Margaret Shields (b.1942) ''Fish & Bone'' Mixed media, together with a further signed work by the same artist entitled ''A passing ship'' and an abstract landscape oil by another artist 28cm by 38cm, 14cm by 19.5cm and 44.5cm by 49.5cm respectively (3) Provenance for Margaret Shields ''Fish and Bone'': Zillah Bell Gallery, Thirsk Margaret Shields was born in Middlesbrough, Cleveland in 1942. She attended Middlesbrough College of Art where contemporary art students included Len Tabner, William Tillyer and Dave Mulholland. After studying music at the Royal Academy of Music, London, she returned to the North of England to paint and teach music. Margaret's work reflects the juxtaposition of industry alongside great natural beauty. She specialises in seascape and landscape, connecting back to the fact that her father was a master mariner. Alongside marine pictures she also paints urban subjects; her townscapes exploring the clash of old and new, often including figures. Margaret has exhibited at Austen Hayes Gallery,York, Billingham Art Gallery, The Northern Art Exhibition, Grey Gallery and Zillah Bell Gallery,Thirsk to name a few. Further biographical details relating to the artist are sold with this lot
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Gail Klevan (Contemporary) Pendant necklace and earrings suite acrylic panels heightened with shades of pink, purple and red the pendant signed and dated 2004 on segmented collar the pendant 5cm long (2). Gail Klevan trained in Silversmithing and Jewellery at the Royal College of Art and specialises in hand painted acrylic jewellery design.
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Cryptography.- F[alconer] (J[ohn]) Cryptomenysis Patefacta: Or the Art of Secret Information disclosed without a Key..., first edition, with all blanks (A1, A8 and N8), light spotting, contemporary sheep, rubbed, corners worn, rebacked, [Gibson 387; Wing F296], 8vo, for Daniel Brown, 1685. ⁂ Scarce work on cryptography, the second to be published on the subject but the first of practical value; with several references to Bacon's works.
Cyril FitzRoy (1861-1939)Garats Hay, Leicestershiremonogrammed, dated 1929, titled to verso, watercolour, 14cm x 23cm, J. Middleton, Chelsea, S.W.3., label to versoCanadian School ? (early 20th century)Mountain scape, Icy Water and Rocky Shoreline watercolour and gouache, 11cm x 17cm, The Boydell Galleries label to verso Grand Tour School (19th century)A scene in Switzerlandmonogrammed, titled and inscribed to verso, watercolour, 18cm x 20cm, gilt frame, C.E. Clifford of The St. James's Gallery of Art, Piccadilly, London W., label to verso English School (19th century)Former Glory, The Abbey Ruinsoil on canvas, 51cm x 40cm, gilt frame Contemporary SchoolLakeside Reflectionsmonogrammed, watercolour, 40cm x 32cm Opera Interest - John Finlayson (1730 - 1776) after Nathaniel Hone the Elder (1718 - 1784), La Signora Zamperini in the Character of Cecchina, La Buona figliuola [by Niccolò Piccinni], Act 2, Scene 3, Published [by Hone the Elder, London] 1769, Sold by Mr Parker [...] Cornhill, & Mr Finlayson [...] Berwick Street, Soho, mezzotint, 42cm x 32cm, Hogarth frame (6)
*John Piper (British, 1903-1992)WILLINGTON DOVECOTE, BEDFORDSHIRE (L.286)Lithograph printed in colours, 1978, signed and inscribed H/C in pencil, an hors de commerce impression aside from the edition of 120, printed at the Curwen Studio, Chilford, published by Christie's Contemporary Art and The National Trust, on wove paper, with full marginsimage 42 x 55cm, framed*Artist's Resale Right may apply to this lot.
Robert Indiana (American, b.1928)PARROT;ART;TO THE BRIDGE;YIELD BROTHER #2Four serigraphs in colours, 1997, the edition was 395, from 'The American Dream' portfolio, published by Marco Fine Arts Contemporary Atelier, El Segundo, each on wove paper, with full marginseach overall 56 x 43cm, unframed (4)
2nd century AD. A fragmentary marble bust depicting a draped female, probably the goddess Isis, braids of hair falling at the shoulders, drapery across the chest. Accompanied by an Art Loss Register certificate. 12cm (4 1/4"). Fine condition.Property of a gentleman; previously from a German collection formed in the early 1980s. In terms of iconography, this statue displays some similarities with the so-called 'Hope Isis' sold at Christies for $962500 in 2011. The similar twisted braids falling on the shoulders, and heavy diagonal drapery at the breast, rather than the more conventional 'Isis Knot', suggest that this piece may have been roughly contemporary with the 'Hope Isis' and was created with the well-known sculpture in mind.
WU GUANZHONG (1919-2010) 'White birches on Mt. Changbai', hanging scroll, with two seals of the artist, 'Wu Guanzhong yin' and 'Bashi niandai', ink and colour on paper, 136cm x 67.5cm Provenance: Christie's Swire Hong Kong, 7th October 1990, Lot 205. Acquired from Plum Blossoms (Intl.) Ltd, Hong Kong, 2nd February 1991 Private Collection Hong Kong and London This work may be compared to 'White Birch 1986' exhibited as no. 11 in "Wu Guanzhong - a 20th Century Chinese Painter" at the British Museum 1992, no. 11. This particular work, which is directly comporable both in terms of size and composition to the offered lot, was published in "The Art of Wu Guanzhong (1987)", p. 93, and "Wu Guanzhong: A Contemporary Chinese Artist (1989)", plate 24.Condition Report Please refer to department*PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS NOT AVAILABLE FOR LIVE BIDDING* 在线投标不可用于此项目
New Zealand - James Cowan - Maori Portraits - Gottfried Lindauer Sketches of Old New Zealand. Maori Biographies. Descriptive Catalogue of Maori Portraits painted by Herr G. Lindauer. Auckland: Printed for H.E. Partridge, 1901. First edition, 8vo, vignette illustrations, original printed boards, a few spots to boards; Cowan, James Another copy of the same work, with 46 contemporary photographs of the original paintings pasted or tipped-in throughout, photographs somewhat faded, occasional small areas of text adhering to image, notes in ink to endpapers and majority of portrait photographs identified to the verso in pencil or ink, publisher's morocco, gilt lettered, spine perished, contents loose, with loosely inserted 1) a typed copy letter from St. Louis, 24/11/1904 to Mr Partridge from F.E. Donne, informing the recipient of the Gold Medal awarded for his Maori paintings at the St. Louis World's Fair, &c.; 2) copy on 3 leaves typed with picture titles and sizes, corresponding with the "Contents" list in Sketches of Old New Zealand 3) a typewritten letter to Mr U.F. McCabe from H.E. Partridge discussing the conditions under which, in the future, he might sell his collection; 4) folding pedigree of Kahungunu, on linen-backed paper, [c.1940]; Centennial of the Treaty of Waitangi, 6 February 1940, Souvenir Programme. 1940, 8vo, wrappers, worn and detached Note: Gottfried Lindauer (1839-1926) was a Czech and later a New Zealand artist famous for his portraits, especially that of the Maori. He moved to Auckland in the 1870's where he met businessman Henry Partridge who, over 30 years, commissioned from Lindauer numerous portraits of eminent Maori, as well as large-scale depictions of traditional Maori life and customs. Many prominent Maori chiefs commissioned his work, which accurately records their facial tattoos, clothing, ornaments and weapons. His life-size portraits were exhibited by Sir Walter Buller at the Colonial and Indian Exhibition, 1886, and in 1901 Partridge, Lindauer's earliest and most important patron, opened a gallery in Auckland which featured 40 of Lindauer's Maori portraits. By the time Partridge sold his Lindauer collection to the Auckland Art Gallery in 1915, there were 62 portraits. The historian James Cowan (1870-1943), who wrote the descriptive catalogue of the exhbition, described the collection as 'Unrivalled in the world' and a record of the 'old order' which in his opinion 'passed away forever' with King Tawhiao's death in 1894.
Stukeley, William Itinerarium Curiosum, or an Account of the Antiquities and remarkable Curiosities in Nature or Art, observed in Travels through Great Britain. London: Baker & Leigh, 1776. Second edition, 2 volumes, folio, 2 frontispieces, 206 plates, and folding map, [vol. 1: frontispiece, plates 1-100, + a second plate also numbered 51, + an unnumbered mezzotint; vol. 2: frontispiece, unnumbered map, 103 plates + a second plate also numbered 77], contemporary diced calf tooled in gilt and blind, g.e., neatly rebacked, a little light spotting, upper joint of vol. 2 split at head
Rafiee Abdul Ghani,a coloured etching of an abstract, coastal landscape; with pencil signature at bottom right and inscribed 'AP II/'Remembered Landscape'; margins apparently uncut; overall dimensions 55 x 37cm; the reverse of the picture stating: Rafiee Abdul Ghani/Age 22/Address: Fine Arts Department School of Art and Design/Mara Institute of Technology/Shah Alam/Selangor/Malaysia.Provenance: The Property of a Lady. Given to the vendor's family by the organiser of a Winchester, global art Competition held in about 1984.Rafiee Ghani studied at the Mara Institute of Technology, circa 1981-85. His more contemporary work, generally oil on canvas, appears regularly at auction. See for instance, Klos Art Auction/Malaysian Modern and Contemporary Art/15-1-2017 Lot 1 where the catalogue entry states that Ghani is 'one of Malaysia's most prominent fine artists'. Compare also Sotheby's Hong Kong 'Modern and Contemporary South East Asian Art'/3-4-2017 Lot 216 for Ghani's 'The Beginning of the Red Sea'. Condition Report Please note that the damage includes some areas of wear or deterioration.
1978 ICA Art Jak Bomber Jacket Designed by Peter Blake, made using polyethylene, in 'pop art' style colours of blue, orange, red, green, listing the names of contemporary and historic individuals and groups down each arm, zip fastening, with black fabric ribbed trim to hem and cuffs, (size 44)
Catalina Salas (b.1951), vineyard, oil on canvas, signed lower left hand corner, 80 x 100 cm, mahogany frame. ARR. Born in Inca (Mallorca) 17 January 1951, Catalina Salas graduated at the School of Applied Arts in Palma in 1976. Since 1980 he has exhibited in galleries in Mallorca, Madrid, Granada and England. His work is exhibited at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Porreres (Mallorca).
§ Gerda Flöckinger, CBE, (b.1927), a coral ring, the round coral cabochon set among organically textured yellow precious metal in a form resembling a crown, inset with circular disc makers mark 'G F', ring size L-M Provenance: Gerda Flöckinger is a pre-eminent Austrian/British jeweller who flourished in the mid-20th century. Austrian by birth, she came to England as a child and studied firstly Fine Art and then jewellery and enamelling. She was a pioneer in her field, starting her own jewellery business in 1956 and going on to teach at Hornsey College of Art in the 1960s. In 1971, she became the first contemporary jeweller to have a solo exhibition at the V&A (who still hold several of her pieces in their collection). This piece is typical of her work, showing organic forms and molten surface grains and textures contrasting against the smooth surface of the coral.
§ Frank Runacres (British, 1904-1974) Self-portrait of the artist sketching en plein air pen and ink 12 x 11cm (5 x 4in) Frank Runacres studied at Saint Martin's School of Art, at the Slade School of Fine Arts, and at the Royal College of Art under Sir William Rothenstein between 1930 and 1933, where he was a contemporary of Henry Moore, Barbara Hepworth, Edward Bawden, Charles Tunnicliffe and Gerald Ososki. Runacres taught at the Hornsey College of Art between 1937 and 1965, and exhibited 18 paintings at the Royal Academy. He also exhibited at the Manchester City Art Gallery, Leicester Galleries and the New English Art Club.
§ Gwen Hardie (Scottish, b.1962) Being, 1999 oil on canvas, shaped, unframed 88 x 89cm (34 x 35in) Gwen Hardie, born in Scotland, lived and worked in London and Berlin before settling in New York in 2000. Hardie’s work was recently represented in the British exhibition; “Reality: Modern and Contemporary British Painting” at The Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, July- November 2015 (previously at The Sainsbury Centre in Norwich) with Lucian Freud, Jenny Savile and others. Other recent shows include; “Skin Deep” a solo show at The Smoyer Gallery, Roanoke College, US in April/May 2014, “Borderline; Depictions of Skin” at Garis & Hahn, New York, and “Skin; An Artistic Atlas” with John Coplans, Marlene Dumas and others at The Royal Hibernian Academy in Dublin, Ireland. Her solo show “Boundaries”, was in the Hebrides, Scotland, at An Lanntair and Taigh Chearsabhagh in 2012 / 2013 . Unframed and fine.
Accum (Fredrick). A Treatise on the Art of Making Wine from Native Fruits; Exhibiting the Chemical Principles upon which the Art of Wine Making Depends; The Fruits Best Adapted for Home made Wines, and the Method of Preparing Them, 1st edition, 1820, title with hand-coloured engraved vignette, half-title, publishers catalogue at rear (containing several reviews of Accum's Treatise on Adulterations of Food), front hinge splitting after endpapers, contemporary quarter green morocco with gilt-lettered spine, rubbed and some wear to spine ends, 8vo, together with Morewood (Samuel), An Essay on the Inventions and Customs of Both Ancients and Moderns in the use of Inebriating Liquors. Interspersed with Interesting Anecdotes..., with an Historical View of the Extent and Practice of Distillation..., by Samuel Morewood, Surveyor of Excise, 1st edition, 1824, embossed stamps of 'H.M. Board of Customs & Excise Library', with accompanying ink number, to upper outer corners of first four leaves, preliminary blank (toned) with 19th century armorial bookplate of Stephen Dowell (1833-1898) and ink inscription 'Presented to the Inland Revenue Library April 1896', boards lacking, spine intact with some wear, 8vo (2)
Birmingham School of Art. The Torch, A journal produced by students of the city of Birmingham School of Printing, Nos. 1, 2 & 3, 1933, 1938 & 1950, numerous colour and monochrome and illustrations, typographic examples, etc, advertising and layout, etc., including woodcut illustrations by Bernard Sleigh, R. Thornton and others, all original cloth gilt, very slight rubbed, last volume faded to spine and with some spotting, folio/4to, together with a collection of approximately 70 other fine printed books and pamphlets, all printed by the Birmingham School of Printing, under the direction of Leonard Jay, circa 1930-50, including The Song of Songs, translated by Havelock Ellis, decorated by Bernard Sleigh, 1937, Fourteen Addresses delivered to students of the Birmingham Municipal School of Art, 1892-1924, 1942, Hero & Leander by Christopher Marlowe, illustrated by Rose Thornton and Ivy Ellis, 1932, Modern Linotype Typography & Of Making Many Books There Is No End, by Leonard Jay, both 1931, Speculations on the Contemporary Painter by John Minton, 1952, etc., all cloth-bound or in printed wrappers, stitched as issued, various sizes (many slim 8vo) Provenance: Ex libris F.G. Moseley. A full list of the contents of this lot is available from the Auction Office. (75)
Baker (Richard). A Chronicel of the Kings of England from the Time of Ye Romans Government unto the Death of King James, printed for H. Sanbridge, 1683, monochrome engraved title, chipped and repair, some light toning and marks, new endpapers, later calf spine retaining contemporary embossed full calf boards, rubbed with minor loss, folio, together with Langewis (Laurns & Wagner, Frits A.), Decorative Art in Indonesian Textiles, Amsterdam, 1964, numerous colour and monochrome illustrations, original boards in glassine wrapper, cover slightly rubbed to head and foot, large 8vo, and other mostly art reference and related, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folio (4 cartons)Note: These books and magazines come from the Library of the artist Enid Marx, and many are signed by her.
Young (Edward). Night Thoughts on Life, Death & Immortality, printed for Chapman & Company, circa 1790, 15 monochrome engravings, some spotting and marks, front board partially detached, spine rubbed with some loss, 8vo, together with Fuseli (Henry), Lectures on Painting, Delivered at the Royal Academy March 1801, printed for J. Johnson, 1801, monochrome engraved portrait frontispiece, title page and one monochrome illustration, Lectures on Painting, Delivered at the Royal Academy..., 2nd series, 1830, monochrome engraved title, 2 volumes, bound in 1, bookplate to front pastedown, later inscription to front endpaper, some light spotting and marks, modern brown half morocco retaining contemporary marbled boards, 4to, and Cassell (John, publisher), The Illustrated Exhibitor, A Tribute to the World's Industrial Jubilee..., 1851, numerous monochrome illustrations including folding and full page, some light spotting and marks, contemporary gilt decorated brown half calf, boards and spine slightly rubbed, 8vo, plus other mostly 19th century art history, reference and related, mostly original cloth, some leather bindings, condition is generally good/very good, 8vo/folio (6 shelves)
Snape (Andrew). The Anatomy of an Horse... Printed by M. Flesher for the Author, 1683, 48 (of 49) engraved plates, lacks initial blank and portrait frontispiece (supplied in facsimile), a few closed tear repairs and a few ink spots, occasional spotting or browning, contemporary calf, antique-style reback and corners restored, folio, together with Raleigh (Walter), The History of the World, in Five Books..., 2 volumes, 11th edition, 1736, engraved portrait frontispiece, cut down and relaid, titles in red and black, 8 double-page maps, modern amateur half morocco gilt with embossed library stamp to upper covers and gilt classification number at foot of spines, folio, plus Gray (Thomas), Designs by Mr R. Bentley, For Six Poems by Mr T. Gray, Printed for J. Dodsley, 1789, engraved portrait frontispiece, 6 engraved plates, engraved vignettes, a few old ink marginalia, some spotting, contemporary mottled calf, some edge wear, rebacked with original spine relaid, folio, plus other miscellaneous mostly antiquarian including a partly defective copy of The Historie of Foure-Footed Beastes (1607), literature, history, natural history, art, magic, etc. (3 shelves)
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*Ponting (Herbert George, 1871-1935). The Southern Party, [1911], carbon print, showing Captain Scott and other members of the ill-fated British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-13, blindstamped 'H.G. Ponting, Copyright' lower right, printed paper label to verso, some spots and pinhead wormholes (largely to snow in lower part of image), 320 x 440mm, in partly broken and wormed contemporary frame 'Photographed before leaving for the Great Ice Barrier, in January, 1911, to lay depots of provisions for the Polar Party the ensuing year. (Left to right) P.O. Crean, P.O. Keohane, Lt. Gran, Capt. Scott, P.O. Forde, Mr. Meares, Mr. Cherry-Garrard, Capt. Oates, Dr. Atkinson; sitting Dr. Wilson and Lt. Bowers'. No. 101 Fine Art Society Exhibition catalogue. (1)
32 – DECO-PAGE - Artist: Nick MurleySponsor: PersonaHosted by: Hull ScrapStoreAbout the Design:The artist has taken the theme of Art Deco and incorporated elements of flying aircrafts in a symmetrical pattern to give a layered impression to this moth. The silhouette of a female pilot in the forefront stands tall and ready to take on an epic journey. Gold leaf is used to finish the moth, giving the design a bold and rich look, unmistakeably associated with the glamour of the 1930sAbout the Creative Team:Nick Murley is a scenic and commercial artist who has painted many stage shows, backdrops and theme parks. His personal work takes many forms, but he is particularly interested in landscape and character art.About the Sponsor:Persona is a homebuilder brand that aims to be a real challenger in the market for new homes. Design is contemporary but affordable and combined with a uniquely personal touch. The basic specification is a cut above the norm and additional personal choices are both attractive and reasonably priced. Persona is the sales brand endorsed by Home Group, the parent company.
47 – MOTLEY - Artist: Julia AllumSponsor: PersonaAbout the Design:This design has been inspired by Art Deco travel posters of the 1930s, using bright colours and strong geometric shapes to produce a simple yet bold design. The greens and blues on the left wing represent the English countryside with the plane flying to the right and into the warmth of an Australian sunset.About the Artist:Julia Allum studied illustration at Falmouth College of Arts and has been working freelance since 2003. She has produced artwork for design, advertising, publishing and packing both here in the UK and abroad. Her love of vintage design from the first half of the twentieth century makes this project particularly appealing. She uses influences from the period to create bold colourful, eye-catching designs.About the Sponsor:Persona is a homebuilder brand that aims to be a real challenger in the market for new homes. Design is contemporary but affordable and combined with a uniquely personal touch. The basic specification is a cut above the norm and additional personal choices are both attractive and reasonably priced. Persona is the sales brand endorsed by Home Group, the parent company.
58 – I BELIEVE I CAN FLY -Artist: Peter Ronald CoatesSponsor: Amy Johnson Festival LtdAbout the Design:The artist behind this design studied Amy Johnson’s flight path, and used her journey to show the freedom of the skies during the 1930s. The underside of the moth is painted with the colour of Amy’s plane, Jason, in bottle or British Racing green. The head of the moth appears as though in the clouds, wearing flying goggles featuring the eyes of Amy Johnson – something the artist felt stood out in her photographs.The moth’s body displays the names and national flags of each country Amy flew through, accurate to the 1930s time period under British reign.About the Artist:Peter Coates graduated with a First-class honours degree in Contemporary Fine Art from Hull School of Art & Design in 2010. Since then he has worked on various project in Hull for clients including Hull School of Art & Design, Studio Eleven, Freedom Festival and the Yorkshire Wildlife Trust, as well as commissions for private clients. Peter enjoys working with reclaimed materials, making something unwanted or discarded and giving it a new lease of life. He also likes traditional crafts, where fine art can blend with the craftsmanship of the past.
•Terry Barron Kirkwood D.A. (Scottish, Contemporary), "Sunset - Elgol - Isle of Skye", monogrammed, inscribed verso, oil on canvas, framed. 60cm square. Note: Kirkwood graduated from the Glasgow School of Art in 1971. She has established her reputation with work across a variety of genres but, in particular, Scottish landscapes and equestrian subjects and has exhibited widely including at the Royal Scottish Academy, Royal Glasgow Institute of Fine Arts etc. Artist's Resale Right may apply
FRENCH ART JOURNALS WITH ARTIST'S PRINTS G. di San Lazzaro (Editor) XXe Siècle, 1938-39, Paris, Chroniques Du Jour, the complete First Series, Nos 1-6 in 5 volumes, plus No 1 from the Second Series ('Sculpture'), large 4tos in publisher's printed wraps containing prints by Matisse, Kandinsky, Miró, Dali, Pascin and many others. No. 4, the desirable Christmas 1938 issue, is an Edition in English, as is No 5-6 and the following. No 3 contains six woodcuts by Kandinsky, three of which in colour. Spines with varying ware, some chips and fraying, covers soiled with some foxing, some blocks starting to separate from wraps, and some ff. coming loose; plates good apart from some toning consistent with age. A scarce, unbroken run of early issues of this important contemporary arts journal, with the full complement of lithographic and woodcut plates that were usually disbound and separately displayed by subscribers (6)
Advertising Poster - Derek Jarman Exhibition, Film and Video retrospective. Institut of Contemporary Art, London, 1984. Michael Derek Elworthy Jarman (31 January 1942 – 19 February 1994) was an English film director, stage designer, diarist, artist, gardener and author. Country: UK. Year: 1984. Artist: Derek Jarman. Size (cm): 42x30. Double-sided poster. Good condition, folded as issued, pinholes, small tears in left corners.
CONTEMPORARY/MODAL/BOP - A terrific selection of 11 x collectable LPs. Artists/titles are Dodo Marmarosa - Dodo's Back (Argo LP 4012 - Ex/VG+), Art Blakey Quintet - A Night At Birdland, Volume 1 (1985 RE), Dollar Brand Duo - Good News From Africa, Stanley Crouch - Ain't No Ambulances For No Nigguhs Tonight (FDS 105 promo - very clean Ex/Ex copy), Kenny Davern - Unexpected, Urbie Green - Senor Blues, The Gary Burton Quintet - Ring, Clare Ficher (Revelation-15), Bud Powell - The Vintage Years, The Tenor Scene and Earl Hines - Spontaneous Explorations (SL 10116). Condition is generally VG to Ex.
CONTEMPORARY/MODAL/BOP - Another brilliant selection of this time 13 x LPs. Artists/titles are Booker Ervin - The Blues Book (PR 7340 - strong Ex vinyl/Ex), The Paul Desmond Quartet -Featuring Don Elliott (Vocalion LAE 561 - Ex/VG+), Alexander von Schlippenbach - Payan (Enja 2012 ST), Sergey Kuryokhin - The Ways Of Freedom (LR 107 Leo), Gil Evans Orchestra (Vogue LAE 12234, Eddie 'Lockjaw' Davis (PR 9000), Art Farmer (UAL 4007), Max Roach Plus Four - Quiet As It's Kept (MMC 14054), Gary Burton, 20th Street Sax Quartet, Larry Coryell - Spaces and Ron Carter - Yellow & Green. Condition is generally VG to Ex.
Geoffrey Key (b.1941) Excuse Me (2012) oil on canvas signed top left & dated '12, signed, titled & dated on reverse 51 x 41cm (20 x 16in) Acquired directly from the artist; Private Collection Geoffrey Key was born in Manchester, England, in 1941. His early education was at Manchester's High School of Art. In 1958 he commenced a degree and post graduate studies at the Manchester Regional College of Art, from where he gained the National Diploma of Design and the Diploma of Associateship of Manchester. His academic awards include the Heywood medal in Fine Art and the Guthrie Bond Travelling Scholarship. A central aspect of his work, and an integral theme from the beginning, is the human figure. His proud, powerful figure forms ooze sensuality and reveal Key's sensibility and appreciation of the independent contemporary woman. His work has been and is exhibited widely and features in important public, corporate and private art throughout the world. Northern collectors have long prized his work, but Key's oils are now to be found in international collections from Geneva to Beijing.
Michael Kane (b.1935) Self Portrait (1988) acrylic on canvas signed lower left & dated '88 53½ x 38½cm (21 x 15in) Private Collection Born in Dublin in 1935, Kane studied at the National College of Art & Design, and with Patrick Hickey at the Graphic Studio in Dublin. Kane is arguably best known for his involvement in the establishment of the Independent Artists' exhibitions alongside John Kelly, Brian Bourke and John Behan. This group gave artists a voice outside of the RHA and the IELA exhibitions. He also co-founded the Project Arts Centre in Dublin. Kane's work is held by the Contemporary Irish Art Society; Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon; Hugh Lane Municipal Gallery, Dublin; Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin; Municipal Gallery, Tampere, Finland.
Louis Le Brocquy HRHA (1916-2012) Torso oil on canvas signed lower right 30½ x 25½cm (12 x 10in) Purchased directly from the artist; Collection of Charles and Ann Wells, Nashville, Tennessee; Private CollectionA self taught artist, Louis le Brocquy is considered one of the most successful Irish artists of the twentieth century. At age 17, he began pursuing his art talent. Encouraged by his mother, he left Ireland in 1938 to study art collections in London, Paris, Venice and Geneva. He returned to Dublin and launched his career in contemporary art, although he also spent time in London, living there for periods of time. In addition to creating art, he was a teacher at the Central School of Arts and Crafts, a founder and board member of the Irish Museum of Modern Art in Dublin and a founding member of the Kilkenny Design Workshops.
Mark Francis (b.1962) Ventral (2003) oil on canvas signed & dated on reverse 86½ x 102cm (34 x 40in) Kerlin Gallery, Dublin (label verso); Private Collection Mark Francis was born in Northern Ireland in 1962 and studied painting at St. Martin's School of Art (1980-85) before going on to the Chelsea School of Art where he completed his Master of Arts in painting in 1986. Francis has exhibited internationally both individually and in group exhibitions. His work has had a strong association with science. Throughout his career his abstract paintings have continually been informed by the shapes, patterns and visual qualities found by his personal interest in mycology. It is through this abstract language that Francis initiated his platform in the early 1990s to become one of the UK's leading contemporary painters and maintains to be at the forefront of critical evaluation within art. Francis is often characterised by his wet-on-wet painting technique (a technique also used by Gerhard Richter in the 1960s) and his continuous use of grid formations that are present within his paintings. Francis' work is collected by numerous institutions and organisations that include the Irish Museum of Modern Art, the Tate and is represented by Kerlin Gallery.
Nathaniel Hone RHA (1831-1917) The Road to Bourron. Landscape with Cattle, Roadway and Tree oil on canvas signed 'N.Hone' lower left 40 x 62¾cm (16 x 24in) Important Irish Art, James Adams with Bonhams & Doyle, 9th December 1998 Lot 41; Oriel Gallery, Dublin 2006; Private Collection Possibly Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin 1906, no.92 entitled Road to Bourron; Foundations 1850-2006; Oriel Gallery, Dublin: November - December 2006. J. Campbell: Nathaniel Hone The Younger, NGI 1991, p.84 illustrated, figure 48; Nathaniel Hone,The Road to Bourron; Important Irish Art, James Adams 1998 p.19; Foundations 1850-2006, Oriel Gallery, 2006 p.10-11. Born in Dublin in 1831, Nathaniel Hone studied Engineering at Trinity College Dublin, and worked as an engineer in the expansion of the railways to the West of Ireland. But, suddenly deciding upon a change of career in his early twenties, he went to Paris to study art, c.1853-1857. Much of the art student's time was spent in the studio, drawing and painting from the figure, and the Louvre, copying from Old Master paintings. However, Hone's real love was landscape, and he was soon drawn to the artist's colonies in the Forest of Fontainebleau, south of Paris, where French artists of the Barbizon School were painting farming and woodland scenes in a realistic manner. Bourron-Marlotte were two adjoining villages in the Seine-et-Marne region, on the southern edge of the Forest of Fontainebleau. In the mid-nineteenth Century they began to attract a community of artists and writers, including the writer Henri Murger (author of La View de la Boheme), the Goncourt brothers and the painters Theodore Rousseau, Jules Bretoin, Renoir and Sisley, the Bohemian painter Pinkas and the Romanian Grigorescu and Nathaniel Hone from Ireland. He resided here for much of the1860's, giving the village of Marlotte as his address in the Salon catalogues of 1865 and 1868. Hone seems to have visited Bourron-Marlotte as early as 1855, painting studies of the old church and of a shepherdess in an interior, 'A Girl in a White Shawl' 1857 (NGI cat. No. 1479) and he spent much of the period, c.1857 - 1870 here and in Barbizon painting small studies from Nature and larger canvases such as 'La Mare aux Fees' (The Fairy Marsh). He met some of the Barbizon masters and several of his Fontainebleau paintings were exhibited at the Paris Salon. There are three versions of the subject The Road to Bourron extant, featuring a diagonal farm track leading through the flat landscape from right to left, beneath a tree in full leaf, towards a farmhouse at the edge of the village of Bourron among trees. One quite dark-toned picture on board An Old Road with Trees (NGI cat. No. 1518) shows the scene with cattle grazing in the grass. A Second picture on board also shows the subject, but is much more verdant and freshly painted. The present painting, on canvas, initially appears quite sombre in tone, suggesting the influence of Seventeenth Century Dutch landscape painting, for example, Jacob Ruysdael with his atmospheric landscapes with dark trees, rural figures and animals on rutted tracks and dark skies. Yet Hone's painting also shows the contemporary naturalistic influence of Corot, with his moss green tones and broad brushstrokes. Hone includes three figures; those of a girl, tending her two cows and a woman and child upon the track. Compared to the more careful, detailed manner of landscape, as practiced in Ireland and England, Hone takes a more generalised approach, painting in a bold, even rough manner in places, using broad, sweeping brushstrokes in the foreground and cursive strokes in the tree to indicate a breezy day. He skilfully balances dark and light areas in the composition. For example a warm sunlight falls upon the pinkish track and upon the field, upon one of the cows and the gable end of the cottage. Most characteristic of Hone is the skilful treatment of the sky: gleaming white above the village, then overall a warm pinkish-mauve, with a bright white upper cloud and with patches of blue showing through. After his return to Ireland in c.1872 Hone painted the skies above his Irish Landscapes with particular breadth and sensitivity. Indeed, the present painting has much in common in colour and breadth with his later Co. Dublin landscapes. One of Hone's 'Road to Bourron' paintings was exhibited in the RHA in 1906. It is possible that the present picture was acquired by one of Hone's great patrons, Sir George Brooke. Julian Campbell, March 2017
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