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—Fred Yates Ink Drawings from

John Martin Chelsea

80 Fulham Road [email protected] T: +44 (0)20 7590 9991 London, SW3 6HR www.jmlondon.com Mon-Fri 10 - 6, Sat 10 - 1:30 Pen and Ink on paper, 10 x 15ins

£400 Harbour, Penleath Point Pen and Ink on paper, 10 x 15ins Yates lived in Fowey during the 1970’s and often painted the large china clay river boats that navigated the Fowey Estuary

£400 In 1968, having quit his career as an art teacher, Fred Yates settled in a fisherman’s cottage in Cornwall to paint full time with odd-jobs providing him a small income. Encouraged by friends he also started to make topographical ink drawings of local houses and landmarks which were then printed as letter-heads for their owners. He continued to make these drawings throughout the 1970’s and it proved a modestly successful venture for an otherwise penniless artist. Yates had an extraordinary fluency as a draughtsman and his meticulous, topographical drawings were an important aspect in his development as a painter, giving him the ability to impose a structure over which he could use paint more freely and expressively in later years. Throughout his life and in spite of many house moves in and , Fred always treasured the folio of ink drawings that he kept with him and which he often suggested might make a book. There are about 50 drawings in all, covering a wide area of Cornwall, some of which may have been a commission for a series of prints of Cornish scenes. I am immensely grateful to friends who have so far helped identify some of the locations, though many remain unidentified for the time being.

Please note that few of the drawings were signed by Yates, possibly confirming his intention to make prints from them which would then be signed after printing. All are sold with a certificate of authenticity from the gallery.

– John Martin , the Atlantic Hotel Pen and Ink on paper, 10 x 15ins £400 The Vasconia at Pen and Ink on paper, 10 x 15ins

£400 Bucklers Hard Pen and Ink on paper, 9 x 13ins £400 The Lobster Pot, Pen and ink on paper, 9x13 ½ ins £400 Church Pen and ink on paper, 9 ½ x 13 ins £400 , Pen and ink on paper, 11 x 13 ins £400 Bridge Pen and Ink on paper, 9 x 14 ½ ins £400 Pen and ink on paper, 9 x 13 ½ ins £400 Hill Pen and ink on paper, 9½ x 12 ins £400 Pier at Pen and ink on paper, 8 x 16 ins £400 View of Fowey with Pen and ink on paper, 10 x 14 ins £400 Malpas Road, Pen and ink on paper, 8 x 12 ins £400 Pen and ink on paper, 11 x 16 ins £400 , Fowey Pen and ink on paper, 8 x 7 ins £400 Train Station, Pen and ink on paper, 10 ½ x 13 ins £400 Old Paul Hill, Newlyn Pen and ink on paper, 8 x 11 ins £400 Pen and ink on paper, 9 x 14 ins £400 Gallants, Fowey pen and ink on paper, 12 x 16 ins £400 Lostwithiel Bridge Pen and ink on paper, 10 x 15 ins £400 Farm and Mill, Polperro Pen and ink on paper, 11 ½ x 13 ins £400 Launceston Pen and ink on paper, 10 x 11 ins £400 Road to Pen and ink on paper, 7 x 12 ins £400 Penzance Pen and ink on paper, 8 ½ x 12 ins £400 Interior of Fred’s house, North Street, Fowey Pen and ink on paper, 10 x 13 ½ ins All through his life Fred’s homes were always filled with antique bric a brac and for a tall man, he liked houses that were surprisingly cramped and cosey. When they became too full, he would move on. £400 House at Bodinnoc Pen and ink on paper, 9 ½ x 13ins £400 Lake at Ink & Felt Tip on paper, 9 x 13ins £350 Pen and ink on paper, 8 x 10 ins SOLD Port Navas Yacht Club Pen and ink on paper, 8 x 11½ ins SOLD Glasshouse at Edgecombe House Pen and ink on paper, 13 x 10 ins £400 CABINET Shoreline, St Ives (unframed) Pen and ink on paper, 8 x 13 ins £350 Whitehouse, Fowey (unframed) Pen and ink on paper, 10½ x 15 ins £350 River Towards Loswithiel (unframed) Pen and ink on paper, 10½ x 14 ins £350 Moored Yachts (unframed) Ink on paper, 10½ x 14 ins £350 (unframed) Pen and ink on paper, 8½ x 14 ins £350 (unframed) Pen and ink on paper, 10 x 14 ins £350 Sutton Quay, (unframed) Pen and ink on paper, 10 x 11½ ins £350 Street in Polperro (unframed) Pen and ink on paper, 9½ x 12½ ins £350 Malpas (unframed) Pen and ink on paper, 8 x 12 ins £350 Padstow (unframed) Pen and ink on paper, 8 x 16 ins £350 St Michael’s Mount (unframed) Felt tip pen on paper, 10½ x 14 ins £350 View of Fowey over (unframed) Pen and ink on paper, 7½ x 10 ins £350 Ruined Cottage (unframed) Pen and ink on paper, 9½ x 16 ins £350 Tamar Estuary from (unframed) Felt tip on paper, 9 ½ x 13 ins £350 Mill House (unframed) Ink on paper, 9½ x 14 ins £350 Cottages with winter trees (unframed) Pen and ink on paper, 7 x 12 ins £350 Farmhouse (unframed) Pen and ink on paper, 10½ x 14 ins £350 House with Topiary (unframed) Pen and ink on paper, 10 x 16 ins £350 Fowey Houses (unframed) Pen and ink on paper, 13 x 10½ ins £350 Cottage by the River (unframed) Pen and ink on paper, 9½ x 14 ins £350 Stream (unframed) Pen and ink on paper, 13 x 10 ins £350