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Lot 553
Two late 19th/early 20th Century paintings The first a still life painting depicting chrysanthemum in a Chinese vase, indistinctly signed John Hennessey, oil on canvas, 61cm X 41cm, together with a further landscape painting depicting rural dwellings, indistinctly signed lower left corner, 45cm x 61cm.
Lot 14
Sir Quentin Blake CBE FCSD FRSL RDI (b.1932). King of Hearts. Watercolour. Signed. 16 x 10cm. Framed. Quentin Blake: Quentin Blake was born in the suburbs of London in 1932 and has drawn ever since he can remember. He went to Chislehurst and Sidcup Grammar School, followed by National Service. Then he studied English at Downing College, Cambridge, going on to do a postgraduate teaching diploma at the University of London, followed by life-classes at Chelsea Art School. He has always made his living as an illustrator, as well as teaching for over twenty years at the Royal College of Art, where he was head of the Illustration department from 1978 to 1986. His first drawings were published in Punch while he was 16 and still at school. He continued to draw for Punch, The Spectator and other magazines over many years, while at the same time entering the world of children's books with A Drink of Water by John Yeoman in 1960. He is known for his collaboration with writers such as Russell Hoban, Joan Aiken, Michael Rosen, John Yeoman and, most famously, Roald Dahl. He has also illustrated classic books, including A Christmas Carol and Candide and created much-loved characters of his own, including Mister Magnolia and Mrs Armitage.Since the 1990s Quentin Blake has had an additional career as exhibition curator, curating shows in, among other places, the National Gallery, the British Library and the Musée du Petit Palais in Paris. In the last few years he has begun to make larger-scale work for hospitals and healthcare settings in the UK and France where his work can be seen in wards and public spaces. Most recently he has completed a scheme for the whole of a new maternity hospital in Angers.His books have won numerous prizes and awards, including the Whitbread Award, the Kate Greenaway Medal, the Emil/Kurt Maschler Award and the international Bologna Ragazzi Prize. He won the 2002 Hans Christian Andersen Award for Illustration, the highest international recognition given to creators of children's books. In 2004 Quentin Blake was awarded the 'Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres' by the French Government for services to literature and in 2007 he was made Officier in the same order. In 2014 he was admitted to the Legion d'Honneur, an honour accorded to few people who are not French nationals. In 1999 he was appointed the first ever Children's Laureate, a post designed to raise the profile of children's literature. His book Laureate's Progress (2002) recorded many of his activities and the illustrations he produced during his two-year tenure. Quentin Blake was created CBE in 2005, is an RDI and has numerous honorary degrees from universities throughout the UK. He received a knighthood for 'services to illustration' in the New Year's Honours for 2013, and became an Honorary Freeman of the City of London in 2015. www.quentinblake.com. Please note that final invoices will include buyers' premium at 27% (inclusive of VAT) added to the hammer price. Ewbank's are waiving all vendor commission for the charity. Transplant Links Community is a UK registered non-religious and non-political charity that saves the lives of children and adults in the developing world who suffer from life-threatening end stage kidney disease. Offering teaching and advice, and carrying out living kidney transplants, sharing their knowledge with local medical teams in a variety of countries - so that sustainable transplant programmes become a possibility for the future.
Lot 53
Carole Griffin RBA. Queen of Clubs. Digital mixture of oils, pen and ink. 37.7 x 26.8cm. With digital copy of signature. Carole Griffin is an award winning artist specialising in still life oils and watercolour working directly from life. She also enjoys painting landscapes en plein air. Carole exhibits widely in the UK incuding an annual exhibition at the Mall Galleries in London as a member of the Royal Society of British Artists. She was awarded the Dry Red Press Award in 2016 and the Artist Magazine Award in 2014. She has been a visiting lecturer at Central St Martins, and at Norwich, Salisbury and Harrow Art Colleges. As a student at Central St Martins she was awarded the prestigious UK Leverhulme Travelling Scholarship, which enabled her to work with a variety of artists and designers across North America, winning numerous One Show Awards in the process. Carole was also awarded a number of D&AD awards for her graphic design work in advertising, publishing and the music industry. www.carolegriffin.com. Please note that final invoices will include buyers' premium at 27% (inclusive of VAT) added to the hammer price. Ewbank's are waiving all vendor commission for the charity. Transplant Links Community is a UK registered non-religious and non-political charity that saves the lives of children and adults in the developing world who suffer from life-threatening end stage kidney disease. Offering teaching and advice, and carrying out living kidney transplants, sharing their knowledge with local medical teams in a variety of countries - so that sustainable transplant programmes become a possibility for the future.
Lot 433
§ Ethelbert White (British, 1891-1972) Still life with a jug, bowls of fruit and a cup and saucer signed lower right "Ethelbert White" oil on canvas 52 x 63cm (20 x 25in) Exhibited: Upton Lodge Galleries, Upton, GloucestershireCONDITION:Little scattered surface dirt. Paint layer stable. Painted frame has a few losses.
Lot 517
DAVID HOCKNEY (British, born 1937); etching with aquatint, 'Figures with Still Life' (SAC 208), signed and numbered 97/200 on woven paper, circa 1976-77 as included in the portfolio 'The Blue Guitar' published by the Petersburg Press, London and New York, 16.5 x 13.5cm, framed and glazed. (D) CONDITION REPORT: This lot qualifies for Artist Resale Rights. For further information, please visit http://www.dacs.org.uk
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