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Lot 126
The Beatles.- Baker (Geoffrey, art teacher at Camberwell College of Arts and Maharishi International University, 1926-2011) 3 Autograph Letters and 1 Autograph Card signed to Ann Gosnell, together 7pp., 10th January - 2nd April 1968, including a greeting signed by George Harrison, Cynthia Lennon, Pattie Harrison, and Jenny Boyd and a napkin signed by John Lennon, discussing life with the Maharishi in India: "He arranges a birthday party at every opportunity. Last night was George Harrison's turn. Maharishi had Indian musicians brought in... Mia Farrow's birthday party was like a pantomime, with Mia the Faery princess of the Aquarian Age... Donovan has arrived & the first thing he did was to sing his new songs to Maharishi... Everyone has been fooling around in helicopters for the last couple of days - Maharishi included. He leans out of the cockpit waving a flower." And spending time with Harrison and Lennon: "John Lennon is so funny. The other evening a German woman was describing to Maharishi a vision she'd had in a meditation - it was very long-winded & when she'd finished Maharishi said 'What she say?' & John Lennon said 'She says she saw the whole universe through a big black 'ole.'... I like George & John so much. We talk for hours on the roof about everything imaginable. I sing to John's guitar. He says I don't sing loud enough, but I say it's the guitar that drowns my voice... George just came in & found me with the Beatlettes. You can see their tea-stains on the letter. John is still meditating. He said 'well, I must get back to my bliss' & has been away for hours - perhaps days: people do," folds, tears from opening but without significant loss.⁂ The Beatles in India. A charming group of letters that paint a vivid picture of life around the Beatles, the Maharishi and the coterie of other celebrities in India in 1968. Geoffrey Baker met the Maharishi through his interest in Transcendental Meditation and assisted him in his tour of the UK in 1967, during which time the Maharishi first met the Beatles. The Beatles travelled to Rishikesh in Northern India in February 1968 in order to study Transcendental Meditation. The visit had a varied impact on the Beatles, both Ringo Starr and Paul McCartney left early, but Harrison and Lennon maintained an interest in meditation and Indian culture that would go on to influence their later life and works. Harrison and Lennon stayed at the ashram until the 12th April when they left following rumours surrounding the Maharishi's propositioning of women including Mia Farrow. Provenance: Directly from the recipient.
Lot 89
Brooke (Rupert), Robert Graves, Edward Thomas etc.- Gosse (Sir Edmund, writer, 1849-1928) 11 Autograph Letters signed to John Drinkwater, 38pp., 8vo, Regent's Park & elsewhere in London, 6th April 1913 - 21st October 1926, on their mutual interest in Swinburne, "I wish you had remembered that since Swinburne's death, no one has done so much for his memory as this same obscure 'Edward' [Edmund Gosse]", on Rupert Brooke, "There is rather comforting news about our poor Rupert. It appears that he entirely recovered, and reached the Dardanelles happy and well. He seems to have got blood-poisoning... . How he came to the French hospital is still obscure. But he neither died nor was buried in Lemnos, but, it appears, in Tenedos" [actually Skyros], and "I shall look forward very eagerly for your article on Rupert. It is desirable that his friend should record the truth, because already one of those odious 'legends' which British sentimentality is always ready to form is being wound about his name. A little more, and those who really loved and comprehended him will be elbowed out of court by those who never saw him or contemplated his real nature", on the dedication to Gilbert Cannan, a conscientious objector, of his Great War play X=O, "... at this dreadful moment, the peace-at-all price and conscientious cowards should be kicked out of all honorable stations. The blood of poor Edward Thomas, itself, cried out against them", and Robert Graves, "Robert Graves announced to us yesterday that he is going to be married to a very young daughter of the painter W. Nicholson. It seems rash, but all life is an adventure: he goes out to Mesopotamia (or Palestine) immediately afterwards", folds; Gosse (Edmund) The Songs of Shakespeare, corrected proof copy with presentation inscription from Gosse to Drinkwater and an etching of Gosse in his study by Sylvia Gosse inserted, 1916; and a small quantity of other letters to Drinkwater, including: Laurence Housman, Harold Monro, John Masefield, Clement Shorter, Humbert Wolfe and John Galsworthy, folds v.s., v.d. (qty).⁂ "The blood of poor Edward Thomas, itself, cried out against them." - Edmund Gosse.Included with this lot is an ALs from Galsworthy to Drinkwater and some copies of correspondence between Edmund Gosse and Drinkwater concerning James Joyce's Ulysses, "E.G. is dead and Joyce is alive - incidentally I understand he is going blind... . The appearance of Gosse's use of the words 'infamous', 'disgusting', 'outrage', 'nightmare of obscenity and chaotic babble' will I imagine rouse, if not Joyce, his disciples to a counter fury. Is it desired to to raise a battle round this ill starred book? If so, of course, print." - Galsworthy.
Lot 128
Rattigan (Terence, playwright, 1911-77) 16 Autograph Letters signed to his close friend, the stage-designer and director William Chappell, together c.80pp. and 8 envelopes, v.s., 1960s-70s, discussing his life in the US "New York is even gayer than it was last year and Mrs Rat [a nickname for himself] was the toast of the town", his lover "The Midget" [Michael Franklin] "the Midget, low, is very pathetic, but he's still a fucking little liar, and a maker of bad blood when he can", positive reception for his Goodbye Mr Chips screenplay "The new president of MGM has had an orgasm carefully recorded in an endless telegram", writing and casting plays, his time at a health farm, his deteriorating health, folds, some creasing.⁂ "Well here I am, ducky, lying on a chaise longue with a pair of sky blue shorts revealing intoxicating glimpses of bronzed thigh to passers by and with my love bottles bared to the public view..."A wonderful archive of letters, many in Rattigan's characteristically amusing, gossipy style. During the decade this correspondence covers, Rattigan reveals his many-sided personality, ranging from extremely funny to rather poignant as he faces his own impending death.
Lot 317
E RAVENSCROFT watercolour - still life, yellow flowers, signed, 48 x 34cms, JOHN HENSHALL oil on board - stormy coastalscape with two figures, 'Dinas Dinlle', signed, 26 x 49cms, WALTER CECIL HORSNELL RA oil on canvas - elegant house in a tree lined garden, signed, 49 x 90cms, CONTINENTAL SCHOOL watercolour and ink - street scene with flower seller and lady with basket, 24 x 34cms and a small parcel of sundry prints and pictures
![Attributed to Maria Margitson [1832-1896]-Still life of grapes, apples, red currants and plums,:-oil on canvas46 x 46cm, fram](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/26f4aa85-ad76-49a7-88c4-ab0c00da47b6/b308dc80-8929-49b2-8fe6-ab1f00d628e2/468x382.jpg)
Lot 641
* PETER GRAHAM ROI (SCOTTISH b 1959), OLD TOWN, ALTEA gouache on paper, signed and dated '89 75cm x 62cm Mounted, framed and under glass. Note: A rare appearance at auction for one of Scotland's and the UK's most successful contemporary artists. Peter Graham was born in Glasgow in 1959. He attended the Glasgow School of Art, graduating in 1980. In 2000 Peter was elected to Full Membership of The Royal Institute of Oil Painters, R.O.I. Peter has earned a reputation as one of Britain’s most gifted and distinctive Modern Colourists. His work is often related to the Modern Scottish School but Peter has a flamboyant style which is unique, – detailed brush work combined with loose fluid strokes creating vibrant contrasts of pure colour, line and tone. In the winter months within his studio he delves deeply into the still life genre, creating some of his most stunning compositions, always with colour the dominant theme but reflecting the heightened sense of atmosphere and passion that comes directly from painting in the beauty of the Mediterranean. Recently, hugely successful exhibitions in London have allowed Peter to take on extra studio space and his work is being enthusiastically exhibited by many of the UK's most prestigious galleries.
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