AFTER EMILE LOUIS PICAULT BRONZE FIGURE of 'Honor Patria', the Roman drawing his sword, tilted plinth base, 80cms (h)Provenance: The Cornelia Bayley Collection from Plas Teg, an important Jacobean house in Flintshire, North Wales Plas Teg: Once in a Generation Welsh House Clearance — Rogers Jones CoNote: the auction lots are contained in a warehouse near Wrexham. Viewing can be arranged by appointment by calling Richard Hughes on 07593 181017. Purchased lots require collection by appointment once invoices are settled and strictly within ten days (maximum) from the auction date. Purchases which are not collected by this time will incur a charge of £50 per item per day. Please note that most HGV vehicles can enter the warehouse for convenient collection, but we do not offer assistance for heavy and large objects, please be prepared.
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RECONSTITUTED STONE FIGURES OF CUPID drawing their arrows, plinth base, 96cms (h) (2)Provenance: The Cornelia Bayley Collection from Plas Teg, an important Jacobean house in Flintshire, North Wales Plas Teg: Once in a Generation Welsh House Clearance — Rogers Jones CoNote: the auction lots are contained in a warehouse near Wrexham. Viewing can be arranged by appointment by calling Richard Hughes on 07593 181017. Purchased lots require collection by appointment once invoices are settled and strictly within ten days (maximum) from the auction date. Purchases which are not collected by this time will incur a charge of £50 per item per day. Please note that most HGV vehicles can enter the warehouse for convenient collection, but we do not offer assistance for heavy and large objects, please be prepared.
ITALIAN EMPIRE GILTWOOD SOFA, Rome, c. 1815, design attributed to Lorenzo Santi, triple arched toprail with eagles within olive wreaths and beaded borders, floiate and roundel centred frieze, padded back, armrests and seat, fluted uprights with foliate capitals with winged lion arm supports and fluted seat rail on lion monopodia legs headded by panelled flowerheads, with paw feet, 111 (h) x 182 (w) x 60cms (d)Notes: A similar armchair to this sofa is shown in a watercolour of c. 1812, by Auguste Garneray of the salon de musique at Malmaison (Mario Praz, Illustrated History of Interior Decoration, 1964, p. 190, fig. 157). A suite of seat furniture of related design is shown in the view of the Grand Drawing Room at Fonthilll from J. Rutter, Delineatuon of Fonthill and its Abbey, 1823 (J. Cornforth, English Interiors 1790-1848, 1978, fig. 140).Please note that images of items taken at Plas Teg might not be representative of the current condition of the object. Please enquire. Comments: wear and tear commensurate with age, upholstery requires cleaning, structurally sound, viewing recommendedProvenance: The Cornelia Bayley Collection from Plas Teg, an important Jacobean house in Flintshire, North Wales Plas Teg: Once in a Generation Welsh House Clearance — Rogers Jones CoNote: the auction lots are contained in a warehouse near Wrexham. Viewing can be arranged by appointment by calling Richard Hughes on 07593 181017. Purchased lots require collection by appointment once invoices are settled and strictly within ten days (maximum) from the auction date. Purchases which are not collected by this time will incur a charge of £50 per item per day. Please note that most HGV vehicles can enter the warehouse for convenient collection, but we do not offer assistance for heavy and large objects, please be prepared.
* Arts & Crafts. A fine Arts & Crafts period continental silver frame, the metalwork typical of this style with a planished or beaten appearance, the lower section with a family crest and the sides embossed with flowers, the hallmark showing a lion passant and the maker's initials C.W.A., the shaped and glazed aperture with mahogany beading (one section missing), encompassing an impressive illuminated manuscript address by artist and illuminator Charles Sidney Groves (1878-1964) dated 1920, appointing Mrs Anna Elizabeth Thorne, Mayoress of Capetown, South Africa as a Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, for her appreciation of the great work she accomplished as Mayoress of the city during the official years 1918 to 1920, bearing five witness signatures lower left, the frame, 43 x 30 cmQTY: (1)NOTE:Anna Elizabeth Thorne was Mayoress of Cape Town from 1918-20. She proposed and masterminded the women's campaign to build the War Memorial carillon at City Hall, Cape Town, South Africa, the world's first war memorial carillon. She was awarded the C.B.E. for her service to the community during the Influenza Epidemic of 1918 and for her philanthropic work. Her award was announced in the London Gazette on the 19th October 1920. During the Royal visit of HRH Edward, Prince of Wales (later King Edward VIII) the War Memorial was dedicated at a recital performed on 30th April 1925.The artist Charles Sidney Groves (1878-1964) was born in Leicester, England. He was awarded a scholarship to the RCA in London and trained in stained glass design, the illumination of manuscripts, drawing and painting. From 1905 he taught art at Grahamstown School of Art, South Africa and later taught at the Cape Town School of Art, becoming Senior Lecturer at UCT's Michaelis School of Fine Art, after it opened in 1924. Examples of his work were widely exhibited during his lifetime.
A Stratton Grosvenor compact, with interior hinged covered section and lipstick with drawing room scene to lid, in pouch, 8cm x 7cm, circular gilt metal Stratton with famille rouge decoration, 7.5cm diameter, hinged rectangular guilloche enamelled floral decorated lipstick mirror, 6.5cm, rectangular scent of flask form, 7cm x 4cm and rectangular hinged rouge with female applying make up to lid, 3.5cm x 2.5cm (5)
John Hutton (1906-1978) - 'Flying Angel', white chalk drawing, signed, framed, 73cm x 55cm, frame size 88.5cm x 70.5cm. NB - This work is an original drawing for one of the engraved glass panels in the Great West Screen, Coventry Cathedral. NB - This lot may be subject to Artist's Resale Right levy.
Walt Disney (1901-1966). ‘Cinderella’. Autographed reproduction of an original colour animation cel drawing, Walt Disney Productions, Burbank, California, (c. 1950) -depicted Gus and Jaq, Cinderella’s loveable mouse friends, and boldly inscribed by Walt Disney in black crayon on lower right margin, ‘To Pat Osborne Best Wishes Walt Disney’, further annotated in pencil in an unknown hand beneath the image on left margin ‘From Cinderella’, the image 15 x 20cm within mount, printed label on reverse, 44 x 42cm overall, framed and glazed. Provenance:Personally gifted by American animator, film producer, Walt Disney, to the vendor’s mother, the Late Pat Osborne, who was a BBC producer and close friend of Walt Disney.Pat Osborne started working for the BBC as a typist at the age of 18 in 1936, until she left the company in the mid-1970s. Pat then began to take over the corporation’s programmes which had lost their male producers to Her Majesty’s Armed Forces and by 1946 she had become a highly professional senior BBC producer in her own right.Miss Osborne started the BBC’s radio programme, ‘Woman’s Hour’ and produced numerous programmes including, ‘Housewives’ Choice’, ‘Radio Rhythm Club’, ‘Desert Island Discs’,‘ March of the Movies’, International Hit Parade’, and ‘The Wonderful World of Disney’ broadcasts on Christmas Day to name a few. Throughout her 40 years with the BBC, Pat Osborne made many friends, many of whom included the best-known names in show business.Bold and clear signature, a few small marks to the cream mount, toning and rubbing to printed label on reverse, some scuffs to the frame, otherwise overall good condition.
ROSE HILTON (BRITISH 1931-2019) ⊕ ROSE HILTON (BRITISH 1931-2019)BEACH (2)signed Rose Hilton lower right; signed, titled and inscribed Beach (2) / oil sketch / Rose Hilton / 2014 on the reverseoil on canvas46 x 61cm; 18 x 24in55 x 70cm; 21 1/2 x 27 1/2in (framed)ROSE HILTON (LOTS 124-131) IntroductionYou have to give a lot to painting. It's not something you can just dash off. You have to take risks - risk ruining it. You have to know when to stop. Rose Hilton Rose Hilton, along with her seven siblings, was brought up by strict Plymouth Brethren parents in Kent. Studying at Beckenham Art School after the Second World War she had been expected to go on to train as a teacher, but secretly applied to the Royal College of Art and was awarded a scholarship, much to the consteration of her parents. In her RCA cohort was Peter Blake; on the year above was Frank Auerbach. The college's focus on figurative work suited Hilton and she graduated in 1957 with a first class degree and prizes in painting and life-drawing. Rose fell for Roger Hilton in 1959, introduced by Sandra Blow. She called him her 'Jesus of the art world'. They had a son - Bo - in 1961, married in 1965 and set up home together in three 19th century crofters cottages high on the cliff tops at Botallack, West Cornwall. There, John Wells, Peter Lanyon, Terry Frost and Patrick Heron were in their circle of artist-friends. But Hilton decreed that there was only room for one artist in the household and forbid Rose to paint. Instead she focused on raising her family and supporting her husband. But following Hilton's death in 1975, Rose returned to painting and two years later had her first solo exhibition at the Newlyn Gallery. The house became a hive of activity, described as ‘chaotic’ by many, there were always people coming and going, and frequent parties. A conservatory was added which became her studio, providing the perfect light in which to work. The tranquility of the space suggested the luminous interiors of work by Bonnard, his use of light in his interiors greatly influencing Rose's style. As Ian Collins noted 'Rose had alsways loved the intimacy and accessibility of Bonnard's brilliantly lit domestic interiors... particularly the glowing and jewel-like effects that can be achieved through layers of underpainting, a technique she has always loved' (Collins, Rose Hilton, London, 2016). Although she used professional models, she preferred to ask friends and family to sit for her. Typically she focused on the shape of the person rather than their physical identity. Much of her later figure work is more abstract, the figurative not necessarily taking centre stage in the composition, but being one element of many.There are no apparent condition issues with this work and it is in good original condition. The work has been examined under ultraviolet light and there is no evidence of restoration. This work is held in an unglazed wooden frame and has not been examined out of frame.
ROSS VIRGIL: (1907-1996) American cartoonist and animator, best known for his collaboration with Friz Freleng and for animating many of the Warner Bros. cartoons, particularly those featuring Bugs Bunny. A good original graphite and coloured pencils drawing executed and signed by Virgil Ross, one page (animation peg hole paper), folio (approximately 27 x 32 cm), n.p., n.d. (1990s). The attractive image depicts Bugs Bunny and Yosemite Sam walking in full-length poses together, each wearing costumes from the Merrie Melodies cartoon Hare Trimmed (1953). Signed by Ross in pencil with his name alone to the base. VG
LALIQUE RENE: (1860-1945) French jeweller and glass designer. A fine and attractive original preparatory drawing by Lalique, unsigned, one page, 4to, n.p. (Paris?), n.d. (c.1890-1900). The watercolour, gouache and pencil drawing, executed at the centre of a light brown sheet of BFK paper, represents Lalique´s design for a brooch in the shape of a rounded lozenge, reminiscent of a heart, and features a central figure of a naked female in a full-length pose, her feet resting atop an emerald, and her arms oustretched to form the outline of the jewellery. To her left and right appear several other entwined naked females. A small work of art in its own right, despite being a preparatory study, the majestic central figure, with her slender waist, shapely body and long, slender legs is typical of the Art Nouveau aesthetics which Lalique mastered. Loosely contained within a double cream matt and gold borders, the window displaying an area of approximately 6 x 15 cm (including the complete design). Some very light, minor age wear, VGProvenance: Previously with Artepolis of Nice, France, and with their printed exhibition title label Femme bras tendu affixed to the verso of the mount.
SARGENT JOHN SINGER: (1856-1925) American artist, considered the leading portrait painters of his generation. A.L.S., John S. Sargent, two pages (written to the first and third sides of the bifolium), 8vo, n.p., n.d. (´Saturday´), to [Francis Derwent] Wood, in bold pencil. Sargent writes, in full, ´Thanks for the addresses. Miss Finch & Miss Phyllis Slough turned up & I have been drawing from them - and have also enjoyed the Belgian´. Some light dust staining and with a small area of paper loss to the upper left corner. GFrancis Derwent Wood (1871-1926) British sculptor.
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[SHOSTAKOVICH DMITRI]: (1906-1975) Russian composer. A printed folio programme for the Shostakovich 75th Anniversary Concert at the Royal Festival Hall, London, 21st October 1981, individually signed to the front cover by Maxim Shostakovich (1938- ) Russian-American conductor and pianist, son of Dmitri Shostakovich, and Dmitri Shostakovich Jr. (1961- ) Russian-American pianist, son of Maxim and grandson of Dmitri Shostakovich. Maxim Shostakovich conducted the 75th Anniversary Concert at which Dmitri Shostakovich Jr. performed as a soloist alongside the London Philharmonic Orchestra. Both have signed with their names alone in blue inks beneath the front cover portrait of Dmitri Shostakovich, a reproduction of a drawing of the composer by his son, Maxim. Together with Mstislav Rostropovich (1927-2007) Russian cellist and conductor, a friend of Shostakovich who wrote an introduction to the 75th Anniversary Concert programme. Blue ink signatures (in both Cyrillic and Roman script) and inscription an oblong 8vo sheet of paper, dated 1979 in his hand (a few stains, only slightly affecting one of the signatures). Also including Yehudi Menuhin (1916-1999) American-born British violinist and conductor. A printed folio souvenir programme for the Golden Jubilee Concert - 50th Anniversary of the Concert Début of Yehudi Menuhin at the Royal Albert Hall, 4th November 1979, signed by Menuhin in blue ink with his name alone to a clear area of the front cover. Some light age wear, G to VG, 3
PICASSO PABLO: (1881-1973) Spanish painter, a co-founder of the Cubist movement. A good illustrated A.L.S., Picasso, one page, 4to, Cannes, 17th January 1956, to Max [Pellequer], in French. Picasso writes a brief letter, in full, ´Oui mon cher Max, je les ai recues et 100,000 et plus de fois merci´ (Translation: ´Yes, my dear Max, I've received them 100,000 times over, thank you´). Above his message of three lines Picasso has added an original blue ink drawing in his hand, which dominates the page, and depicts a bottle of wine standing alongside a glass. A simple yet highly appealing illustrated letter on a theme which recurred in many of Picasso´s artworks during his career. Some light, minor creasing and a few small tears to the edges, not affecting the text or illustration. About VGMax Pellequer (1903-1973) French banker and art collector who would become Picasso´s private banker, financial adviser and close friend. Pellequer assembled an important collection of artworks in the 1920s and 1930s which included a number of significant early pieces by Picasso, as well as works by Paul Cezanne, Edgar Degas, Paul Gauguin, Henri Matisse, Joan Miro and others. Almost two hundred letters from Pellequer to Picasso are preserved in the Musee National Picasso in Paris.´Picasso permanently relocated to Paris in 1904. He spent the remainder of his life and artistic career living in France……Alcohol was an important facet of French artists’ social scene and of their art. Bars, cafes, and other drinking establishments often served as meeting places and hangouts for artists of the generations immediately preceding Picasso, and it is no surprise that they frequently took these places and their wares as subjects for their works……..Picasso, like other artists living in France at the time, was the inheritor of the cultural ripples of alcohol, as well as of the visual themes it inspired….[Picasso´s]…….1896 painting The First Communion, depicts a young woman about to receive her first communion……[this, and other]……works do not prominently feature alcohol per se, although they do reveal an important facet of Picasso’s relationship with wine: wine not only as a religious sacrament, but also as marker of identity……..For Catholic Picasso, wine was not simply a tool for worship, but must also have been a sort of divine vessel, which, through God, became something new and holy. The doctrine of transubstantiation, by which Eucharist wine becomes the blood of Christ, was and remains a defining feature of Catholicism. These works also lay a foundation for Picasso’s later exploration of wine in the very different context of ancient Greco-Roman religion……The Minotaur’s Repose: Champagne and Mistress depict a minotaur and a nude woman reclining on a couch; the minotaur looks over his shoulder towards the viewer, raising the glass of wine in his hand…….The Dionysiac characters of satyrs and maenads (depicted in Picasso’s Bacchanale) also embody the intoxicating effects of alcohol which distance drinkers from the rational mind and, in Greek myth, their humanity…….This is a very different relationship to wine than the Catholic imagery of Picasso’s earlier career evokes, but both imply significance and even a form of reverence. In Picasso’s works, wine can be both transformed and transformative´ (extracts from Picasso: Wine and Art at La Cité du Vin by Paige Crawley, 2022)
ROSS VIRGIL: (1907-1996) American cartoonist and animator, best known for his collaboration with Friz Freleng and for animating many of the Warner Bros. cartoons, particularly those featuring Bugs Bunny. A good original graphite and coloured pencils drawing executed and signed by Virgil Ross, one page (animation peg hole paper), oblong folio (approximately 32 x 27 cm), n.p., n.d. (1990s). The attractive image depicts Daffy Duck, in a dandy costume as the Scarlet Pumpernickel, standing opposite Sylvester the Cat, in costume as the villainous Grand Duke, with Porky Pig, in costume as the Lord High Chamberlain, standing alongside, from the Looney Tunes cartoon The Scarlet Pumpernickel (1950). Signed by Ross in pencil with his name alone to the base. VGThe Scarlet Pumpernickel was voted as one of the 50 Greatest Cartoons of all time by members of the animation field in 1994, and takes its title from the novel The Scarlet Pimpernel (1905).
ROSS VIRGIL: (1907-1996) American cartoonist and animator, best known for his collaboration with Friz Freleng and for animating many of the Warner Bros. cartoons, particularly those featuring Bugs Bunny. A good original graphite and coloured pencils drawing executed and signed by Virgil Ross, one page (animation peg hole paper), oblong folio (approximately 32 x 27 cm), n.p., n.d. (1990s). The attractive image depicts Elmer Fudd, in costume as the demigod Siegfried, in a loving embrace with Bugs Bunny, in costume as the beautiful Valkyrie Brunnhilde, from the Merrie Melodies cartoon What´s Opera, Doc? (1957). Signed by Ross in pencil with his name alone to the base. VGWhat´s Opera, Doc? is a parody of Richard Wagner´s operas and is widely regarded as the greatest animated cartoon that Warner Bros. ever released, and it has been ranked as such in the top 50 animated cartoons of all time
CALDER ALEXANDER: (1898-1976) American sculptor known for his innovative mobiles and monumental public sculptures. A brief illustrated A.L.S., Calder, to the verso of a picture postcard of one of the artist´s works, n.p. (Azay-le-Rideau), n.d. (September 1965), to Jean Leymarie, in French. Calder writes, in full, ´Merci de ton mot. C´etait tres gentil, Geneve. Nous partons dans 1 mois pour 2 [mois] d´Amerique´ (Translation: ´Thank you for your message. It was lovely, Geneva. We are leaving in a month for two [months] in America´). At the side of his message Calder has added a simple, yet attractive, pen and ink drawing of the Swiss national flag, with its federal white cross to the centre, flying at full-mast from its pole. VGJean Leymarie (1919-2006) French art historian, director of the Musée national d´Art moderne in Paris from 1968-73.
PICASSO PABLO: (1881-1973) Spanish painter, a co-founder of the Cubist movement. A wonderful and vibrantly illustrated A.L.S., Picasso, two pages, slim 4to (approximately 10.5 x 27.5 cm), Mas Notre-Dame-de-Vie, Mougins, Alpes-Maritimes, 23rd October 1962, to Max [Pellequer] (´Mon cher Max´), in French. The artist sends his correspondent more papers, with his thanks, and continues to provide a snapshot of his relaxed life with his second wife and muse, Jacquelibe Roque, on the Cote d´Azur ´Il fait l´été nous nous sommes baignez au port hier encore et nous aurions pu aller encore aujourd´hui hier ce matin encore sur la plage et dejeuner sur le sable comme jusques à présent´ (Translation: ´It's summer, we went swimming at the port again yesterday and we could have gone again today yesterday or this morning again on the beach and had lunch on the sand as we have been doing until now´), further profusely expressing his gratitude to Pellequer, ´Merci et merci encore pour toute du travail que je vous donne avec tant d´histoire de contributions et maisons. Merci. Merci. Merci. Vous etes très bon pour moi´ (Translation: ´Thank you and thank you again for all the work I give you with so much history of contributions and houses. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. You are very good to me´) and concluding by sending best wishes from himself and Jacqueline. To further reinforce the joy Picasso has found on his recent visit to the beach, the artist has added a delightful original drawing at the foot of his letter, executed in blue ink and various coloured crayons, depicting a magnificent, bright yellow sun in a clear blue sky, shining upon the deep blue Mediterranean sea, in which two bathers can be seen, and with a beach in the foreground upon which appear a number of other figures, some happily relaxing beneath bright orange parasols. To further illuminate his letter Picasso has underlined each Merci in orange crayon (a total of six times) and also underlined the name of his villa and the date in blue crayon at the head of the first page. A magnificent and rare illustrated letter by Picasso. A few very light, extremely minor creases, VGMax Pellequer (1903-1973) French banker and art collector who would become Picasso´s private banker, financial adviser and close friend. Pellequer assembled an important collection of artworks in the 1920s and 1930s which included a number of significant early pieces by Picasso, as well as works by Paul Cezanne, Edgar Degas, Paul Gauguin, Henri Matisse, Joan Miro and others. Almost two hundred letters from Pellequer to Picasso are preserved in the Musee National Picasso in Paris.In 1961, Picasso, who had discovered Mougins in 1936, bought Mas Notre-Dame-de-Vie from the Guinness family as a wedding present for his future wife Jacqueline. Referred to by Picasso as the ´house of my dreams´, the large villa (set in three hectares and with views over the Bay of Cannes) would be the artist´s final residence.
PICASSO PABLO: (1881-1973) Spanish painter, a co-founder of the Cubist movement. A printed small 4to exhibition catalogue for Picasso at the Durand-Ruel Galleries in New York, 3rd - 29th May 1948, featuring various paintings created by Picasso between 1939 and 1945, ten of them portraits of women and five still lifes, each reproduced in monochrome to a single page opposite a description of the work. To the front cover Picasso has executed an attractive original pencil, black and blue crayon drawing, the image showing a flute player seated serenely on the ground in a full-length profile pose, facing right and with his knees bent, playing a long flute which he holds to his lips with both hands. Around the fluid, simplistic and stylised figure (in black crayon) Picasso has added (in pencil and blue crayon) a horizon and arabesques which serve to illuminate the composition. Signed (´Picasso´) by the artist in pencil, above the printed title of the catalogue, and dated 5th September 1950 in his hand. A wonderful and highly desirable original drawing signed by Picasso. Some very light, extremely minor age wear, VGThe theme of the flautist recurred many times in Picasso´s works during his career, and the present drawing is somewhat reminiscent of The Flute Player (1962) in which Picasso also depicts the musician seated on the ground, in a full-length pose and with his knees bent, holding his flute to his mouth with both hands.
GIACOMETTI DIEGO: (1902-1985) Swiss sculptor and designer. Signed 4.5 x 6.5 photograph issued as a certificate of authenticity, the image depicting a medallion featuring a figure to the centre, being a work by Giacometti´s elder brother, Alberto Giacometti, signed to the verso in black ink with a statement in French, ´Cette medaille est l´oeuvre de mon frere Alberto Giacometti 1928-29, Diego Giacometti´ (Translation: ´This medallion is the work of my brother Alberto Giacometti 1928-29, Diego Giacometti´). The verso also features a couple of light pencil annotations in unidentified hands. Accompanied by four additional photographs of the medallion and Diego Giacometti´s statement (two each of the recto and verso) and a fifth slightly larger photograph of a pencil drawing by Alberto Giacometti. VG, 6
HERGE: (1907-1983) Georges Prosper Remi. Belgian cartoonist, best known as the creator of The Adventures of Tintin. An excellent original pencil drawing executed and signed by Herge, one page, small oblong 8vo (approximately 12 x 7.5 cm), n.p., n.d. (early 1960s). Herge's preparatory sketch depicts Tintin and Captain Haddock in three-quarter length poses together as they angrily watch a young girl, Miarka, running away from them (the girl having just bitten the Merchant Marine Captain's hand). Signed ('Hergé') in pencil to the left of the panel, the final version of which was published in the comic album Les Bijoux de la Castafiore (1963; The Castafiore Emerald) and had previously been serialised in the weekly Tintin magazine from July 1961 to September 1962. Rare and desirable in this form. Some very light, minor age wear, with remnants of former affixing to the verso, otherwise G In the published comic album version of Les Bijoux de la Castafiore the final version of the present drawing appears on page 2 (panel C1) with Captain Haddock declaring 'Mille milliards de mille sabords!' in an angry reaction to having just been bitten on the hand by Miarka, the young Romani girl. Les Bijoux de la Castafiore was the twenty-first volume in Herge's comic album series The Adventures of Tintin and is the only book in the series where the characters remain at Captain Haddock's family estate, Marlinspike Hall. The story has been described as 'the most surprising of Tintin's adventures'.
MUNNINGS ALFRED: (1878-1959) English painter, a member of the Newlyn School from 1912-14, and regarded as one of the finest painters of horses. A good collection of A.Ls.S. (5; one a brief illustrated message on a postcard), a T.L.S., five original pencil drawings, and a few pieces of printed ephemera. The autograph and typed letters signed Alfred Munnings, A. J. Munnings, and with his initials AJ, twelve pages (total), 4to and smaller, various places (Dedham, Essex & Withypool, Somerset), early to mid-1940s, to various correspondents including the portrait painter Maurice Codner. Munnings states, in part, ´I am not sure about the Tissot, as I told that secretary to remove the pictures if the raids started & they should have done so. How awful, that lovely [painting?] which nobody really cared for & which as Lutyens said was ruined by the overlighting of the chandeliers. What a hateful lot of buggers used that room.....& what a disagreable rascañ that Drysdale was wo stood in the way of everything. Damn him, what a pity he wasn´t in the drawing room when the bomb fell. My place in Chelsea has had it - windows out & all glass in frames broken......Winston in chair first dinner. Next Thursday Lord Gort in chair & they all give Winston a snuff box´ (to Maurice Codner, 30th September 1940, accompanied by the original envelope), ´I can´t tell you how glad I was to see that good notice of your work in The Times on Friday. You couldn´t want better and who ever the present (sic; President) is he is a more sane fellow than the last & I find him very good. Far better than the other old blighter - well - I was glad I read it out to Violet who never cares much about critics, & she was delighted. I´ve always seen you gradually gaining & burrowing in. You´re as undefeatable as the Hun. And to think you´re doing this in spite of the bombs & with only one eye......I´ve just written a line to Oswald Birley, poor fellow......I´m losing the will to work´ (to Maurice Codner, 4th November 1941, in pencil), ´What a pity that you could not remain at such a stage of brilliance for the rest of your natural life - or unnatural life, or whatever your present existence may be - Can´t you buy up a quantity of that same sherry & consume at intervals & go on flying through the air like a blazing comet?......Hunting all over England should be stopped. That´s my opinion. People who go wouldn´t if the hounds didn´t. Absolute not. Have you had time to go & see the exhibition of under 20 guinea pictures yet at Trafalgar Square? If not, go & let me know......You & I should go & stay at Bradley Farm up in the woods & hills near here for a month & live on cream & stuff & work.....trees galore & stone buildings & the rest & when it rained we´d do masterpieces indoors - big sitting rooms......write again my lad of wax - any f - g lately?´ (to Maurice Codner, n.d. [c. September 1942], in pencil), ´One day I´ll be round there. On Exmoor now, Army took my house at Dedham´ (to A. R. Blundell, 22nd March 1944), ´The man who did that plate of an old poplar tree is [a] great artist. If you can do such a thing as that although it is uncared for by the crowd is someone to be reckoned with. If only you could [do] an oil like that & as well!! It is superb. I saw it in Emmons´ house at Flatford Mill & looked & looked [at] it again having seen it in the R.A. It is equal to anything of its kind I know´ (to Blundell, 3rd January 1946; actually 1947), the postcard featuring an ink drawing by Munnings of a skier lying face down in the snow, with a mountain, trees and sun in the background, wishing the recipient a Happy Easter and hand addressed by Munnings to Mr. and Mrs. John Napper, April 1956. Together with five original pencil sketches by Munnings, one signed in full, three with initials, and one unsigned, the largest measuring approximately 20.5 x 16.5 cm, the majority depicting horses and one of a cow feeding her calves. All are matted and framed. Also including a small collection of ephemera etc. including printed illustrated 8vo booklets advertising new signed artist´s proofs of the works Going to the Meet, The Whip and A Little Piece of England, a catalogue for a Loan Collection of Pictures by Alfred Munnings exhibited at the Art Galleries of the Norwich Castle Museum, August - September 1928, etc. One letter with some tears and staining (only FR), generally G to about VG, Sml Qty.
LAGERFELD KARL: (1933-2019) German fashion designer. A wonderful original pencil and coloured crayon drawing executed and signed by Lagerfeld, one page, large 4to (approximately 19.5 x 28.5 cm), n.p., n.d. (1980s). On a sheet of Chanel printed stationery (featuring the interlocking CC monogram of Coco Chanel which Lagerfeld integrated into a style pattern for the House of Chanel in the 1980s) Lagerfeld has drawn an attractive full-length study of the slim Coco Chanel standing in profile, wearing a long skirt and matching jacket, and with a Chanel handbag hanging by its chain from her wrist. Lagerfeld has seemingly deliberately added more detail to the handbag, which features the interlocking CC monogram, reflecting on its importance as an iconic accessory of the Chanel brand. Lagerfeld has also prominently titled the drawing Gabrielle Chanel across the centre and added his signature at the base. Both Chanel´s name and Lagerfeld´s signature are written in black ink, adding a red outline (essentially a second signature) to both in order to attractively create the effect of a red ´shadow´. Matted in cream and framed and glazed in a plain black frame to an overall size of 12.5 x 16. A truly fabulous original drawing linking two of the 20th century´s most important fashion designers. VG
PROKOFIEV SERGEI: (1891-1953) Russian Composer. Unusual and attractive signed portrait of Prokofiev, one page, 9.5 x 12, the brown pencil drawing showing the Russian Composer in a profile head and shoulders pose. Boldly signed in pencil at the base `Serge Prokofieff´, also dated beneath 1932 in his hand. Matted in light grey, with extremely small crease to left corners, otherwise VG.
CALATRAVA SANTIAGO: (1951- ) Spanish-Swiss architect. Black ink signature (´Santiago Calatrava´) to the verso of a colour picture postcard featuring four images of buildings in Lisbon, Portugal, including the Gare do Oriente, designed by Calatrava. Alongside his signature the architect has added an original ink drawing of a dove. VG
DUFY RAOUL: (1877-1953) French Fauvist painter. A good printed folio folding menu for Le Diner de la Bonne Cuisine, to be served on 21st May 1935 at 9pm, in aid of the Cercle Ronsard, featuring a traditional oxtail stew (´Queue de Boeuf à l´ancienne´), fresh pea and parsley cream soup (´Crème de pois frais au cerfeuil´), stuffed suckling pig with sage (´Porcelet farci à la Sauge´) accompanied by asparagus, a Rouen-style duckling (´Caneton rouennais facon du Chef´), salad, and a dessert of pineapple with blackberries (´Ananas voiles aux Morères´), also including a wine and drinks list featuring Pouilly-Fuissé 1933, Chateau la Mission Haut-Brion 1923, various champagnes, a Fine Hennessy and more. The following three pages of the menu are dedicated to text, in French, relating to three of the courses, each featuring a printed drawing by Dufy at the base, including a fisherman at sea, a number of piglets feeding from a sow, and five ducks. The menu is signed and inscribed by Dufy in bold pencil to the front and at the head the artist has added two original pencil sketches in his hand of seashells. An attractively designed and printed menu, enhanced by Dufy´s original drawings. Some very light, extremely minor age wear, VGThe Cercle Ronsard was a charitable organisation associated with providing benefits for the unemployed.
John 'Jack' Grandfield (1911 - 1949) - 'Hello Potter!' he said in an offhand way; Good evening, Miss West .Seeing some of the sights of Lisbon? - an illustrator drawing, watercolour wash and body colour, signed lower left, 68 x 42, mounted in a glazed black strip frameLocation:If there is no condition report, please request.
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