Auction of Fine Paintings Monday 08 September 2014 13:00 Barnes Thomas County Auctioneers The Queens Hotel The Promenade Penzance TR18 4HG Barnes Thomas County Auctioneers (Auction of Fine Paintings) Catalogue - Downloaded from UKAuctioneers.com Lot: 1 Institute of Painters in watercolours 1890, Liverpool: Walker Art Denis Mitchell (1912-1993) Veor 86, polished bronze on slate Gallery 1890, Newcastle Art Gallery: 1890, Birmingham: Royal base, signed and numbered 6/7 6" tall The Collection of Peter Birmingham Society of Artists 1891, Penzance: Art Museum: Thursby 1891, Southport Art Gallery: 1892, Manchester City Art Gallery: Estimate: £2,000.00 - £3,000.00 1892, Exeter Museum and Art Gallery and Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, Scenes of the West Country by a Birmingham Artist, 1984, no.22, (illus). Penlee House Gallery and Museum 2011-2012 26" x 34" Lot: 2 Estimate: £70,000.00 - £100,000.00 Mary Fedden (1915-2012) Hoopoe 2, watercolour, signed and dated 1988 9" x 7" Provenance: Mr Peter Thursby, purchased from Royal West of England Academy Members exhibition, April 1988, No.83. Lot: 11 Estimate: £3,000.00 - £5,000.00 Duncan Grant (1855-1978) A Young Sailor, oil on board, signed 14" x 9" Estimate: £1,200.00 - £1,500.00 Lot: 3 Jeremy Annear (1949-) I Dea Series, oil on board, signed 6" x 8.5" Lot: 12 Estimate: £300.00 - £500.00 Wilhelmina Barns- Graham (1912-2004) Water's Edge, Gouache, Signed and Dated Sept 29th 1988 22" x 30" Provenance: The Scottish Gallery, 28 Cork Street, London. Lot: 4 Estimate: £3,000.00 - £4,000.00 Jeremy Annear (1949-) II Dea Series, oil on board, signed 6" x 8.5" Estimate: £300.00 - £500.00 Lot: 13 Attributed to Jack Pender (1918-1998) The Old Fishing Boat, Penzance 1989, oil acrylic on board 14" x 24" Label to Verso: Memories of Cornwall Lot: 5 Estimate: £400.00 - £500.00 20th Century Venetian School Costume design for La Scala, gouache on paper 18" x 12"Provenance: Lot 172, The Collection of Paul W. Wingett, 12th of October 2009. Estimate: £100.00 - £200.00 Lot: 14 Gill Watkiss (1938-) North Coast Walkers, lithograph, signed and numbered 18/125 14" x 20" Lot: 6 Estimate: £200.00 - £300.00 Gill Watkiss (1938-) Warren's Bakery Girls, Going Home, 1973, oil on board, signed 17" x 21" Estimate: £1,500.00 - £2,000.00 Lot: 15 Emma Jeffryes (20th Century) Step to Porthmeor, oil on paper, signed 22" x 17" Lot: 7 Estimate: £150.00 - £200.00 Anthony Benjamin (1931-2002) Black Landscape 1958, mixed media on paper, signed and titled to verso 10" x 14" Provenance: The Estate of Denis Mitchell Lot: 16 Estimate: £150.00 - £200.00 Breon O'Casey (1928-2011) Figure II, silkscreen, signed and numbered 5/15 in pencil 33" x 20" Estimate: £300.00 - £400.00 Lot: 8 Sir Terry Frost (1915-2003) Untitled Green and Yellow 1950, watercolour, signed and inscribed Leeds to Verso 10" x 14" Lot: 17 Provenance: Gifted to Denis Mitchell by Terry Frost Romi Behrens (20th Century) Peonies II, oil on canvas, signed Estimate: £800.00 - £1,200.00 16" x 20" Estimate: £300.00 - £400.00 Lot: 9 Denis Mitchell (1912-1993) Untilled 1961, Delabole slate relief, Lot: 17a bears inscription to verso. Signed with estate stamp to verso Roger Hilton (1911-1975) Figure with Boat on Wheels, circa 27" x 10" Provenance: The Estate of Denis Mitchell 1970, charcoal on paper 6.5" x 9" Provenance: The Lennox Estimate: £1,500.00 - £2,000.00 Street Gallery, 1980. We are very grateful to Mrs Rose Hilton for confirming the authenticity of this lot. Estimate: £1,200.00 - £1,500.00 Lot: 10 Walter Langley (1852-1922) Knitting,1890, watercolour on paper, signed. Provenance: Sotheby’s 19th May 1982 The Lot: 18 Fine Art Society, London, May 1983 Private Collection David Romi Behrens (20th Century) Portrait of a Gentleman, oil on Messum 1997. Private Collection. Exhibited: London: Royal canvas, signed and inscribed to verso 24" x 30" 1 of 15 Barnes Thomas County Auctioneers (Auction of Fine Paintings) Catalogue - Downloaded from UKAuctioneers.com Estimate: £150.00 - £200.00 Sam Bassett (20th Century) Where's my wine, oil on board, signed 7" x 5" Estimate: £80.00 - £120.00 Lot: 19 Breon O'Casey (1928-2011) Untitled, acrylic and collage, signed and inscribed to verso 5" x 7" Lot: 30 Estimate: £400.00 - £500.00 Sam Bassett (20th Century) Come Back Talk, oil on board, signed 7" x 5" Estimate: £80.00 - £120.00 Lot: 20 Ben Nicholson (1894-1982) You Can Be Sure of Shell, lithograph, printed by W.R.Royle 1962 19" x 29" Lot: 31 Estimate: £400.00 - £500.00 Attributed to Henry Moore (1898-1986) Two Kneeling Figures, pencil on paper, signed and dated 1930 9.5" x 7.5". Provenance: Reputedly purchased by Mr R.D.Macdowell Lot: 21 directly from the artist in 1932. Thence by descent. Mr Edward d'Arcy Lister (1911-1976) Amaryllis, oil on board, Macdowell was a Belfast auctioneer and patron of young signed 24" x 20" artists. Estimate: £400.00 - £500.00 Estimate: £400.00 - £500.00 Lot: 22 Lot: 32 R.H.Ralston (Early 19th Century) Caduceus, watercolour on After Dame Barbara Hepworth (1903-1975) Single Form, paper, signed 24" x 28" alabaster, UNSIGNED Approx. 11" tall. Provenance: Reputedly Estimate: £250.00 - £300.00 purchased by Mr R.D.Macdowell directly from Hepworth in 1930 from her Hampstead Studio. Thence by descent. Mr Macdowell was a Belfast auctioneer and patron of young artists. A similar form can be found at the Hepworth Garden in Lot: 23 St Ives. Bryan Pearce (1929-2006) Sennen Cove, pen and ink, signed Estimate: £500.00 - £600.00 12" x 17" Estimate: £1,500.00 - £2,000.00 Lot: 33 Scottie Wilson (1888-1972) Untitled, watercolour on paper, Lot: 24 signed 10" x 8" Joseph Herman (1911-2000) Rocks and Cows, watercolour and Estimate: £150.00 - £200.00 Chalk 8" x 9" Provenance: Theo Waddington. Sir Michael and Lady Culme-Seymore Estimate: £400.00 - £500.00 Lot: 34 Scottie Wilson (1888-1972) Untitled , watercolour on paper, signed 15" x 10.5" Lot: 25 Estimate: £200.00 - £300.00 Alan Kingsbury (1960-) The Minuet, oil on board, signed 8" x 12". Provenance: The Stock and Collection of Tony Sanders, 14th December 2010, £1,400 Estimate: £500.00 - £700.00 Lot: 35 Fred Yates (1922-2008) Luvverlies Bar, oil on canvas, signed 9.5" x 11.5". Provenance: Purchased directly from the artist by the Aunt of the Vendor Lot: 26 Estimate: £800.00 - £1,000.00 Fred Yates (1922-2008) A Walk in My Garden, oil on linen, signed 46" x 54" Estimate: £3,000.00 - £4,000.00 Lot: 36 Fred Yates (1922-2008) Nice, oil on board, signed 10" x 14" Provenance: Purchased directly from the artist by the Aunt of Lot: 27 the Vendor Fred Yates (1922-2008) Me in My Garden, oil on linen, signed Estimate: £800.00 - £1,000.00 28" x 40" Estimate: £2,000.00 - £3,000.00 Lot: 37 Eric Ward (1945-) Yvonne, oil on canvas, signed 38" x 38" Lot: 28 Estimate: £500.00 - £600.00 Arthur Middleton Todd (1891-1966) Nude Study, conte crayon 9.5" x 4". Provenance: Lorna Innes, the artists niece Estimate: £150.00 - £200.00 Lot: 38 Eric Ward (1945-) St Ives Harbour, oil on canvas, signed 30" x Lot: 29 40" 2 of 15 Barnes Thomas County Auctioneers (Auction of Fine Paintings) Catalogue - Downloaded from UKAuctioneers.com Estimate: £600.00 - £700.00 canvas with sheet gilt, signed 20" x 20" Estimate: £300.00 - £400.00 Lot: 39 Michael J. Strang (1942-) Still Life, oil on board, signed and Lot: 49 dated 96 8" x 6" Daphne McClure (1930-) Spring Flowers, oil on canvas, signed Estimate: £100.00 - £200.00 25" x 18" Estimate: £800.00 - £1,000.00 Lot: 40 Robert Lenkiewicz ( 1941-2002) Study of Esther Dallaway in Lot: 50 the Studio, oil on board, signed 24" x 24" John Miller (1931-2002) Beach, gouache, signed, artists ref no: Estimate: £5,000.00 - £6,000.00 kh/393/1812 6" x 3.5" Estimate: £200.00 - £300.00 Lot: 41 Eric Ward (1945-) Nude Study, mixed media on paper, signed Lot: 51 10" x 14" Rose Hilton (1931-) A Cornish Beach, oil on board. 9" x 12" Estimate: £50.00 - £60.00 Estimate: £150.00 - £200.00 Lot: 42 Lot: 52 Harry Fiddler (1856-1935) Gathering Seaweed, oil on canvas, Roy Davey (20th Century) A Cornish Cove, acrylic on board, signed to verso 18" x 22" signed 8" x 11" Estimate: £1,000.00 - £2,000.00 Estimate: £40.00 - £50.00 Lot: 43 Lot: 53 William Anderson (1757-1837) A Busy Harbour, watercolour, Circle of Paul Henry (1876-1958) Moorland Landscape, oil on signed 7" x 9" board 5.5" x 8.5" Estimate: £700.00 - £1,000.00 Estimate: £50.00 - £60.00 Lot: 44 Lot: 54 Edwin Ellis (1841-1895) Luggers off Whitby, oil on canvas, Trevor Hodgkinson Two works, both oil, each signed each signed 18" x 32" approx. 18 x 14" Estimate: £1,000.00 - £1,500.00 Estimate: £30.00 - £40.00 Lot: 45 Lot: 55 Cyril Croucher (20th Century) Trelissick, oil on board, signed Circle of Alexander Calder (1898-1976) Untitled, mixed media and dated 2004 16" x 20" on paper, signed Calder 22" x 15" Estimate: £500.00 - £600.00 Estimate: £300.00 - £500.00 Lot: 46 Lot: 56 Attributed to Dame Laura Knight (1877-1970) The Circus Tent, John Tunnard ( 1900-1971) Water Spout circa 1947.