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Lot 630
FRENCH SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY STILL LIFE WITH A COCKEREL PIGEON AND OTHER BIRDS signed Adolphe Mathe...and dated 185-, oval, 76.5 x 59cm ++Some localised retouching and strengthening but the bird`s plumage well lit and in bright, well preserved pigments, lined, on the original stretchers and in what is likely to be the original mid Victorian giltwood and composition cavetto frame, that has been re-gilt
Lot 104
Grahame (Kenneth) The Wind in the Willows first edition signed presentation copy from the author to Ruth Ward with his ink inscription on half-title frontispiece by Graham Robertson endpapers foxed and browned original gilt pictorial cloth very small stain at head of upper cover edges and corners a little rubbed and frayed lower corners bumped spine sunned edges uncut 8vo 1908 [with] Grahame (Elspeth wife of Kenneth Grahame 1862-1946) 3 Autograph Letters signed 2 to Mrs. Sidney Ward and 1 to her daughter Ruth and 3 Christmas Postcards 1 on behalf of her son Alexander signed “Mouse” 1 initialled “EG” and another unsigned 2 to Mrs. Sidney Ward and 1 to Ruth Ward 16 Durham Villas Boham`s Cookham Dene & Pangbourne Berkshire December 1907 [from postmark] - 1st August 1944 warm and affectionate correspondence on a variety of family matters Christmas greeting etc. the first letter to Ruth Ward accompanying the presentation copy of “The Wind in the Willows” wishing Ruth a happy birthday reporting on her own health “I can`t get any further than the verandah” and sending her a birthday gift “I thought you might like perhaps better than anything else a new book that Mouse`s Daddy has just written so I asked him for one for your birthday present... . I want to know how you like it. Mouse is having it read to him every evening - and is greatly pleased with it - but it is not really a children`s book or a grown-up person`s book - but a book for young people of all ages - Some one wrote and said the moment you took the book up you felt you were `off on a holyday` so as holy days are very nice things I expect your Mummy & your Daddy may like to read the book as much as you will & and I shall like to know if they like it too” on the burial of Kenneth Grahame in his son Alexander`s grave “As you will see by enclosed notice Kenneth`s resting place has been transferred to Mouse`s grave in Holywell cemetery at Oxford. It was not till some weeks after the funeral that it was suggested that Mouse`s grave might possibly be a double one - & this was ascertained to be the case... . The Vicar of Holywell holding a graveside service which was beautiful & peaceful with flowers friends & sunshine in that lovely spot looking out towards Magdalen deer-park. I felt you knew Mouse so well & Kenneth also that I would like you to know they were together... perhaps you will like to go & see the place & the beautiful inscription which Kenneth wrote for Mouse” and later greetings “Ruth whom I still wanted to call `Ruthie`; and a small quantity of others including: a photograph of Alexander “Mouse” Grahame correspondence from Peter Green David Gooserson etc. (c. 12 pieces). *** A fascinating insight into Kenneth Grahame`s family life. Ruth Ward was the daughter of Sydney Ward a colleague in the secretary`s office at the Bank of England who became a close friend. “Ward became one of his companions for hearty country weekends.” - Oxford DNB. (12)
Lot 600
Mary Potter (British, 1900-1981) Still Life of a Jug and Berries on a Windowsill signed centre right with initials "MP" oil on canvas 49 x 60cm (19.11 x 23.40in) Provenance: Private collection, Cambridge Mary Potter studied at Beckenham School of Art in 1916 and later at the Slade School under Tonks and Steer from 1918-1920. After her marriage to Stephen Potter in 1927, she lived in Chiswick and later in Aldeburgh, forming a close friendship with Benjamin Britten. Mary Potter exhibited at the New English Art Club from 1920, and held her first solo exhibition at the Bloomsbury Gallery in 1931. Mary Potter`s work is represented in public collections including the Tate Gallery
Lot 602
John Melville (British, 1902-1986) Still Life of Apples and Pears signed lower left "John Melville `45" oil on board 45 x 62cm (17.55 x 24.18in) Provenance: From the artist`s family John Melville was an English Colourist and Surrealist, possessed with an enormous passion for painting and pursuing a uniquely personal vision. He was a colourist of breadth and charm and painted the marvellous and the fantastic, breaking all stylistic categories, working with his imagination in overdrive. His portraits also show great intimacy and charm. Melville did not want to be constrained or pigeonholed in his work, and spent most of his life in Birmingham, where he could paint in freedom, away from the hothouse of the London scene. In the late thirties Melville formed a Surrealist Group in Birmingham, with his brother, Robert Melville, and Conroy Maddox. Melville`s work was shown in important Surrealist exhibitions of the 1930s and 1940s and was shown by leading dealers. Surrealism in England in the 1930s was art in an apocalyptic form-showing chaos, inhumanity and the terror of war which was hanging over England and yet to come. The influence of Cubism is reflected in his work of the forties-Melville also loved the work of Soutine, a magnificent colourist, as well as admiring the German expressionists such as Grosz, Nolde and Beckmann. Melville was a painter`s painter, a natural colourist of breadth, charm and distinction, and a genuine visionary who refused to compromise with the art establishment
Lot 43
Bernard Dunstan (b.1920) Girl in Bed charcoal drawing signed with initials, inscribed, numbered 9/15 and dated 1972 25 x 38cm, unframed together with a small group of other pictures including an aquatint by R A le Bas, pastel drawing by Gabrielle Belly, etching by Diana M Armfield (b.1920), watercolour of Bawdsley Ferry by Sybil Mullen Glover (fl.1940), oil still life by Rita Greig (b.1920) and two watercolours of South Devon by Donald Greig (1916-2009).
Lot 44
Rita Greig (b.1920) A studio collection of approximately 40 small oil paintings, watercolours, etc. Rita Greig was born in Norwich and trained as a designer in London. She married the artist Donald Greig and lives in South Devon. Rita works mainly in oils, usually small size, depicting landscape, still life and interiors. Figurative work in association with rural events, fairs and carnivals are also a theme of her painting. She is a member of the R.W.A., The New England Art Club and R.O.I.
Lot 115
Edward and Mrs Simpson remarkable and extensive letter of a steward on the yacht Nahlin chartered by Edward and Mrs Simpson in 1936 in order to get away from public attention and scrutiny at the height of the abdication crisis. The letter written by the steward whose name appears to be Jim to his mother a Mrs Richards of Devizes provides an insight into the behaviour of the couple on board the yacht and this provides hitherto unknown information. The letter is closely written over 16pp 4to and at the end the author recommends : ...burn all this when you have read it because it is an aspect of the King that very few know about... At the height of the crisis Edward who had been King for the best part of a year chartered or borrowed a yacht belonging to Lady Yule. They took a cruise through the Mediterranean and then on to Greece and Turkey. On board were Edward and Mrs Simpson Duff Cooper Secretary for War and his wife and a few others. The letter provides a detailed description of the principle people on board. The King talks with an Oxford accent and usually stutters a little due I think to impulsiveness...in fact didn’t seem like a King... Mrs Simpson : ...is dark medium height not good looking and a very big mouth...and a very high pitched metallic American voice...you can hear her all over the place when she is around...after the first husband the second appears to have laid the way open to get her into that empty headed frivolous set that came on after the War...to such a set belonged the Prince of Wales and Lady Diana Cooper and as you see as she got more taken up by the King so did her husband gradually drop out until she divorced him a few weeks ago...it s the self made girl from Boarding House to Buckingham Palace...I don t know what the end of it will be she is now staying with the Rogers in the South of France... The letter then continues to provide descriptions of incidents on the yacht including a huge row between Edward and Mrs Simpson : ...the King had done something he shouldn t have done... and then considerable speculation on the future and the possibility of Abdication and how Edward is in effect the prisoner of the establishment and the comment about Mrs Simpson. At the head of the letter he makes one final comment : Wednesday...the latest is the King has been drinking heavily he still refuses to give up Mrs S. Mr S is supposed to have got £100 000 to agree to the divorce proceedings... The letter is accompanied by a second also very extensive (14pp folio) written after the Abdication and clearly written in 1939 shortly after War had been declared. In it he makes some remarkable comments about the War Hitler and the Spanish Civil War as well as referring to the Abdication : ...one thing the papers never gave him credit for was his honesty. He had no use for the Throne a woman would love it but not a man just dressing up having no real say in anything just being the head man in one continual circus he wanted more to live his own life and I think was one of the reasons why it was so easy for him to give it up again the present Queen always wanted the throne see how she enjoys it I doubt if the King does I expect he often thinks his brother had done the dirty on him...
Lot 946
Edwin Martin (ex.1913-1938) Still Life of Apples and Other Objects Signed, extensively inscribed on an exhibition label verso, oil on canvas, 35.5cm by 45.5cm Provenance: Harrogate Fine Arts; the work was also exhibited in Liverpool and the City of Bradford Corporation Art Gallery, Cartwright Memorial Hall
Lot 976
Sydney Ivon Hitchens LG (1893-1979) "Farm Landscape" Signed and dated 1931, extensively inscribed on various old exhibition labels verso, oil on canvas, 52cm by 61.5cm Provenance: Crane Kalman Gallery, 178 Brompton Road, London The work was donated by the artist to the Red Cross Sale, 1942Ivon Hitchens was an eminent British landscape and still life artist. He had his first one-man show at the Mayor Gallery in 1925. He was a member of the London Group and the 7 & 5 Society. Although influenced by Cezanne and the modern French School, he developed his own very distinctive painting style. He decorated several churches including St Luke`s in Maidstone and St Paul`s in Dorking. A retrospective exhibition of his work was held at the Serpentine Gallery in 1989. His work can be found in the Tate and British Museum collections.
Lot 1562
A Rosewood Pole Screen, 2nd quarter 19th century, the cartouche shaped paper scrollwork panel centred by a still life watercolour, raised on a brass pole and baluster turned support with gadrooned socle and triform base with scrolling toes, the panel 37cm wide, the pole 144cm high; and Another, with matching panel, raised on a mahogany triform base with scrolling toes, the panel 37cm wide, the pole 143cm high
Lot 18
ERNEST G. BEACH (1865 - 1943) A wooded landscape with Fieldworkers walking near Trees, (Probably in Belgium) signed `Ernest G. Beach` (lower left) watercolour 9 1/2 x 13 1/2in (24.2 x 34.3cm); a pastel by the artist depicting the Estuary at Sainte Valerie Sur Somme ; and an oil depicting a Still Life Study (3) Provenance: The artist`s family by descent
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