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Click here to subscribeJoachim Weingart, Polish 1895-1942 - Flowers in a vase, c.1930; gouache on paper, signed lower centre 'Weingart', 51.8 x 41.4 cm Provenance: the Family of the Artist; private collection Note: Weingart studied in Berlin and Vienna, before moving to Paris in the 1920s alongside his friend Zygmunt Menkes. Here his work was first discovered by legendary French dealer René Gimpel during the 1930s.
Rudolf Bonnet, Dutch 1895-1978 - Ni Ketut, 1975; red chalk on paper, signed, dated and inscribed lower right 'R.Bonnet Ni Ketut Bali 1975', 72.4 x 36.8 cm (ARR)Provenance:with Neka Art Gallery, Bali; private collection, purchased from the above in April 1976;Christie's, London, Three Private Collections: Belgravia, Berkshire and Guernsey, 25th May 2023, lot 101 (unsold) Note: Bonnet first moved to Bali in 1929 and lived much of his life in the town of Ubud, producing innumerable images of the people and lifestyle that surrounded him. Bonnet formed the Pita Maha ('Great Spirit') in 1936 with I Gusti Nyoman Lempad and Cokorde Gde Agung Sukawati, which encouraged local interest in and production of higher standards in art. Bonnet helped establish the Museum Puri Lukisan Ubud - a museum of fine, Balinese art - in 1953 alongside the Prince of Ubud, Tjokorda Gde Agung Sukawati.
Joachim Weingart, Polish 1895-1942 - Head and Shoulders of a child wearing a hate; gouache on paper, signed lower right 'Weingart', 54.7 x 44.5 cm (unframed) Provenance: with Gimpel Fils, London GF17690 (according to the label attached to the packaging); private collection Note: Weingart studied in Berlin and Vienna, before moving to Paris in the 1920s alongside his friend Zygmunt Menkes. Here his work was first discovered by legendary French dealer René Gimpel during the 1930s.
Félix Labisse, French 1905-1982 - Portrait du Docteur de Haene, 1960; oil on canvas, signed lower right 'Labisse', further signed, titled and dated to the reverse, 79 x 69 cm (ARR) Provenance: Collection Dr De Haene, Dudzele, Belgium; private collection, UK Literature: Isy Brachot, 'Labisse: Catalogue De L'Oeuvre Peint, 1927-1979', Brussels, 1979, illus. p.178, cat.332 Note: Labisse was known as a Surrealist and avant-garde theatre designer. His first retrospective was at the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam in 1973. This late work demonstrates his distinctive hyperreal approach to portraiture, creating an uncanny sense of the sitter. Labisse was heavily influenced by the work of his fellow Belgian and mentor, James Ensor, who he met in the 1920s.
Rudolf Bonnet, Dutch 1895-1978 - Resting Grasscutter, 1976; pastel and charcoal on paper, signed, titled and dated upper left 'R. Bonnet Resting Grasscutter Bali 1976', 69 x 55.4 cm (ARR) Provenance: with Neka Art Gallery, Bali; private collection, purchased from the above in April 1976 (according to previous cataloguing); Christie's, London, Three Private Collections: Belgravia, Berkshire and Guernsey, 25th May 2023, lot 102 (unsold) Note: Bonnet first moved to Bali in 1929 and lived much of his life in the town of Ubud, producing innumerable images of the people and lifestyle that surrounded him. Bonnet formed the Pita Maha ('Great Spirit') in 1936 with I Gusti Nyoman Lempad and Cokorde Gde Agung Sukawati, which encouraged local interest in and production of higher standards in art. Bonnet helped establish the Museum Puri Lukisan Ubud - a museum of fine, Balinese art - in 1953 alongside the Prince of Ubud, Tjokorda Gde Agung Sukawati.
Henry Moore OM CH, British 1898-1986 - Reclining Figure, 1932; stone and carved concrete, unique, H8 x W16 x D8.5 cm (ARR) Provenance: Erica Brausen, acquired directly from the artist; Jean-Yves Mock (1928-2021); Sotheby’s, Olympia, The Collection of Jean-Yves Mock, 7th February 2005, lot 101; with Goldmark Gallery, Oakham; private collection, purchased from the above Literature: D. Sylvester (ed.), 'Henry Moore: Complete Sculpture 1921-48, Vol.1', London, 1990, p.8 no.120a;The Henry Moore Foundation Artwork Catalogue, cat.no.LH 120a stone (https://catalogue.henry-moore.org/objects/13583/reclining-figure);J. Hedgecoe, 'A Monumental Vision: The Sculpture of Henry Moore', London, 1998, p.200, no.108, bronze cast illus. Note: Jean-Yves Mock was the assistant of Erica Brausen, at the celebrated Hanover Gallery in London from 1956-73. The gallery gave early exhibitions to Francis Bacon and Lucien Freud. Mock went on to work as curator at the Pompidou Centre in Paris, organising the first major retrospectives of Niki de Saint Phalle, Yves Klein and Jean Tinguely, emphasising his influence on the contemporary art world. Other artists in his collection were Eduardo Paolozzi, Clive Barker, William Scott and Mark Tobey.
Blair Hughes-Stanton, British 1902-1981 - Girl with a Guitar, 1929; oil on canvas, 41.4 x 65.5 cm (ARR) Provenance: the Estate of the Artist Note: Blair Hughes Stanton was one of the most acclaimed artists in Britain during the interwar era, known for his role in the revival of wood engraving in Modern art. He studied under Leon Underwood at his Brook Green School alongside Henry Moore and Eileen Agar, where he developed a unique visual language, creating works that were a celebration of love and physicality. Alongside his first wife, Gertrude Hermes, Hughes Stanton became a much sought-after book illustrator, his wood engravings featuring in books by his friend D.H. Lawrence and T.E. Lawrence's 'Seven Pillars of Wisdom'.
Bernard Meninsky, Ukrainian/British 1891-1950 - Portrait of Celia Boywell; oil on canvas, signed lower right 'Meninsky', 50.7 x 40.5 cm Provenance: the Collection of Paul Clarke and thence by descent Note: the work is inscribed on the reverse 'CAS 35'. A large number of works were donated by the artist's widow, Nora Meninsky, through the Contemporary Art Society to British museums, including Nottingham Castle Museum and Art Gallery, Victoria Art Gallery and the British Museum. Bernard Meninsky moved to Britain as a child from Ukraine, living in Liverpool where he first studied art. Meninsky was eventually awarded a scholarship to study at the Slade between 1912-13, following his fellow-Jewish émigré artists Mark Gertler and David Bomberg. His war-time mural ‘The Arrival, 1918’ is now in the Imperial War Museum collection and during the 1920s, he exhibited at the Groupil Gallery and was a celebrated tutor at Westminster School of Art, also becoming associated with the Bloomsbury group during this period. He exhibited his work in the 1914 London Group exhibition at the Goupil Gallery and at the New English Art Club.
Blair Hughes-Stanton, British 1902-1981 - Myth IV, 1936; tempera on canvas, inscribed with initials, title and date on the reverse of the stretcher 'BHS Myth IV 1936', 51 x 61 cm (ARR) Provenance: the Estate of the Artist Note: Blair Hughes Stanton was one of the most acclaimed artists in Britain during the interwar era, known for his role in the revival of wood engraving in Modern art. He studied under Leon Underwood at his Brook Green School alongside Henry Moore and Eileen Agar, where he developed a unique visual language, creating works that were a celebration of love and physicality. Alongside his first wife, Gertrude Hermes, Hughes Stanton became a much sought-after book illustrator, his wood engravings featuring in books by his friend D.H. Lawrence and T.E. Lawrence's 'Seven Pillars of Wisdom'. The Myth series of paintings relates to the artist's relationship with Ida Graves, poet, novelist and associate of the Bloomsbury Group, with whom Hughes-Stanton started the Gemini Press in 1933. Their first book together was 'Epithalamion: a poem'.
Emmanuel-Charles Bénézit, French 1887-1975 - Paris 'Les Gobelins', 1907; crayon and pastel on paper, signed lower right 'E. C. Benezit' and titled and dated lower left 'Paris les Gobelins', 15.1 x 14.5 cm (ARR) Provenance: Mercury Gallery, London (according to the label attached to the reverse of the frame); the Collection of Bernard Sheridan (1927-2007), purchased from the above on the 17th June 1975 and thence by descent Note: Bénézit is best known as the son of Charles Emmanuel Bénézit, the editor of the Benezit Dictionary of Artists He first learnt to paint as a child alongside Camille Pissarro and Alfred Sisley.
Rudolf Bonnet, Dutch 1895-1978 - A Balinese man; pastel and charcoal on paper, signed, titled and annotated lower right 'R.Bonnet 1973 Bali', 48 x 30 cm (ARR) Provenance:Christie's London, Three Private Collections: Belgravia, Berkshire and Guernsey, 25th May 2023, lot 100 (unsold) Note: Bonnet first moved to Bali in 1929 and lived much of his life in the town of Ubud, producing innumerable images of the people and lifestyle that surrounded him. Bonnet formed the Pita Maha ('Great Spirit') in 1936 with I Gusti Nyoman Lempad and Cokorde Gde Agung Sukawati, which encouraged local interest in and production of higher standards in art. Bonnet helped establish the Museum Puri Lukisan Ubud - a museum of fine, Balinese art - in 1953 alongside the Prince of Ubud, Tjokorda Gde Agung Sukawati.
Attributed to Giovanni Schranz (Maltese, 1794-1882) A Private First Rate Man O’ War entering Valetta harbouroil on canvas36 x 57cm Provenance: Sotheby’s Marine sale, 3rd June, 1986, lot 117.***CONDITION REPORT***Oil on canvas relined 20 - 30 years ago or so, canvas remains tight, paint looks to have discoloured varnish but otherwise be in fair order, apparently unsigned, housed in a black painted frame, Sotheby's chalk marks and labels verso, lot 117, 3.6.86No signature seenPLEASE NOTE:- Prospective buyers are strongly advised to examine personally any goods in which they are interested BEFORE the auction takes place. Whilst every care is taken in the accuracy of condition reports, Gorringes provide no other guarantee to the buyer other than in relation to forgeries. Many items are of an age or nature which precludes their being in perfect condition and some descriptions in the catalogue or given by way of condition report make reference to damage and/or restoration. We provide this information for guidance only and will not be held responsible for oversights concerning defects or restoration, nor does a reference to a particular defect imply the absence of any others. Prospective purchasers must accept these reports as genuine efforts by Gorringes or must take other steps to verify condition of lots. If you are unable to open the image file attached to this report, please let us know as soon as possible and we will re-send your images on a separate e-mail.
A pair of Chinese famille rose saucer dishes, Yongzheng mark but first half 19th century, each painted with ladies performing tricks on horseback in a garden with two dignitaries looking on from a balcony, 23.5cm diameter, one dish has a short hairline crack***CONDITION REPORT***One dish has a short hairline crack to the rim at the 2 o’clock position with an associated tiny nick to the edge, the same dish also has a burst bubble to the glaze at the 1 o’clock position on the very edge.PLEASE NOTE:- Prospective buyers are strongly advised to examine personally any goods in which they are interested BEFORE the auction takes place. Whilst every care is taken in the accuracy of condition reports, Gorringes provide no other guarantee to the buyer other than in relation to forgeries. Many items are of an age or nature which precludes their being in perfect condition and some descriptions in the catalogue or given by way of condition report make reference to damage and/or restoration. We provide this information for guidance only and will not be held responsible for oversights concerning defects or restoration, nor does a reference to a particular defect imply the absence of any others. Prospective purchasers must accept these reports as genuine efforts by Gorringes or must take other steps to verify condition of lots. If you are unable to open the image file attached to this report, please let us know as soon as possible and we will re-send your images on a separate e-mail.
A late Victorian demi fluted wrythened silver water jug, by Mappin & Webb, with engraved inscription relating to 'First Prize Grand Standard Stakes, Lagos Races, 1894', faintly engraved with horse racing scene with palm trees, on circular foot, Sheffield, 1894, height 25cm, 33.5oz.***CONDITION REPORT***Wobbles slightly on a flat surface. Would benefit from a good clean. Hallmarks clear.PLEASE NOTE:- Prospective buyers are strongly advised to examine personally any goods in which they are interested BEFORE the auction takes place. Whilst every care is taken in the accuracy of condition reports, Gorringes provide no other guarantee to the buyer other than in relation to forgeries. Many items are of an age or nature which precludes their being in perfect condition and some descriptions in the catalogue or given by way of condition report make reference to damage and/or restoration. We provide this information for guidance only and will not be held responsible for oversights concerning defects or restoration, nor does a reference to a particular defect imply the absence of any others. Prospective purchasers must accept these reports as genuine efforts by Gorringes or must take other steps to verify condition of lots. If you are unable to open the image file attached to this report, please let us know as soon as possible and we will re-send your images on a separate e-mail.
A near pair of Chinese cloisonné enamel and gilt bronze jardinieres, 19th century, each of gourd form, the first decorated with coloured flowers on a trellis tomato red ground, the second with flowers and butterflies on a tomato red ground, the gilt bronze base with four elephant head feet, between lotus pierced aprons, 20cm wide***CONDITION REPORT***PLEASE NOTE:- Prospective buyers are strongly advised to examine personally any goods in which they are interested BEFORE the auction takes place. Whilst every care is taken in the accuracy of condition reports, Gorringes provide no other guarantee to the buyer other than in relation to forgeries. Many items are of an age or nature which precludes their being in perfect condition and some descriptions in the catalogue or given by way of condition report make reference to damage and/or restoration. We provide this information for guidance only and will not be held responsible for oversights concerning defects or restoration, nor does a reference to a particular defect imply the absence of any others. Prospective purchasers must accept these reports as genuine efforts by Gorringes or must take other steps to verify condition of lots. If you are unable to open the image file attached to this report, please let us know as soon as possible and we will re-send your images on a separate e-mail.
A pair of Italian blue and white maiolica albarellos, Savona, late 17th century, the first painted with the title ‘De Muccillag:~’ to a banner, with crest and recumbent figure, houses and a cherub, the second with the title ‘Hura * Comp ~’, a cherub holding a jar, a figure in 17th century dress, a galleon ship and a bird, each with a shield mark to the base, 21cm high, glaze losses, latter chipped***CONDITION REPORT***De Muccillag albarello has typical glaze losses to the rim and around the foot with some deeper nibbles to the foot.The ‘Hura * Comp albarello has a chip and associated hairline cracks to the rim summer, some large glaze losses to the shoulder and some glaze losses and deeper chips around the foot.PLEASE NOTE:- Prospective buyers are strongly advised to examine personally any goods in which they are interested BEFORE the auction takes place. Whilst every care is taken in the accuracy of condition reports, Gorringes provide no other guarantee to the buyer other than in relation to forgeries. Many items are of an age or nature which precludes their being in perfect condition and some descriptions in the catalogue or given by way of condition report make reference to damage and/or restoration. We provide this information for guidance only and will not be held responsible for oversights concerning defects or restoration, nor does a reference to a particular defect imply the absence of any others. Prospective purchasers must accept these reports as genuine efforts by Gorringes or must take other steps to verify condition of lots. If you are unable to open the image file attached to this report, please let us know as soon as possible and we will re-send your images on a separate e-mail.
° ° Emily Eden (1797-1869) - PORTRAITS OF THE PRINCES & PEOPLE OF INDIA. AN EXTREMELY RARE COPY OF THE BEST ISSUE. Hand coloured lithographed title mounted on card, list of plates and 27 hand coloured lithographed plates, heightened with bodycolour and gum-Arabic, by Lowes-Dickinson after Eden, printed by Charles Hullmandel and mounted on 24 card mounts with ink borders ruled by hand and 24 leaves of commentary text, published by J. Dickinson & Son, London,1844, with letterpress titles and captions on paper mounted on each verso, each interleaved with blank guard sheets.Unbound, as issued, in original purple morocco-back and cloth portfolio, upper cover blocked in gilt ‘Hon.E.Eden’s India Part.1’ around an integral vignette illustration of a snake coiled around an egg. 55.5 x 44.5cm. Not in Abbey.Estimate £25,000-35,000A scarce coloured edition of Emily Eden's major work, one of just a handful of copies published in this particular format. Emily Eden, the seventh daughter of William Eden, first baron Auckland, accompanied her brother, George Eden, 1st Earl of Auckland (1784-1849), during his tenure as Governor-General of India from 1835 to 1842. A gifted amateur artist and writer, Eden documented her experiences in India through letters and an extensive collection of sketches. Upon her return to England in 1842, Eden privately arranged for the printing of her images as a portfolio of 24 lithographs, known as "Portraits," which was published in 1844 in four parts. While the majority of copies were issued without colouration, a select few, including the present edition, were beautifully hand-coloured. In addition to the "Portraits," Eden's journal, "Up the Country: Letters Written to her Sister from the Upper Provinces of India," was published in 1866.The "Portraits" by Eden feature detailed depictions and accompanying textual descriptions of various Indian rulers and their families, whom Lord Auckland encountered during his term in office. Initially residing in Calcutta, Lord Auckland and his entourage travelled through the Upper Provinces from October 1837 to February 1840, engaging with princely subjects. Notable individuals met and portrayed by Eden during this tour included the Maharaja Ranjit Singh, founder of the Sikh empire and ruler of the Punjab until his death in 1839, his second son, the Maharaja Sher Singh, ruler of the Punjab 1841-1843, the Raja of Nahun, the Raja of Patiala, and Raja Hira Singh, son of the Prime Minister of the Punjab. The richness and splendour of the Indian Princes are deftly captured in this fine work.Depictions also include servants attached to Government House, and their families, part of a 12,000-strong retinue accompanying Lord Auckland and party up the country. There are additional depictions of figures that Emily Eden observed along the way - Pathans, Tibetans and others.Portraits of the Princes and Peoples of India - Front and rear boards faded, especially to 10cm. strip to right side of front board.List of Plates with some loss and tears to right side.Title borders browned, coloured image good.The plates - with very few exceptions the images are remarkably bright and unaffected by spotting, as are the captions mounted verso.Plate borders are spotted, as are the areas surrounding the captions.Worming noted to top right margin of plate 14 Commentary leaves generally good - a few with close tears to margins. Page 19 repaired lower right.PROVENANCE: Purchased from Sotheby’s Grosvenor Galleries, 1985, thence private collection Sussex. The list of plates is as follows (using contemporary spelling in some cases): The son of the Nawab of Banda (frontispiece). Dost Muhammad Khan, ruler of Afghanistan, and family. Maharajah Sher Singh, 'the present sovereign of the Sikhs'. Hindoo Fakeer. Two Jemadars, Calcutta (two plates on one card). Akalees, 'being very wild in appearance, and turbulent characters'. The Rajah of Patiala. Rajah Heera Singh. Rajah Hindoo Rao. A Patiala horseman. A young hill Rajah, from the area around Simla. Falconers, servants of the King of Oudh. Servants of Raja Khurruk Singh. The late Maharajah Ranjit Singh, 'in his usual attitude and dress'. The horse and groom, and the jewels of Ranjit Singh, including the Koh-i-Noor (two plates on one card). Hunting leopards of the King of Oudh with attendants. Arab servants of Sir Alexander Burnes. A fakeer at an encampment. A Hindoo student at Calcutta and a girl, the daughter of a servant (two plates on one card). Purtab Singh, a Sikh prince, murdered at Lahore. A Shootr-Suwar, a camel despatch rider. The Rajah of Nahun and sons; Anund Musseeh, a convert to Christianity (two plates on one card). Tibetan tartars, traders, sketched at Simla. A Zemindar and a Pathan. Lord Auckland receiving the Rajah of Nahun in Durbar.***CONDITION REPORT***PLEASE NOTE:- Prospective buyers are strongly advised to examine personally any goods in which they are interested BEFORE the auction takes place. Whilst every care is taken in the accuracy of condition reports, Gorringes provide no other guarantee to the buyer other than in relation to forgeries. Many items are of an age or nature which precludes their being in perfect condition and some descriptions in the catalogue or given by way of condition report make reference to damage and/or restoration. 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° Journal of Emily Eden (1797-1869), novelist and traveller; 1 January - 29 March 1828Paper book with marbled edges in a parchment binding, 18 x 12 cm, with label of the supplier J Bowen, wholesale stationer, 315 Oxford Street. The journal opens with Emily’s departure from a long stay with her sister Mrs Colvile at Langley Farm at Beckenham in Kent.The context for this brief period in her life was the fall of the government led for five months by Frederick John Robinson (1782-1859), first Viscount Goderich and first earl of Ripon, and the character of Goderich’s wife Sarah, often the butt of Emily’s acerbic comments.Born into the Whig aristocracy and an acute political observer, Emily had the opportunity to follow the crisis at first hand. She had a low opinion of the premier – ‘Theresa Villiers … said that Lord Goderich had resigned the day before, and that the King had sent to the Duke of Wellington to desire him to make a new Government. It was hardly possible to regret the last, it was so weak, and Lord Goderich so inefficient and ridiculous, chiefly owing to Sarah, but the triumph of one’s enemies is always an ugly business.’ Emily’s position also provides a privileged view of machinations in the royal household: at dinner on 12 January Lord Lansdowne described ‘the whole thing as an intrigue between Mr [John Charles] Herries and Sir William Knighton [the king’s physician and private secretary] – the instances he gave of Sir William Knighton’s influence over the King are quite wonderful.’ On 22 January ‘Lawrence Peel told me that the K[ing] was at first cold to his brother [Robert Peel], but after a little while began mimicking Lord Anglesey and then all the late ministry.’
Two Japanese Shibayama type inlaid panels, 19th century, each inlaid in wood, ivory and mother-of-pearl with an egret preening below willow branches and an eagle settling on a pine branch, the latter with four character signature to a rectangular plaque, 60.5 x 42cm, minor losses CITES Submission reference XNPLXS1WCondition:The first plaque decorated with an egret has some inlay missing to the birds crest and the artist’s seal mark and the second of an eagle has a crack to its right wing, otherwise it looks complete.
George I visit to the City of London table commemorative, copper medal, 1880, by G G Adams, struck for the Corporation of the City of London, bare head l, GEORGE I KING OF THE HELLENES, rev. Londinia and Britannia welcome Hellas, views of the Parthenon and St Paul’s Cathedral beyond, D: 76mm. George I was the second son of Christian IX of Denmark. He was assassinated in 1913 by Alexandros Schinas, a known anarchist. 400 specimens struck. In fitted case with gilt lettering (losses to case). UK P&P Group 1 (£16+VAT for the first lot and £2+VAT for subsequent lots)
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