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After Laurence Stephen Lowry R.A. (1887-1976), "Family Group", unsigned, with accompanying certificate of authenticity on verso, gouttelette print, image size 37.5 x 50cm, 14.75 x 19.75in.Condition report: The print is in good, original condition with strong colours. The paper has yellowed universally across the sheet and this is highlighted by the lighter strips around the edges of the image where the print has been remounted. The print is framed and glazed.
Jack B. Yeats R.H.A. (Irish, 1871-1957)Romeo and Juliet (The Last Act) signed 'JACK B YEATS' (upper left) and titled twice 'ROMEO AND JULIET' (on the canvas overlap)oil on canvas45.8 x 61.1 cm. (18 x 24 in.)Painted in 1927Footnotes:ProvenanceMrs Roger FranklandSale; Sotheby's, London, 14 July 1965, where acquired byWaddington Galleries, LondonPrivate Collection, U.S.A.John Rous (4th Earl of Stradbroke), thence by family descent to the present ownerPrivate Collection, U.K.ExhibitedDublin, Engineers' Hall, 25 February-5 March 1927, cat.no.23Birmingham, Ruskin Gallery, Paintings of Ireland, 23 May-4 June 1927, cat.no.31London, Arthur Tooth & Sons, 14 March-5 April 1928, cat.no.34Montreal, Waddington Galleries, Jack B. Yeats Retrospective Exhibition, 12 March-5 April 1969, cat.no.7London, Waddington Galleries, 15 April-8 May 1971, cat.no.7 (col.ill)Dublin, National Gallery of Ireland, Jack B. Yeats, A Centenary Exhibition, September-December 1971, p.74, cat.no.62 (col.ill); this exhibition travelled to Belfast, Ulster Museum, January-February 1972 and New York, Cultural Centre, April-June 1972 LiteratureHilary Pyle, Jack B. Yeats, A Catalogue Raisonné of the Oil Paintings, Volume I, Andre Deutsch, London, 1992, p.322, cat.no.355 (ill.b&w)The painting depicts the last scene of Charles Guonod's 1867 opera Romeo and Juliet, based on William Shakespeare's famous tragedy. In the final act after a tumultuous duet, Romeo expires and Juliet takes her own life. Their entwined bodies lie in the deserted tomb. Guonod's opera was performed in the Gaiety Theatre in Dublin on 2 March 1926. The Irish Times review of the production praised the music and the performers although it noted that Cynlais Gibbs, who played Romeo had a lighter voice than Miss Hill who played Juliet, and was at a slight disadvantage. But it concluded that the orchestra 'gave a fluent account of the strongly coloured instrumental music'. The O'Mara Opera Company, which staged the production, was founded by the celebrated Limerick born tenor, Joseph O'Mara, in 1912 and performed opera seasons regularly at the Gaiety. In 1926, the year before his early death, O'Mara was the first opera singer to perform live on the newly inaugurated Radio Eireann, the Irish Free State's national radio station.Yeats was in attendance at the Gaiety and outlined the scene depicted in the painting in his sketchbook. His book also features drawings of the celebrated staging of Lennox Robinson's play, Cyclops which was performed by the Dublin Drama League in the playwright's home in Dalkey in August 1926. Yeats was an avid theatre goer and playwright. He wrote several plays for children in the early 1900s and his later experimental plays Harlequin's Positions, La La Noo and In Sand were staged at the Abbey Theatre between 1939 and 1949. Several of Yeats's paintings are inspired by his experiences of the theatre. These include Singing The Minstrel Boy (1923, The Model, Sligo), Now (1941, Private Collection), The Talent (1944, Private Collection) and Man Hearing an Old Song, (1950, Private Collection). These paintings like, Romeo and Juliet, incorporate the audience and its involvement in the performance. Yeats's cursory sketch notes the two candles, the balcony to the right and the prominent form of the conductor which are all key elements in the final painting. The figure of the conductor can be seen in the painting on the extreme left. His head is erect and his arms extended as he conducts the concluding notes of Guonod's score. The ghostly bodies of Romeo and Juliet lie next to each other in front of the tomb. Flecks of white, yellow and pink subtly indicate their faces and the flowers that adorn the sturdy sepulchre behind them. The tall ethereal forms of the candles are delicately painted and they and the single flame torch add to the sense of solemnity.The figures are dwarfed by the vast blue expanse of the set. One contemporary reviewer noted the emotional power of this colour in Yeats's painting. 'The surrounding blue seems to be the mystery of life – to symbolise every love-story that was ever lived or written – and birth and death and passion and sacrifice, and everything that is significant in human struggling. It is as if the universe had paused to mark a fleeting perfection'. The stage is framed by the warm reds and yellows of the surrounding auditorium. The heads of the front row of the audience fill the bottom of the composition. On the right hand side the towering structure of the interior of the Gaiety throws the perspective of the stage into stark relief. The elaborate gilt and maroon decoration is richly conveyed by loose swirls of deep colour which take on an organic quality, suggestive of movement and warm reflected light. A spectator is shown seated in the darkened theatre box looking at the performance. The ledge of this box, which stands out in sharp relief, is modelled out of thick brown paint while black lines indicate the railings. This unusual perspective emphasises the collaborative nature of live theatre in which the performers, musicians, and the spectators share in the illusion of the drama. It also draws attention to the artificiality of the set and the theatre itself as an extraordinary site where the human imagination is enabled to take flight. Romeo and Juliet was included in Yeats's one-man exhibition at the Engineers' Hall in Dublin in 1927 and was subsequently shown at the Ruskin gallery in Birmingham and the Arthur Tooth gallery in London. It features in many of the reviews of the acclaimed Dublin exhibition. George Russell described Yeats's work as 'intensely personal' noting that in the paintings, 'the psychic temperament is breaking through the limitations of the physical'. Another critic remarked on the 'powerful and almost audacious wealth of conception and composition' of Romeo and Juliet, which ' is bound to be one of the most discussed of the collection'. Finally the international art journal, The Studio, proclaimed that Yeats 'has now acquired a power over his medium which can only be described as masterly'. We are grateful to Dr. Róisín Kennedy for compiling this catalogue entry.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ARAR Goods subject to Artists Resale Right Additional Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Sterling Silver Hinged Case Petrol Lighter, Marked Sterling 950, with Vacant Cartouche and Chased Decoration to Body. 2.25 Inches - 5.65 cm High. Excellent Condition In All Aspects + A Sterling Silver Patch Box of Rectangular Form with Engine Turned Decoration to All Sides, Hinged Cover Lifts up To Reveal a Small Mirror and Compartment. Hallmark Birmingham 1923, As New Condition. Size 2 - 1.75 Inches - 5 x 4.40 cm.
A 1930s silver combination compact/purse and cigarette box by Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Ltd London 1935 of rectangular form with engine turned decoration, enclosing a mirror, a hinged comb holder, a glass lidded compartment, two lidded compartments and a removable cigarette lighter, 3/4" x 6 1/2" x 4 1/4", 663g, total, excluding comb and purse
LED ZEPPELIN - LED ZEPPELIN 'I' (1ST UK PRESSING LP - ATLANTIC 588171 - UNCORRECTED MATRIX/TURQUOISE) - SIGNED BY ROBERT PLANT TWICE. Presented with a very nice clean signed sleeve is this 1st UK pressing of the hugely influential debut from Led Zep. Please ensure to read the grading before bidding. The sleeve (first pressing with turquoise lettering and grey stripe) is in clean Ex condition with only a couple of light creases and light tape residue on two of the corners. Signed in blue pen on the reverse 'best wishes Robert Plant', this is somewhat faded but is still fully legible. The record is graded as G. Both sides glossy and showing only some light surface marks, please note there is a heavy scratch that runs with the groove on A1 that causes a number of skips and another lighter scratch on B1 (roughly half way through) - this did not cause any skips on playback. With uncorrected matrix: 588171 A//1 1 2 4 & 588171 B//1 1 'inverted' 2 4. Robert Plant has signed again with lengthy inscription to inner sleeve. Authenticated by Roger Epperson prior to this sale.
George IIi silver double ended counter box of cylindrical form, with slip on covers (Birmingham 1791/1803) Samuel Pemberton, together with a Victorian silver table lighter with snake handle (London 1888) Frank Courthope and an Edwardian silver miniature watering can (Birmingham 1909) makers mark rubbed. All at approximately 6ozs. Table lighter 12cm across. (3)
An ACE Trains 0 Gauge 2-rail or 3-rail electric E/4 Gresley A4 Class Streamlined 4-6-2 Locomotive and Tender, in lined BR early-emblem lighter-blue livery as no 60007 'Sir Nigel Gresley' with twin motors, VG-E, slight mark to left cylinder, minimal wear to pickup spoons, in original box, box VG, slight scuffing to outside
Second World War German Trench Art interest - German U-Boat table lighter, the table / desk lighter fashion as submarine U-566, the U-Boat turret is the removable lighter with applied crown inscribed ' GOTT MIT UNS ', this fits snuggly in to the void on the twin bullet tube, the main body with two applied badges and inscribed ' U-566 OELT.Z.S. REMUS DECEHBER 1942 MAAT. F.TOHLEN ', raised on bullet supports and sitting on hardwood base, 11in. (28cm.) long. * Originally from a world-renowned collection ** German submarine U-566 was a type VIIC U-Boat of Nazi Germany's Kregsmarine during World War II, She was scuttled by her crew on 24th October 1943 after being damaged by six depth charges from British Wellington aircraft in the North Atlantic, West of Portugal. * Condition: Good, needs light polish, nothing to note.
JAMES BOND - The Golden Gun replica film prop, a copy of the famous Golden Gun used by villain Francisco Scaramanga in The Man with the Golden Gun, from ' The James Bond Collection ', sections unscrewing, the main body imitating a Colibra lighter (sealed), barrel a fountain pen, cufflinks, cigarette case etc, comes with wooden plaque. * Condition: The replica gun having light scratching throughout, some pieces with movement.
Alfred Dunhill - Novelty Art Deco faux cigarette lighter minaudière, Exclusive and high quality makeup/powder compact set, in the shape of a lighter, with a perfect finish and elaboration, with all over engine turned design. * This piece was manufactured by the Alfred Dunhill company in 1928. It looks similar to Dunhill lighter model "Unique C", fabricated from 1925 to 1930, but in a larger measure, the cross bar stamped 'DUNHILL', the striker formed as an eye liner, the hinged arm lifting to reveal a screw top perfume with dip stick, the hinged front opening to reveal mirror and powder compartment with original puff and powder still present, the base with pull-out lipstick tube, the underside stamped, PATENT APPLIED FOR, PROV. PAT. 14444/28, 2 3/8in.(6cm.) wide. * Condition: In excellent condition, the only thing to note is the eye liner missing it's pin slide (still functional).
A pair of English enamelled creamware chinoiserie vases, late 18th / early 19th century, possibly Lowestoft, of baluster form, finely painted with Long Eliza style figures in gardens, within underglaze blue reserves and diaper, Fitzhugh and lappet borders, with enamelled floral sprigs, 10½in. (26.75cm.) high, both a/f; together with an 18th/19th century Delft double gourd vase with blue and white chinoiserie decoration, 12¼in. (31cm.) high, rim a/f. (3) * For a Lowestoft porcelain vase with very similar enamelled decoration, see Bonhams Knightsbridge, 'The Liane Richards Collection', 13th April 2016, Lot 192. * Condition: - Pair vases: One has a large patch of glaze missing from the upper body and one other small glaze chip - it also has heavy glaze crazing throughout with a 1in. vertical hairline to the lower body. The other also has glaze crazing (but lighter) and also a piece missing from the rim. - Delft: Top of neck missing. Three chips to underside of foot.
A cased set of six Norwegian silver and enamel demitasse spoons, by Gustav Hellstrom, the shaped enamel handles and reverse of bowls in six colours, having intricate floral decoration, 3 6/8in. (9.6cm.) long, gross weight 2.2 tr.oz. * Condition: The lighter blue spoon with dark/stained mark to terminal, otherwise nothing to note.
De La Hove after Andreas Stech (1635-1697), two coloured engravings, 'Gemini' and 'Carpricornus', 30 x 38cmCONDITION: Both look to be later coloured, the ground paper on Capricornus is a buff tone with some damp staining, Gemini is a lighter greeny grey with less staining, modern gilt frames.
TWO SIMILAR OLD WOODEN HAND CARTS with iron bound splaying tops and pivoted front axles with handlebar,one cart possibly older than the other, both approximately 75cm long x 47cm wide x 50cm high without the handle Condition: the first lighter coloured cart with signs of woodworm, plywood insert, signs of alteration and restoration, and with rust to the metal surfaces, has been stored in a garage; the second cart seemingly no woodworm but of similar staining and marks to the wood, rust to the tyres and other metal fittings, both in poor to moderate condition
THREE VINTAGE PARKER DUOFOLD FOUNTAIN PENS consisting of a Duofold Junior in marbled green, a lighter cap with broad gold coloured band and clip, a Vest Pocket Duofold in marbled green, a lighter cap with three gold bands and cap ring and a lady Duofold Lucky Curve Vest Pocket in black and pearl with three gold bands and cap ring (unless stated all fill mechanisms need attention)
**Sale Room Notice** Originally listed as a “Club Racer” by error. Is actually an Elise 220 1.8L “S” SuperchargedAn exhilarating combination of Supercharged punch and Nominal weight... The 'S' Club Racer was lighter, more radical and altogether, more hardcore1.8-litre supercharged, 217bhp 0-60 in 4.5 secs and 145mphFinished in, special order, Formula Red with a functional black interiorOne owner from new. Original Bill of Sale. Excellent service recordRecent full service Dec 2019 @ 21,480 miles. MOT expires Jan 2021Superbly presented and simply spectacular to driveYou can now book a one to one appointment (up to one hour) to view this lot at our central location between 17th and 26th June. Please contact Nick Bicknell on 07957 279 000 / nickb@classiccarauctions.co.uk to secure your appointment or to discuss the car in more detail.The health and safety of both our customers and team remains the utmost priority, we are therefore operating to strict COVID-19 guidelines and full instructions for arrival and inspection protocols will be given when making your appointment.Click here for more informationSpecification:Registration: WX65 AXSYear: 2016Make: LotusModel: Elise 'S' Club RacerRHD/LHD: Right hand sideChassis Number: SCCLJCRC8FHC11564Odometer Reading: 22500Transmission: manualEngine Capacity: 1.8Engine Number: 1ZRV105088Body Colour: Formula Red

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