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Lot 509
Leslie Duxbury (1921-2001)/Lancashire Characters/six black crayon sketches, various sizes, 42cm x 29cm and smaller/unframed (6)Note: Artist, teacher and writer, Leslie Duxbury's early years were spent in Lancashire where he studied at Accrington School of Art. Initially his sketches and paintings focussed on scenes of working class life, capturing the characters of his childhood from care-worn miner's widows to farmers and pigeon fanciers in the style of the Kitchen Sink School whose more famous members included John Bratby and Derrick Greaves. Duxbury gained a place at the Royal College of Art and, after serving in the RAF, he settled in London with his wife and family. A holiday cottage in Dyfed, southwest Wales, provided the opportunity for endless walks and the source of inspiration for landscape painting. In later years, he concentrated his interest in etching and he created an impressive portfolio which come to the market directly from his estate. CONDITION REPORT: ARR Artist's Resale Right may apply to the sale of this lot if the hammer price is the equivalent of 1000 Euros or more, incurring an additional fee. For further information please ask Chorley's or visit www.dacs.org.uk
Lot 182
Medieval Cinque Port Heraldic Mount. Circa, 12th - 14th century AD. Copper-alloy, 13.40 grams. 36.99 mm. A rare medieval heraldic mount displaying the arms of the Cinque Port at Romney in Kent. The round mount displays the dexter halves of the three lions of England with the tail halves being the sterns of wooden ships. Vertically divided in two halves with enamel, right being red for England and left blue (Azure) representing the sea.Cinque Ports: Prior to the 15th Century, England had no permanent navy to defend it from sea-borne aggression. Instead five ports in the South East - the region most vulnerable to invasion - contracted with the Crown to provide a defensive fleet when required. King Edward the Confessor had contracted the five most important Channel ports of that day to provide ships and men “for the service of the monarch” and although this was frequently as a “cross-Channel ferry service”, it was not exclusively so. Under the Norman kings this became the essential means of keeping the two halves of their realm together, but after the loss of Normandy in 1205, their ships (the fore-runners of the Royal Navy) suddenly became England’s first line of defence against the French.These ports – Hastings, Sandwich, Dover, Romney and Hythe – became known as the Cinque Ports (from the French word five, but always pronounced ‘sink’ not ‘sank’). They were granted many freedoms (for example from militia service, from market and port tolls) and privileges, the most prized being the right to carry the canopy over the King at the Coronation and the very profitable, the running of the international Herring Fair on Yarmouth strand.The earliest charter still existing dates from 1278. However, there may have existed charters granted by sovereigns to some - or all - of the Cinque Ports going back to the time of Edward the Confessor (1042-66).The towns of Winchelsea and Rye were added tot he five original Cinque Ports - probably prior to 1210 - and to these were later added corporate and non-corporate members (or limbs), being other smaller ports. The heyday of the Cinque Ports was in medieval times when they provided a vital navy for the protection of the realm. Today, the Cinque Ports, and their charters, still exist. This Confederation of Cinque Ports (cinque is the French for five) was formed in the early 11th century. Its ‘head of state’ was the Lord Warden. The founding Members (‘head ports') were Hastings, New Romney, Hythe, Dover and Sandwich.
Lot 12
Banksy (British, b. 1975)Weston Super Mare 1999 taggedacrylic on canvas76.5 by 76.5 cm.30 1/8 by 30 1/8 in.This work was executed in 1999.Footnotes:This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity issued by Pest Control Office.ProvenancePrivate Collection, UKSale: Sotheby's, Olympia, Contemporary Art, 19 June 2006, Lot 560Acquired directly from the above by the present ownerLiteratureRobin Banksy, Banging your head against a brick wall, London 2001, n.p., illustratedBanksy's best works always have at their heart his distinctive, often brutal sense of humour. So much of his early work focuses on that peculiarly British characteristic that celebrates the mundane and the ordinary, in the tradition of the kitchen sink painters such as Stanley Spencer of the mid-Twentieth Century. Banksy often plays with this national personality trait, repurposing twee landscapes and inserting shocking images in the Crude Oil series, or, as in the case with the present lot, memorialising a town synonymous with drabness and faded glamour and building the composition on the image of a lonely figure sitting on a bench. The sheer unsuitability of this as a subject for a major work of art is where the humour lies and yet it also gives a glimpse into the personality of this mercurial artist. Weston-Super-Mare is a seaside town near Banksy's native Bristol and the location of his 2015 theme park Dismaland. Best known as the site of the once celebrated Tropicana Lido, closed since 2000, Weston-Super-Mare is not the obvious choice for a new amusement park and so it would have immediately appealed to Banksy's post-modern sense of irony. This is also a political choice; by celebrating the hinterland and indeed the degraded, disenfranchised figure at the heart of the composition of the present lot, Banksy is using his platform to drag focus away from traditional art world contexts. Always a self-confessed outsider, so much of Banksy's art exists to poke fun at traditional hierarchies and, in light of his astonishing success, also at himself. If everyone is fair game for mockery in Banksy's world then no one is more so than he himself and in that sense the figure on the bench can be seen as a self-portrait, revealing his own sense of ordinariness and feeding into the theme of being an imposter that features so often in his work. Weston Super Mare can therefore be seen as a work of searing honesty and self-revelation; a very personal painting that gives a clear, if very rare, insight into the artist's background and personality. Executed in 1999, this work is one of the earliest and most significant canvases by the artist to come to auction.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
Lot 684
World War II print 23x28 titled To Sink the Bismark signed in pencil by the artist Gerald Coulson limited edition 425/500. Good Condition. All autographs are genuine hand signed and come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99.
Lot 149
The Ramones: A Joey Ramone Artwork,collage, entitled Bloody Gums, comprising a toothbrush with red bristles, a trimmed Polaroid of a sink with blood, signed By Joey Ramone, all on silver foil in clear plastic box frame, 8in x 10in x 1 1/4in (20.3cm x 25.5cm x 3cm); together with six various Christmas cards from Joey Ramone, 1990s, including one with signed message, Veronica A Happy Healthy Holiday + Killer New Year Stay Away From Flying Typewriters All The Best In 1995, another inscribed To Ramones Fans Everywhere All The Best For A Happy Healthy Holiday London Feb 3rd Brixton Academy In This Being Our ''Grande Finale'' I Say Again Thanks For The Memories With Appreciation + Love Joey Ramone; various handwritten notes by Joey, including one reading Shut That Big Ignoramus Mouth Or The Wig Gets It; three signed colour photographs of Joey onstage; Joey Ramone business cards in pink card holder; a postcard of Joey and two cards from Charlotte Lesher, Joey's assistant, and a photocopy of a cheque made out to Veronica Kofman, (Qty)Footnotes:Provenance:From the collection of Veronica Kofman, former secretary of The Ramones' UK Fan Club from the late 1980s until 2001.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 610
Sir Alan Bates signed 10x8 black and white photo. Sir Alan Arthur Bates, CBE ,17 February 1934 – 27 December 2003, was an English actor who came to prominence in the 1960s, when he appeared in films ranging from the popular children's story Whistle Down the Wind to the kitchen sink drama A Kind of Loving. Good Condition. All autographed items are genuine hand signed and come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99.
Lot 386
SOUL AND BLUES 7" DEMOS ON DECCA. 7 nice picks on Decca to include: Elkie Brooks - Something's Got A Hold Of Me / Hello Stranger (demo, F.11928), Fearns Brass Foundry - How I Taste The Tears / Love, Sink and Drown (demo, F 12835), Susan Shifrin - To Love / 25 Miles (demo, F 13145), Truly Smith - I Wanna Go Back There Again / Window Cleaner (demo, F 12645), Satin Bells - I Stand Accused (Of Loving You) / Sweet Darlin' (demo, F 22937), The Big City Blues of Errol Dixon - Back To The Chicken Shack / I Done Found Out (demo, F 12826), Otis Spann - Keep Your Hand Out Of My Pocket / Stirs Me Up (F.11972). Condition is generally Ex or Ex+.
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