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FINE ART and ANTIQUES Wednesday 10 September 2014 Oxford FINE ART and ANTIQUES | Oxford | Wednesday 10 September 2014 21834 FINE ART AND ANTIQUES Wednesday 10 September 2014 Oxford FINE ART AND ANTIQUES FINE ART | Oxford | Wednesday 10 September 2014 | Wednesday | Oxford 21834 FINE ART AND ANTIQUES Wednesday 10 September 2014 at 10.00 Oxford BONHAMS Live online bidding is Customer serviCes Important notiCE to all Banbury Road available for this sale Monday to Friday 8.30 to 18.00 buYers Shipton on Cherwell Please email bids@bonhams. +44 (0) 20 7447 7447 Please note in this catalogue Kidlington com with ‘live bidding’ in the there is no reference in the Oxford OX5 1JH subject line 48 hours before the Sale Number catalogue description of any bonhams.com auction to register for this 21834 presence of damage, repair or service restoration. Condition reports VieWinG CataloGue on any lot with a low estimate Saturday 6 September Enquiries £10 of £500 or above are available 09.00 to 12.00 by request from the Monday 8 September Furniture, Carpets & Please see page 2 for bidder department. In providing 09.00 to 17.00 Works of Art information including after-sale condition reports we do not Tuesday 9 September Michael Wynell-Mayow collection and shipment guarantee or imply that there 09.00 to 17.00 [email protected] are no other defects present, Wednesday 10 September Please see back of catalogue which have not been 09.00 to 10.00 Furniture and Works of Art for important notice to mentioned. Please see the full Simon Davies bidders conditions of sale printed in Bids [email protected] this catalogue. +44 (0) 20 7447 7448 PLEASE NOTE +44 (0) 20 7447 7401 fax Toby Messenger We reserve the right to refuse important information To bid via the internet please [email protected] entry into the saleroom. No The United States visit bonhams.com coats or bags will be allowed Government has banned the Frances Robinson into the saleroom and are left at import of ivory into the USA. Please note that bids should be [email protected] owners’ risk. Lots containing ivory are submitted no later than 24 hours indicated by the symbol Ф prior to the sale. Clocks Illustrations printed beside the lot number Michael Welch Front cover: Lot 41 in this catalogue. New bidders must also provide [email protected] Back cover: Lot 141 proof of identity when submitting Inside front cover: Lot 410 bids. Failure to do this may Pictures Inside back cover: Lot 451 result in your bid not being Alicia Rogers processed. [email protected] Lizzie Collins [email protected] Bonhams 1793 Limited Bonhams 1793 Ltd Directors Bonhams UK Ltd Directors Registered No. 4326560 Robert Brooks Co-Chairman, Colin Sheaf Chairman, Jonathan Baddeley, Andrew McKenzie, Simon Mitchell, Jeff Muse, Registered Office: Montpelier Galleries Malcolm Barber Co-Chairman, Antony Bennett, Matthew Bradbury, Mike Neill, Charlie O’Brien, Giles Peppiatt, Montpelier Street, London SW7 1HH Colin Sheaf Deputy Chairman, Harvey Cammell, Simon Cottle, Andrew Currie, Peter Rees, Julian Roup, Iain Rushbrook, Matthew Girling Global CEO, David Dallas, Paul Davidson, Jean Ghika, John Sandon, Tim Schofield, Veronique Scorer, +44 (0) 20 7393 3900 Patrick Meade Global CEO, Charles Graham-Campbell, Miranda Grant, James Stratton, Roger Tappin, Ralph Taylor, +44 (0) 20 7393 3905 fax Geoffrey Davies, Jonathan Horwich, Robin Hereford, Asaph Hyman, Charles Lanning, Shahin Virani, David Williams, James Knight, Caroline Oliphant, Sophie Law, Fergus Lyons, Paul Maudsley, Michael Wynell-Mayow, Suzannah Yip. Hugh Watchorn. Gordon McFarlan, Sale Information A4095 Bicester Shipton on Cherwell Shipton Rd Banbury Rd A4095 Woodstock Oxford Rd A4260 Upper Campsfield Rd Oxford and A40 A44 Airfield Oxford Kidlington By Rail: Oxford train station Bids Shipping Offices Pictures +44 (0) 20 7447 7448 Shipping Information (Excluding Alicia Rogers +44 (0) 20 7447 7401 fax Book Sales) Winchester Lizzie Collins To bid via the internet please visit Unless you wish to use your The Red House www.bonhams.com own shipping company, please Hyde Street Books contact either of the below: Winchester John Walwyn-Jones Payments Hants Buyers Mailboxes Etc. (Small Items Only) SO23 7DX Jewellery +44 (0) 20 7447 7447 266 Banbury Road, +44 (0) 1962 862 515 Frances Noble +44 (0) 20 7447 7401 fax Oxford, OX2 7DL +44 (0) 1962 865 166 fax Louise Dennis +44 (0) 1865 514 655. Hannah Ibison Sellers [email protected] Regional Director Payment of sale proceeds Michael Wynell-Mayow +44 (0) 20 7447 7447 Pack & Send Condition Reports +44 (0) 20 7447 7401 fax 3 Botley Road, Valuation Enquiries Oxford, OX2 0AA Anna Pelly-Fry We highly recommend that Valuations, taxation and +44 (0) 1865 260 610 Carol Knight potential buyers make efforts to heritage [email protected] inspect the lots in Oxford in +44 (0)20 7468 8340 Furniture & Works of Art person, during our public +44 (0)20 7468 5860 fax Saleroom Toby Messenger viewing. [email protected] Banbury Road Frances Robinson Shipton on Cherwell Simon Davies We expect that there may be Catalogue subscriptions Kidlington a large number of condition To obtain other catalogues or Oxford Oak Vernacular Furniture & enquiries, and the effect will be take out an annual subscription: OX5 1JH Related Works of Art that clients submitting long and Subscriptions Department David Houlston elaborate requests are likely to +44 (0) 1666 502200 +44 (0) 1865 853 640 Megan Wheeler be dealt with after those with +44 (0) 1666 505107 fax +44 (0) 1865 372 722 fax short and specific requests. [email protected] Silver Michael Welch 1 2 20TH CENTURY PICTURES 1AR Albert Irvin RA (BRITISH, BORN 1922) Star III Screenprint, 1993, printed in colours, on wove, signed, dated, titled and numbered 4/125 in pencil 605 x 850mm (23 13/16 x 33 7/16in).(I) £300 - 400 2AR Albert Irvin RA (BRITISH, BORN 1922) Untitled Screenprint in colours, 575 x 755mm (22 5/8 x 29 3/4in)(I) £200 - 300 3AR 3 Albert Irvin RA (BRITISH, BORN 1922) Star IV Screenprint with embossing, 1993, printed in colours, on wove, signed, dated, titled and numbered 109/125 in pencil, 585 x 885m (23 x 34 3/4in)(I) £300 - 400 4AR SANDRA BLOW R.A. (BRITISH, 1925-2006) Side Effect Screenprint in colours, 1993/94, on wove, signed, titled and numbered 1/50 in pencil, 1179 x 1160 mm (46 x 45 5/8 in)(I) £400 - 600 4 FINE ART AND ANTIQUES | 3 5 6 7 7AR JOHN HOYLAND RA (BRITISH, 1934- 2011) Wandering Moon Screenprint in colours, 1993, on wove, signed, titled, dated and numbered 80/90 in pencil, published by Advanced Graphics, 830 x 588mm (32 1/2 x 23 1/8in)(I) £200 - 300 8AR JOHN HOYLAND RA (BRITISH, 1934- 2011) Wonderer Screenprint in colours, 1995, on wove, signed, dated and numbered 64/75 in pencil, printed and published by Advanced Graphics, London, 677 x 830 mm (26 5/8 x 32 5/8 in) (I) 8 £300 - 400 5AR JOHN HOYLAND RA (BRITISH, 1934- 9AR 2011) JOHN HOYLAND RA (BRITISH, 1934- First Man 2011) Screenprints in colours, 1993, on wove, Thupelo Seal signed, titled, dated and numbered 64/90 in Screenprint in colours, 1993, on wove, pencil, 835 x 585mm (33 1/2 x 23cm)(PL) signed, titled, dated and numbered 9/90 in pencil, 830 x580mm (32 3/4 x 22 7/8in)(I) £300 - 500 £300 - 500 6AR JOHN HOYLAND RA (BRITISH, 1934- 2011) Betwixt and Between Screenprint, 1981, printed in colours, on wove, signed, dated ‘82’ and inscribed in pencil 46/60, 1160 x 895mm (45 2/3 x 35 1/4in)(I) £400 - 600 9 4 | BONHAMS 14 10 13 10AR 13 JOHN HOYLAND RA (BRITISH, 1934- ERIC GILL (BRITISH, 1882-1940) 2011) Kneeling female nude Sky Warrior signed with initials and dated ‘EG 3.6.26’ Screenprint in colours, 1993, on wove, each (lower right) signed, titled, dated and numbered 89/90 in pencil and crayon pencil, 830 x 585mm (32 3/4 x 23in)(I) 21.7 x 15cm (8 9/16 x 5 7/8in). £400 - 600 £500 - 700 11AR 14 LAURENCE STEPHEN LOWRY R.A. ERIC GILL (BRITISH, 1882-1940) (BRITISH, 1887-1976) Seated nude study Meeting Point signed with initials and dated ‘EG/ 2.6.26’ Offset lithograph printed in colours, on wove, (lower right) signed in pencil and stamp numbered ‘119’ pencil in black ink, from the edition of 850, printed 22 x 1cm (8 11/16 x 3/8in). by Chorley & Pickersgill Ltd, published by the Adam Collection Ltd, with margins, 615 x £400 - 600 817mm (24 1/8 x 32 1/4in)(SH)(unframed) 15 £600 - 800 ERIC GILL (BRITISH, 1882-1940) Two studies of a nude girl (on one sheet) 16 12 signed with intials and dated ‘EG 5.6.26’ ERIC GILL (BRITISH, 1882-1940) (lower right) Swineherd pencil wood engraving on japan, from an edition of 29 x 21.5cm (11 7/16 x 8 7/16in). 150, 57 x 83mm (2 1/4 x 3 1/4in) (I) £300 - 500 £200 - 300 16 Provenance ERIC GILL (BRITISH, 1882-1940) with Mercury Gallery, London Standing female nude signed with initials and dated ‘EG 5.6.26’, Another copy of the present print is in the pencil Tate Collection, no P08117. 25.5 x 17cm (10 1/16 x 6 11/16in). £400 - 600 FINE ART AND ANTIQUES | 5 17 19 17 ERIC GILL (BRITISH, 1882-1940) Female nude study from rear siged with initials and dated ‘EG/28.5.26’ (lower right) pencil 25 x 18.5cm (9 13/16 x 7 5/16in). £400 - 600 18 ERIC GILL (BRITISH, 1882-1940) Standing female nude, side view signed ‘ERICG’ (lower right) and dated ‘2.8.30’ (lower right) pencil 35.5 x 22.5cm (14 x 8 7/8in).
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