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Lot 1005
Lieutenant Colonel Hardin Burnley-Campbell (1843-1920), soldier, hunter and record setting traveller, (6th Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers), Indian North West Frontier, Afghan Campaign and Boer War, retired in 1882 as honorary Lieutenant Colonel, in 1907 at the age of 64 circumnavigated the globe in 40 days, 19 hours and 30 minutes, breaking the previous record of 54 days, a record which he held for four years). A large and unique archive including manuscript records "Notes on Tiger Hunting in Central India, 1878-79" and "Three Months Tiger Shooting in Central Provinces during the hot weather of 1878"; an autograph manuscript diary, corrected typewritten transcript and bound copy of his "A Diary, Round the World in Record Time, May 3rd to June 13th, 1907", 45 pp; a similarly bound copy of "The Eastern Mediterranean and Palestine, February 28th to April 13th 1906", 74 pp; an album of related press cuttings, corresponding travel guides, maps, timetables, a passport, etc; a single sheet typewritten report of a "Fifty-seven and a quarter Miles' Walk by Col H Burnley Campbell, on 19th April 1898, ...", together with a related walking stick bearing a silver collar engraved "57 1/4 miles walk, 19/4/98, by Col HBC, ..."; a bound work "Otter Hunting in Argyllshire from 1860 to 1871", 65 pp, and a large group of related correspondence etc; press cuttings, photographs, correspondence, autograph manuscript poetry, together with In Memoria and other documents relating to his son Hardin Burnley-Campbell, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders.
Lot 255
Early C20th gilt and gesso centre light in the form of a cherub with outstretched arms supporting light, pendants with prismatic faceted drops, a C20th patinated brass Corinthian column oil lamp on square-stepped base (lacking globe and chimney) H54cm and a brass lidded container decorated with sun motif D15.5cm (3)
Lot 594
A WORLD GLOBE drinks trolley in white ash frame and on brass style castors - the top half of the globe is hinged to reveal space for bottles of drinks and there is a central ice bucket in place - Where's the party? - dimensions 90cm height x 50cm diameter approx - condition goodApprox 1 pieces
Lot 15
STIK (B. 1979)Children of Fire 2011 spray paint on steel garage door 211.3 by 211.2 cm.83 3/16 by 83 1/8 in. This work was executed in 2011. Footnotes:Provenance Private Collection, UKLamberty Art Gallery, LondonAcquired directly from the above by the present owner in 2013LiteratureJack Fogg Ed., STIK, London 2015, p. 114, 117, illustrated in colourInsightful and unwavering, Children of Fire is a masterful meditation on our political moment by the renowned street artist STIK, capturing a sense of community and the significance of togetherness in the face of political and social strife. Created in response to the infamous London Riots which took place across the capital in August 2011, Children of Fire documents the civil unrest, triggered in the wake of the death of 29-year-old British man Mark Duggan, who was fatally shot by police in north London. It is a work that distils an unnerving sense of despair and yet exudes an unshakeable hope. It is as invigorating as it is simple and reticent. In the nascent history of contemporary Street Art, few works embody the spirit of the street artist as a documenter; a phantom beyond reciprocity, creating artworks in the public sphere that stand to call attention to the architecture, the arbitrators, and headlines of our day. Children of Fire is such a work. A 'street' piece – such examples are rarely granted permission to be sold publicly – it is testament to its time and the importance of the movement over the last two decades. Lasting for five days, the London Riots in 2011 sparked outrage and shook London, with widespread violence, looting, arson and ultimately five fatalities. A chain reaction of unrest took hold of the nation as the violence spread across the country, raising fists and fire in protest against perceived injustice. Images of burning vehicles and damaged buildings are reminiscent of an apocalyptic scene from a movie rather than the streets of the country's capital. STIK experienced the riots first hand in his home borough of Hackney in East London. Taking to the streets, he was surely one of the only artists to have documented this historic event in the moment. Preparatory studies were drawn amid the riots, and the present mural was painted in the following days on the garage door of Pogo Café, a vegan café and anarchist information centre. Two years later, Pogo Café sold Children of Fire to fund proceeds for related social causes. In the present work, the artist sets the scene against a vibrant canary yellow backdrop. A bright flame rises from the bottom of the composition surrounding three children in a golden, fiery halo. With proportions that are distinctly childlike, the figures are depicted in STIK's iconic, rudimentary, and enigmatic style. An array of emotions are subtly implied. Bewildered, and imbued with a vulnerable innocence, the children glance at their surroundings in apparent dismay. There is a whisper of sadness emanating from the hunched figures, yet there is, nonetheless, a defiance and ambition that shines through. Like a phoenix rising from the ashes, those who have burnt the city to the ground are countenanced by those who would build it from its rubble. It illustrates a city and generation in flux. Many of the perpetrators of the London Riots were adolescents and young adults. The legacy of the events of August 2011 has undoubtedly been one of horror, of the brutality that gripped a country and the criminal opportunism that led to the snowballing of an initial spark. Yet the riots left the country with a deeper sense of obligation and community, and in Children of Fire this feels asserted in the most striking of images.STIK's dynamic six-line two dot figures have become superbly iconic, with their friendly figures appearing across buildings and walls across the globe. Like other acclaimed street artists such as Banksy and his emblematic Girl With Balloon or OSMGEMEOS' memorable cartoon-like characters, STIK's figures are much loved landmarks and members of the community in their own right. Despite their seemingly simplistic form, each figure possesses its own distinguishable character as the artist assembles them with idiosyncratic personalities. A tilt of the head, a slight curve in the back, a raised arm, or the positioning of their remarkably expressive eyes can communicate as much emotion as a fully painted portrait. It is testament to STIK's ability as an artist and his sensitivity to body language and sentiment. Executed in 2011, this impressive work by STIK is arguably the most significant piece to come to market. It is an artwork that establishes some wonderful dichotomies: undoubtedly one of the rarest and most monumental paintings by the artist, it is humbly executed on a commonplace garage door. Making it rarer still, additional elements including the backdrop with the burning flame are scarcely seen, the artist generally favouring a single or two-figure image set against a monochrome surround. The inclusion of a rare third character is a composition STIK only employed in a short period of his output. Furthermore, this particular garage door became a repeat canvas for STIK at the Pogo Café, where he would revisit and paint three separate works over three years. The first mural was to appear in 2008, Radical, a painting showing a defiant vegan holding an asparagus raised high and proudly above the figure's head. The second mural titled Woman featuring a lone figure on the garage door, and the third and final work Children of Fire were both executed sequentially in 2011. Originally found in the artist's neighbourhood in East London, STIK's connection to this object as a surface and message-board for his paintings makes it a piece that is utterly unique amongst comparable works to be offered. Signalling the importance of community, brotherhood, and political action, Children of Fire is unquestionably one of the great works by STIK and represents an opportunity to acquire a painting that is laden with history and lore by one of the definitive street artists of the last two decades.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: AR TPAR Goods subject to Artists Resale Right Additional Premium.TP Lot will be moved to an offsite storage location (Cadogan Tate, Auction House Services, 241 Acton Lane, London NW10 7NP, UK) and will only be available for collection from this location at the date stated in the catalogue. Please note transfer and storage charges will apply to any lots not collected after 14 calendar days from the auction date.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 1
Property from the Marie-Louise von Motesiczky Charitable Trust, LondonMARIE-LOUISE VON MOTESICZKY (1906-1996)Still-life with globeoil on canvas, unframed 58.3 x 58.3 cm (23 x 23 in)Painted in 1953LITERATURE:I. Schlenker, Marie-Louise von Motesiczky 1906-1996, A Catalogue Raisonné of the Paintings, New York, 2009, p. 239, no. 124CONDITION REPORT:Oil on canvas, unframed. Not lined. On very close inspection there are very fine horizontal lines of craquelure running to the right of the stand of the globe and to the lower left corner of the globe. Examined under UV: there is evidence of a small area of retouching to the centre right of the globe, also visible in a raking light. Overall, it our opinion that the work is in good original condition. Selected Works from the Marie-Louise von Motesiczky Charitable Trust Motesiczky’s expressive and very painterly style had been formed before the Second World War, in large part influenced and encouraged by Max Beckmann. On first being introduced to Beckmann in 1920 she recalled: ‘A winged creature from Mars could not have made a greater impact on me’. Once in Britain it was Oskar Kokoschka, a family friend from Vienna now similarly exiled, who helped champion her work. Thereafter, and very much on a personal level, it was the writer Elias Canetti (1905-1994) a fellow émigré who exercised a major influence over her artistic output. Marie-Louise von Motesiczky grew up with her parents and her brother Karl in central Vienna. Her mother Henriette came from an illustrious Viennese Jewish banking dynasty. Her maternal grandfather, Leopold von Lieben, was President of the Stock Exchange; her grandmother, Anna, one of Freud’s early patients. She counted the Todescos, and Ephrussis among her family circle, and she, her mother and her brother Karl spent their summers at Villa Todesco in Hinterbrühl, south west of the capital. But over time family tragedy, financial difficulties and the rise of Nazi Germany took their toll. Marie-Louise’s father died at the end of 1909 and after the First World War her mother’s considerable inheritance gradually diminished through high taxation, poor investments, and the financial crash of 1929. Then, with the rise of the Third Reich and the Anschluss in March 1938, when Austria was annexed by Germany, she and her mother fled Vienna for the Netherlands before emigrating to England in 1939. Further distress followed when her brother Karl, who had remained in Austria, was arrested and deported to Auschwitz, dying of typhus there on 25 June 1943. On Motesiczky’s arrival in London Kokoschka ensured her inclusion in a series of group exhibitions, and assisted her in the staging of a solo exhibition at the Czechoslovak Institute in the autumn of 1944. Further group shows followed, and in 1960 she had a second solo exhibition at the influential Beaux Arts Gallery off Bond Street. On the Continent she received acclaim for her work in exhibitions in Amsterdam and The Hague in 1952, one of her canvases being purchased by the Stedelijk Museum. The same decade she exhibited in Munich and Düsseldorf, and in the 1960s was the subject of shows in Germany and Austria, including a one-person exhibition at the Wiener Secession in 1966. In 1985, a full twenty-five years after her work had been shown at the Beaux Arts Gallery, she was the subject of another solo exhibition in London, at the Goethe-Institut, which was widely acclaimed in the press. In 1994 a major retrospective of her work was held in Vienna at the Österreichische Galerie, Oberes Belvedere and in Manchester at the City Art Gallery. In 2006-07 her work was celebrated in a centenary exhibition at Tate Liverpool, travelling to Frankfurt, Vienna, Passau and Southampton City Art Gallery. Also in 2007 Jill Lloyd’s biography of Marie-Louise appeared: The Undiscovered Expressionist. A Life of Marie-Louise von Motesiczky, followed in 2009 by the catalogue raisonné of her paintings by Ines Schlenker itemising over 350 works. Most recently in 2019-20, Tate Britain held an exhibition devoted to her to inaugurate the gallery named in perpetuity as the ‘Marie-Louise von Motesiczky Archive Gallery’ for all future displays of Tate’s archive holdings in general. The work of Marie-Louise von Motesiczky held in public collections Institutions in the UK holding works by the artist include: the Ben Uri Gallery and Museum, the British Museum, Burgh House, Hampstead, Freud Museum, Garden Museum, National Portrait Gallery and Tate in London (which also holds her archive); the Amersham Museum, Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, New Walk Museum and Art Gallery, Leicester, Manchester Art Gallery, National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh and the Hunterian Art Gallery, Glasgow. Elsewhere her work is in the National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin; the Stedelijk, Amsterdam; the Boijmans van Beuningen Museum, Rotterdam; the Städel Museum, Frankfurt; the German Literary Archive in Marbach; the Albertina, Österreichische Galerie Belvedere, the Leopold Museum and the Museum Wien in Vienna; the Lentos Kunstmuseum, Linz and the Stanley Museum, University of Iowa, USA. Please find a link to the Catalogue Raisonné for Marie-Louise von Motesiczky: https://www.motesiczky.org/publications/ Marie-Louise von Motesiczky 1906-1996. A Catalogue Raisonné of the Paintings by Ines Schlenker, Hudson Hills Press, New York, 2009. The Marie-Louise von Motesiczky Charitable Trust The Marie-Louise von Motesiczky Charitable Trust, is a company limited by guarantee registered in England and Wales (no. 7572024) and a registered charity (no. 1140890): www.motesiczky.org. The copyright for Marie-Louise von Motesiczky’s paintings, drawings and correspondence or other written work originating from her, her mother Henriette and brother Karl, lies with the Marie-Louise von Motesiczky Charitable Trust.
Lot 18
Property from the Marie-Louise von Motesiczky Charitable Trust, LondonMARIE-LOUISE VON MOTESICZKY (1906-1996)Flavia Grassi oil, pastel and charcoal on canvas, unframed101.7 x 61.4 cm (40 x 24 1/4 in)Painted in 1983LITERATURE:I. Schlenker, Marie-Louise von Motesiczky 1906-1996, A Catalogue Raisonné of the Paintings, New York, 2009, p.457, no. 279CONDITION REPORT:Oil on canvas, unframed. Not lined. On close inspection there is evidence of fine lines of craquelure in the maroon pigment of the lady's headress. Examined under UV: there are no visible signs of fluorescing. Overall, it our opinion that the work is in very good original condition.Flavia Grassi was a young relative of Marie-Louise, from the Dutch side of her family. During the 1980s the pair saw eachother regularly, whilst Flavia was studying anthropology in London, and in 1988 Flavia lived with Marie-Louise for two months. Flavia's friendship clearly meant alot to Marie-Louise, numerous photographs of Flavia Grassi have survived in the artist's estate, some even stained with paint from when Motesiczky used them as a reference for the present portrait. References for the final painting can be seen in the photographs, such as Flavia's red wool sweater and floral patterned skirt. In this portrait Flavia stares directly out at the viewer, with her dark eyebrows and partially open mouth, seated in a chair with her legs crossed. The globe which she holds was likely a later addition by the artist and according to Flavia Grassi has no known links with her. Selected Works from the Marie-Louise von Motesiczky Charitable Trust Motesiczky’s expressive and very painterly style had been formed before the Second World War, in large part influenced and encouraged by Max Beckmann. On first being introduced to Beckmann in 1920 she recalled: ‘A winged creature from Mars could not have made a greater impact on me’. Once in Britain it was Oskar Kokoschka, a family friend from Vienna now similarly exiled, who helped champion her work. Thereafter, and very much on a personal level, it was the writer Elias Canetti (1905-1994) a fellow émigré who exercised a major influence over her artistic output. Marie-Louise von Motesiczky grew up with her parents and her brother Karl in central Vienna. Her mother Henriette came from an illustrious Viennese Jewish banking dynasty. Her maternal grandfather, Leopold von Lieben, was President of the Stock Exchange; her grandmother, Anna, one of Freud’s early patients. She counted the Todescos, and Ephrussis among her family circle, and she, her mother and her brother Karl spent their summers at Villa Todesco in Hinterbrühl, south west of the capital. But over time family tragedy, financial difficulties and the rise of Nazi Germany took their toll. Marie-Louise’s father died at the end of 1909 and after the First World War her mother’s considerable inheritance gradually diminished through high taxation, poor investments, and the financial crash of 1929. Then, with the rise of the Third Reich and the Anschluss in March 1938, when Austria was annexed by Germany, she and her mother fled Vienna for the Netherlands before emigrating to England in 1939. Further distress followed when her brother Karl, who had remained in Austria, was arrested and deported to Auschwitz, dying of typhus there on 25 June 1943. On Motesiczky’s arrival in London Kokoschka ensured her inclusion in a series of group exhibitions, and assisted her in the staging of a solo exhibition at the Czechoslovak Institute in the autumn of 1944. Further group shows followed, and in 1960 she had a second solo exhibition at the influential Beaux Arts Gallery off Bond Street. On the Continent she received acclaim for her work in exhibitions in Amsterdam and The Hague in 1952, one of her canvases being purchased by the Stedelijk Museum. The same decade she exhibited in Munich and Düsseldorf, and in the 1960s was the subject of shows in Germany and Austria, including a one-person exhibition at the Wiener Secession in 1966. In 1985, a full twenty-five years after her work had been shown at the Beaux Arts Gallery, she was the subject of another solo exhibition in London, at the Goethe-Institut, which was widely acclaimed in the press. In 1994 a major retrospective of her work was held in Vienna at the Österreichische Galerie, Oberes Belvedere and in Manchester at the City Art Gallery. In 2006-07 her work was celebrated in a centenary exhibition at Tate Liverpool, travelling to Frankfurt, Vienna, Passau and Southampton City Art Gallery. Also in 2007 Jill Lloyd’s biography of Marie-Louise appeared: The Undiscovered Expressionist. A Life of Marie-Louise von Motesiczky, followed in 2009 by the catalogue raisonné of her paintings by Ines Schlenker itemising over 350 works. Most recently in 2019-20, Tate Britain held an exhibition devoted to her to inaugurate the gallery named in perpetuity as the ‘Marie-Louise von Motesiczky Archive Gallery’ for all future displays of Tate’s archive holdings in general. The work of Marie-Louise von Motesiczky held in public collections Institutions in the UK holding works by the artist include: the Ben Uri Gallery and Museum, the British Museum, Burgh House, Hampstead, Freud Museum, Garden Museum, National Portrait Gallery and Tate in London (which also holds her archive); the Amersham Museum, Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, New Walk Museum and Art Gallery, Leicester, Manchester Art Gallery, National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh and the Hunterian Art Gallery, Glasgow. Elsewhere her work is in the National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin; the Stedelijk, Amsterdam; the Boijmans van Beuningen Museum, Rotterdam; the Städel Museum, Frankfurt; the German Literary Archive in Marbach; the Albertina, Österreichische Galerie Belvedere, the Leopold Museum and the Museum Wien in Vienna; the Lentos Kunstmuseum, Linz and the Stanley Museum, University of Iowa, USA. Please find a link to the Catalogue Raisonné for Marie-Louise von Motesiczky: https://www.motesiczky.org/publications/ Marie-Louise von Motesiczky 1906-1996. A Catalogue Raisonné of the Paintings by Ines Schlenker, Hudson Hills Press, New York, 2009. The Marie-Louise von Motesiczky Charitable Trust The Marie-Louise von Motesiczky Charitable Trust, is a company limited by guarantee registered in England and Wales (no. 7572024) and a registered charity (no. 1140890): www.motesiczky.org. The copyright for Marie-Louise von Motesiczky’s paintings, drawings and correspondence or other written work originating from her, her mother Henriette and brother Karl, lies with the Marie-Louise von Motesiczky Charitable Trust.
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