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Art. A large collection of modern art, antique, architecture, theatrea and film reference and related, mostly hardback publications, many original cloth in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folio (6 shelves & a carton)

A modern Vienna style eight day wall clock, dial set with Art Nouveau style scrolling decoration and Roman numerals, height 92cm.

A lady's Art Deco sapphire and diamond cocktail watch, circa 1930 A lady's Art Deco sapphire and diamond cocktail watch, circa 1930, Swiss manual wind movement, 17 jewels, silvered dial, Arabic numerals, blued steel modern hands, the rectangular case millegrain set with rectangular and square shaped fancy cut sapphires in an old cut diamond set ground with similarly set shoulders, snap back, on a later 9 carat gold bracelet with a ladder clasp, width 15mm

A lady's Art Deco diamond cocktail watch, circa 1930, manual wind movement A lady's Art Deco diamond cocktail watch, circa 1930, manual wind movement, silvered dial, Arabic numerals, blued steel modern hands, the case and lugs set with eight cut diamonds, snap back, on a cordette strap, width 10mm; together with an Omega lady's gold plated wristwatch ( see illustration on our website ) IMPORTANT: This lot is subject to VAT and the buyer must pay VAT on both the hammer and the buyer's premium at a rate of 20%

60s-80s POP/ROCK - Nice, well presented collection of 28 x LP's. Artists/titles to include Herman's Hermits - S/T (33sx 1727 - VG/Ex),Session With The Dave Clark Five (33sx 1598 - VG+/Ex), Various - That's Underground (SPR 23), Various - Pop Party! (Polydor box set) and Atlantic Art And Music Collection (x3) - The Modern Jazz Quartet s/t (ATL 59024), Wilbur De Paris + Jimmy Witherspoon New Orleans Blues and Paul Wunderlich/Jan Huydts - Chopin Verfremdungen (ELK 59 025). Condition is generally VG+ to Ex+.

A group of vintage and modern gentleman's and lady's wristwatches, including a lady's Art Deco example, and others

Two large modern Vases and a smaller Art Pottery vase.

A modern Chinese art pottery vase by Yu Xi Ping of inverted bell form, decorated with birds amongst berry laden branches

Art reference, industrial design, photography and sculpture, various modern works including David Gentleman illustrated; textiles; Russian design, etc (2 boxes)

Cretaceous Period, 145-65 million years BP. Three fossil hadrosaur Charonosaurus eggs on matrix, from Xixia basin, Henan Province, China, retaining evidence of the original leathery surface. UK art market, acquired prior to 1980. The hadrosaurs are known as the duck-billed dinosaurs, due to the similarity of their heads to those of modern ducks. In addition to the duck bill, Charonosaurus also had a large head crest. 6 kg, 27cm (10 1/2"). Fine condition.

3rd-2nd millennium BC. A three piece serpentine idol comprising: a D-shaped steatite base with radiating chevron panels depicting sheepskin, square socket to one edge; a bifacial scaphoid-section upper body with similar chevron ornament, shallow socket to the upper edge; a chlorite female head and neck. Property of a London gentleman; acquired in the late 1970s and 1980s. Cf. Aruz, J. Art of the First Cities. The Third Millennium B.C. from the Mediterranean to the Indus, New York, 2003, items 259a, b. Figures such as these are referred to as Bactrian princesses, or goddesses, and they originate from modern day Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, (ancient Bactria), where they have been found in both funerary, and domestic, contexts. At least thirty-eight examples are known and most depict the figure seated or squatting and are generally dressed in the kaunakes, a Sumerian tufted garment with tufts added on, woven or still attached to the tanned sheepskin. The role of these figures in Bactrian society is still debated though they would seem to have served some sort of religious purpose. 227 grams total, 21-71mm (3/4 - 2 3/4"). [3] Fine condition.

1st millennium BC. A plano-convex banded agate 'eye bead'; mounted a modern swivel ring setting. Acquired on the London art market before 2000. 2.94 grams, 26mm overall, 21.08mm internal diameter (approximate size British W 1/2, USA 11 1/2, Europe 26.22, Japan 25); bead: 12mm (1"). Very fine condition.

A large modern framed and glazed Art Nouveau style print 'My Sweet Rose' by John Waterhouse, 78cm x 57cm.

NON-FICTION - a collection of approximately 80 modern and vintage non-fiction books to include Vol1-4 of LD Brougham's Speeches, The Art of Florence (2 volumes in slipcases by Artabras) and The History of Venice in Painting published in slipcase by Abbeville Press.

Five Anne Tyrrell couture dog outfits and designs, mostly daywear, modern, including a Chanel-style denim and leather ensemble; a 'Sloane Ranger' pin-stripe example with pocket-square; a sporty jersey tracksuit with 'Walkies' to one side; and eight original sketches, lengths approx 38-41cm, 15-16in (13) Anne Tyrrell studied fashion at the Royal College of Art from 1957 to 1960. By 1963 she had become Director of Design at clothing supplier John Marks, where she first developed a collection under her own name, and went on to set up her own London based design consultancy. In 2000 she designed the London Underground uniform still in use today. During her career spanning more than 50 years, she also acted as senior tutor at the Royal College of Art from 1974-95, and in 2008 was awarded an MBE for her contribution to the British fashion industry. CONDITION REPORT: Good condition, white 'Walkies' is a bit grubby and shows wear

Terrick Williams (1860-1936) - Entering Brixham Harbour Oil on board Signed and dated 1900 lower left Inscribed Terrick Williams Art Club Studios Blackheath SE on reverse 25 x 35.5 cm.(9 7/8 x 14 in) Provenance: Sale. Christie's, London, 3rd April 1964, lot 130 (sold for 12 guineas to Sandler); Sale. Christie's, King Street, Modern British and Irish Paintings, Watercolours, Drawings and Sculpture, 15th October 1993, lot 117

A selection of modern table lamps and an Art Nouveau style mirror and a CD radio cassette player.

* GWEN HARDIE, FACE 09.17.05 oil on canvas 64cm x 58.5cm (25 x 23 inches) Framed Provenance: The artist. Private London collection. Note: Hardie is the youngest artist ever to be awarded a solo show at The Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art in Edinburgh, Scotland (1990).Gwen Hardie is represented in many private and public art collections in Britain, Europe and America including two major works in The Scottish National Gallery Of Modern Art. Since moving to New York in 2000, she has shown with The Lennon Weinberg Gallery, Dinter Fine Art and has been awarded Residencies at Yaddo in 2004, 2005 and 2006 in a Bogliasco Fellowship at The Liguria Study Center in Italy. She lived in London between 1990 and 2000 and had 6 solo shows with galleries such as Annely Juda Fine Art, Beaux Arts and Fischer fine Art. In 1997 her painting was awarded a prize at the John Moores biennial, Liverpool and was included in the New British Painting'' which toured America in 1986. Hardie left her native Scotland in 1984 when she was awarded a DAAD Scholarship to study with Georg Baselitz in Berlin. A documentary was broadcast on Scottish Television about her in Berlin in 1987. At Edinburgh College of art she was awarded the Richard Ford Award to study the paintings of Velasquez at the Prado Museum and received a first class honours degree in 1983. '' Three of Gwen Hardie's paintings are currently included in ''REALITY; Modern and Contemporary British Painting'' at The Walker Art Gallery (until 29th November 2015) alongside the work of Walter Sickert, Lucien Freud, Francis Bacon, L S Lowry, Jenny Saville, Ken Currie, George Shaw, David Hockney, Alison Watt, Paula Rego and other important 20th century and contemporary artists.

Mixed modern issue diecast group, mixed scales and manufacturers, to include Oxford Diecast, Matchbox, Bachmann, Base Toys and others, examples include Bachmann Art Deco Signal Box, Oxford Diecast Scammell Pioneer Platinum 2003 and others, (x19)

Two art Deco brooches, a Stratton compact and a modern purse mirror

Five modern silver vestas, all marked 925. Total weight - approx. 4oz. Comprising of golf, Ally Sloper, horse's leg and foot, Art Nouveau and a match to strike (match inside to be stuck on).

Five silver pendants (3 unhallmarked). One Norweigian (marked N M KOPI ? STERLING) and one with modern hallmarks plus 2 figures - one marked sterling and one unmarked (one may be a pipetamper - The Art Nouveau one). Wt. - just over 4oz (134.6g)

Jessica Dismorr (1885 - 1939), tempera on board - Composition signed, bearing Birmingham Exhibition 1936 label verso, in silvered frame, 51cm x 61cm. Provenance: Alexander Poston Fine Art. Gillian Jason Modern & Contemporary Art where purchased by the vendor October 2000 CONDITION REPORT Excellent condition overall

*Jacob Epstein (1880 - 1959), watercolour and gouache - Poppies, signed, in glazed gilt frame, 55cm x 41cm. Provenance: Gillian Jason Modern & Contemporary Art where purchased early 1990s CONDITION REPORT Where the gouache is thicker the paint is cracking but not loose. There is a crack/fold in the paper that appears to have been present since the work was painted

A mixed lot of ceramics and glass to include a pair of fine quality decanters, a further decanter and a modern lamp depicting a Art Deco holding a out stretched arm.

An early twentieth Century blush-coloured glass vase, the body marked 'Celery', together with an octagonal Art Deco lobed vase, a modern ribbed vase, two bottles with stoppers, and a pin dish modelled as a scallop shell (6)

Cecil King 1921-1986 FRENCH INTRUSION Limited edition print, 20" x 30" (51 x 76cm), signed, inscribed and numbered 35/70 printed in Paris 1975. Exhibited : Muncipial Gallery Modern Art Cecil King Retrospective Oct-Nov 1981 Label Verso

* ROBERT COLQUHOUN (SCOTTISH 1914 - 1962) HOUSE FRONT, MARSEILLES, 1938 watercolour and ink on paper 24cm x 20cm Label verso: Fine Art Society, 148 New Bond Street, London, September 1985 Note: The Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art staged ''The Two Roberts: Robert Colquhoun and Robert MacBryde'' (22nd November 2014 - 24th May 2015), a major exhibition of the work of two extraordinary artists. The resurgence of interest in Colquhoun's work in paricular is highlighted by the £68.500 (premium) selling price of ''Two Actors'' (Christie's London, 20th Nov 2014 lot 116) a 63.5cm x 48.2cm oil on canvas

A COLLECTION OF MODERN ART GLASS INCLUDING LARGE CRACKLE EFFECT VASE AND A HEAVY GREEN AND BLUE URN SHAPED VASE WITH SAND EFFECT PATTERN AND OTHER SMALL TRINKET DISHES

Decorative items: to include a series of three, modern, Art Nouveau inspired, figural mirrors largest 12'' x 8'' OS9

Corgi Aviation Archive 3 US Modern Warfare aeroplane models, 2 Nose Art Collection aeroplane models, and 3 other die cast models - all boxed (8 in total)

Modern stained wood angled desk lamp, a metal student lamp, Art Deco style lamp with an RAF badge and a gilt table lamp.

3 Modern Art Sculptures

Modern Art Nouveau style cameo glass table lamp, after Galle, 35cm high

Duby (Georges & Lobrichon, Guy, [editors]). The History of Venice In Painting, Abbeville Press, New York, 2007, numerous colour illustrations, original gilt-decorated red cloth in slipcase, folio, together with Caracciolo (Maria Teresa & de Ayala, Roselyne [editors]), The History of Rome in Painting, Abbeville Press, New York, 2011, numerous colour illustrations, original red gilt-decorated cloth in slipcase, folio, and Piva (Paolo), Medieval Architecture, 2008, Medieval Art, 2010, numerous colour illustrations, both original black cloth in dust jackets and slipcase, folio, plus 15 further modern art reference, all original cloth in dust jackets, VG, 4to/folio (19)

History. A large collection of modern historical and antique reference and related, including art, cookery and publications by Antique Collectors' Club, mostly hardback publications, many original cloth in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/4to (3 shelves)

Jubert (Roxane). Typography and Graphic Design. From Antiquity to the Present, 2006, numerous colour and black and white illustrations, original white cloth in dust jacket, boards slightly marked, square 4to, together with Sparks (Esther), Universal Limited. A History and Catalogue: The First Twenty-Five Years, Art Editions, USA, 1989, numerous colour illustrations, original grey cloth in dust jacket, large 4to, plus Millar (Oliver), Tudor, Stuart & Early Georgian Pictures in the Royal Collection, volumes 1 & 2, 1963, numerous colour and black and white illustrations including tipped-in frontispiece, original blue cloth in dust jackets and slipcase, large 8vo, plus other modern art reference and related, mostly hardback publications, many original cloth in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folio (6 shelves)

Leith-Ross (Prudence). The Florilegium of Alexander Marshal, in the collection of Her Majesty The Queen at Windsor Castle, 1st edition, 2000, numerous colour and black and white illustrations, original green cloth in dust jacket, large 4to, together with Elliot (Brent), Flora, an illustrated history of the garden flower, 1st edition, 2001, numerous colour and black and white illustrations, original maroon cloth in dust jacket, large 4to, and Noltie (H.J.), The Dapuri Drawings, Alexander Gibson and The Bombay Botanic Gardens, 2002, numerous colour illustrations, original green cloth in dust jacket, large 8vo, plus other modern botanical art and artist reference, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folio (3 shelves)

Beeson (Nora et al [editors]). The Memil Collection, A Selection From the Paleolithic to the Modern Era, 1st edition, New York, 1987, numerous colour illustrations, original black cloth in dust jacket, spine slightly faded, 4to, together with Rosenburg (Pierre), Fragonard, New York, 1988, numerous colour and black and white illustrations, original blue cloth in dust jackets, covers slightly toned and rubbed, large 4to, and Reynolds (Anna), In Fine Style, The Art of Tudor and Stuart Fashion, 2013, numerous colour illustrations, original black cloth in dust jacket, square 4to, plus other modern art reference and related, mostly hardback publications, many original cloth in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folio (6 shelves)

Clark (Kenneth). The Drawings of Leonardo da Vinci in the Collection of Her Majesty the Queen at Windsor Castle, 3 volumes, 2nd edition, revised with the assistance of Carlo Pedretti, Phaidon, 1968, numerous black & white illustrations, all original uniform cloth gilt in dust jackets, slightly rubbed and marked, 4to, together with Kress Collection. Decorative Art from the Samuel H. Kress Collection at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, by Carl Christian Dauterman, James Parker & Edith Appleton Standen, 1964, Tapestries from the Samuel H. Kress Collection at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, by David Dubon, 1964, & Renaissance Bronzes from the Samuel H. Kress Collection, by John Pope-Hennessy, 1965, some colour and numerous black & white plates, etc., all original cloth gilt in dust jackets, first volume with small library ink stamp to front endpaper only, 4to, plus De Kunst in Nood. En Nationale uitgave tot steun aan de noodlijdende Nederlandsche beeldende kunstenaars, nos. 1-6, The Hague, c. 1933, tipped-in black & white plates, illustrations etc., all bound in original pictorial wrappers, stitched as issued, loosely contained in orig. cloth portfolio, 4to, (a complete set of six issues of the Dutch art journal Kunst in Nood, covering painting, sculpture, dance, music, photography, architecture etc., with numerous illustrations by Dutch artists, and contributions by writers and critics etc., each issue with a striking original cover design by H. Willebeek le Mair, Christian de Moor, Willem Witjens, P. A. H. Hofman, Jo Spier and Titus Leese), plus other modern art reference, G/VG, 4to/folio (3 shelves)

Berenson (Bernard). Italian Pictures of the Renaissance, a list of the principal artists and their works with an index of places, Florentine School, volumes 1 & 2, 1963, Central Italian and North Italian Schools, volumes 1-3, 1968, numerous colour and black and white illustrations, original cloth in dust jackets, covers slightly toned, large 8vo, plus one further volume by the author, together with Cescinsky (Herbert), The Old-World House, its Furniture & Decoration, volumes 1 & 2, 1924, numerous black and white illustrations, contemporary gilt-decorated morocco spines to red cloth, boards slightly marked, 4to, and other modern art reference and related, mostly hardback publications, some original cloth in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/4to (3 shelves)

Brinker (Helmut & Lutz, Albert). Chinese Cloisonn‚, The Pierre Uldry Collection, 1st edition, New York, 1989, numerous colour and black and white illustrations, original gilt-decorated grey cloth in dust jacket, 4to, together with MacDonald (Brian W.), Tribal Rugs, Treasures of theBlack Tent, 1st edition, 1997, numerous colour and black and white illustrations, original green cloth in dust jacket, large 8vo, and Bickerton (L.M.), Eighteenth Century English Drinking Glasses, An Illustrated Guide, 2nd edition, 1986, numerous black and white illustrations, original blue cloth in dust jacket, spine slightly toned, large 8vo, plus other modern Oriental art and antique glass reference and related, including publications by Antique Collectors' Club, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/4to (36)

Corbijn (Anton). U2&i: The Photographs 1982-2004, 1st edition, Munich, 2005, colour and mostly black and white photographs, folding prospectus loosely inserted, original cloth in dust jacket, 4to, together with Davies (David & Baron, Stuart), 1992: A Book of European Quotation, 1st edition, [1992], 24 pp., colour plates, original cloth-backed decorative boards in slipcase, folio, plus Leibovitz (Annie), American Music, 1st edition, 2003, full bleed colour and black and white photographs, original pictorial boards with wraparound, 4to, plus other modern photography, art and architecture, etc., many large format and mostly VG (3 shelves)

Koreny (Fritz). Albrecht Drer und die Tier-und Pflanzenstudien der Renaissance, 1985, numerous colour and black and white illustrations, inscription to front endpaper, original boards in dust jacket, large 8vo, together with Herberts (Kurt), Offenbarungen in der Malerei des 20 Jahrhunderts, 1966, numerous colour and black and white illustrations, original cloth in dust jackets, covers slightly rubbed to head and foot, large 4to, and other modern German language literature and art reference and related, all original cloth in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/4to (6 shelves)

Shah (Raja Nazrin). Landmarks of Perak, 1st edition, Malaysia, 2000, numerous colour illustrations, original blue cloth in dust jacket and slipcase, oblong 4to, together with Cooper (William T., [illustrator]), Australian Parrots, by Joseph M. Forshaw, 2nd edition, 1981, numerous colour and black and white illustrations, original green cloth in dust jacket, covers slightly toned, large 8vo, and other modern art and architecture reference and related, many original cloth in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folio (3 shelves)

Diderot (Denis & D'Alembert, Jean). Recueil De Planches, sur Les Sciences, Les Arts Lib‚raux, et les Arts Mechaniques, avec leur explication, tomes XVIII-XXVIII, Suite, facsimile edition, Readex Microprint Corp., New York, 1969, numerous black and white illustrations, original quarter calf, spine slightly faded, folio, together with Roberts (David), The Holy Land, Studio editions, 1989, numerous colour illustrations, original red cloth in dust jacket, covers slightly rubbed to head and foot, large 8vo, plus Hardie (Martin), Water-colour Painting in Britain, vol. II, The Romantic Period, 3rd impression, 1979, numerous black and white and colour illustrations, original green cloth in price-clipped dust jacket in slipcase, covers slightly rubbed, large 8vo, plus other modern art reference, mostly hardback publications, many original cloth in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folio (3 shelves)

Hazen (Allen T.). A Catalogue of Horace Walpole's Library, volumes 1-3 plus bibliography, Yale University Press, 1969-73, original blue cloth in dust jackets, some covers slightly rubbed, 4to (4 volumes in total), together with Goss (John), The Mapmaker's Art, A History of Cartography, 1993, numerous colour and black and white illustrations, original black cloth in dust jacket, folio, D'Ewes (Simonds), The Journals of All the Parliaments During the Reign of Queen Elizabeth, reprint edition, Irish University Press, Ireland, 1973, black and white frontispiece, loss to upper right corner of front endpaper, original green cloth, folio, plus other modern bibliographical reference and related, including A Transcript of the Stationers' Registers 1554-1640 A.D. ( volumes 1-5) 1640-1708 A.D. (volumes 1-3), reprint editions, 1950, (8 volumes in total), mostly hardback publications, G/VG, 8vo/folio (approx. 38)

Barbara Newcomb B.F.A, R.E. (20th C American), Eight various landscapes, colour lithograph and embossed lithographs, in brush aluminium frames, together with a modern triple colour print of stylized Aboriginal art, in black frame, 75x80cm,

A modern Art Deco style rectangular wall mirror in glass frame with stepped border, width 90cm and a large rectangular bevelled edged wall mirror with part gilded frame, width 112cm (2).

An Art Deco blue cut glass perfume bottle, together with an opaque blue hobnail glass example, and a further group of modern examples

An Art Deco coromandel sideboard,designed by Serge Chermayeff (1900-1996) for Waring and Gillow Ltd., the raised centre with five drawers flanked by cupboards, over two further drawers, on a raised plinth, labelled and stamped to the top drawer and numbered 93224 to the back,153cm wide61cm deep99cm highSerge Chermayeff (1900-1996) Born in Grozny in 1900 to a wealthy Jewish family, Chermayeff came to England to be educated at Harrow School. After a brief time as a journalist and then a professional dancer, and with no formal training, he joined Waring and Gillow as the head of their Modern Art Studio.In 1928, in collaboration with the French decorator, Paul Follot, who ran Waring and Gillow's Paris branch, he organised an Exhibition of Modern Design, which gave the British public access to luxurious Paris furnishings and an introduction to the French modern style.This sideboard is identical in form to that in the 1928 Exhibition, but this example is veneered entirely in coro

Art Deco circular metal mounted loudspeaker (a/f) together with three volumes ' Modern Practical Radio and Television ' and a hickory shafted golf club

Six various silver mounted dressing table and condiment bottles together with a modern Art Glass perfume atomiser

Single volume Modern practical Farriery, a complete system of the veterinary Art by W.J.Miles published London William Mackenzie a/f

A pair of modern brown leather upholstered rocking armchairs in the Art Deco taste CONDITION REPORTS Height 90cm apprx, 87cm deep, 80 cm wide. One rocking chair has caps missing from front rockers and one off the back. The other has one cap missing from front rocker. Both chairs have wear and tear.

A collection of Royal Albert dinner plates decorated with fruit to include plums, pears, etc, together with a Royal Doulton Series Ware dish, a Continental pottery plate decorated with a kingfisher, a Spode Copelands China square dish decorated with pheasants and chrysanthemums on a black ground, an Art Deco style dressing table tray with three matching lidded pots, a capo-di-monte figure group of two gentlemen, a London Transport Special Ticket "The Royal Wedding Warrant" 29th July 1981, two blue and white chamber pots with gilt decoration, a pottery pig money bank, a modern Delft card holder, etc

Elegante Dame am Tisch Sitzend, an important bronze after the original by Bernhard Hoetger, (German, 1874-1949), the patinated bronze depicting an elegant lady sitting to take tea, signed in the bronze 25 x 43 x 30cm (10 x 17 x 12in) Other Notes: Bernhard Hoetger was born in 1874 in Dortmund Germany. A sculptor and painter, he was a follower of the Expressionist movement which emerged from Germany at the turn of the 20th century. Expressionist artists often employed swirling, swaying lines as a means of conveying their emotions and reaction to the modern world; art was deemed to come from within the artist rather than a depiction of the external world. Hoetger was inspired by the works of Rodin, having travelled to Paris in 1900 to view the Exposition Universelle. He died in Switzerland in 1949.

Raymond Yap (British, 20th Century) Cityscape signed lower right "Raymond Yap '95" pencil and watercolour 50 x 33cm (20 x 13in) Other Notes: Raymond Yap studied at the Royal Academy Schools in 2001, and obtained a BA Honours degree at Wimbledon School of Art in 1998. In 2001 he won a major award travel scholarship to USA, and was invited as a visiting tutor to Wimbledon School of Art. He has been involved in educational projects at Tate Modern and has exhbited solo in The Agency Contemporary in London, Jendela (Visual Arts Space) Esplanade, Valentine Willie Fine Art and Sengking Arts Space in Yogjakarta. Condition appears fine.

§ Olive Cook (British, 1912-2002) Self-portrait under the apple tree oil on canvas board 62 x 75cm (24 x 29in) Other Notes: Other Notes: Olive Cook was an artist, historian and writer, born in Cambridge on 20 February 1912 and educated at Perse School for Girls and Newnham College, where she studied modern languages. After working at the National Gallery, she began painting and after the war she wrote the publications 'Suffolk' (1948), 'Cambridgeshire: aspects of a county' (1953), and 'Breckland' (1956) about the surrounding countryside. In 1954 Olive married the photographer and architect Edwin Smith and together they produced publications around English architecture; Smith's photographs complimenting Cook's in depth historical writing. Olive and Edwin moved to Saffron Walden in 1962, first living on the corner of Audley Road and East Street, and later into the Coach House at the Vineyards on Windmill Hill. Together the couple provided the driving force behind the idea of creating an Arts Centre in Saffron Walden, using the old Maltings in Gold Street, and initiated a special fund towards the project. The project was then moved to the Corn Exchange, providing funds and resources for the town's Art Centre. However the Centre lost the support of the council, and was closed in 2000. Olive was an environmental campaigner for most of her life, for instance protesting the impact of Stansted Airport in her book 'The Stansted Affair' (1967). She also worked to protect the architecture and community of Saffron Walden; she was responsible for protecting the Corn Exchange, Barclays Bank, the Town Hall and the General Hospital in London Road from re-development. Olive was one of the founding members of the Fry Art Gallery in Saffron Walden, and wrote 'The North West Essex Collection: an Introduction' (1988), a survey of the artists represented in the collection at the Fry Art Gallery. Condition is fine.

Pavel Tchelitchew (Russian, 1898-1957) Veined hand signed lower right "P Tchelitchew 1942" pen and ink, unframed 44 x 30cm (17 x 12in) Provenance: Rex Evans Gallery, 748 North Lane Cienega Boulevard, Los Angeles, USA (label verso); Private collection, London. Other Notes: Pavel Tchelitchew was a Russian-born surrealist painter, set designer and costume designer. Tchelitchew was born to an aristocratic family of landowners and was educated by private tutors. Tchelitchew expressed an early interest in ballet and art. He left Russia in 1920, lived in Berlin from 1921 to 1923, and moved to Paris in 1923. In Paris Tchelitchew became acquainted with Gertrude Stein and, through her, the Sitwell and Gorer families. He and Edith Sitwell had a long-standing close friendship and they corresponded frequently. His first U.S. show was of his drawings, along with other artists, at the newly opened Museum of Modern Art in 1930. In 1934, he moved from Paris to New York City with his partner, writer Charles Henri Ford. From 1940 to 1947, he provided illustrations for the Surrealist magazine View, edited by Ford and writer and film critic Parker Tyler. His most significant work is the painting Hide and Seek, painted in 1940–42, and currently owned by the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. Unframed. Wrinkling to the edges of the paper. Some spots of surface dirt and alight discolouration to the paper. There is a rectangle of darker discolouration around the signature, as there is around the drawing aswell. It's most likely that the drawing was at one time in a frame that had a close mount around the drawing, and a cut out in the mount for the signature, thus the exposed areas were subject to more sun damage.