 86
ARCHAIC BRONZE BELL, ZHOU DYNASTY, decorated on each side with a plain, central, vertical panel dividing four quadrangular panels, each enclosing three horizontal rows of three bosses, the flat top with a loop handle formed by a pair of addorsed dragons united by an inverted U-shaped cross section, 25cm high
Lot 1801
Original vintage music point of sale advertising poster promoting David Bowie album Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps), also known simply as Scary Monsters, his 14th studio album released on 12 September 1980 by RCA Records. The artwork of Scary Monsters features Bowie in the Pierrot costume worn in the "Ashes to Ashes" music video, rendered in a combination of Brian Duffy's photographs and a painting by Edward Bell. Fair condition, tears, creases, fold in centre, staining, backed on cardboard. Country: UK Designer: Edward Bell Year: 1980 Size (cm) 121x60
Lot 571
Polish Advertising Original Vintage Poster – Jazz Jamboree' 71 - 14th International Jazz Festival, Warsaw 1971. Colorful design by the award winning Polish artist Henryk Tomaszewski (1914-2005) featuring a trumpet against a pink background with the title and event information in Polish and English in stylized letters inside a white cloud coming out from the bell of the music instrument. Country: Poland. Year: 1971. Artist: Tomaszewski. Size (cm): 98.5x66 Fair condition, paper losses, tears, creases and stains in margins.
Lot 15
A Victorian brass students lampOf typical form with a cylindrical reservoir opposed by an opaque glass shade, along with a modern brass table lamp with a bell shaped shade, a converted Victorian brass oil lamp, a second Victorian oil lamp with an opaque shade and a modern Victorian style table lamp, three assorted chimneys and shade.
Lot 582
An early 19th Century mahogany cased eight day Scottish longcase clockHaving a 36 diameter circular painted dial with Arabic and Roman numerals, centred with two subsidiary dials and indistinctly signed "Glassgow" , the two train movement striking on a saucer bell with three smaller "nest bells", the mahogany case with overall inlaid ebony stringing and a rectangular crossbanded door above a conforming lower panel, raised on bracket feet, complete with a pendulum, the circular bob painted with a masted vessel, also a pair of tapering clock weights, 230cm high.
Lot 581
A George III oak cased eight day longcase clockTJ Truscott, St Ausell, having a twin swan neck pediment above spinally lobed columns flanking the 31cm silvered break arch dial, centred with two subsidiary dials and the makers name, having a two train movement striking on a saucer bell, the oak case with a short rectangular door flanked by canted corners above a conforming lower panel with bracket feet, complete with two weights and a pendulum, 222cm high.
Lot 98
An interesting collection of WWII Air Raid Precautions (ARP) related material together with other WWII items - including ARP wardens brass and wooden handled bell, Air Raid Warning wooden rattle, ARP silver badge and whistle, two standard issue gas masks unused in original boxes (one with original canvas carrying bag) and a pair of Lucas wartime cycle lamps made from black tin with cowls to hide the light from the aircraft above, as issued in original box. Plus two money boxes disguised as tinned produce.
Lot 43
*Air Raid Precaution. WWII brass Air Raid Warden's bell, stamped 'A.R.P. Bow St' with wooden handle and clapper, 28cm high During the Blitz, Bow Street in the West End of London was hit at 7.24pm on 8 October 1940 destroying the Marquis of Anglesey Wine and Spirits Store, which was a 17th century public house rebuilt in 1908, one person died. On the same night another bomb fell between Bow Street and The Wellington pub, killing two people. (1)
Lot 334
*The West Yorkshire Regiment. Victorian Officer's Home Service blue cloth helmet (1881-1901), with gilt brass helmet plate with silver horse and motto 'Nec aspera terrent' on scroll above, on a red velvet ground with three part silver scroll inscribed 'The West Yorkshire Regiment', brass cross and spike finial, chin scales and mounts, original lining with brown sweatband and stamped 'S. Garden & Co, Military Tailors', with metal storage tin bearing brass plaque engraved 'Major J.B.J. Tottie. 4th Bn West York're Regt' plus original luggage label inscribed to the recipient dated 6 August 1914 Lieutenant Colonel J.B.G. Tottie was commissioned 2nd Lieutenant in the Durham Artillery Militia in 1881, transferred to the 4th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment in 1882, various commissions, Major 1904, served in the Boer War (District & Station Commandant), Lieutenant Colonel 1908, served in WWI from 2/3 August 1914, and the label suggests that the helmet was returned to his home Coniston Cold, Bell Busk, near Skipton, shortly after the outbreak of the war. (1)
Lot 53
*Battle of Britain. Royal Air Force commemorative Battle of Britain ashtray, made from a Spitfire Merlin engine piston, 13.5cm diameter, together with another similar for Royal Canadian Air Force tray made from a Spitfire piston head, plus a commemorative bell made for the RAF Benevolent Fund from German aircraft shot down over Britain 1939-1945 and an Air Ministry black out lamp (4)
Lot 499
Early 19th century mahogany longcase clock, three brass finals above swan neck pediment with fluted pillar supports, figured frieze with shell inlays, stepped pointed arch trunk door, eight-day movement striking the hours on bell, with enamel moon phase dial, subsidiary seconds dial, Arabic and Roman chapter ring with inner date ring, signed Alker, Wigan, H243cm Condition Report & Further Details Click here for further images, condition, auction times & delivery costs
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