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Lot 35
Grayson Perry (British, b 1960) 100% ART Fine bone china plate with gold lustre Developed for the Holburne Museum, in collaboration with Kit Grover. Designed exclusively for the Holburne Museum in Grayson Perry’s inimitable style celebrates the exhibition The Pre-Therapy Years 21.5cm diameter (8.5") Grayson Perry (British, b.1960), British potter who embedded in his work images of violence and other disturbing social issues. Perry was born into a working-class family, and his interest in ceramics was kindled during childhood. By age 13 he had confided his transvestism to his diary. He studied at the Braintree College of Further Education in Essex and at Portsmouth Polytechnic in Hampshire, but it was not until the early 1980s, when he was living in a squatters’ community in London’s Camden Town, that he returned to the serious study of ceramics by way of evening art classes. At the time, he was appearing in performance pieces and art films and nursing his own aspirations as a filmmaker. He disliked the compromising and collaborating that he felt went hand in hand with filmmaking, however, and when in 1984 the first solo exhibition of his ceramic works—all created in his evening classes—sold well, he made pottery his main art form, though he continued to work in other media. From the 1990s Perry also worked in embroidery, creating such pieces as Mother of All Battles (1996), a woman’s folk costume stitched with ethnic symbols and images of weapons and killings, and Claire’s Coming Out Dress (2000). Perry was also the author of a novel, Cycle of Violence (1992). Perry achieved celebrity status in 2003 when he won the Turner Prize, one of the art world’s premier honours. His receipt of the award stirred some controversy, not only because he was the first potter to win the prize but also because of his tendency to appear in public as a cross-dresser, frequently as his alter ego, Claire, and often accompanied by his wife and daughter. In 2004 Perry mounted a solo exhibition at the Tate St. Ives museum of modern and contemporary art in Cornwall. The exhibition featured his classically shaped vases, the colourful surfaces of which served as a seductive camouflage for inscribed images and messages that were distinctly at odds with their decorative medium. Domestic violence, child abuse, pedophilia, and cultural stereotypes were some of the troubling themes that the artist habitually explored in these inscriptions. Perry acknowledged his exploitation of the decorative appeal of his pots, describing them as a “guerrilla tactic” under the cover of which “a polemic or an ideology” waited to be discovered. I Want to Be an Artist (1996), the first of his vases to be sold at auction, fetched £36,000, more than twice the presale estimate. Perry was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2013 Queen’s Birthday Honours for services to contemporary art. In 2023 he was awarded a Knighthood (Knight Bachelor) for services to the Arts in the King’s New Year Honours. This lot is sold subject to Artists Resale Rights, details of which can be found in our Terms and Conditions.
Lot 157
Milo Manara (Italian, b. 1945) II Gioco - First Edition Colourprint on paper Signed bottom right by the artist 38 x 28cm (15" x 11") Milo Manara (Italian, b 1945) was a well-known illustrator of adult graphic novels, began his career working on fumetti, the cheap illustrated paperbacks popular in 1950-60s Italy. In 1976, his career took off after his work for the illustrated magazine Pilote. He also became known for his work designing posters for the films of Federico Fellini. The two later collaborated on comic books versions of some of Fellini's films. In the 1980s, Manara turned towards the field of erotic graphic novels, writing and illustrating such titles as "Click!", "Butterscotch", and "Gullivera", (an erotic version of "Gulliver's Travels"). Manara is still active and drawing in Italy. Since 2008 the record price for this artist at auction is 57,958 USD for EL GAUCHO , NORMA (ESPAGNE), sold at Christie's Paris in 2014. This lot is sold subject to Artists Resale Rights, details of which can be found in our Terms and Conditions.
Lot 53
Glen Baxter (British, b. 1944) Unknown - possibly Uncorroborated leaks - 1992 Ink and pencil Signed and dated by the artist Framed 51 x 38cm (20" x 15") UNCORROBORATED LEAKS FROM A SOURCE CLOSE TO M1.6 SUGGEST THAT A CRACK ENGLISH AESTHETE IS TO BE POSTED TO A SECRET EUROPEAN LOCATION TO INFILTRATE THE LOCAL ARTS COMMUNITY AND INVESTIGATE THE RECENT SHADOW FALLEN UPON WESTERN CULTURE Glen Baxter (born 4 March 1944), nicknamed Colonel Baxter, is an English draughtsman and artist, noted for his absurdist drawings and an overall effect often resembling literary nonsense. Born in Leeds, Baxter was trained at Leeds College of Art (1960-5). He was a teacher at the V&A (1967–74). His first solo exhibition was held at New York's Gotham Book Mart Gallery. Baxter's artwork has appeared in The New Yorker, Vanity Fair and The Independent on Sunday. His images and their corresponding captions employ art and language inspired by pulp fiction and adventure comics with intellectual jokes and references. His simple line-drawings often feature cowboys, gangsters, explorers and schoolchildren, who utter incongruous intellectual statements regarding art and philosophy. One of his best known satirical works, The Impending Gleam, was first published in 1981. Today the artist lives and works in London. With Flowers Gallery, Baxter has had a number of solo shows including Furtive Loomings (2017), Tofu Walk With Me (2015), and Glen Baxter: The Soul in Torment, Parts I & II (2012). In August 2014, Baxter was one of 200 public figures who were signatories to a letter to The Guardian expressing their hope that Scotland would vote to remain part of the United Kingdom in September's referendum on that issue. In May 2016, New York Review Books published a collection of Baxter's work titled, Almost Completely Baxter: New and Selected Blurtings. This lot is sold subject to Artists Resale Rights, details of which can be found in our Terms and Conditions.
Lot 119
Tom Phillips (British, b 1937-2022) A Humument - A collection of 3 different editions of "A Humument" comprising The First edition 1980, signed. The First revised edition, published 1987, signed The Second revised edition 1997 which is limited, numbered 68/100 along with a hand coloured print signed and numbered by the artist. Tom Phillips was born in London in 1937. He attended St Catherine’s College, Oxford in 1957, where he read English and at the same time studied drawing at the Ruskin School. In 1961 he went to Camberwell School of Art where his chief source of inspiration was Frank Auerbach. He went on to teach at Bath Academy of Art, Ipswich and Wolverhampton Art College between 1965 and 1972. Phillips’s first solo show was in 1965 at the Artists International Association Gallery in London, followed by an exhibition at the Angela Flowers Gallery in 1970. He won a prize at The John Moores Liverpool Exhibition in 1969 and subsequently went on to exhibit in many solo and group exhibitions around the world. Two early exhibitions of particular significance were the 1973 showing of A Humument in its entirety at the ICA, London and the 1975 retrospective at the Kunsthalle in Basel. In 1989 he had a solo exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery (which holds his portrait of Dame Iris Murdoch) and in 1993 a major exhibition of his work was held at the Royal Academy of Arts. To celebrate his 60th birthday in 1997, retrospectives of his work were held at the Dulwich Picture Gallery and the South London Gallery. More recently in 2001 an exhibition of his drawings was held at the Modern Art Museum, Fort Worth. Phillips was Vice-Chair of the Copyright Council from 1985 to 1989 and was Chairman of the Royal Academy’s Exhibitions Committee from 1995. He curated the Royal Academy’s exhibition Africa: The Art of a Continent (1995) which subsequently travelled to the Martin Gropius Bau, Berlin and the Guggenheim Museum in New York. He was appointed a Member of the Royal Society of Painter Etchers and Engravers in 1987 and an Honorary Member of the Royal Society of Portrait Painters in 1999. He was an Honorary Fellow of St Catherine’s College, Oxford, Leeds University (Bretton Hall) and the London Institute as well as an Honorary Member of the Royal Institute, a Trustee of the National Portrait Gallery (from 1998) and a Trustee of the British Museum (from 1999). Phillips was also a writer and a composer. Much of his music (including the opera Irma) has been broadcast and is available on CD. Tom Phillips lived and worked in London. This lot is sold subject to Artists Resale Rights, details of which can be found in our Terms and Conditions.
Lot 26
Steve Lazarides (British, b. 1969) after Banksy Girl with Balloon Tate Installation 320gsm Hahnemuhle Photo Rag Pearl print Limited Edition number 22 of 200 Signed, numbered & stamped by Steve Lazarides Printed by Magic Max 42 x 59.4cm (16" x 23.5") With certificate of authenticity from Steve Lazarides' private collection. Steve Lazarides is a British-Greek Cypriot publisher, photographer, collector and curator. He has helped popularise street art and underground art. In the 1980s, he started out with a Nikon F-mount camera documenting his surrounding environments as a photography student. He subsequently worked as a photographer for Sleazenation, where he was employed as photography director from 1996 till 2001. Commissioned by Sleazenation to photograph Banksy's portrait in 1997, he continued to work with the artist, including as the anonymous artist's driver and photographer, before eventually becoming his gallerist. Lazarides and Banksy also launched the 'Pictures on Walls' website in 2001 to promote graffiti art, and widened their scope to work with a larger roster of street artists. He created an in-house print studio, Lazarides Editions, and worked with the artists to create prints to share with the art community. In 2016, Lazarides began curating his personal photography archive of 100,000 images containing roughly 12,000 photographs he took whilst documenting the career of Banksy, and self-published them as two books, Banksy Captured Volume I & Volume II. Lazarides self-distributed the first and second editions of the two volumes, resulting in sales of over 5,000 copies within a month, at the end of 2019. Banksy Captured Volume II, features further photography and commentary, and was published in March 2021. Volume Two includes reportage from Banksy's 2006 Los Angeles exhibition "Barely Legal", images of the artist's unauthorised installation inside London's Natural History Museum during 2004. Banksy Captured Volume I & Volume II were both self-published via Lazarides' Laz Emporium venture. This lot is also sold subject to Artists Resale Rights, details of which can be found in our Terms and Conditions.
Lot 139
Ghitta Caiserman-Roth (Canada, 1923 - 2005) And a river runs thru, 1998 Print on woven paper Signed, dated and numbered 4/4 in pencil Framed and glazed 56 x 76cm (22" x 29") Ghitta Caiserman-Roth was a Canadian painter and printmaker. She was a founder of the Montreal Artist School and her work is in the National Gallery of Canada. Roth was also an associate member of the Royal Canadian Academy and the first painter to receive the Governor General's Award for Visual Media and Art. This lot is sold subject to Artists Resale Rights, details of which can be found in our Terms and Conditions.
Lot 13
Andy Warhol (1925 - 1987) Ingrid Bergman "Herself", 1986 Lithograph on heavyweight woven paper Hand numbered in pencil Limited edition No. 1267/2400 60 x 60cm (23.5" x 23.5") Produced by Carnegie Museum of Art, back-stamped C.M.O.A Andy Warhol (b. 1925 1987) was born to Slovakian immigrants in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Andy Warhol’s career as the foremost proponent of Pop Art began during his days as a commercial artist for newspapers and magazines. Over the 1950s and ’60s he rose to become the king of the New York avant-garde, and one of the most important and iconic artists of the 20th century. Works such as Campbell’s Soup Cans (1962) and his screen prints of Marilyn Monroe have come to define our notions of 20th century art. Warhol created art out of the imagery and iconography of consumerism and celebrity culture, and applied the same commercial processes of mass production to make it. It was an idea that venerated the banality of popular culture. Warhol sought to demolish rarefaction in art and redefine the artist from Romantic visionary to an organising principle in a commercial system of mass production. Having had his first solo shows of paintings in the early 1950s, Warhol began focusing on screen printing in the 1960s. He opened his studio, The Factory, in 1963. The Factory became the centre for an entourage of transvestites, drug addicts, artists, models and musicians such as The Velvet Underground. The latter’s debut album cover featured Warhol’s now-iconic ‘peel slowly and see’ Banana. By 1965 Warhol was making seminal films such as Blow Job (1964) and Sleep (1963). The Factory would remain an important centre of New York Bohemianism, but Warhol began distancing himself from its more unconventional fringes following an attempt on his life by the radical feminist and Factory acolyte, Valerie Solanas, in 1968. In the 70s and 80s, Warhol returned to painting with works such as his ‘Oxidation Paintings’ series. He mentored and collaborated with a new generation of younger artists, including Jean-Michel Basquiat and Francesco Clemente. He was just 58 when he died unexpectedly following a routine gall bladder operation in 1987. Warhol’s Shot Sage Blue Marilyn made auction history at Christie’s New York in 2022. It sold for $195 million, making it the most expensive 20th-century work of art to sell at auction. This lot is sold subject to Artists Resale Rights, details of which can be found in our Terms and Conditions.
Lot 44
Steve Lazarides (British, b. 1969) after Banksy Crude Oils, 2005 Sealed pack of 10 postcards Open Edition (Sold Out) 15 x 10.5cm ( 6" x 4.5" ) With letter of provenance by Steve Lazarides, signed thumb-printed & embossed. Steve Lazarides is a British-Greek Cypriot publisher, photographer, collector and curator. He has helped popularise street art and underground art. In the 1980s, he started out with a Nikon F-mount camera documenting his surrounding environments as a photography student. He subsequently worked as a photographer for Sleazenation, where he was employed as photography director from 1996 till 2001. Commissioned by Sleazenation to photograph Banksy's portrait in 1997, he continued to work with the artist, including as the anonymous artist's driver and photographer, before eventually becoming his gallerist. Lazarides and Banksy also launched the 'Pictures on Walls' website in 2001 to promote graffiti art, and widened their scope to work with a larger roster of street artists. He created an in-house print studio, Lazarides Editions, and worked with the artists to create prints to share with the art community. In 2016, Lazarides began curating his personal photography archive of 100,000 images containing roughly 12,000 photographs he took whilst documenting the career of Banksy, and self-published them as two books, Banksy Captured Volume I & Volume II. Lazarides self-distributed the first and second editions of the two volumes, resulting in sales of over 5,000 copies within a month, at the end of 2019. Banksy Captured Volume II, features further photography and commentary, and was published in March 2021. Volume Two includes reportage from Banksy's 2006 Los Angeles exhibition "Barely Legal", images of the artist's unauthorised installation inside London's Natural History Museum during 2004. Banksy Captured Volume I & Volume II were both self-published via Lazarides' Laz Emporium venture. This lot is sold subject to Artists Resale Rights, details of which can be found in our Terms and Conditions.
Lot 46
Jean Rees (1914–2004) Untitled - Possibly TAFRAOUTE Gouache on paper Signed bottom left Framed and glazed 56 x 40cm (22" x 15.5") Jean Rees (British, b 1914-2004) - Rees was a landscape artist who first studied textile design at Hastings School of Art. After her marriage in 1935, she spent the next few years as a freelance textile designer while raising three children (her son Jeremy Rees founded Arnolfini, the Bristol arts centre, in 1961). In 1946 she co-founded the Bridgwater Arts Centre, said to be Britain’s first art centre, later becoming its chairman. Rees exhibited at the RA, RWA (where she was the artists’ chairman, 1989–92), RI, Medici and New Grafton Galleries, Penwith, Newlyn and many other galleries. She had a retrospective at the RWA’s New Gallery in 2006. Rees was noted for her distinctive, abstractive approach to colour, light and form, inspired by Mediterranean and West Country landscapes. The RWA, University of Bath and Somerset County Council hold her work. This lot is sold subject to Artists Resale Rights, details of which can be found in our Terms and Conditions.
Lot 199
Richard Smith (British, b 1931-2016) Two of A Kind IV a - Red x on lavender, 1978 Lithograph on paper Numbered 68/80, signed and titled in pencil by the artist 70 x 103cm ( 27.5" x 40.5") From the Bernard Jacobson Gallery Collection Richard Smith (British b 1931-2016) defies easy categorisation. Known as one of the fathers of Pop art, in his Tate retrospective in 1975 he was described by critic Barbara Rose as ‘at once in and out of touch with the currents of the mainstream’. With essays from David Alan Mellor, Chris Stephens and Alex Massouras, this new study is intended to reignite discourse around this diverse artist, whose impressive oeuvre is fertile territory for a new reassessment. Richard Smith was one of the most celebrated figures in British painting. Having earned acclaim relatively early in his life, his first retrospective opened at London’s Whitechapel Art Gallery in 1966, when he was just thirty-four. Smith’s brilliance stemmed from his negotiation between imagery from popular culture and a consistent commitment to abstraction. He tested the boundaries and potentialities of painting, advertising, film, TV and popular music, and later the natural realm would offer inspiration for his art. Yet, by 1975, his large abstract paintings seemed out of step with the prevailing mood of the art world. The result? For an artist held in such high regard among his colleagues, collectors and critics, he ultimately failed to get the degree of recognition he deserved. Richard Smith: Artworks 1954-2013 raises new questions about why this may have been the case, and proposes a reversal of an historical oversight. This lot is sold subject to Artists Resale Rights, details of which can be found in our Terms and Conditions.
Lot 110
Richard Smith (British, b 1931-2016) Arbor, 1982 Lithograph on paper Numbered 97/100, signed and titled in pencil by the artist 94 x 105cm (37" x 43") From the Bernard Jacobson Gallery Collection Richard Smith (British b1931-2016) defies easy categorisation. Known as one of the fathers of Pop art, in his Tate retrospective in 1975 he was described by critic Barbara Rose as ‘at once in and out of touch with the currents of the mainstream’. With essays from David Alan Mellor, Chris Stephens and Alex Massouras, this new study is intended to reignite discourse around this diverse artist, whose impressive oeuvre is fertile territory for a new reassessment. Richard Smith was one of the most celebrated figures in British painting. Having earned acclaim relatively early in his life, his first retrospective opened at London’s Whitechapel Art Gallery in 1966, when he was just thirty-four. Smith’s brilliance stemmed from his negotiation between imagery from popular culture and a consistent commitment to abstraction. He tested the boundaries and potentialities of painting, advertising, film, TV and popular music, and later the natural realm would offer inspiration for his art. Yet, by 1975, his large abstract paintings seemed out of step with the prevailing mood of the art world. The result? For an artist held in such high regard among his colleagues, collectors and critics, he ultimately failed to get the degree of recognition he deserved. Richard Smith: Artworks 1954-2013 raises new questions about why this may have been the case, and proposes a reversal of an historical oversight. This lot is sold subject to Artists Resale Rights, details of which can be found in our Terms and Conditions.
Lot 33
Ted Jones (Irish, 1952) Coel, Craic angus Rince, 2000 Print on paper Limited edition No. 148 / 500 Signed & numbered in pencil Published by Killarney Art Gallery, Ireland Framed & glazed 40 x 31cm (16" x 11") Ted Jones was born in Dublin in 1952. Apart from early instruction from his father, Ted was a completely self taught painter. He was encouraged to draw from a very early age and has nurtured and developed his immense talent into a style unmistakably his own. His unique style probably owes a lot to the fact that he never attended Art College, left to his own devices his style was able to evolve without influence, save his admiration for great artists such as Klimt, Rosetti & Carrivagio. In 1998, demand for his work led to the publication of the first of a series of signed limited edition prints which have been hugely successful with over 20 titles published since its inception. In fact, demand has been so strong that many of the editions are completely sold out - some of these prints are now changing hands for 10 times their original price. His first (and only) one-man exhibition in Killarney in 2005 sold out completely in a matter of hours, hitting the headlines in many Irish newspapers. 2006 saw the publication, by Killarney Art Gallery, of "A Life, Wrapped up" a signed limited edition book on his life and work. This lot is sold subject to Artists Resale Rights, details of which can be found in our Terms and Conditions.
Lot 11
Steve Lazarides (British, b. 1969) after Banksy St Werburghs 320gsm Hahnemuhle Photo Rag Pearl print Signed, numbered & stamped by Steve Lazarides Limited Edition No. 26 of 200 Printed by magic Max 42 x 59.4cm (16" x 23.5") With certificate of authenticity from Steve Lazarides' private collection. Steve Lazarides is a British-Greek Cypriot publisher, photographer, collector and curator. He has helped popularise street art and underground art. In the 1980s, he started out with a Nikon F-mount camera documenting his surrounding environments as a photography student. He subsequently worked as a photographer for Sleazenation, where he was employed as photography director from 1996 till 2001. Commissioned by Sleazenation to photograph Banksy's portrait in 1997, he continued to work with the artist, including as the anonymous artist's driver and photographer, before eventually becoming his gallerist. Lazarides and Banksy also launched the 'Pictures on Walls' website in 2001 to promote graffiti art, and widened their scope to work with a larger roster of street artists. He created an in-house print studio, Lazarides Editions, and worked with the artists to create prints to share with the art community. In 2016, Lazarides began curating his personal photography archive of 100,000 images containing roughly 12,000 photographs he took whilst documenting the career of Banksy, and self-published them as two books, Banksy Captured Volume I & Volume II. Lazarides self-distributed the first and second editions of the two volumes, resulting in sales of over 5,000 copies within a month, at the end of 2019. Banksy Captured Volume II, features further photography and commentary, and was published in March 2021. Volume Two includes reportage from Banksy's 2006 Los Angeles exhibition "Barely Legal", images of the artist's unauthorised installation inside London's Natural History Museum during 2004. Banksy Captured Volume I & Volume II were both self-published via Lazarides' Laz Emporium venture. This lot is sold subject to Artists Resale Rights, details of which can be found in our Terms and Conditions.
Lot 68
Ted Jones (Irish, b. 1952) The Hen's Night, 1999 Print on paper Limited edition No. 148 / 500 Signed & numbered in pencil Published by Killarney Art Gallery, Ireland Framed & glazed 41.5 x 60cm (16.5" x 23.5") Ted Jones was born in Dublin in 1952. Apart from early instruction from his father, Ted was a completely self taught painter. He was encouraged to draw from a very early age and has nurtured and developed his immense talent into a style, which is unmistakably Ted Jones. His unique style probably owes a lot to the fact that he never attended Art College, left to his own devices his style evolved without influence, save the work of the great painters he admired so much, Klimt Rosetti, Carrivagio. In 1998, demand for his work led to the publication of the first of a series of Signed Limited Edition Prints which have been hugely successful with over 20 titles published since its inception. In fact, demand has been so strong that many of the editions are completely sold out - some of these prints are now changing hands for 10 times their original price. His first (and only) one-man exhibition in Killarney in 2005 sold out completely in a matter of hours, hitting the headlines in many Irish newspapers. 2006 saw the publication, by Killarney Art Gallery, of "A Life, Wrapped up" a signed limited edition book on his life and work. This lot is sold subject to Artists Resale Rights, details of which can be found in our Terms and Conditions.
Lot 91
Steve Lazarides (British, b. 1969) after Banksy And I Love You 320gsm Hahnemuhle Photo Rag Pearl print Limited Edition No. 18 of 200 Signed, numbered & stamped by Steve Lazarides Printed by magic Max 42 x 59.4cm (16" x 23.5") With certificate of authenticity from Steve Lazarides' private collection. Steve Lazarides is a British-Greek Cypriot publisher, photographer, collector and curator. He has helped popularise street art and underground art. In the 1980s, he started out with a Nikon F-mount camera documenting his surrounding environments as a photography student. He subsequently worked as a photographer for Sleazenation, where he was employed as photography director from 1996 till 2001. Commissioned by Sleazenation to photograph Banksy's portrait in 1997, he continued to work with the artist, including as the anonymous artist's driver and photographer, before eventually becoming his gallerist. Lazarides and Banksy also launched the 'Pictures on Walls' website in 2001 to promote graffiti art, and widened their scope to work with a larger roster of street artists. He created an in-house print studio, Lazarides Editions, and worked with the artists to create prints to share with the art community. In 2016, Lazarides began curating his personal photography archive of 100,000 images containing roughly 12,000 photographs he took whilst documenting the career of Banksy, and self-published them as two books, Banksy Captured Volume I & Volume II. Lazarides self-distributed the first and second editions of the two volumes, resulting in sales of over 5,000 copies within a month, at the end of 2019. Banksy Captured Volume II, features further photography and commentary, and was published in March 2021. Volume Two includes reportage from Banksy's 2006 Los Angeles exhibition "Barely Legal", images of the artist's unauthorised installation inside London's Natural History Museum during 2004. Banksy Captured Volume I & Volume II were both self-published via Lazarides' Laz Emporium venture. This lot is sold subject to Artists Resale Rights, details of which can be found in our Terms and Conditions.
Lot 19
Steve Lazarides (British, b. 1969) after Banksy House of Sin 320gsm Hahnemuhle Photo Rag Pearl print Limited Edition No. 15 of 200 Signed, numbered & stamped by Steve Lazarides Printed by Magic Max 42 x 59.4cm (16" x 23.5") With certificate of authenticity from Steve Lazarides' private collection. Steve Lazarides is a British-Greek Cypriot publisher, photographer, collector and curator. He has helped popularise street art and underground art. In the 1980s, he started out with a Nikon F-mount camera documenting his surrounding environments as a photography student. He subsequently worked as a photographer for Sleazenation, where he was employed as photography director from 1996 till 2001. Commissioned by Sleazenation to photograph Banksy's portrait in 1997, he continued to work with the artist, including as the anonymous artist's driver and photographer, before eventually becoming his gallerist. Lazarides and Banksy also launched the 'Pictures on Walls' website in 2001 to promote graffiti art, and widened their scope to work with a larger roster of street artists. He created an in-house print studio, Lazarides Editions, and worked with the artists to create prints to share with the art community. In 2016, Lazarides began curating his personal photography archive of 100,000 images containing roughly 12,000 photographs he took whilst documenting the career of Banksy, and self-published them as two books, Banksy Captured Volume I & Volume II. Lazarides self-distributed the first and second editions of the two volumes, resulting in sales of over 5,000 copies within a month, at the end of 2019. Banksy Captured Volume II, features further photography and commentary, and was published in March 2021. Volume Two includes reportage from Banksy's 2006 Los Angeles exhibition "Barely Legal", images of the artist's unauthorised installation inside London's Natural History Museum during 2004. Banksy Captured Volume I & Volume II were both self-published via Lazarides' Laz Emporium venture. This lot is sold subject to Artists Resale Rights, details of which can be found in our Terms and Conditions.
Lot 146
Richard Smith (British,1931-2016) Two of A Kind 1A - Light blue cross, 1978 Lithograph on paper Numbered 41/80, signed and titled in pencil by the artist 70 x 103cm ( 27.5" x 40.5") From the Bernard Jacobson Gallery Collection Richard Smith (British b 1931-2016) defies easy categorisation. Known as one of the fathers of Pop art, in his Tate retrospective in 1975 he was described by critic Barbara Rose as ‘at once in and out of touch with the currents of the mainstream’. With essays from David Alan Mellor, Chris Stephens and Alex Massouras, this new study is intended to reignite discourse around this diverse artist, whose impressive oeuvre is fertile territory for a new reassessment. Richard Smith was one of the most celebrated figures in British painting. Having earned acclaim relatively early in his life, his first retrospective opened at London’s Whitechapel Art Gallery in 1966, when he was just thirty-four. Smith’s brilliance stemmed from his negotiation between imagery from popular culture and a consistent commitment to abstraction. He tested the boundaries and potentialities of painting, advertising, film, TV and popular music, and later the natural realm would offer inspiration for his art. Yet, by 1975, his large abstract paintings seemed out of step with the prevailing mood of the art world. The result? For an artist held in such high regard among his colleagues, collectors and critics, he ultimately failed to get the degree of recognition he deserved. Richard Smith: Artworks 1954-2013 raises new questions about why this may have been the case, and proposes a reversal of an historical oversight. This lot is sold subject to Artists Resale Rights, details of which can be found in our Terms and Conditions.
Lot 181
Ivor Abrahams (British, 1935-2015) Oxford Gardens, 1977 Screenprints x 10 Limited edition No. 64/250 Signed and dated on each print by artist on margin Largest 16 x 28cm (6.5" x 11") From the Bernard Jacobson Gallery Collection Ivor Abrahams (British, b 1935-2015) was a British sculptor, ceramicist, and printmaker best known for his polychrome sculptures and his stylised prints of garden scenes. He studied at Saint Martin's School of Art under Anthony Caro from 1952 to 1953 and at Camberwell School of Arts and Crafts under Karel Vogel from 1954 to 1957. In 1957, Abrahams went on to apprentice at the Fiorini Art Bronze Foundry and worked as a display artist for Adel Rootstein. After traveling extensively through Europe, Abrahams began his teaching career in 1960. He served as a visiting lecturer at Birmingham School of Art, Coventry College of Art, Goldsmiths' College, the Royal College of Art, and the Slade School of Fine Art. From 2007 to 2010, he was a professor of sculpture at the Royal Academy Schools. Ivor Abrahams's first show was with Peter Blake at Portal Gallery in 1960. He also exhibited in the landmark 22 Young Sculptors exhibition at the Institute of Contemporary Arts in 1961. By the late 1960s, Abrahams found inspiration in the imagery of domestic gardens. He began experimenting with new materials, including bronze, nylon flocking, pre-vulcanized latex, styrene and plastics. His first solo show in the United States took place at Richard Feigen Gallery in 1970. Abrahams established his international reputation with a major museum show at the Kölnischer Kunstverein in Cologne in 1973. He went on to have many solo shows in museums and private galleries across Europe and the United States. These shows included a major retrospective at the Yorkshire Sculpture Park in 1984. This lot is sold subject to Artists Resale Rights, details of which can be found in our Terms and Conditions.
Lot 118
Tom Phillips (British, b. 1937-2022) Sing through the Hushed Ear, 1992 Screenprint proof Signed and numbered 46/50 Framed and glazed Original label to Angela Flowers Gallery PLC, London 22 x 15cm (8 2/3" x 6") Together with the first edition (1912) of "A HUMAN DOCUMENT" book by W.H. Mallock (British, b. 1849-1923) Tom Phillips was born in London in 1937. He attended St Catherine’s College, Oxford in 1957, where he read English and at the same time studied drawing at the Ruskin School. In 1961 he went to Camberwell School of Art where his chief source of inspiration was Frank Auerbach. He went on to teach at Bath Academy of Art, Ipswich and Wolverhampton Art College between 1965 and 1972. Phillips’s first solo show was in 1965 at the Artists International Association Gallery in London, followed by an exhibition at the Angela Flowers Gallery in 1970. He won a prize at The John Moores Liverpool Exhibition in 1969 and subsequently went on to exhibit in many solo and group exhibitions around the world. Two early exhibitions of particular significance were the 1973 showing of A Humument in its entirety at the ICA, London and the 1975 retrospective at the Kunsthalle in Basel. In 1989 he had a solo exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery (which holds his portrait of Dame Iris Murdoch) and in 1993 a major exhibition of his work was held at the Royal Academy of Arts. To celebrate his 60th birthday in 1997, retrospectives of his work were held at the Dulwich Picture Gallery and the South London Gallery. More recently in 2001 an exhibition of his drawings was held at the Modern Art Museum, Fort Worth. Phillips was Vice-Chair of the Copyright Council from 1985 to 1989 and was Chairman of the Royal Academy’s Exhibitions Committee from 1995. He curated the Royal Academy’s exhibition Africa: The Art of a Continent (1995) which subsequently travelled to the Martin Gropius Bau, Berlin and the Guggenheim Museum in New York. He was appointed a Member of the Royal Society of Painter Etchers and Engravers in 1987 and an Honorary Member of the Royal Society of Portrait Painters in 1999. He was an Honorary Fellow of St Catherine’s College, Oxford, Leeds University (Bretton Hall) and the London Institute as well as an Honorary Member of the Royal Institute, a Trustee of the National Portrait Gallery (from 1998) and a Trustee of the British Museum (from 1999). Phillips was also a writer and a composer. Much of his music (including the opera Irma) has been broadcast and is available on CD. Tom Phillips lived and worked in London. This lot is sold subject to Artists Resale Rights, details of which can be found in our Terms and Conditions.
Lot 32
Steve Lazarides (British, b. 1969) after Banksy Get a move on 320gsm Hahnemuhle Photo Rag Pearl print Limited Edition No. 20 of 200 Signed, numbered & stamped by Steve Lazarides Printed by Magic Max 59 x 42cm (23.5" X 16.5") With certificate of authenticity from Steve Lazarides' private collection. Steve Lazarides is a British-Greek Cypriot publisher, photographer, collector and curator. He has helped popularise street art and underground art. In the 1980s, he started out with a Nikon F-mount camera documenting his surrounding environments as a photography student. He subsequently worked as a photographer for Sleazenation, where he was employed as photography director from 1996 till 2001. Commissioned by Sleazenation to photograph Banksy's portrait in 1997, he continued to work with the artist, including as the anonymous artist's driver and photographer, before eventually becoming his gallerist. Lazarides and Banksy also launched the 'Pictures on Walls' website in 2001 to promote graffiti art, and widened their scope to work with a larger roster of street artists. He created an in-house print studio, Lazarides Editions, and worked with the artists to create prints to share with the art community. In 2016, Lazarides began curating his personal photography archive of 100,000 images containing roughly 12,000 photographs he took whilst documenting the career of Banksy, and self-published them as two books, Banksy Captured Volume I & Volume II. Lazarides self-distributed the first and second editions of the two volumes, resulting in sales of over 5,000 copies within a month, at the end of 2019. Banksy Captured Volume II, features further photography and commentary, and was published in March 2021. Volume Two includes reportage from Banksy's 2006 Los Angeles exhibition "Barely Legal", images of the artist's unauthorised installation inside London's Natural History Museum during 2004. Banksy Captured Volume I & Volume II were both self-published via Lazarides' Laz Emporium venture. This lot is sold subject to Artists Resale Rights, details of which can be found in our Terms and Conditions.
Lot 137
Steve Lazarides (British, b. 1969) after Banksy Another Time 320gsm Hahnemuhle Photo Rag Pearl print Limited Edition number 12 of 200 Signed, numbered & stamped by Steve Lazarides Printed by Magic Max 42 x 59.4cm (16" x 23.5") With certificate of authenticity from Steve Lazarides' private collection. Steve Lazarides is a British-Greek Cypriot publisher, photographer, collector and curator. He has helped popularise street art and underground art. In the 1980s, he started out with a Nikon F-mount camera documenting his surrounding environments as a photography student. He subsequently worked as a photographer for Sleazenation, where he was employed as photography director from 1996 till 2001. Commissioned by Sleazenation to photograph Banksy's portrait in 1997, he continued to work with the artist, including as the anonymous artist's driver and photographer, before eventually becoming his gallerist. Lazarides and Banksy also launched the 'Pictures on Walls' website in 2001 to promote graffiti art, and widened their scope to work with a larger roster of street artists. He created an in-house print studio, Lazarides Editions, and worked with the artists to create prints to share with the art community. In 2016, Lazarides began curating his personal photography archive of 100,000 images containing roughly 12,000 photographs he took whilst documenting the career of Banksy, and self-published them as two books, Banksy Captured Volume I & Volume II. Lazarides self-distributed the first and second editions of the two volumes, resulting in sales of over 5,000 copies within a month, at the end of 2019. Banksy Captured Volume II, features further photography and commentary, and was published in March 2021. Volume Two includes reportage from Banksy's 2006 Los Angeles exhibition "Barely Legal", images of the artist's unauthorised installation inside London's Natural History Museum during 2004. Banksy Captured Volume I & Volume II were both self-published via Lazarides' Laz Emporium venture. This lot is also sold subject to Artists Resale Rights, details of which can be found in our Terms and Conditions.
Lot 64
John Lennon (1940-1980) Bag One, circa 1978 Lithograph, limited edition 144 of 300. Printed signature to lower right hand corner. Framed and glazed. 23.5 x 19cm (9.25" x 7.5") John Lennon studied art at the Liverpool Art Institute from 1957-60. In interviews John described art as his first love. In 1970 exhibitions were arranged of the Bag One Suite, 14 lithographs depicting scenes from John and Yoko’s wedding and honeymoon. These lithographs are numbered and signed in pencil by John Lennon. This lot is sold subject to Artists Resale Rights, details of which can be found in our Terms and Conditions.
Lot 163
Gail Lilley (20th Century) Pear at the Lake, 1993 Pastel on paper Signed to front Framed & glazed 28 x 34 cm ( 11 x 13 1/2 ") Gail Lilley is an American artist. The artist's work has been offered at auction multiple times. Painting is not just a hobby for Gail Lilley, but a total job commitment. How does the wife of Peter Lilley, Secretary of State for Social Security, fit her work in with a demanding schedule? She concedes: 'It is tough sometimes but I don't go out to lunches; I have a sandwich at the easel. Peter is very good too and has lived off tomatoes on toast for weeks.' Gail held a one-day exhibition of her 'tablescapes' at 33 St James's Street and, when one reproachful buyer asked why it could not go on for longer, she replied: 'There doesn't seem any point in having a long exhibition since it sells out on the first day.' Still life with garlic, sold at Woolley & Wallis in 2020. This lot is also sold subject to Artists Resale Rights, details of which can be found in our Terms and Conditions.
Lot 111
Ted Jones (Irish, b. 1952) Gluttony, 2004 Print on paper Limited edition 148 / 250 Signed & numbered in pencil Published by Killarney Art Gallery, Ireland Framed & glazed 41.5 x 33cm (16.5" x 13") Ted Jones was born in Dublin in 1952. Apart from early instruction from his father, Ted was a completely self taught painter. He was encouraged to draw from a very early age and has nurtured and developed his immense talent into a style, which is unmistakably Ted Jones. His unique style owes a lot to the fact that he never attended Art College, left to his own devices his style evolved without influence, save the work of the great painters he admired so much, Klimt Rosetti, Carrivagio. In 1998, demand for his work led to the publication of the first of a series of Signed Limited Edition Prints which have been hugely successful with over 20 titles published since its inception. In fact, demand has been so strong that many of the editions are completely sold out - some of these prints are now changing hands for 10 times their original price. His first (and only) one-man exhibition in Killarney in 2005 sold out completely in a matter of hours, hitting the headlines in many Irish newspapers. 2006 saw the publication, by Killarney Art Gallery, of "A Life, Wrapped up" a signed limited edition book on his life and work. This lot is sold subject to Artists Resale Rights, details of which can be found in our Terms and Conditions.
Lot 113
Ted Jones (Irish, 1952) Envy, 1999 Print on paper Limited edition 148 / 250 Signed & numbered in pencil Published by Killarney Art Gallery, Ireland Framed & glazed 41.5 x 33cm (16.5" x 13") Ted Jones was born in Dublin in 1952. Apart from early instruction from his father, Ted was a completely self taught painter. He was encouraged to draw from a very early age and has nurtured and developed his immense talent into a style, which is unmistakably his own. His unique style likely owes a lot to the fact that he never attended Art College, instead left to his own devices his style evolved without influence, save the work of the great painters he admired so much, Klimt, Rosetti & Caravaggio. In 1998, demand for his work led to the publication of the first of a series of Signed Limited Edition Prints which have been hugely successful with over 20 titles published since its inception. In fact, demand has been so strong that many of the editions are completely sold out - some of these prints are now changing hands for 10 times their original price. His first (and only) one-man exhibition in Killarney in 2005 sold out completely in a matter of hours, hitting the headlines in many Irish newspapers. 2006 saw the publication, by Killarney Art Gallery, of "A Life, Wrapped up" a signed limited edition book on his life and work. This lot is also sold subject to Artists Resale Rights, details of which can be found in our Terms and Conditions.
Lot 145
Mackenzie Thorpe (British, b 1956) Seasons - Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter, 2007 Lithography on paper Signed, titled and numbered 95/550 - Published by Washing Green with Certificate of Authenticity Mounted 35 x 35cm (13.5" x 13.5") Mackenzie Thorpe (British, b.1956) was born in Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire, as the first of seven children. Thorpe's father worked as a laborer and his mother worked as a nurse. During Thorpe's early years, he used whatever items he could find to express himself artistically. He often used materials such as crayons, cigarette boxes, and pencil stubs to create artwork; he even resorted to taking his mother's eye shadow and lipstick out of her make-up bag. Following in the footsteps of other family members, Thorpe started out working as a laborer in the town shipyards. After encouragement from a friend, he decided to feed his passion for painting and drawing and began to pursue a career as an artist. In 1977, Thorpe enrolled in the Cleveland College of Art and Design, where he studied under the mentorship of Tom Wall (British, 1941–1992). He then went on to study at the Byam Shaw College of Art in London, where he earned a Fine Arts degree. Thorpe continued to live in London after he graduated in 1982, in order to work with disadvantaged children in the city. Later he moved back to North Yorkshire with his wife and children in order to provide a better life for them. Upon returning, he set up a studio and a gallery in Richmond. Much of Thorpe's artwork portrays a wide range of emotions through portrait-style depictions of animals and humans. In 2000, he won the Best Selling Published Artist award from the Fine Art Trade Guild. In that same year, he also received an honorary Master of Arts degree from Teesside University in his hometown. In 2005, he created the Mackenzie Thorpe Foundation, which supports a number of worthy causes. In the fall of 2006, he put together an outdoor exhibition in Kansas City, MO, that featured large sculptures. Thorpe plans to produce similar exhibitions in Australia, the United Kingdom, and New Zealand. This lot is sold subject to Artists Resale Rights, details of which can be found in our Terms and Conditions.
Lot 79
Grayson Perry (British, b. 1960) Non-fungible Token Mug Fine bone china plate with platinum lustre Stamped by artist estate 21.5 cm diameter (8.5") 8.9 x 12.4 x 8.5 cm (3.5" x 5" x 3.5") Weighs approximately 230g Grayson Perry (British, b 1960) is a British potter who embedded in his work images of violence and other disturbing social issues. Perry was born into a working-class family, and his interest in ceramics was kindled during childhood. By age 13 he had confided his transvestism to his diary. He studied at the Braintree College of Further Education in Essex and at Portsmouth Polytechnic in Hampshire, but it was not until the early 1980s, when he was living in a squatters’ community in London’s Camden Town, that he returned to the serious study of ceramics by way of evening art classes. At the time, he was appearing in performance pieces and art films and nursing his own aspirations as a filmmaker. He disliked the compromising and collaborating that he felt went hand in hand with filmmaking, however, and when in 1984 the first solo exhibition of his ceramic works—all created in his evening classes—sold well, he made pottery his main art form, though he continued to work in other media. From the 1990s Perry also worked in embroidery, creating such pieces as Mother of All Battles (1996), a woman’s folk costume stitched with ethnic symbols and images of weapons and killings, and Claire’s Coming Out Dress (2000). Perry was also the author of a novel, Cycle of Violence (1992). Perry achieved celebrity status in 2003 when he won the Turner Prize, one of the art world’s premier honours. His receipt of the award stirred some controversy, not only because he was the first potter to win the prize but also because of his tendency to appear in public as a cross-dresser, frequently as his alter ego, Claire, and often accompanied by his wife and daughter. In 2004 Perry mounted a solo exhibition at the Tate St. Ives museum of modern and contemporary art in Cornwall. The exhibition featured his classically shaped vases, the colourful surfaces of which served as a seductive camouflage for inscribed images and messages that were distinctly at odds with their decorative medium. Domestic violence, child abuse, pedophilia, and cultural stereotypes were some of the troubling themes that the artist habitually explored in these inscriptions. Perry acknowledged his exploitation of the decorative appeal of his pots, describing them as a “guerrilla tactic” under the cover of which “a polemic or an ideology” waited to be discovered. I Want to Be an Artist (1996), the first of his vases to be sold at auction, fetched £36,000, more than twice the presale estimate. Perry was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2013 Queen’s Birthday Honours for services to contemporary art. In 2023 he was awarded a Knighthood (Knight Bachelor) for services to the Arts in the King’s New Year Honours. This lot is sold subject to Artists Resale Rights, details of which can be found in our Terms and Conditions.
Lot 17
Albert Gleizes (France, 1881-1952) Man In a Hammock Oil on board Signed bottom right Framed 29 x 39cm (11.5" x 15") Albert Gleizes (b.1881-1953) was a French artist, theoretician, philosopher, a self-proclaimed founder of Cubism and an influence on the School of Paris. Albert Gleizes and Jean Metzinger wrote the first major treatise on Cubism, Du "Cubisme in 1912. In 2010, a 1911 oil on canvas by Gleizes titled Le Chemin (Paysage à Meudon, 146.4 x 114.4cm), sold for £1,833,250 at Christie's, London. This lot is sold subject to Artists Resale Rights, details of which can be found in our Terms and Conditions.
Lot 39
After Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) Woman in Hat, c.1980s Lithograph on Arches paper Number 22/500 Signed & number in pencil by Marina Picasso 37 x 28cm (14.5" x 11") With Certificate of Authenticity from the Domaine Picasso Collection After Pablo Picasso's death in 1973, his granddaughter Marina authorized the printing of these original lithographs, which have come to be known as the Picasso Estate Collection. The lithographs were meticulously created after the original works (Oil Paintings, Watercolors, Pastels, Charcoal Drawings, etc.) by Master Chromist Marcel Salinas, who worked closely with Picasso in his lifetime. They are printed in an edition of 500 on first-quality Arches paper. To ensure authenticity, each print is signed and numbered in pencil by Marina Picasso and embossed with the estate and chromist's seals, along with the legend on the reverse 'Approved by the heirs of Pablo Picasso'. This lot is sold subject to Artists Resale Rights, details of which can be found in our Terms and Conditions.
Lot 99
Grayson Perry (British, b 1960) The Lion Queen Fine bone china plate with gold lustre Stamped by artist estate 21.5 cm diameter (8.5") Grayson Perry (British, b 1960), British potter who embedded in his work images of violence and other disturbing social issues. Perry was born into a working-class family, and his interest in ceramics was kindled during childhood. By age 13 he had confided his transvestism to his diary. He studied at the Braintree College of Further Education in Essex and at Portsmouth Polytechnic in Hampshire, but it was not until the early 1980s, when he was living in a squatters’ community in London’s Camden Town, that he returned to the serious study of ceramics by way of evening art classes. At the time, he was appearing in performance pieces and art films and nursing his own aspirations as a filmmaker. He disliked the compromising and collaborating that he felt went hand in hand with filmmaking, however, and when in 1984 the first solo exhibition of his ceramic works—all created in his evening classes—sold well, he made pottery his main art form, though he continued to work in other media. From the 1990s Perry also worked in embroidery, creating such pieces as Mother of All Battles (1996), a woman’s folk costume stitched with ethnic symbols and images of weapons and killings, and Claire’s Coming Out Dress (2000). Perry was also the author of a novel, Cycle of Violence (1992). Perry achieved celebrity status in 2003 when he won the Turner Prize, one of the art world’s premier honours. His receipt of the award stirred some controversy, not only because he was the first potter to win the prize but also because of his tendency to appear in public as a cross-dresser, frequently as his alter ego, Claire, and often accompanied by his wife and daughter. In 2004 Perry mounted a solo exhibition at the Tate St. Ives museum of modern and contemporary art in Cornwall. The exhibition featured his classically shaped vases, the colourful surfaces of which served as a seductive camouflage for inscribed images and messages that were distinctly at odds with their decorative medium. Domestic violence, child abuse, pedophilia, and cultural stereotypes were some of the troubling themes that the artist habitually explored in these inscriptions. Perry acknowledged his exploitation of the decorative appeal of his pots, describing them as a “guerrilla tactic” under the cover of which “a polemic or an ideology” waited to be discovered. I Want to Be an Artist (1996), the first of his vases to be sold at auction, fetched £36,000, more than twice the presale estimate. Perry was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2013 Queen’s Birthday Honours for services to contemporary art. In 2023 he was awarded a Knighthood (Knight Bachelor) for services to the Arts in the King’s New Year Honours. This lot is sold subject to Artists Resale Rights, details of which can be found in our Terms and Conditions.
Lot 124
Steve Lazarides (British, b. 1969) after Banksy Gangster Grannies 320gsm Hahnemuhle Photo Rag Pearl print Limited Edition number 12 of 200 Signed, numbered & stamped by Steve Lazarides Printed by Magic Max 42 x 59.4cm (16" x 23.5") With certificate of authenticity from Steve Lazarides' private collection. Steve Lazarides is a British-Greek Cypriot publisher, photographer, collector and curator. He has helped popularise street art and underground art. In the 1980s, he started out with a Nikon F-mount camera documenting his surrounding environments as a photography student. He subsequently worked as a photographer for Sleazenation, where he was employed as photography director from 1996 till 2001. Commissioned by Sleazenation to photograph Banksy's portrait in 1997, he continued to work with the artist, including as the anonymous artist's driver and photographer, before eventually becoming his gallerist. Lazarides and Banksy also launched the 'Pictures on Walls' website in 2001 to promote graffiti art, and widened their scope to work with a larger roster of street artists. He created an in-house print studio, Lazarides Editions, and worked with the artists to create prints to share with the art community. In 2016, Lazarides began curating his personal photography archive of 100,000 images containing roughly 12,000 photographs he took whilst documenting the career of Banksy, and self-published them as two books, Banksy Captured Volume I & Volume II. Lazarides self-distributed the first and second editions of the two volumes, resulting in sales of over 5,000 copies within a month, at the end of 2019. Banksy Captured Volume II, features further photography and commentary, and was published in March 2021. Volume Two includes reportage from Banksy's 2006 Los Angeles exhibition "Barely Legal", images of the artist's unauthorised installation inside London's Natural History Museum during 2004. Banksy Captured Volume I & Volume II were both self-published via Lazarides' Laz Emporium venture. This lot is sold subject to Artists Resale Rights, details of which can be found in our Terms and Conditions.
Lot 116
Ted Jones (Irish, 1952) Pride, 2001 Print on paper Limited edition 148 / 250 Signed & numbered in pencil Published by Killarney Art Gallery, Ireland Framed & glazed 41.5 x 33cm (16.5" x 13") Ted Jones was born in Dublin in 1952. Apart from early instruction from his father, Ted was a completely self taught painter. He was encouraged to draw from a very early age and has nurtured and developed his immense talent into a style, which is unmistakably his own. His unique style likely owes a lot to the fact that he never attended Art College, instead left to his own devices his style evolved without influence, save the work of the great painters he admired so much, Klimt, Rosetti & Caravaggio. In 1998, demand for his work led to the publication of the first of a series of Signed Limited Edition Prints which have been hugely successful with over 20 titles published since its inception. In fact, demand has been so strong that many of the editions are completely sold out - some of these prints are now changing hands for 10 times their original price. His first (and only) one-man exhibition in Killarney in 2005 sold out completely in a matter of hours, hitting the headlines in many Irish newspapers. 2006 saw the publication, by Killarney Art Gallery, of "A Life, Wrapped up" a signed limited edition book on his life and work. This lot is sold subject to Artists Resale Rights, details of which can be found in our Terms and Conditions.
Lot 54
John Lennon (1940-1980) Bag One, circa 1978 Lithograph, AP from the limited edition. Printed signature to lower right hand corner. Mounted and in plastic film. 50 x 37.5cm (19.75" x 14.75") John Lennon studied art at the Liverpool Art Institute from 1957-60. In interviews John described art as his first love. In 1970 exhibitions were arranged of the Bag One Suite, 14 lithographs depicting scenes from John and Yoko’s wedding and honeymoon. These lithographs are numbered and signed in pencil by John Lennon. This lot is sold subject to Artists Resale Rights, details of which can be found in our Terms and Conditions.
Lot 50
Peter Thursby (British, 1930 - 2011) From the series Winged Creatures or Box Spout, c. 1964 Aluminium Signed PT to back 55 x 40 x 22cm (21.5" x 16" x 8.5") The sculptor produced his first work in the wake of the Second World War, a time when new and brutal abstract art came into being, challenging the semi-abstract and the figurative. His early sculptures were hard and aggressive, with form sacrificed to surface qualities. In time a more human modernism took over. His work ranged in scale from the architectural and monumental to small pieces for domestic interiors. He worked with a range of materials, from cast concrete, stone and slate to bronze, stainless steel, aluminium and silver. His Winged Creatures series, and in the following creations, started a new exploration in his career as a sculptor where he regained an attention to form and organic qualities. This lot is sold subject to Artists Resale Rights, details of which can be found in our Terms and Conditions.
Lot 55
Enid Marx (b.1902-1998) Untitled Engraving on paper Artist proof No.3 Signed in pencil Framed and glazed 53.5 x 68cm (21" x 26.7") Enid Crystal Dorothy Marx, RDI (20 October 1902 – 18 May 1998), was an English painter and designer, best known for her industrial textile designs for the London Transport Board and the Utility furniture Scheme. Marx was the first female engraver to be designated as a Royal Designer for Industry. Marx was a versatile artist whose work spanned industrial design and the visual arts. She valued craft and folk art, and derived inspiration for her work from her collections of vernacular artwork and everyday objects. Although she is best known for her textile and book design, she also designed wrapping paper, stamps, and Christmas cards. This lot is sold subject to Artists Resale Rights, details of which can be found in our Terms and Conditions.
Lot 104
L.S Lowry (British, b 1887-1976) Mrs Swindell's picture, 1967 Print on paper Signed by artist bottom right Bearing Fine Art Guild blindstamp Framed and glazed 44 x 31.5cm (17 x 12.5") Laurence Stephen Lowry (British, 1 November 1887 – 23 February 1976) was an English artist. His drawings and paintings mainly depict Pendlebury, Greater Manchester (where he lived and worked for more than 40 years) as well as Salford and its vicinity. Lowry is famous for painting scenes of life in the industrial districts of North West England in the mid-20th century. He developed a distinctive style of painting and is best known for his urban landscapes peopled with human figures, often referred to as "matchstick men". He painted mysterious unpopulated landscapes, brooding portraits and the unpublished "marionette" works, which were only found after his death. He was fascinated by the sea, and painted pure seascapes, depicting only sea and sky, from the early 1940s. His use of stylised figures which cast no shadows, and lack of weather effects in many of his landscapes led critics to label him a naïve "Sunday painter". Lowry holds the record for rejecting British honours—five, including a knighthood (1968). A collection of his work is on display in The Lowry, a purpose-built art gallery on Salford Quays. On 26 June 2013, a major retrospective opened at the Tate Britain in London, his first at the gallery; in 2014 his first solo exhibition outside the UK was held in Nanjing, China. Govinder found work as a designer for a local greeting card company, but moved into photography and became a photographic art director, directing fashion shoots at locations across the world. In 1993, he returned to greeting card design on a freelance basis, but also worked in his own time on his own artwork designs. In 1999 he decided to go solo and approached Washington Green, the fine art publishers, with a portfolio of his work. They accepted him and promoted his work until his untimely death in 2008. He wrote: ‘My true personality reveals itself through my paintings’. This lot is sold subject to Artists Resale Rights, details of which can be found in our Terms and Conditions.
Lot 62
Steve Lazarides (British, b. 1969) after Banksy Drunken Angel 320gsm Hahnemuhle Photo Rag Pearl print Limited Edition number 22 of 200 Signed, numbered & stamped by Steve Lazarides Printed by Magic Max 42 x 59.4cm (16" x 23.5") With certificate of authenticity from Steve Lazarides' private collection. Steve Lazarides is a British-Greek Cypriot publisher, photographer, collector and curator. He has helped popularise street art and underground art. In the 1980s, he started out with a Nikon F-mount camera documenting his surrounding environments as a photography student. He subsequently worked as a photographer for Sleazenation, where he was employed as photography director from 1996 till 2001. Commissioned by Sleazenation to photograph Banksy's portrait in 1997, he continued to work with the artist, including as the anonymous artist's driver and photographer, before eventually becoming his gallerist. Lazarides and Banksy also launched the 'Pictures on Walls' website in 2001 to promote graffiti art, and widened their scope to work with a larger roster of street artists. He created an in-house print studio, Lazarides Editions, and worked with the artists to create prints to share with the art community. In 2016, Lazarides began curating his personal photography archive of 100,000 images containing roughly 12,000 photographs he took whilst documenting the career of Banksy, and self-published them as two books, Banksy Captured Volume I & Volume II. Lazarides self-distributed the first and second editions of the two volumes, resulting in sales of over 5,000 copies within a month, at the end of 2019. Banksy Captured Volume II, features further photography and commentary, and was published in March 2021. Volume Two includes reportage from Banksy's 2006 Los Angeles exhibition "Barely Legal", images of the artist's unauthorised installation inside London's Natural History Museum during 2004. Banksy Captured Volume I & Volume II were both self-published via Lazarides' Laz Emporium venture. This lot is sold subject to Artists Resale Rights, details of which can be found in our Terms and Conditions.
Lot 34
Steve Lazarides (British, b. 1969) after Banksy Balloon Fight 320gsm Hahnemuhle Photo Rag Pearl print Limited Edition No. 30 of 200 Signed, numbered & stamped by Steve Lazarides Printed by Magic Max 42 x 59.4cm (16" x 23.5") With certificate of authenticity from Steve Lazarides' private collection. Steve Lazarides is a British-Greek Cypriot publisher, photographer, collector and curator. He has helped popularise street art and underground art. In the 1980s, he started out with a Nikon F-mount camera documenting his surrounding environments as a photography student. He subsequently worked as a photographer for Sleazenation, where he was employed as photography director from 1996 till 2001. Commissioned by Sleazenation to photograph Banksy's portrait in 1997, he continued to work with the artist, including as the anonymous artist's driver and photographer, before eventually becoming his gallerist. Lazarides and Banksy also launched the 'Pictures on Walls' website in 2001 to promote graffiti art, and widened their scope to work with a larger roster of street artists. He created an in-house print studio, Lazarides Editions, and worked with the artists to create prints to share with the art community. In 2016, Lazarides began curating his personal photography archive of 100,000 images containing roughly 12,000 photographs he took whilst documenting the career of Banksy, and self-published them as two books, Banksy Captured Volume I & Volume II. Lazarides self-distributed the first and second editions of the two volumes, resulting in sales of over 5,000 copies within a month, at the end of 2019. Banksy Captured Volume II, features further photography and commentary, and was published in March 2021. Volume Two includes reportage from Banksy's 2006 Los Angeles exhibition "Barely Legal", images of the artist's unauthorised installation inside London's Natural History Museum during 2004. Banksy Captured Volume I & Volume II were both self-published via Lazarides' Laz Emporium venture. This lot is sold subject to Artists Resale Rights, details of which can be found in our Terms and Conditions.
Lot 196
Peter Blake (British, b. 1932) For John Constable - Liberty as Suffolk child by John Constable Etching, signed and numbered 66/100. Comes with two postcards, comprising "A Suffolk Child" by John Constable printed for V & A museum and the Blake's etching. Published by Bernard Jacobson 1976. 13 x 11.5cm ( 5" x 4 6/8") From the Bernard Jacobson Gallery Collection Sir Peter Thomas Blake CBE RDI RA (born 25 June 1932) is an English pop artist. He co-created the sleeve design for the Beatles' 1967 album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. His other works include the covers for two of The Who's albums, the cover of the Band Aid single "Do They Know It's Christmas?", and the Live Aid concert poster. Blake also designed the 2012 Brit Award statuette. Blake is a prominent figure in the pop art movement. Central to his paintings are his interest in images from popular culture which have infused his collages. In 2002 he was knighted at Buckingham Palace for his services to art. From the late 1950s, Blake's paintings included imagery from advertisements, music hall entertainment, and wrestlers, often including collaged elements. Blake was included in group exhibitions at the Institute of Contemporary Arts. In the "Young Contemporaries" exhibition of 1961 in which he exhibited alongside David Hockney and R. B. Kitaj, he was first identified with the emerging British Pop Art movement. Blake won the (1961) John Moores junior award for Self Portrait with Badges. He came to wider public attention when, along with Pauline Boty, Derek Boshier and Peter Phillips, he featured in Ken Russell's Monitor film on pop art, Pop Goes the Easel, broadcast on BBC television in 1962. From 1963, Blake was represented by Robert Fraser placing him at the centre of Swinging London and bringing him into contact with leading figures of popular culture. Blake had his first solo exhibition with Robert Fraser Gallery in 1965 and appeared on the front cover of LIFE International in a photograph by Lord Snowdon. Blake was given the final exhibition held at Robert Fraser Gallery which closed in 1969. The same year, Blake had his first exhibition with Waddington Galleries, owned by Leslie Waddington who became his lifelong supporter and representative. In 1999, Blake painted Leslie Waddington with Portrait of a Young Man by Hans Memling. Blake participated in Prince Edward's charity television special The Grand Knockout Tournament in 1987. This lot is sold subject to Artists Resale Rights, details of which can be found in our Terms and Conditions.
Lot 102
Detailed print on paper depicting a hound pursuing a pheasant bursting from its brushy hideout. Brown & Bigelow printed to top left; title and artist signature printed to bottom border. Fred McCaleb was born in Louisiana in 1893 and was a prominent sports and outdoor illustrator in the first half of the 20th century. He was known for his elegant dry-point etchings depicting sporting dogs and was an artist for Field and Stream magazine. Cream-colored mat board with black painted wood frame. Sight size: 15.25"W x 12.5"H; frame: 16.25"W x 13.75"H x 0.5"D. Artist: Fred McCalebManufacturer: Brown & Bigelow
Lot 261
Florida: JAR Publishers, 1977. First edition hardcover art book displaying Elsa & Baby. Handwritten inscription seen on the front end page: To Dr and Mrs. S. Robert Krasser. With Love, Edna Hibel. 160-pages featuring numerous works by Edna Hibel. Artist: Theodore PlotkinIssued: 1977Dimensions: 9.25"W x 12.25"H x 0.75"DEdition Number: 1st edition Manufacturer: JAR PublishersCountry of Origin: United States
Lot 209
Black and white copperplate engraving by Marco Carloni after Vincenzo Dolcibene (active 18th century) that represents the Roman statue Il Sonno. Engraving from the Grand Folio The Works of Art in the Collection of Pope Clement II (Il museo Pio-Clementino) first published in Rome. Sight size: 12.80"L x 20"H. Mat size: 17.80"L x 24.75"H. Artist: Marco Carloni (Italian 1742-1796)Issued: c. 1782Country of Origin: Italy
Lot 208
Black and white copperplate engraving by Giacomo Bossi after Vincenzo Dolcibene (active 18th century) that represents the Roman statue Macrino. Engraving plate XII from the Grand Folio The Works of Art in the Collection of Pope Clement II (Il museo Pio-Clementino) first published in Rome. Sight size: 12.80"L x 20"H. Mat size: 17.80"L x 24.75"H. Artist: Giacomo Bossi (Italian, 19th century)Issued: c. 1782Country of Origin: Italy
Lot 243
New York: Simon and Schuster, Inc., 1939, First Printing. A Treasury of Art Masterpieces: From the Renaissance to the Present Day. 590-page hardcover book reviews the great art and artist from renaissance on with plates and year of origin. No ISBN or dust jacket. Artist: Thomas CravenIssued: 1939Dimensions: 10"W x 2"D x 13"HEdition Number: First Edition Manufacturer: Simon and SchusterCountry of Origin: United States
Lot 260
Tokyo: Gemini Inc., 1964. First edition twine woven hardcover book. 295-pages of Japanese art from before the Archaic Period to the Meiji Period. Artist: Bradley SmithIssued: 1964Dimensions: 9.25"W x 12.75"H x 1.75"DEdition Number: 1st edition Manufacturer: Gemini Inc.Country of Origin: Japan
Lot 125
Caledonian Railway Company Wood Sign Made at the St. Rollox Works for the opening of the first section of The Caledonia Railway, having a field of Caledonian blue and the coat of arms, small history sheet and auction information on back Property from: The Estate of Thomas ('Tom') Jones, Wilton, Connecticut Height: 18 inches, Width: 48 inches Condition: overall moderate wear consistent with normal use, having scuffs, nicks, chips, missing paint and label residue on front Category: Collectibles > Railwayana - Signs Estimated Sale Time: 12:55 pm (America/Chicago) Shipping Status: Leonard Auction Shipping Quote Download High Resolution Photographs:Photograph #1Photograph #2Photograph #3Photograph #4
Lot 112
Nameplate DUKE OF CORNWALL 4-4-0 GWR Duke Class Numbered 3252, built 1895, withdrawn 1937, first locomotive in its class Property from: The Estate of Thomas ('Tom') Jones, Wilton, Connecticut Height: 21 inches, Width: 69 inches Condition: light surface wear noted Category: Collectibles > Railwayana - Locomotive Nameplates Estimated Sale Time: 12:43 pm (America/Chicago) Shipping Status: Leonard Auction Shipping Quote Download High Resolution Photographs:Photograph #1Photograph #2Photograph #3
Lot 6481
Engleheart, George -- Miniatur Portrait einer Frau mit weißem Band in der gepuderten Frisur, in weißem Kleid mit plissiertem Stehkragen, Perlenkette, Schleife und schwarzen Spitzen an den Schultern. Aquarell und Gummiarabikum auf Elfenbein. 5,9 x 4,5 cm (oval). In vergoldetem Kupferrahmen, rückseitig braunes Haarpaneel mit Saatperlenmonogramm "JS" oder "JT".Provenienz: Malvern (Worcestershire), Sammlung des britischen Philanthropen Charles William Dyson Perrins (1864 - 1958), Inv.-Nr. 269 (mit originalem Sammleretikett).Seine Nachlassauktion "Important English and Continental Miniatures and Fine Watches (The First Portion). The Property of the late C. W. Dyson Perrins, Esq., D.C.L., F.S.A. (sold by Order of the Executors)", London, Sotheby's, 11. Dezember 1958, Los 41, Zuschlag 26 GBP an Priestley.London, Sotheby's, Auktion "Portrait Miniatures [...]" am 18. Juli 1988, Los 28 mit Abb., Zuschlag 820 GBP plus 10 % Aufgeld.Ausstellung: London, Victoria and Albert Museum, Exhibition of Miniatures by George Engleheart [...], 1929, Kat.-Nr. 86 (Leihgabe Mr. C. W. Dyson Perrins). - Wir bitten darum, Zustandsberichte zu den Losen zu erfragen, da der Erhaltungszustand nur in Ausnahmefällen im Katalog angegeben ist. - Please ask for condition reports for individual lots, as the condition is usually not mentioned in the catalogue.
Lot 70
CHEN SHAOMEI (1909-1954): 'SCHOLARS IN LANDSCAPE'China, dated 1943. Ink, watercolors, and gouache on paper. Mounted as a hanging scroll, on a silk brocade coated paper frame with wooden handles. Depicting a house by the river with three scholars enjoying a cup of tea, all within a verdant landscape with pine trees framed by imposing rocks and mountains.Inscriptions: To the top-left, inscribed with a reference by the artist to the style of Guo Xi which he incorporated in this artwork. Dated ‘3rd month of the Guiwei year (corresponding to 1943)’. Signed ‘Shaomei Chen Yunzhang’, seal ‘Chen Yunzhang’.Provenance: British trade.Condition: Excellent condition with wear and very minor creasing. The brocade frame in very good condition with traces of age and minor foxing.Dimensions: Image size 117 x 63 cm, Size incl. mounting 212 x 76.5 cmChen Shaomei (1909-1954), also known as Chen Yunzhang, started studying under Jing Bei-Lo at the Chinese Brush Painting Research Association when he was just 15 years old. He is known as an excellent representative of the Northern School of Chinese Landscape Painting and is praised as the “First painter after Tang Yin.” He grew to fame at the young age of 20, developing new styles, methodologies, and genres which he built from studying the old masters of Chinese painting.Auction result comparison: Type: RelatedAuction: Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 7 April 2023, lot 3193Price: HKD 1,079,500 or approx. EUR 131,000 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writingDescription: Chen Shaomei (1909-1954), Scholar under Pine TreeExpert remark: Note the size (86.4 x 40.2 cm).
Lot 62
LANDSCAPE WITH PLOUGHMAN', EX JOHN LE CARRE COLLECTIONPublished & Exhibited: Martin Gregory, London, Treaty Port Scenes: Historical Pictures by Chinese and Western Artists, 1750-1950, 2008, p. 94, no. 83.China, Chinese School, c. 1800-1820. Oil on canvas, mounted on canvas coated board. Set in a finely carved and gold-lacquered frame. Painted with an evocative summer landscape with a lake extending into the sunlit distance beneath high clouds and swallows, a farmer harrowing the paddy fields with his water buffalo by its shore, with further figures on the bridge and the footpath as well as the open windows of a house, a sampan moored in the reeds at the edge of the lake. Provenance: Martin Gregory, London. Collection of John le Carre, acquired from the above and thence by descent. David John Moore Cornwell (1931-2020), better known by his pen name John le Carre, was an English author, best known for his espionage novels, many of which were successfully adapted for film or television. A sophisticated, morally ambiguous writer, he is considered one of the greatest novelists of the postwar era. During the 1950s and 1960s he worked for both the Security Service (MI5) and the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6). He first arrived in Hong Kong in the spring of 1974, spending time in the fabled Foreign Correspondents' Club (FCC). His experiences in Hong Kong and Southeast Asia greatly informed his masterpiece The Honourable Schoolboy (1977).Condition: Expected minor craquelure and soiling here and there. Professionally restored areas, mostly in the background. The frame in very good condition with minor wear, small chips and losses to edges. Dimensions: Image size 64 x 106.5 cm, Size incl. frame 74.7 x 117 cmAuction result comparison: Type: Related Auction: Sotheby’s New York, 18 March 2008, lot 258 Estimate: USD 100,000 or approx. EUR 136,000 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing Description: Chinese School, Qing dynasty, circa 1800, The Manufacture of Silk and the Manufacture of Tea: A Rare Pair of Chinese Export Paintings Expert remark: Compare the related manner of painting and note that these paintings show “extensive inpainting along edges and corners, scattered inpainted vertical and horizontal slits throughout, scattered inpainted flakes and spots throughout.” Note that this lot comprises a pair of paintings.
Lot 76
KANNONS OF SAIGOKU SANJUSAN-SHO,' DATED 1721Japan, dated 1721 by inscription. Ink, gouache, watercolors, and gold paint on silk. Mounted as a hanging scroll, on silk brocade coated paper with chased copper handles bearing remnants of gilt. Finely painted in exquisite detail, each of the eleven Kannons are posed on a lotus base atop swirling clouds, surrounded by elaborate mandorlas with an identifying inscription written to the side of every figure.Inscriptions: The names of each temple written beside their corresponding Kannon: ‘Katsuo-ji,’ ‘Nakayama-dera,’ ‘Kiyomizu-dera,’ ‘Ichijo-ji,’ ‘Engyo-ji,’ ‘Nariai-ji,Matsunoo-dera,’ ‘Hogon-ji,’ ‘Chomei-ji,’ ‘Kannonsho-ji,’ ‘Kegon-ji.‘ The left-hand side reads, ‘Prince Kajii-no-miya, also known as Donin Hoshinno of the first rank, consecrated this,’ and below this reads, ‘On the third of the fourth month of Kyoho, sixth year (corresponding to 1721), in the zodiac year of Kanoto-ushi, high priest Zuirensha Teiyo who lead the 33rd memorial service, the devotee Ensei Shinyo Yuisho’. To the back, ‘Restored by the devotee donor Joshin, on the 19th of the third month of Bunsei, 12th year (corresponding to 1829), in the year of the ox, at the Dainebitsu-ji temple, Izumi Sakai, Osaka.’Provenance: German private collection. The back with an old collector’s label in Japanese, ‘Number 53.’ Condition: Good condition with minor wear, soiling, light creasing, and minor old restorations as mentioned in the inscription at the back. The silk brocade in good condition with minor wear, traces of age, and minor losses.Dimensions: Image size 124.5 x 67.5 cm, Size incl. mounting 198 x 84.7 cmThe Saigoku Sanjūsan-sho (‘Saigoku Kannon Pilgrimage’) is a pilgrimage of thirty-three Buddhist temples throughout the Kansai region of Japan, similar to the Shikoku Pilgrimage. The eleven temples listed by name in this lot are part of this temple pilgrimage. In addition to the official thirty-three temples, there are an additional three known as bangai. The principal image in each temple is Kannon, known to Westerners as the Bodhisattva of Compassion or Guanyin.Donin Hosshinno (1689-1733), also known as Morinaga, was son of the ruler Fushimi-no-miya Sadayuki shinno (1632-1694). He was ordained and served as the chief abbot (zasu) of Enryakuji. Given his aristocratic background, he became known as the priest prince (hosshinno) upon his ordination. He was the head of the Japanese Tendai school of Buddhism and the 194th head abbot of Enryakuji Temple, Kyoto.The Dainenbutsu- ji Temple is the head temple of the Yuzu Nenbutsu sect in Hirano Ward, Osaka. It was founded in 1127 on the mountain of Daigenzan by the monk Ryonin during the reign of Emperor Toba.
Lot 74
BUDDHAS, BODHISATTVAS, ARHATS, AND A VAJRAPANI'Published: Roderick Whitfield (editor), Classic Chinese Art: Selected Catalogue of the Paintings and Calligraphy from the Wou Lien-Pai Museum, Surrey, 2011, pp. 18-20 and 111, no. 8.China, Ming dynasty (1368-1644). Ink, watercolors, gouache, and gold highlights on silk. Mounted as a hanging scroll with a paper frame. Finely painted with five buddhas above four bodhisattvas, nine luohan, and a fierce Vajrapani, all amid thick scrolling five-color clouds. Inscriptions: Upper left, titled ‘Buddhas of the Ten Directions, Eight Great Bodhisattvas, Luohans, and a Vajrapani’. Provenance: From the collection of Dr. Wou Kiuan. Wou Lien-Pai Museum, coll. no. 130. Dr. Wou Kiuan (1910-1997) was a Chinese diplomat and a noted scholar of Chinese art. His father, Wou Lien-Pai (1873-1944), was one the leading political figures of early 20th century China, remembered for his role as speaker and leader of parliament during the turbulent years of the Republican era. Dr. Wou himself embarked on an illustrious career in diplomacy until his retirement in 1952, when he settled in London and devoted the rest of his life to the study of Chinese art. It was no doubt fortuitous that Dr. Wou’s years of collecting coincided with an abundant availability of exceptional Chinese art on the London market. From the mid-1950s to the late 1960s he was able to form a collection of well over 1,000 works that together represented virtually every category of Chinese art. At the heart of Dr. Wou’s drive to collect was a burning desire to preserve the relics of China’s rich historical past scattered across Europe, and to promote Chinese art and culture. It is unclear when Dr. Wou conceived the idea to create a place to house his collection, but in 1968, he opened the doors to the Wou Lien-Pai Museum, named in honor of his father. Over the years the museum became a ‘must see’ destination for collectors, academics, and visiting dignitaries, and Dr. Wou would delight in leading his visitors through the galleries, recounting stories of China’s glorious history.Condition: Good condition with wear, creases, small tears, and minor losses with associated old repairs. The paper frame in similar condition with losses, tears, creasing, and associated repairs. Presenting overall very well given its age and material. Dimensions: Image size 83.8 x 134 cm, Size incl. frame 94.3 x 184 cmThe grandest of the Buddhist mortuary rites is the Water-Land (shuilu) ritual. This esoteric ceremony is conducted for the salvation of “all souls of the dead on land and sea.” The ostentatious ritual was performed for imperial ancestors and high officials from the Song (960–1279) to the Ming dynasties and drew large crowds. On the second day of the weeklong ceremony, paintings are hung in the inner altar.Originally one of a pair, most likely flanking a central painting of the Buddha. It has been claimed that the total of twelve characters is a feature of a painting created at the imperial court. Almost certainly, the matching right-hand painting of the pair would have featured another inscription in gold, with details of the temple where it was dedicated and the date.At the top of the painting, against a background of auspicious 'five-colored' clouds, are five of the Buddhas of the Ten Directions. They are not individually identified, but display different mudras or hand gestures. From the left, these are: abhaya, dharmacakra, anjali, abhaya, and dhyani mudra.Immediately below them are four of the Eight Great Bodhisattvas, who are more easily identifiable by the attributes they hold. From the left, the first figure, holding a khakkhara or priest's staff, and with a Sanskrit seed character in his headdress, is Kshitigarbha; next to him, holding a ruyi or wish-fulfilling sceptre, is Sarvanivaranavishkambin; following him is Maitreya holding a fan on which is depicted the sun and moon and a two-story building representing the Tushita Paradise in which he resides; and finally Samantabhadra. Similarly, the group of nine luohan in this painting would have been completed by a parallel group in the facing painting. Although they are not all immediately identifiable, they have very distinctive characters, old and young, Chinese and foreign. The first figure in the second row, holding a fan with outline clouds, is Pindola, an old man with immensely long, white eyebrows.Museum comparison:Compare a pair of related Water-Land ritual paintings, dated 1454, in the Cleveland Art Museum, accession number 1973.70.
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