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Lot 42
Georgios DERPAPAS Greek, 1937-2014 Untitled signed lower left acrylic and gold leaf on panel 86 x 78.5 cm PROVENANCE private collection, Athens Georgios Derpapas was born in Katerini, Central Macedonia in 1937. At the age of twenty he moved to Hamburg where he studied political and economical sciences. He later returned to Greece and from 1960 onwards devoted himself fully to painting. In his early work one can observe the influence of Surrealism and the imaginative spirit of the Vienna School. In these works Derpapas demonstrates his great draughtsmanship and painting skills, through a combination of realist and abstract distortion of his subject matter. From 1964 onwards he expressed himself strongly in colour, using oil on canvas or panel. Derpapas has held many solo exhibitions in Greece and internationally, such as in 1964 at ‘Tillybs’, Hamburg and ‘Die Insel’, Manheim. His work can be found in The National Gallery of Greece, The Municipal Gallery of Athens, The Macedonian Museum of Modern Art, The National Bank of Greece, and many other public and private collections.
Lot 61
Alphonse-Marie-Adolphe de NEUVILLE French, 1835-1885 Courage des femmes Souliotes engraving by Regnier, Brettannier and Morlon based on a work by Alphonse-Marie-Adolphe de Neuville 54 x 72 cm PROVENANCE private collection, Nicosia The spread of awareness and appreciation of ancient Greek civilization that swept through Europe in the late 18th and beginning of the 19th centuries, was one of the two main reasons for the development of philhellenism. The idea of the creation of a Greek state on the territories where Greek Antiquity had thrived struck Europeans as fascinating, especially the educated and prosperous bourgeois classes. The Greek Revolution was assisted from the very beginning by a vibrant wave of support from the most important European cities. Philhellenism, as such support was called, contributed considerably to the Greek cause. The Greeks uprising against the Ottoman Empire constituted a source of inspiration throughout the 19th century for European art and culture. These engravings by Alphonse-Marie-Adolphe de Neuvilleembrace the philhellenic European spirit of the time.
Lot 87
ZHANG DAQIAN (1899-1983) SCHOLAR UNDER WILLOW TREE, 1944 ink and colour on paper, signed Zhang Daqian, dated the thirty-third year of the Republic Period (1944), with two seals of the artist 'Zhang Yuan' and 'San Qian Da Qian', with dedication reading 'Presented to Mr James K. Penfield (Chinese name Pan Feilu), who called on me twice at Da Feng Hall while I was out, as a token for his return to the United States' 77x43cm (sight) Provenance: From the collection of the late James Kedzie Penfield (1908-2004); thence by direct family descent. To The Parting Friend Beneath the cascading branches of a willow tree, a scholar is moving into an indefinite distance, his robes draped to the ground, his head slightly turned back and casting a thoughtful glance, as if remembering something he has left behind - This painting is a farewell present by Zhang Daqian (1899-1983), one of the most celebrated 20th century Chinese artists, to James Kedzie Penfield (1908-2004), a young American diplomat and personal friend of his. "Mr Penfield called on me twice at Da Feng Hall studio while I was out. This is a token for his return to the United States", reads the dedication on the painting. James was born in NYC in 1908. His mother was one of the first women to drive a car by herself all the way across the United States within a week. James must have inherited her pioneering spirit, because as a young Stanford graduate, he joined the small hand-picked team who travelled to China to work for the American Diplomatic Corps in the 1930s and 1940s. Although his diplomatic career later took him to posts all around the world, his daughter remembers him speaking fondly of "the best years of his life in Peking, Canton and Chunking". Whilst in China, James' inquiring and adventurous spirit took him to conversations and friendships with prominent local artists, such as Zhang Daqian. Although not much detail of their friendship is known, the painting bears witness that it is with sadness the two parted. In the image of the scholar torn between leaving and lingering, Zhang Daqian has projected either himself or his American friend, or them both. The painting is dated 1944, when Zhang has just returned to Shanghai from a two-year trip to the Dunhuang Grottos in West China. The study of ancient Buddhist murals transformed his Shitao and Badashanren-inspired literati style to a colour-intensive and sumptuous one, before developing the expressive splashed-ink technique for which he is most well-known. In the present painting, carried out in his early style, Zhang aligns himself with the centuries-old literati tradition of portraying the scholar-recluse, who prefers the retreat into nature to the possession of worldly treasures. Beyond the simple and minimalistic surface, the ease and at the same time certainty with which Zhang carries out the free flow of lines recalls Liang Kai's masterpiece of the poet Li Bai. Provenance:From the collection of the late James Kedzie Penfield (1908-2004), who joined the American Diplomatic Corps to China in the 1930s and 1940s. In 1954, Penfield became United States' High Commissioner for Austria with the mission to re-establish an independent, neutral and democratic Austria. In 1961, he was appointed American Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Iceland; thence by direct family descent.
Lot 957
A LARGE TWO COLOUR STONE JAR AND COVER, by Price of Bristol, with two handles, 16.25” (42cm); together with a stoneware spirit jar by Kennedy of Glasgow, 11.5” (29cm); a stoneware water filter, by Cheavin’s Saludore Filter, 19” (48cm); another small jar; a bed warmer; and another glass filter, 15” (38cm). (6)
Lot 282
*Military. A View of the Volunteer Army of Great Britain in the year 1806. Designed to commemorate the great and united spirit of the British people. Armed for the support of their ancient glory and independence against the unprincipled ambition of the French government, published John & Henry Richter, 1st March 1807, broadsheet with calligraphic title and dedication, engraved view of George III and his generals, lists of the towns and counties of the British isles and their representative senior officer, colour code of military facings at base of print, some creasing, 635 x 915 mm, framed and glazed The Volunteer Army was designed to conduct guerilla warfare against any French occupying forces. They would operate in small bodies to harass, panic and wear out the French army. They were never to get too deeply engaged with French troops and to retire when pressed. Local knowledge was to be used as much as possible and they were also expected to cut off French pillaging detachements. Uncommon. (1)
Lot 1042
A Victorian brass spirit kettle with ceramic handle; a pair of Zenith fully coated Korea 10 x 50 binoculars, cased; a barometer; a preserve pan; and a pair of Deluxe 4 x 35 racing glasses; together with an early 20th Century brass and wood corner stick stand; a coal bucket; a poker in the form of a sword; and chimney brushes plus a cast brass figure of a boy carrying grapes, indistinctly signed verso; a modern brass table lamp with Tiffany style shade; a brass oil lamp; and a pair of table lamps. (11)
Lot 2104
A silver spirit kettle and stand, the kettle with slanted fluted decoration, within a gadrooned rim, with a composition handle and finial to the hinged lid, raised on a stand with four fluted legs and otherwise with pierced decoration, by Mappin & Webb, Sheffield 1905, with a plated spirit burner, gross weight (excluding the spirit burner) 1130 gms.
Lot 384
32 PIECE STUART CUT GLASS PART TABLE SERVICE OF DRINKING GLASSES, comprising; EIGHT SPIRIT TUMBLERS, SIX CHAMPAGNE FLUTES, SIX BRANDY BALLOONS, SIX SHERRY GLASSES AND SIX WINE GOBLETS, TOGETHER WITH SIMILAR PAIR OF FRUIT BOWLS, SIMILAR SMALL BOWL and a PRESERVE JAR and cover, and a pair of stemmed WINE GLASSES with floral cut bowls, 38 pieces in total
Lot 257
A silver helmet cream jug on lion mask and paw feet in 18th century Irish style, London, 1912; a squat circular floral-chased silver cream jug on leaf and scroll feet, Sheffield, 1895; a chased German silver cream jug, .800 standard, circa 1895 and two smaller similar jugs both with English import marks for London, 1898 and 1901; aso a plated spirit lamp from a kettle on stand, Weighable silver 504 gm. (6). Good condition.
Lot 267
A group of silver-plated items comprising:- a siphon stand, an oval double vegetable dish, two modern photo frames, a sprung paper clip in form of a hand with lace cuff touching an envelope, a circular tray with fruiting vine border, an embossed cheese dish and cover, a pair of dwarf candlesticks and an oval wirework warming stand with spirit lamp. Overall good condition.
Lot 345
A Continental cordial glass, late 18th Century, with cotton twist stem and domed circular foot; together with a facon de venise wine glass, the knopped stem moulded with masks and flowerheads and with aventurine inclusions; and a small 18th Century spirit glass with scroll engraved rim and fluted bowl. (3) First 19cm
Lot 166
1923 Rolls-Royce 40-50hp. Coachwork on Springfield manufactured Rolls-Royce, dated November 1923, 31pp, 4to size, with superb tonal images of various body styles, to include the Phaeton, Roadster, Touring Phaeton, Cabriolet, Limousine, Sedan, Brougham and others. Highly detailed text, vignettes of interiors, prices of each, together with specifications. A highly delightful publication in excellent condition with an uncut black card, cord-tied cover decorated with a silver embossed Spirit of Ecstasy over a Rolls-Royce logo (1)
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