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A pair of Continental gilt metal mounted pottery parrot candlesticks, modern in the 18th century manner, 38cm high; and a pair of Samson bocage figures in the Chelsea style, pseudo gilt anchor marks, taller 23cm high (4) Condition Report: Modern decorative- both with pseudo marks to undersides- gilding rubbed- 1 with old repair to leaf at front Bocage- both with losses and repairs to bocage and raised decoration throughout- possibly formerly bases to candlesticks? Condition Report Disclaimer
Sir Frank Bowling R.A. (British, born 1934)Potaroway signed twice, inscribed and dated 'FRANK/BOWLING/'POTAROWAY'-1975/FRANKBOWLING/FOR THE/CHELSEA ARTS CLUB' (verso)acrylic on canvas61 x 109.2 cm. (24 x 43 in.)Footnotes:ProvenanceSale; Sotheby's, London, The Chelsea Arts Club Auction, 24 October 1988, lot 82, where purchased by the present ownerPrivate Collection, U.K.Born in what was then British Guyana in 1934, Frank Bowling moved to London aged 19 and after a few years was accepted to study at the Royal College of Art. There he became part of the fabled generation of students (enrolled 1959-1962) whose emergence announced a shift in the prevailing fashion from fifties abstraction to sixties pop. His fellow students included Derek Boshier, Pauline Boty, David Hockney, Allen Jones, R.B. Kitaj and Peter Phillips. Bowling achieved success rapidly with a solo exhibition mounted at the Grabowski Gallery the year he graduated, from which the Arts Council purchased the canvas Birthday (1962), and he was subsequently selected for inclusion in the era-defining photobook Private-View compiled by Bryan Robertson and John Russell in 1965.Throughout the late 1960s his work embraced a hard-edged pop aesthetic in which dazzling slabs of colour fuse with text, pin-up and screen-printed imagery. Yet Bowling yearned for development. He had first visited New York in 1964 where he met Jasper Johns and Larry Rivers and two years later he relocated to the city. There he quickly began exhibiting with Terry Dintenfass, and before long received the Guggenheim fellowship, allowing him to take a large studio in SoHo. His immersion in New York's colour field painting gave rise to his highly regarded 'Maps' series (1966-1971) in which Bowling combined his by then abstract approach with political and personal concerns. Massive in scale (some span more than 6 meters) they present forms representative of continents, hovering in front of shimmering fields of stained colour. These works featured prominently in his first solo institutional show, staged at the Whitney Museum of American Art in 1971 (when Bowling was aged 37), to much acclaim.Ever the progressive, his practice developed further in 1973 when he first developed his 'poured' painting method. In his studio Bowling built a wooden platform on which a canvas would be supported. This could then be tilted to allow for the paint, poured from a height, to run down the canvas in a controlled manner. Whilst managing the palette to some extent, this technique purposefully allowed for an element of automatism to enter his work. Curator of the recent and highly celebrated Tate retrospective, Elana Crippa, elaborates; 'Bowling's was the pursuit of an organic interplay between line and medium, so that structure would not be imposed on the unruly plasticity of paint, but found and adopted through the process of making' (Elana Crippa, Frank Bowling, exh.cat., Tate Publishing, London, 2019, p.51). This process encapsulates Bowling's fascination with challenging the accepted conventions of painting, which can be traced right from his early works through to his present practice.In 1975, the year the present work was painted, Bowling returned to London which would act as his primary base for the next fifteen years. Working at first from a studio above St. Anselm's Church in Kennington, he continued to develop his 'poured' paintings. Whilst the 'Maps' series that immediately proceeded them addressed Bowling's global concerns, the poured paintings from the mid-70s are arguably more personal. Many derive their title from Guyanese locations such as the present example which takes its name from the Potaro, the vast river which winds its way 140 miles east from its source at Mount Ayanganna. Similarly, the Government Art Collection's Kaieteurtoo (1975) titled after the famous waterfall situated on the Potaro, and Bartica Bressary (1978-9, Private Collection) named after Bowling's birth town.Seen here in public for the first time since its acquisition in 1988, Potaroway is charmingly unusual among these pictures for several reasons. The execution appears to have been relatively slow, resulting in a rich and viscus marbling and pooling of paint, rather than the quick and energetic waterfall effect seen in Kaieteurtoo. Bowling has adopted a horizontal composition rather than his more common vertical format. As such a landscape emerges from his action led process. Mark-making along the two strips of land-toned pigment suggest a far and near shoreline, the abundance of cloud-white at the top recalls the sky, reflected in the central passage of the gentle and powerful Potaro river. The overall result makes for an epic, yet placid vista. For Bowling this engagement proved successful and river subjects feature heavily in his works of the following decade, notably his 'Great Thames' series of the late 1980s.In 1987 Bowling made history as the first artist of afro-Caribbean descent to have their work enter the Tate Collection and again in 2005 when he was elected the first black Royal Academician in the institution's history. Sir Frank Bowling was awarded a knighthood in the Queen's birthday honours, 2020, aged 86.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ARAR Goods subject to Artists Resale Right Additional Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A ZIEGLER MAHAL CARPETapproximately 534 x 376cmProvenance: Private Collection, GloucestershirePurchased from Rare Carpets Gallery, 496 King's Road, Chelsea, London in 2001Condition Report: Wear overall. Patches of additional wear reveal underlying weft in areas throughout (see images). Section of replacement to one side of the central field adjacent to the border (approx. 96x19cm). Another patch of replacement to central field (approx. 31x25cm). Small section of to one corner. Some additional lines of wear. Fringing is short at both ends. They bear wear, fraying and some losses. Binding to longest edges are slightly untidy with some wear, sections of loss and undulation. Some small sections have been re-bound in grey thread. Please refer to additional images for visual reference to condition. Condition Report Disclaimer
A Chelsea artichoke-moulded bell-shaped cup and lobed stand, well-painted in polychrome enamels with flowers, scattered foliage and a winged insect, loop handle, iron red borders, the cup 7cm high, the stand 12.5cm wide, Red Anchor and stilt marks, c.1752; a Chelsea shaped circular plate, of Warren Hastings type, the centre painted with flowers, a butterfly, and a winged insect in polychrome enamels, the outswept border painted with Picturesque vignettes and outlined in gilt, flanked by diaper panels and leafy C-scrolls moulded in relief, gilt line rim, 24cm wide, Red Anchor and stilt marks, c. 1755
A Chelsea shaped dish, circa 1755,moulded and enamelled with a border of grape vines and painted to the centre in the Deutsche Blumen style, 25cm wide; two Chelsea baskets, one decorated with birds amongst branches, the other with insects, encrusted with flowers, red anchor mark, 18cm and 17cm wideCondition report: The dish has glaze pitting and cracking. The two-handled bow has lost one of its handles The basket is completely missing the handle - chips to footrim
Alexander Mann (Scottish, 1853–1908)'Burning Weeds' signed lower right 'Alex.r Mann.' inscribed on a label attached to the reverse: ' "Burning weeds."/ by/ Alexander Mann/ 53 Glebe Place, Chelsea/ London.' oil on canvas 61 x 51cmFootnote: Provenance: Sotheby's Gleneagles, 1st September 2004, lot 770, when acquired by the present ownerCondition report: Framed 82 x 72cm
A length of crewelwork fabric,by Chelsea Textiles, decorated with all-over meandering blossoming branches and a variety of large scale flowers, including poppy heads, magnolia and lilies, worked on natural linen,130cm wide13m long approximatelyCondition report: As new, still on the roll, lightly creased, no odour.
A pair of 19th century Capodimonte white glazed figures with gilt detail of male and female characters with blue crowned N mark to base, 13.5 cm approximately, together with a 19th century figure in the Chelsea manner of a boy skater, gilt anchor mark to base, 14 cm approximately, also together with a further 19th century continental figure of a man(AF) (4)
1922/23 Tottenham Home Reserves Football Programmes: London Combination matches to include Crystal Palace x 2 West Ham x 2 Clapton Orient x 2 QPR x 2 Fulham x 2 Arsenal x 2 Millwall x 2 Brentford x 2 Chelsea + Charlton. Ex bound in mainly good condition with no team changes. No duplication as they played each other twice at home. (18)
1923/1924 Tottenham Complete Home Reserves Football Programmes: London Combination matches to include Crystal Palace x 2 West Ham x 2 Clapton Orient x 2 QPR x 2 Fulham x 2 Arsenal x 2 Millwall x 2 Brentford x 2 Chelsea x 2 Charlton x 2 Southend x 2. Ex bound in mainly good condition. No duplication as they played each other twice at home. With 12 teams in the League this will be complete of all matches. (22)
1927/28 Tottenham Complete Home Reserves Football Programmes: London Combination matches v Luton Arsenal Millwall West Ham Swansea Postponed and Played Watford Southend Chelsea Leicester Reading Postponed + Played Orient Coventry Southampton Brentford Charlton QPR Crystal Palace Portsmouth Cardiff Brighton and Fulham. Ex bound in good condition with no team changes with one having punch holes. All 21 played matches and both postponed.(23)
1926/27 Tottenham Home Reserves Football Programmes: London Combination matches v Southend Chelsea Leicester Reading Orient Coventry Southampton Brentford Charlton Arsenal Crystal Palace Portsmouth Brighton Swansea Luton West Ham Watford and Fulham. Ex bound in good condition with no team changes. (18)
1929/30 Tottenham Complete Home Reserves Football Programmes: London Combination matches v Southend Chelsea Leicester Reading Orient Coventry Southampton Brentford Charlton QPR Crystal Palace Portsmouth Cardiff Brighton Swansea Arsenal Luton West Ham Watford Millwall and Fulham. Ex bound in good condition with no team changes. (21)
1931/32 Tottenham Complete Home Reserves Football Programmes: London Combination matches v Southend Chelsea Leicester Reading Orient Coventry Southampton Brentford Charlton QPR Crystal Palace Portsmouth Cardiff Brighton Swansea Arsenal Luton West Ham Watford Millwall and Fulham. Ex bound in good condition with no team changes. One has punch holes. (21)
Tottenham Football Press Photos: 59/60 Chelsea v Tottenham of Bonetti punching away with Smith and Jones jumping, 1959 Spurs scoring with cockerel above stand both measuring 12 x 10. Four of the 1967 FA Cup Final and one of 63/64 home to Wolves and 65/66 v Leeds all 10 x 8. Some more from the early 80s including parading cup in 1981. C/W 3 from the 1966 World Cup and captains Blanchflower and Clayton shaking hands before 1959 England v Ireland. Every photo mentioned has a press stamp and mostly captions. Large postcards of Inter Milan and Bologna from the mid 60s included. Nice lot.
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