Cecil ffrench Salkeld ARHA (1904-1969) MOTHER AND CHILD oil on canvas laid on board signed lower right 17 by 14.25in., 43.18 by 36.195cm. Collection of Lady Nelson; Collection of Cyril McKeown; Private collection As a member of the Dublin Painters group, as well as a poet, playwright, dramatist, broadcaster, philosopher and owner of the Gayfield Press, Cecil Salkeld was at the forefront of the avant-garde in Irish arts and literature. He was a Renaissance man of his time who interlinked the arts in a way which he had observed in Germany but which was entirely forward-thinking for Ireland at the time. Salkeld`s mother was an actress with the Abbey Theatre as well as a poet and playwright. His daughter Beatrice was married to Brendan Behan while his other daughter also pursued a career on the stage. He was producer of radio programmes on the arts, director of cultural events for An Tostal as well as director of the Irish National Ballet. Salkeld, who was born in India, studied art in Germany at Kassell Kunstchule in the early 1920s under Ewald Dülberg, whose style was in the manner of the Rheinland Primitives. There he also came under the influence of Otto Dix and the New Objectivity movement and upon returning to Dublin, he aligned himself immediately with the modernists, adapting his style to contemporary life in the Irish capital. He exhibited with the New Irish Salon and the Radical Painters` Group among others. Both lots in this sale are painted in the artist`s usual austere manner and demonstrate his unique style and smooth handling of paint. While lot 40A demonstrates his fondness for feminine subject matter, the latter [lot 41] shows his ties to the stage. Reviewing an exhibition of his at the Victor Waddington Galleries in 1945, the Dublin Magazine commented on Salkeld`s "original, sombre palette, intellectually rather than emotionally conceived". The artist`s best known work are his murals, a triptych completed in 1942, in Davy Byrne`s pub, Dublin. "
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Cecil ffrench Salkeld ARHA (1904-1969) THE AUDITION oil on canvas board signed lower left 17.25 by 21.25in., 43.815 by 53.975cm. Collection of Lady Nelson; Collection of Cyril McKeown; Private collection The location for the scene is thought to be the Abbey Theatre, Dublin. As a member of the Dublin Painters group, as well as a poet, playwright, dramatist, broadcaster, philosopher and owner of the Gayfield Press, Cecil Salkeld was at the forefront of the avant-garde in Irish arts and literature. He was a Renaissance man of his time who interlinked the arts in a way which he had observed in Germany but which was entirely forward-thinking for Ireland at the time. Salkeld`s mother was an actress with the Abbey Theatre as well as a poet and playwright. His daughter Beatrice was married to Brendan Behan while his other daughter also pursued a career on the stage. He was producer of radio programmes on the arts, director of cultural events for An Tostal as well as director of the Irish National Ballet. Salkeld, who was born in India, studied art in Germany at Kassell Kunstchule in the early 1920s under Ewald Dülberg, whose style was in the manner of the Rheinland Primitives. There he also came under the influence of Otto Dix and the New Objectivity movement and upon returning to Dublin, he aligned himself immediately with the modernists, adapting his style to contemporary life in the Irish capital. He exhibited with the New Irish Salon and the Radical Painters` Group among others. Both lots in this sale are painted in the artist`s usual austere manner and demonstrate his unique style and smooth handling of paint. While 40A demonstrates his fondness for feminine subject matter, the latter shows his ties to the stage. Reviewing an exhibition of his at the Victor Waddington Galleries in 1945, the Dublin Magazine commented on Salkeld`s "original, sombre palette, intellectually rather than emotionally conceived". The artist`s best known work are his murals, a triptych completed in 1942, in Davy Byrne`s pub, Dublin. "
Barbara Jones (1912-1978) ``Launching of the Holland Submarine No.1, at Barrow, 1901``; ``Marconi Transmitting the First Radio Signals from Cornwall to Newfoundland, 1901``; ``Louis Bleriot flying the English Channel, 1909`` All signed, inscribed verso, pencil and watercolour, each 28cm by 40cm (3) Produced for the series of A Half Century of Progress, commissioned by the Financial Times in 1950 Provenance: Abbott & Holder Ltd, 30 Museum Street, London See illustration
*WWII Luftwaffe. Messerschmitt 109 and 110. An original Radio Transmitter/Receiver, c. 1930s-1940s, a rare unit as fitted to the types, believed removed from an Me110, bears makers plated inscribed Type E10L, Gerat No. 124-109B-1, Werk Nr. 167639, Anforderz Ln26593, appears good original condition (1)
*H.M. Submarine `K3`. A fine 1/72nd scale museum quality display model of this steam-powered submarine, built by D. Simpson, finished in pale grey over light blue-grey below the water line, with conning tower, periscopes, forward and rear deck armament, twin folding funnels, upper deck armament, guard rails, cleats and other fittings, all gold plated, with twin radio masts forward and aft stabiliser planes, the bow torpedo doors and twin three-blade propellers gold plated, on stand in oak framed display case, 64in (162.5cm) long, with fore and aft simulated ivory builders plates, inscribed `H.M. Submarine `K3` High Speed Fleet Submarine `K` Class for the British Admiralty Constructed By Messrs Vickers Barrow in Furness, Launched May 1916` The `K` Class submarines were designed and built on the orders of the Admiralty as rumour was rife that the Kaisermarine had developed a high surface speed U-boat. Ultimately, driven by geared turbines of 10,500 h.p., the `K` class, with a crew of five officers and fifty-three ratings, this submarine had at the time (1916) a surface speed of 25 knots and was the world`s fastest. Known as the `Kalamity Kays` the eighteen `K` class built had unhappy lives. Accidents, technical malfunctions and incompetence led to the class becoming rapidly extinct. `K3``s most momentus moment was when, with HRH The Price of Wales abroad, she suddenly and uncontrollably dived, becoming stuck on the sea bed. After much anguish and 20 minutes she was freed and returned to the surface. The Prince was unharmed, but no doubt shaken by the experience. After many other `adventures`, `K3` was eventually scrapped in 1921. (1)
A collection of WW2 German ephemera, including 76 Signal magazines from 1940-44, 25 Adler magazines from 1941-44, Freedom Calling, The Story of the Secret German Radio by Frederick Muller, paper back booklet, Englands Maske ist gesfallen, paper back booklet printed 1939, various contemporary newspapers, magazines, etc (-)
Toys - Corgi die-cast - A group of eight comprising: Neville Cement Tipper Body On E.R.F. Chassis (460), Land-Rover Breakdown Truck (417), R.A.C. Radio Rescue Land-Rover (416), Citroen Safari (436), Commer Police Van (464), Mercedes-Benz 220 SE Coupe (230), Corgi Motor School Car (236) and Chevrolet Corvair (229), all boxed Boxes and vehicles are generally in fair to good condition although would advise viewing in person - General condition consistent with age **
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