BRITISH AND EUROPEAN ART Tuesday 28 June 2016 Knightsbridge, London BRITISH AND EUROPEAN ART | Knightsbridge, London | Tuesday 28 June 2016 | Knightsbridge, London Tuesday 23539 BRITISH AND EUROPEAN ART PART I: VICTORIAN & BRITISH IMPRESSIONIST ART PART II: 19TH CENTURY EUROPEAN, IMPRESSIONIST & MODERN ART Tuesday 28 June 2016 at 1pm Knightsbridge, London BONHAMS BIDS ENQUIRIES Please see page 2 for bidder Montpelier Street +44 (0) 20 7447 7447 Head of Department information including after-sale Knightsbridge +44 (0) 20 7447 7401 fax Veronique Scorer collection and shipment London SW7 1HH To bid via the internet +44 (0) 20 7393 3962 www.bonhams.com please visit www.bonhams.com [email protected] Please see back of catalogue for important notice to bidders VIEWING Please note that bids should be Enquiries Sunday 26 June 2016 submitted no later than 4pm Emma Gordon IMPORTANT INFORMATION 11am – 3pm on the day prior to the auction. +44 (0) 20 7393 3960 The United States Government Monday 27 June 2016 New bidders must also provide [email protected] has banned the import of ivory 9am – 4.30pm proof of identity when submitting into the USA. 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Ward Thomas Removals Ltd If the intention is to reconnect this from Ward Thomas Removals Ltd reserve a lien over all goods in their equipment we recommend that on Monday 4 July 2016 from 9.30am possession for payment of storage this is carried out by a suitably and then every working day and all other charges due to them. qualified electrician. between 9.30am and 4.30pm. (Please note buyers need to be Contact details for Ward Thomas onsite at Ward Thomas Removals Removals Ltd: Ltd by 4.00pm). A booking email or Alana Wright phone call will be required to ensure Telephone: +44(0) 20 7038 0449 lots are ready at time of collection. Fax: +44(0) 20 7038 0439 Email: [email protected] PART I: VICTORIAN & BRITISH IMPRESSIONIST ART Lots 1 – 116 1 2 1 AR 2 AR SIR WILLIAM RUSSELL FLINT RA PRWS (BRITISH, 1880-1969) SIR WILLIAM RUSSELL FLINT RA PRWS (BRITISH, 1880-1969) Pauline Picnic at Eskdale signed ‘W Russell Flint’ (lower left) signed ‘W. RUSSELL FLINT’ (lower left) coloured chalks watercolour image 23 x 35.5cm (9 1/16 x 14in); sheet 38 x 43cm (14 15/16 x 16 34.5 x 50 cm. (13 9/16 x 19 11/16 in.) 15/16in). £3,000 - 5,000 £2,000 - 3,000 €3,900 - 6,500 €2,600 - 3,900 US$4,300 - 7,200 US$2,900 - 4,300 Provenance The Fine Art Society, London, 1923. Duncan R Miller Fine Arts, London. 4 | BONHAMS 3 3 AR SIR WILLIAM RUSSELL FLINT RA PRWS (BRITISH, 1880-1969) ‘Jasmin’ signed ‘WRussellFlint-’ (lower left); signed and inscribed with the title (on the reverse) red chalk 13.9 x 29.2cm (5 1/2 x 11 1/2in). £1,500 - 2,000 €1,900 - 2,600 US$2,200 - 2,900 Provenance Gifted to the sitter by the artist. Thence by family descent. This work is sold together with a letter from Sir William Russell Flint to Jasmin along with six photographs of works by the artist depicting Jasmin, her mother Bernedette and her aunt Consuelo, who were all regular models for Flint. All of these photographs are signed and inscribed by the artist verso. 4 AR SIR WILLIAM RUSSELL FLINT RA PRWS (BRITISH, 1880-1969) ‘Gossips, Cobonne’ signed ‘W.RUSSELL FLINT’ (lower right); inscribed, signed and dated ‘Gossips, Cobonne/WRussell Flint/1959/Drôme Valley/France’ (on the reverse) watercolour 55.9 x 38.1cm (22 x 15in). £3,000 - 5,000 €3,900 - 6,500 US$4,300 - 7,200 4 BRITISH AND EUROPEAN ART | 5 5 5 AR SIR WILLIAM RUSSELL FLINT RA PRWS (BRITISH, 1880-1969) ‘Gipsies at Argilliers’ signed ‘W Russell Flint-’ (lower right); indistinctly inscribed and dated in pencil ‘11.4.49’ (upper right); signed and titled (on the reverse) watercolour 34.5 x 51cm (13 9/16 x 20 1/16in).