Sir Jacob Epstein KBE (American/British, 1880-1959). Graphite on paper portrait sketch titled "Head - Army Study," depicting a man, June 1918. Signed and dated along the right margin. Titled and dated along the verso.Provenance: Washington Irving Gallery, New York; Private Minnesota Collection.Exhibition: Reading Public Museum and Art Gallery, May 21 - June 11, 1967, no. 25.Height: 14 1/2 in x width: 10 in.Condition: There are no rips, tears, or restorations. No major creases. The sheet is lightly toned. There is a light strip of matburn along the perimeter of the drawing. There are spots of foxing throughout. There is a yellowed strip of old tape affixed along the upper edge of the verso. Light soiling to the verso. The work is not framed.
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Matt Groening (b.1954) American animator, a signed sketch of Bart Simpson, black ink drawing on paper with autograph below, dated 2004, the page 27 cm x 20 cm. From the estate of the late Franz-Peter Bach, a German autograph collector of many years. He began collecting in the 1980s, from following music tours in Germany, as well as attending swap meets in Hanover, where as well as exchanging autographs, he was given addresses of celebrities, who he would then write to directly for signatures. His collection was meticulously collated, mostly in albums, and added to over many years.Authenticated prior to the sale by Adam Andrusier.Collated in a presentation album by Mr Bach, with tipped in photograph on opposing page. Following the sale, the autograph(s) will be removed and paired with the photograph, ready for collection / shipping.
Herbert St. John Jones (British, 1870-1939)'High Life' - Old English Sheep Dog 'Rufford Ormonde', Pierpont Morgan's hero dog signed and dated 'Herbert H. Jones/1906' (lower left)oil on canvas30.5 x 41cm (12 x 16 1/8in).Footnotes:An inscription on the reverse reads:'High Life original sketch by H.H. Jones/of Nantwich/Rufford Ormonde (CSB 2336)/bred by Mr Stretch Ormskirk/1906'ProvenanceAnon. sale, Bonhams, Chester, 16 March 2011, lot 451.Private collection, UK.Ch. Rufford Ormonde won his first C.C at The Kennel Club Show of 1892 when he also won what is now the British Collie Club Challenge Trophy for the first time. He won this trophy twice more in 1894, after his name change. This makes him the only dog to have won this trophy in different names, Ormskirk Ormonde and Rufford Ormonde. Ch. Rufford Ormonde was sold to Mr. J. Pierpont Morgan, of New York, at which time Morgan was paying record prices for champion dogs from England. Famously two of the American banker's prize collies, Sefton Hero and Ch. Rufford Ormonde, saved a young woman from drowning in July 1897. Robert K. Armstrong, the Superintendent of Mr. Morgan's kennels, with his wife, baby, and friend were upset in their boat on the Hudson and thrown into the river. The friend could not swim, and the noble dogs plunged to her rescue. Ch. Rufford Ormonde took hold of one arm with his teeth, and Sefton Hero placed himself so that the woman rested squarely on his back. Working together they dragged her safely to shore.Herbert St John Jones painted famous horses and dogs for many aristocratic clients, including King Edward VII and the Duke and Duchess of Westminster.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Gertrude Massey (née Seth) (1868-1957) - an archive folio of her works and commissions, including letters from the British royal family, newspaper clippings and reviews, along with photographs of her portrait miniature subjects, including pets and animals; a letter from Sandringham, Norfolk on behalf of HRH The Prince of Wales, thanking Gertrude for the portrait miniature of his French bulldog "Peter", dated 1899; similar letters from Marlborough House, Pall Mall, London SW, dated 1900; a catalogue and invite, Exhibition of Miniatures of Dogs, New Bond Street, London, June 1900; other royal commission ephemera, including telegrams, "Mrs Massey, Please be at Windsor 11 o'clock and ask for Princess Beatrice", dated 1900; others similar; letters, Marlborough House, Pall Mall, "Dear Mrs Massey, would you kindly call here at 11.30 tomorrow morning, if possible, bring with you the painting the Princess has ordered for the Queen"; another "strongly" advising her to deliver the package to Buckingham Palace in person; letters and ephemera regarding other commissions and exhibitions, family portrait groups, c.1900; a small signed watercolour sketch
Commonplacing - an early 20th century sketch and note book, various entries, a pen and ink drawing of a World War I soldier, Buttons up to Date, by F C Coleman, 12/5/19, a depiction of a motor car, The Pleasures of Peace, J Simpson 1919, etc; others, Austria-Hungary, writing exercises, poetry, etc (3)
Ornithological Watercolours. Two Albums of original watercolour studies by George Farnden, circa 1826-27, 36 watercolours, including: Green Finch, Stone Chat, Snipe, Pee Wit, Woodpecker, Gold Finch, Willow Wren, etc., contained in two card bound sketch books (stitching becoming loose in one), most with handwritten captions and dates, many signed, 14 x 18 cm and similarQTY: (2)
Peninsula War. Military Campaign Map of the Environs of Lisbon, published at the Quarter Master Generals Office, Horse Guards, Oct 7th, 1808, uncoloured lithographic map, compass rose and table of explanation, some dust soiling, old folds, long closed splits along folds, small hole where old folds cross, contemporary manuscript inscription to the verso of the map, 505 x 380 mmQTY: (1)NOTE:On the verso is a manuscript inscription "Sketch of the Country with the Positions of the British and French Armies in the Vicinity of Lisbon".
Preissler (Johann Daniel). Die durch Theorie erfundene Practic, oder gründlichverfasste Reguln deren man sich als einer Anleitung zu berühmter Künstlere Zeichen-Wercken bestens bedienen kan...., 3 volumes bound in 1, Nürnberg: 1728 (volume I), 1722 (volume II), 1725 (volume III), engraved portrait frontispiece to volume I, 53 plates for the study of art specifically for the human figure (volume III lacking plate no. 6), minor spotting to a few plates, 3 small inscriptions to verso of plate 16 to volume II, faint sketch of a gentleman in a top hat to verso of final blank, stitching loosening with some leaves coming away from text block, minor dust soiling to a few margins, previous ownership inscription dated 1929 to front free endpaper, contemporary half velum over speckled paper boards, somewhat dust-soiled with a few areas of loss, paper over boards a little torn and chipped, folio QTY: (1)
Poetry. Howard (Nathaniel). Bickleigh Vale, with other poems, York: Printed by T. Wilson and R. Spence, 1804, engraved frontispiece, contemporary ownership inscription to title page, 1 engraved plate, some offsetting and spotting, armorial bookplate to front pastedown, hinges and joints cracked, contemporary tree calf, rubbed with loss, 8voWhite (Henry Kirke). Clifton Grove, A sketch in verse, with Other Poems..., London: Printed by N. Biggs, 1803, light spotting, bookplate, shelf label and bookseller's ticket to front pastedown, typed catalogue description strip pasted to foot of front free endpaper, hinges cracked, later quarter calf, gilt title label to spine, rubbed, corners bumped, 8voWesdley (Samuel). Poems on Several Occasions..., 2nd edition, Cambridge: Printed by J. Bentham, 1743, offsetting to margin of first and last few leaves, bookplate of the Wesley Historical Society to front pastedown, ink ownership inscription to front free endpaper, contemporary calf, rubbed with areas of loss, spine chipped, 8voAkenside (Mark). The pleasures of imagination: a poem..., London: printed for Joseph Wenman, 1786, engraved frontispiece, light spotting to title, near contemporary calf, gilt decorated spine, upper cover decorated with crimson and green morocco panels with gilt lettering 'Oh: In the Abscence of the Y. H T. Rends / Whom Shall I Find Unbyass, D in Dispute Eager to Learn Unwilling To Confute / The Grateful Joys That Flow F. M. B.t Of Friend / To Whom The Labours Of My Soul Disclose Reveal My Pleasures Or Discharge My Woes' and 'Mr Richd. Corner, Hull 1789', morocco label to spine, spine chipped at head and foot, corners bumped, ink stains to areas affecting lower portion of spine and lower cover, 24mo, together with 40 other 17th-century leather-bound volumes, some wear, all 8vo or smaller QTY: (1 carton)
* Gillray (James). Elegance Democratique - a Sketch near High Wycombe - whenever I wish to form a proper estimate of Mans Mind, I observe his Manners & his Dress, Lord Chesterfield, H. Humphrey, July 8th 1799, etching on wove with contemporary hand-colouring, thread margins, old tape hinge on the verso to the upper margin, 370 x 260 mm, together with Pylades & Orestes, H. Humphrey, April 1st 1797, etching on wove with bright contemporary hand-colouring, large margins, watercolour 'stain' affecting the image, 360 x 260 mmQTY: (2)NOTE:BM Satires 9438 & 9065. The first caricature is a comment on the slovenly appearance of John Henry Petty, the eldest son of Lord Lansdowne. Everything about his pose, bearing and dress is tasteless and inelegant. His clothes are ill-fitting and Gillray shows him as paunchy and round-shouldered with slack stockings. To top off this critique, Gillray includes a quotation by Philip Stanhope, Lord Chesterfield; one of the most famous arbiters of taste and dress.The second image shows William V, the Prince of Orange, as Orestes and his private Secretary, Count Nassalin, as the devoted Pylades. The British Museum describes the Prince's secretary as "hunchback." Gillray seems to have added the hump in a hurried afterthought. The secretary's hair, tied back with a black ribbon, falls behind him upon what would be a normal-looking back. The hump is then added unconvincingly behind the queue and somehow outside Nassalin's jacket—a rare example of carelessness by Gillray.
Gordon (Patrick). Geography Anatomiz'd: or, The Geographical Grammar. Being a short and exact analysis of the whole body of Modern Geography, after a new and curious method..., fourth edition, corrected, and somewhat enlarged..., London: printed for John Nicholson, G. & John Sprint, S. Burroughs and others, 1704, title page printed in red & black, additional half-title, 16 uncoloured double-page engraved maps by Robert Morden, the maps of Moscovy and Ireland with repaired closed tears, hinges weak and cracked, contemporary panelled calf, bumped and a little worn at extremities, upper board near detached, small 4to, together with Butler (Samuel). A Sketch of Modern and Ancient Geography for the use of Schools..., 8th edition, London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown and Greene, 1828, 20 engraved folding maps, 18 with contemporary outline colouring, some offsetting, contemporary half calf gilt, 8voQTY: (2)
SVEN BERLIN. Portrait of a Man. (Possibly an early self portrait). Ink drawing. Signed 'SVEN' & dated '38. Paper size, 38 x 28cm. Also, one other possible self portrait in pencil & wash. Initialled 'S' & dated Feb '38. (To the reverse of this, a pencil sketch of a tree trunk). Size 23 x 21cm. Condition Report: The larger portrait is badly foxed throughout and the mount is also age spotted. The smaller portrait is in much better condition, with only two or three foxing spots. Please note that all items in this auction are previously owned & are offered on behalf of private vendors. If detail on condition is required on any lot(s) PLEASE ASK FOR A CONDITION REPORT BEFORE BIDDING. The absence of a condition report does not imply the lot is perfect.WE CAN SHIP THIS LOT, but NOT if part of a large, multiple lots purchase.
MARGO MAECKELBERGHE. * Cornish coastline. Mixed media. Initialled. 14 x 20.5cm. Also, an acrylic sketch, signed Maeckelberghe & dated 1995. 9.5 x 8.5cm. Condition Report: The coastline work is in good, undamaged condition. The sketch has one spot of foxing, but is otherwise in good order, except for the mount, which has age-related spotting. Please note that all items in this auction are previously owned & are offered on behalf of private vendors. If detail on condition is required on any lot(s) PLEASE ASK FOR A CONDITION REPORT BEFORE BIDDING. The absence of a condition report does not imply the lot is perfect.WE CAN SHIP THIS LOT, but NOT if part of a large, multiple lots purchase.
Jackson, G. A. 1817 Algiers: being a Complete Picture of the Barbary States, their Government, Laws, Religion and Natural Productions. And containing a sketch of their various Revolutions, a Description of the Domestic Manners and Customs of the Moors, Arabs and Turks; an Account of the four great capitals of Algiers, Tripoli, Tunis and Morocco, including a faithful detail of the glorious victory of Lord Exmouth. Publ. by R. Edwards. Contemp. half crushed morocco binding with marbled boards, extremities rubbed & worn, boards soiled and rubbed, with renewed endpapers, lacking frontispiece illustration. Illustrated with hand coloured plates. An uncommon work on the Barbary Coast, including details on piracy and slavery. 8vo.
English School, mid-19th Century, a group of six watercolour sketches of the East India Company encampment at Moulmien, Burma, 1854, mounted on paper, each labelled and monogrammed "A.J.C."; together with a watercolour sketch labelled "Burmese Soldier" and two small watercolour sketches, one labelled "View of the Rapids, miles below Pnome" (Burma). Smallest 4cm by 1.75cm, largest 8cm by 19cm (9)
English School, 20th Century, a collection of twelve watercolour sketches and one pencil sketch depicting Burmese subjects, primarily figural studies, together with funeral cars of a priest etc, each named or described in pencil, on paper, unmounted and unframed, various sizes from c. 19cm by 14cm to 18cm by 21cm (13)
Original oil painting DARTMOOR TRAIN by Don Breckon painted in 1981 depicting Great Western Railway 2-6-2T 4410 heading a mixed train from Yelverton over Dartmoor towards Princetown. Framed oil on canvas in excellent condition and complete with original description signed card, original Barbican Gallery receipt and also a copy of Don Breckon's Country Connections book which on pages 42/43 show the original sketch for this painting. Measures 36.5in x 28.5in.
A collection of vintage golfing cartoons comprising, a 1934 Punch "First Golfer "What's you.....than once a week", clipping coloured after (14cmx19cm), a 1922 Punch "The Black Art of Suggestion", clipping coloured after (25cmx18cm) "My Lady's Putt", clipping (23.5cmx17.5cm) and a humorous golfing sketch, wash and pen (20.5cmx18cm) all works framed. (4)
Peter Lockwood (1926-1996)Country lane with village beyondSigned, oil on board, together with a further oil on board by E. Hayes,"Sketch", depicting sheep before a rural dwelling, and a further oil on board by A Sweeney, "Danny at Selkirk", signed and dated (19)74, inscribed verso, 40cm by 60cm, 23cm by 42,5cm and 39cm by 50cm respectively (3)
Realistic hinged mini box boasts an elegant gray flamingo with hints of pink on green aquatic plant sitting in blue water. Gilded clasp at hinge opens to reveal a sketch of a shrimp. Peint Main Limoges France MB Serie Limitee back stamp. 5 of 50. 98. Artist: MBIssued: 20th c. Dimensions: 2.75"L x 1.5"W x 3"HEdition Number: 5 of 50Country of Origin: FranceCondition: Age related wear.
Hand painted Oblong Cobalt blue with 24k gold stars mini box with black clad gray haired broomstick carrying witch atop. Cat clasp opens revealing sketch of owl on a crescent moon. Limoges France Peint Main MB 2 of 50. Artist: MBIssued: 20th c. Dimensions: 2.25"L x 2.25"W x 3"HEdition Number: 2 of 50Country of Origin: FranceCondition: Age related wear.
India.- Foley (Capt. Henry Mirtel, served in India with the 69th Foot Regiment, landowner of Tetley Hall, Sunninghill, Ascot, c.1800-1853) Album comprising 65 original drawings, including 26 from the soldier-artist's time in India circa 1826-1828, with 26 drawings of India that include 'Sketch of the Village of [...?] on the road to Poonah', '...Parbuttee near Poonah', four drawings of the 'Ruins at Bassein [Vasai, Mumbai]', 'A Common husbandry cart with the Jhanjeed on it', 'A sketch of an Indian Plough or Nangur', 'A sketch of a hackerie', '... the Hill Fort of Kulcj Bhooj and its entrance', 'A Sketch of the Indian Light drill plough or Mogurh', 'A Sketch of [?] a Brahmin Village near Malabar Point Bombay', 'Sketch of the Ruins of the old Palace of [Shrimant Daulat Rao Shinde] near the City of Poonah', 'A Sketch of a Stone image in the old tomb of [?] Row Lucka Kutch Bhooj', 'A Sketch of a part of the Hill Fort of Kutch Bhooj', 'A Sketch of part of the town of [?] Maridavee', 'A Native preparing a rice field during the rains', 'Sketch of a Remarkable Gun in the Hill Fort of Kutch Bhooj', 'Gateway to the Fort of Ahmednagar', and a study of Butcher Island (Jawahar Dweep), and others of Sri Lanka, St Helena, and numerous studies of European locations including Switzerland and Germany, 10 pen and black ink, 16 in pencil, all inscribed and mostly dated, various sizes between approx. 78 x 158 mm (3 x 6 1/4 in), and 220 x 285 mm (8 5/8 x 11 1/4 in), neatly tipped onto album leaves, not in date order, manuscript title with off-setting, toning, a few splits, handling creases, lacking covers and spine, folio, circa 1825-1853Provenance:Private collection, London*** A unique and early collection of drawings from India in the 1820s, including towns and temples, as well as local farming tools, local farming practices, and local people. Henry Foley is recorded as being the landowner of Tetworth Hall, Ascot, in 1829, however little is recorded of his artistic practice, or of his military career; he was discharged in 1839.
A 1917 Nurse wartime sketch album used by a WW1 nurse to aid traumatised soldiers, lost to the world for more than 100 years, page after page is taken up by sketches and words put there by heroes from the trenches, one cartoon, drawn by soldier Pte Coles, shows a wounded man, bandaged from head to foot and on crutches, talking to a nurse. He says, ‘I’m feeling a lot better today’. She replies, ‘And you’re looking much better too’. The album, a forgotten piece of military history, belonged to Jean Thomson, a nurse at Merryflats War Hospital in Govan, Glasgow, during 1917/18, formerly a poorhouse, it was requisitioned in 1914 as a military hospital. Jean encouraged patients to draw and write in the album to aid rehabilitation. According to family she worked with soldiers who’d suffered shell shock sparked by battle stress. Symptoms included tremors, loss of sight or hearing and extreme fatigue. Jean’s album shows she was no stranger to ‘trench foot’ either. This horrible condition, first reported during combat in Russia in 1812, occurred when soldiers wore tight boots for prolonged periods in damp conditions. Fungal infections led to tingling, itching, swelling and, at worst, decay. However, the bulldog spirit shines bright again in a cartoon entitled ‘Trench Feet’. It depicts a dog sporting an enormously swollen and bandaged paw alongside the words, ‘It’s better to be a good old has been than a never was’. Humility comes to the fore with every turn of the page. In 1917 Pte Smith wrote a prayer, ‘Grace After Meals - Thank the Lord for what we have had. But if there had been more we should have been glad. But as the times have been so bad we will make a shift for what we have had - Amen. Further details: Fantastic provenance, and only age related wear to the album and pages, minor loss and wear etc. A true piece of History!
BLIGH, William (1754-1817). A Voyage to the South Sea ... in his Majesty's Ship The Bounty ... Including an Account of the Mutiny, London, 1792, 4to, 7 plates and charts (lacks portrait of Bligh), contemporary paper-backed boards. FIRST EDITION.BLIGH, William (1754-1817). A Voyage to the South Sea, Undertaken by Command of His Majesty, for the Purpose of Conveying the Bread-Fruit Tree to the West Indies, in his Majesty's Ship The Bounty, commanded by Lieutenant William Bligh. Including an Account of the Mutiny on Board the said Ship, and the Subsequent Voyage of part of the Crew, in the Ship's Boat, from Tofoa, one of the Friendly Islands, to Timor, a Dutch Settlement in the East Indies. London: Printed for George Nicol, 1792. 4to (317 x 250mm). 7 engraved plates and charts, 5 of which folding, with the printed account of the mutiny commencing at p.154 (lacking the engraved frontispiece portrait of Bligh, but supplied in later facsimile, some heavier staining at upper margins of the first few text leaves and occasionally others, not affecting letters, some mainly marginal spotting and staining, a few darker spots). Contemporary or probably original publisher's paper-backed blue paper boards, uncut and partly unopened (parts torn away from the spine resulting in the loss of most of the old manuscript title, corners rubbed and bumped, some light staining). The plates and charts are titled as follows, with the wording often at variance with the wording on the list, and bound in the following order and not in the same order as the list: 1) "Sections of the Bread Fruit"; 2) "Sketch from recollections and anchor-bearings of the North Part of Otaheite from Point Venus to Taowne Harbour ... by William Bligh", with his facsimile signature (folding); 3) A Copy of the Draught from which the Bounty's Launch was built" (folding); 4) "Chart of Bligh's Islands", incorporating smaller inset "Chart of the Northern Part of the New-Hebrides ..." (folding); 5) "NE Coast of New Holland"; 6) "Track of the Bounty's Launch from Tofoa to Timor" (folding, bound in upside-down); and 7) "Plan & Section of part of the Bounty Armed Transport, shewing the manner of fitting and stowing the Potts, for receiving the Bread-fruit plants" (folding). Provenance: Holbrook Gaskell (19th-century signature on front pastedown). Holbrook Gaskell (1813-1909) was a British industrialist and an art and plant collector. He was the cousin of the Unitarian minister William Gaskell, husband of the eminent novelist Elizabeth Gaskell (1810-65), commonly referred to as "Mrs Gaskell". FIRST EDITION of this account of the first Bounty expedition and of the mutiny in its entirety; "... one of the most heroic sea voyages ever made ..." including "... a slightly revised version of the text of Bligh's narrative of the mutiny, previously published at London in 1790 ..." (Hill). The author's own printed "Advertisement" at the beginning of the book describes how the work took on its present form in order to incorporate the account of the now infamous mutiny: "At the time I published the Narrative of the Mutiny on Board the Bounty, it was my intention that the preceding part of the Voyage should be contained in a separate account. This method I have since been induced to alter ...". Brunet I, 364; Cox II, 305; Du Rietz 93; Ferguson 125; Kroepelien Bibilotheca Polynesiana 93; Hill 135; Mendelssohn II, 7; Parks Collection 12; Sabin 5910; Spence 104; Wantrup 62a.
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THACKERAY, William Makepeace (1811-63). 18 original drawings, in pencil, pen and ink, and watercolour, [n.d.]. Various sizes, from c.115 x 85mm to 178 x 230mm, six in pencil, one in watercolour, 11 in pen and ink.THACKERAY, William Makepeace (1811-63). 18 original drawings, in pencil, pen and ink, and watercolour, [n.d.]. Various sizes, from c.115 x 85mm to 178 x 230mm, six in pencil, one in watercolour, 11 in pen and ink, including a series of six studies of judges, barristers and court scenes, a watercolour inscribed on the verso in a later hand "Children looking into a Cake Shop Window for 'Denis Duval' by W. M. Thackeray", a humorous sketch entitled "Gulliver and the Lilliputians at Blind Man’s Bluff" showing Thackeray playing with a group of children, and a page of doodles comprising studies of heads and monograms (this last mounted with an envelope in a folder with slip-case; sent to George Smith). [With:] George Cruikshank (1792-1878). Five etchings, on India paper and mounted on card, illustrating the story "Hop o’ my Thumb & the Seven League Boots", the first illustration with autograph inscription on mount "W. M. Thackeray Esq., with the regards of George Cruikshank, 1853". Relics from the stillborn artistic career of William Makepeace Thackeray, preserved at least in part by the publisher George Smith; with etchings presented to Thackeray by Cruikshank. On his return to England from Germany in 1831, Thackeray took up the study of law at the Middle Temple. He applied himself rather half-heartedly for almost a year, spending more time developing his passions for the theatre and for reading fiction and history. Losing any real ambition for the law, and without entrée to the circles of society which his expected fortune and his public school education led him to expect, he spent the year of his maturity in a variety of "ungentlemanly" pursuits, working as a bill discounter, desultory journalist, and artist. In September 1834 he moved to Paris, for what was supposed to be a three-year apprenticeship in the ateliers of a French artist, applying himself happily and seriously to his studies only to discover, within a year, that his talent for comic drawings would never develop into satisfactory art. He did, however, continue to work closely with illustrators throughout his career, from George Cruikshank and John Leech (a friend from boarding school) to Richard Doyle and Frederick Walker. Provenance: George Smith (1824-1901, publisher) [part]; Christie’s, London, 29 May 1986, lot 244.
BUKOWSKI, Charles (1920-94). In the Shadow of the Rose, Santa Barbara, 1991, 4to, original coloured decorated boards, dust-jacket. FIRST EDITION. NUMBER 721 OF 750 COPIES NUMBERED AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR AND WITH A SELF-PORTRAIT SKETCH. Krumhansl 122a.BUKOWSKI, Charles (1920-94). In the Shadow of the Rose. Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1991. 4to. Title printed in turquoise, pink and black (some very faint spotting to the title and slightly heavier spotting to the half title [which is bound after the title] and "Table of Contents" leaf). Original black cloth-backed coloured decorated paper boards, printed spine label, turquoise endpapers, turquoise dust-jacket, acetate wrapper (some light spotting and staining to boards). FIRST EDITION. NUMBER 721 OF 750 COPIES NUMBERED AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR AND WITH AN ORIGINAL SELF-PORTRAIT SKETCH. The book bears a printed dedication to the actor Sean Penn. Krumhansl 122a.
BUKOWSKI, Charles (1920-94). Hollywood. A Novel, Santa Rosa, Black Sparrow Press, 1989, 8vo, original boards. A FINE COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION. NUMBER 398 OF 500 COPIES NUMBERED AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR WITH A SMALL ORIGINAL SELF-PORTRAIT. Krumhansl 112c.BUKOWSKI, Charles (1920-94). Hollywood. A Novel. Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow Press, April 1989. Large 8vo (228 x 152mm). Monochrome photographed portrait of the author by Michael Font (one leaf [pp.215/216] creased from top to bottom not affecting legibility, probably a printing flaw). Original burgundy cloth-backed pictorial boards, the upper cover with a Martini cocktail and the Hollywood sign, printed paper label on spine, pinkish grey endpapers, acetate wrapper. Provenance: from the Collection of David Kotthoff. A FINE COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION. NUMBER 398 OF 500 "SPECIAL HARDCOVER COPIES" NUMBERED AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR WITH AN ORIGINAL SELF-PORTRAIT SKETCH BENEATH HIS SIGNATURE. Krumhansl 112c.
Michael Ayrton (British, 1921-1975)Minotaur signed and dated 'michael ayrton/29.11.1963' (lower right)pen and ink and ink on paper47.5 x 38cm (18 11/16 x 14 15/16in).together with a further pencil on paper, Moses, by the same hand(2)Footnotes:ProvenanceThe Artist, by whom gifted to the present ownerPrivate Collection, U.K.Minotaur shows a drawing of a comparatively early stage in Ayrton's conception of the creature which would come to define, for many, his reputation as a sculptor. At this stage the head, while unmistakably bovine, still retains traces of humanity, so that we see the creation of the Minotaur as process: man-becoming-bull. Later Ayrton came to understand the tragedy of the Minotaur as starting from birth, in a series of etchings that take the story from the womb to the prison of the maze, but here we see the shift taking place in adulthood; a process of man-becoming-bull which is both angry and anguished.Moses depicts a sketch of the Moses carved by Giovanni Pisano for the Baptistry at Pisa in the 13th century. Pisano was a huge influence on Ayrton, who credited his own decision to move from painting into sculpture to the overwhelming effect of his first encounter with his work. In the late 1960s (when there was still no standard work on Pisano in English), he and Henry Moore conceived a monumental work which would illustrate and illuminate Pisano's work through photographs and text; during the course of its preparation they exhaustively studied, measured and took photographs from every angle, and the book was finally published in 1969. This sketch, therefore, is one small token of an admiration which spanned the whole of Ayrton's career as a sculptor.We are grateful to Dr Justine Hopkins 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
Eight: Private R. McCullagh, Liverpool Regiment, later Mercantile Marine 1914-15 Star (1512 Pte. R. McCullagh. L’pool. R.); British War and Victory Medals (1512 Pte. R. McCullagh. L’pool. R.); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa Star; Pacific Star; War Medal 1939-45, with named card boxes of issue, and bestowal slips, slight edge bruise to VM, otherwise very fine (8) £160-£200 --- Richard McCullagh, a steam engine labourer from Liverpool, was born in Dundalk, Co. Louth, on 10 October 1895. He attested into the Liverpool Regiment for service during the Great War and served on the Western Front with the 1/6th Battalion from 24 February 1915. He appears to have served with the battalion for the duration of the war. Post-War, he worked for the shipping line Messrs. T & J Harrison of Liverpool. He served during the Second War afloat in the Merchant Navy and served as Second Engineer in S.S. Custodian on convoy duty, of which some members were sunk, and next served in S.S. Explorer on similar duty. He continued to serve until October 1968, and died in Liverpool on 20 June 1972 at the age of 86. Sold together with original photograph of the recipient taken during the Great War; a very good original crayon sketch of the recipient in uniform, drawn in 1944 in Australia; Continuous Certificate of Service book, confirming his Second War medal entitlement; an original signed regimental Christmas Card from 1915; and detailed copied research.
Seymour Del Shortshanks Locomotion Plate 2nd, C 1835. A Satirical Sketch Describing The Perils Of Steam-Powered Transport. Engraving By Shortshanks After A Drawing By Robert Seymour, Published By Thomas Mclean Of 26 Haymarket, London. From The Connoisseur 1905-6 In Gilt Profile Glazed Frame 38 x 31cm ( Asset No: HH/102)
Five 20th century and later prints and pictures. Including a Evelyn Maude Nodel pen and ink sketch, depicting a derelict barn, 33.5cm x 24.5cm, framed and glazed, two limited edition Anne 'Annie' Valerie Tempest (b.1959-) comical cartoon prints, 34cm x 24cm, a Rowena Wright pencil portrait sketch of a gentleman, 23.5cm x 18cm and one other
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