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[§] JOHN BRATBY R.A. (BRITISH 1928-1992) WATCHING TV Signed and dated 'May '58', oil on panel 203cm x 366cm (80in x 144in)Please note this work is oil on panel, not canvas as stated in the catalogue.John Bratby is one of the most notable figures in 20th Century British Art, both artistically and in terms of reputation. He developed an Expressionistic take on Realist painting, a manner that led to the term ‘Kitchen Sink Realism’ being coined. ‘Kitchen Sink’ soon began to be used in reference to literature, theatre and film of the day that also explored the banality of Post-War British life. Bratby had clearly captured something of the 1950s British zeitgeist and his success after leaving the Royal College of Art was swift and remarkable.The quintessential artistic eccentric, Bratby was known to beg and sleep rough in Hyde Park or the attics of the Royal College of Art. After graduation however, he enjoyed a meteoric rise to public and critical renown. He was a clever self-publicist and happy to provide salacious details of his bohemian lifestyle to a receptive media. In many ways, Bratby was Britain’s first celebrity artist, and played the media game very astutely. The international accolades rolled in and he won the Guggenheim Award for three consecutive years between 1956 and 1958.Perhaps inevitably, a backlash commenced in the 1960s as Pop Art rose to popularity and Britain no longer wanted to examine itself through the grubby mirror of realism. Bratby remained popular with the buying public, however, and turned his hand to writing semi-autobiographical novels during this decade.Bratby and the Kitchen Sink School have enjoyed more recent critical re-examinations, including a significant retrospective in the National Portrait Gallery in 1991.
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A collection of original vintage boxed and loose Pedigree made Sindy accessories, to include: Box numbers 44513 Bath , 44510 Walk In The Park , 44542 Camping Buggy & Foldaway Tent, 44548 Sink Unit , 44512 Writing Bureau , and 44486 Washing Machine Unit. Along with unboxed Sindy Gig + Horse and Horsebox vehicles. Contents unchecked for completeness.
Peter Davison signed album page. English actor with many credits in television dramas and sitcoms. He became famous as Tristan Farnon in the BBCs television adaptation of James Herriots All Creatures Great and Small stories. His subsequent starring roles included the sitcoms Holding the Fort and Sink or Swim, the fifth incarnation of the Doctor in Doctor Who, Dr. Stephen Daker in A Very Peculiar Practice and Albert Campion in Campion. He later played David Braithwaite in At Home with the Braithwaites, Dangerous Davies in The Last Detective and Henry Sharpe in Law & Order: UK. Good Condition. All signed items come with our certificate of authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.99, EU from £5.99, Rest of World from £7.95
Sink the Bismarck cover signed by Ted Briggs and R Tilburn, two of the only three survivors of the loss of HMS Hood. JS50/45/5 50th ann WW2 1991 cover. Flown by Hercules with Biographies on and inside the cover. BFPS2265 special postmark. Good Condition. All signed items come with our certificate of authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.99, EU from £5.99, Rest of World from £7.95
Victorian watercolour of Gloucester political interest depicting eleven Gloucester councillors carrying a coffin marked 'Petition' to the Mausoleum of Defeated Culumny. A further caption 'The Burial of the Most Ignoble Petition from the City of Gloucester Feb 22nd 1869 deeply regretted by the Enemies of Progress. They came they saw, they passed away, as dogs they had their noisy day, one bitter cup was theirs to drink, as drowning kittens so they sink.
A Second World War operational parachutist qualification wing with Special Operations Executive provenance, that of 2352299 Acting Sergeant Thomas Edward Handley, Royal Signals. [Provenance: by descent to vendor. These rooms having sold Handley's Military Cross in 2014] Serving with the Royal Signals from 1940, it is believed Sergeant Handley was an early volunteer for Commando and operational paratroop training. While serving in the Middle East he was recruited by the Cairo office of Special Operations Executive. In 1943 he took part in Operation Locksmith, a mission intended to block the Corinth Canal. The four man operation was led by Lieutenant Commander C M B Cumberlege, DSO and bar, Royal Navy Reserve. The operation's objective was to sink heavy shipping by means of magnetic mines, thus creating block ships. In January the team was landed in uniform by submarine near Poros, Greece, with over two tons of munitions and explosives. While Handley maintained communications with Cairo, ultimately Cumberlege and one other, despite interventions by Italian and German forces, managed to deposit the mines as intended. However it appears the explosives either failed to detonate, or were otherwise ineffectual, as no major vessels were sunk. Thereafter the team faced treachery from hostile locals, and were ultimately involved in a fire fight with a German patrol which resulted in the capture of one of their radios, complete with secret code books. The detail of what transpired next is unclear, however it is known is that Handley received a message, almost certainly sent by the Germans using the captured wireless set, advising the team of a rendezvous with a Royal Navy submarine. The meeting was a trap which finally lead to the capture of the SOE personnel. Whilst his comrades were sent to prison at Athens, it appears Handley under duress was forced by the Germans to send false messages back to SOE Cairo. However Handley, at great personal risk, managed to insert covert 'tells' into these communications alerting Cairo of his compromised situation. Upon being 'caught at his own game' [taken from the recommendation for Handley's MM] he too was sent to Athens. The men were brutally treated, though contrary to Hitler's infamous 'Commando Order' that captured Allied commandos be summarily executed, they were taken to Germany and ultimately imprisoned in the Zellenbau of Sachsenhausen concentration camp. There they were murdered in early 1945. Handley was awarded the Military Medal while a prisoner of war. An extract from the recommendation for the award reads 'Without consideration of his personal safety, he took a grave risk the whole time in deliberately hoodwinking the enemy in a manner which has in other cases resulted in the immediate shooting of the operator."
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