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Salvador Dalí (1904-1989) Femmes-Poules, from Faust (La Nuit de Walpurgis) (Field 69-1I; M&L 308k) Etching with drypoint and roulette printed in colours, 1969 signed in pencil number...

Salvador Dalí (1904-1989) Paris, from S.N.C.F. (Field 69-2BB; M&L 1228a) Lithograph printed in colours, 1969 signed in pencil numbered from the edition of 300 printed by Ateliers...

Salvador Dalí (1904-1989) Liberation: the prisoners are free!, from Peace in Vietnam (Field 73-1D; M&L 1387a) Lithograph printed in colours, 1973, signed and titled in pencil, number...

Anne Wright (British, 1935–2025) Cyclists on the Embankment by Albert Bridge Oil on canvas Signed ‘Anne Wright’ (on the reverse) 27⅝ × 35½ in. (70 × 90 cm.) Provenance: Property of t...

Jessica Dismorr (British, 1885–1939) A Box at the Bedford 1924 Watercolour Inscribed, signed and dated ‘A Box at the Bedford J Dismorr 1924’ (lower right) 11½ × 8¾ in. (29 × 22.3 cm....

Vivian Stanshall (British, 1943–1995) Self Portrait Watercolour and charcoal on paper Signed ‘Vivian’ (on the reverse) 8⅜ x 5⅜ in. (21.3 x 13.5 cm.) frame measurements Provenance: Fr...

Vivian Stanshall (British, 1943–1995) Ramblings of War Etching Signed 'Vivian' (on the reverse) 11⅞ x 15¾ in. (30 x 40.2 cm.) frame measurements Provenance: From the artist's estate ...

Vivian Stanshall (British, 1943–1995) A probable portrait of Paul McCartney Pastel on paper Signed 'Vivian' (on the reverse) 13¾ x 11⅞ in. (35 x 30 cm.) frame measurements Provenance: From the artist's estate and thence by descent to his son More than a simple portrait, this engaging pastel offers a glimpse into one of British popular culture's most fascinating creative friendships. Believed to depict Sir Paul McCartney, the work was created by the irrepressible Vivian Stanshall (1943–1995), the writer, musician, artist and frontman of the Bonzo Dog...

Vivian Stanshall (British, 1943–1995) Vivian in an Embrace Pastel on card Signed 'Vivian' (on the reverse) 9 x 12½ in. (22.8 x 31.6 cm.) frame measurements Provenance: From the artis...

Charles Cooper Henderson (1803–1877) A Mail Coach Setting Off; On the Road; Arriving at the Inn; and Changing Horses Signed with monogram CHC Oil on canvas Each 16½ x 25 in. (42 x 66...

Vivian Stanshall (1943–1995) Abstracted Head Etching Signed ‘Vivian’ on the reverse Abstracted Head is a striking etching by Vivian Stanshall, depicting a surreal, almost alien-like ...

Vivian Stanshall (1943–1995) Study of a Lunatic Wood engraving Signed ‘Vivian’ on the reverse Study of a Lunatic is a compelling wood engraving by Vivian Stanshall, exemplifying his ...

Vivian Stanshall (1943–1995) Grinning Man Wood engraving Signed ‘Vivian’ on the reverse Grinning Man is a striking wood engraving by Vivian Stanshall, depicting a sharply rendered ma...

Vivian Stanshall (1943–1995) Lion Woodcut Signed ‘Vivian’ on the reverse Lion is a rare woodcut by Vivian Stanshall, demonstrating his bold and expressive approach to printmaking. Th...

Vivian Stanshall (1943–1995) A Seated Couple Etching With studio stamp on the reverse A Seated Couple is a rare etching by Vivian Stanshall, exemplifying the artist’s distinctive abi...

Vivian Stanshall (1943–1995) Lorenzo’s Ghost (from Isabella by John Keats) Etching and aquatint with printed text Signed ‘Vivian’ on the reverse This compelling etching and aquatint...

Vivian Stanshall (1943–1995) Señor Scorpion Etching Signed ‘Vivian’ on the reverse Señor Scorpion is a highly distinctive etching by Vivian Stanshall, presented in a vividly surreal,...

Vivian Stanshall (1943–1995) The Foaming Brine Etching Signed ‘Vivian’ on the reverse The Foaming Brine is a richly composed etching by Vivian Stanshall, exemplifying the artist’s u...

Vivian Stanshall (1943–1995) Strange Company Etching Signed 'Vivian' on the reverse Strange Company is a rare and compelling etching by Vivian Stanshall, showcasing the inventive im...

Vivian Stanshall (1943–1995) Crazed Self Portrait Woodcut Signed 'Vivian' on the reverse A striking and highly personal work, Crazed Self Portrait demonstrates Vivian Stanshall's dis...

Euan Uglow (1932–2000) is regarded as one of the most important British figurative painters of the post-war period. Renowned for his rigorous approach to observation and measurement,...

An interesting and highly personal early work by celebrated modernist sculptor Inge King, Aboriginal Abstract I (1953) reveals the artist’s engagement with abstraction, symbolism, an...

An interesting and highly personal early work by celebrated modernist sculptor Inge King, Aboriginal Abstract I (1953) reveals the artist’s engagement with abstraction, symbolism, an...

A rare and expressive early work by pioneering modernist sculptor Inge King, Toreador (1953) captures the artist’s dynamic approach to form, movement, and abstraction at a formative ...

Terry Frost was one of the leading figures of post-war British abstraction, celebrated for his vibrant colour, dynamic forms, and deeply intuitive approach to composition. Associated...

George Sherwood Hunter was a Scottish painter recognised for his atmospheric coastal scenes and fluid, impressionistic handling of paint. Working during the late nineteenth and early...

Jan Pienkowski (Polish / British, 1936 – 2022) ‘Winter Thing and The Mooncusser’s Daughter’ Mixed media Signed and dated ‘Jan Pienkowski 74’ (lower left), further signed with initial...

Doris Zinkeisen was one of the most distinctive artistic personalities of twentieth-century Britain, celebrated for her elegant portraiture, theatrical sensibility, and richly decora...

Carlo Grubacs (Italian, 1810 – 1870) Santa Maria della Salute, Venice Oil on panel Signed ‘C Grubacs’ (lower right) 9.3/4 x 5.3/8 in. (24.8 x 13.8 cm.)

A more chromatically expressive work by Arthur Cyril Hilton (British, 1897–1960), Figures at Sunrise reveals a lighter, more atmospheric side to his practice, where colour and struct...

A confident and early linocut by Arthur Cyril Hilton (British, 1897–1960), In Alderley captures the artist’s emerging command of graphic structure and his sensitivity to place. Hilto...

A striking early work by Arthur Cyril Hilton (British, 1897–1960), Figure in Linoleum – cut demonstrates his early engagement with bold reduction and graphic form. Hilton was a self-...

A poetic and quietly enigmatic work by Arthur Cyril Hilton (British, 1897–1960), Dawn figure reflects the artist’s sustained interest in the threshold between representation and abst...

A finely observed and quietly expressive work by Arthur Cyril Hilton (British, 1897–1960), The Road to Hale reflects the artist’s characteristic ability to transform familiar landsca...

A lyrical and atmospheric work by Arthur Cyril Hilton (British, 1897–1960), Winding Forest Lane captures the artist’s distinctive ability to distil landscape into rhythm, structure, ...

Roger Kean (British, 1949 – 2023) The shirt, farewell to the Green, circa 1967 Oil on board 36 x 38.7/8 in. (91.5 x 98.5 cm.)

Phyllis Bray (British, 1911 – 1991) Autumnal woodland Oil on canvas Signed ‘Phyllis Bray’ (lower right) 24 x 36 in. (61 x 91.5 cm.) Phyllis Bray (1911–1991) was a distinctive figure...

After Rembrandt Van Rijn Christ seated disputing with the doctors Signed and dated ‘Rembrandt F.1654 (in the plate) Etching 3.5/8 x 5.5/8 in. (9.3 x 14.5 cm.) Literature: B.Holl.64;...

Christopher Wood (British, 1901–1930) Bathers at Cannes, 1927 Pencil on paper Inscribed ‘Cannes, 1927’ on the reverse 12⅝ x 9½ in. (32.2 x 24 cm) Provenance: Sotheby's, London, 20th ...

John Northcote Nash CBE RA (British, 1893–1977) A Group of Beech Trees Pencil and watercolour on paper Signed John Nash (lower left); inscribed ‘group of beech trees’ on the reverse ...

Henry Moore OM CH FBA (British, 1898–1986) Male Figure in Landscape, 1978 Lithograph Signed and numbered 46/50 (lower left under the plate) and signed Moore (lower right under the pl...

Peter Lanyon (British, 1918–1964) Abstracted Forms, a Design for a Table Mat, circa 1951 Acrylic on paper Signed with studio stamp on the reverse 13.25 x 15.63 in. (33.7 x 39.6 cm) ...

Duncan Grant (British, 1885–1978) Bathing Diana Mixed media on paper 27.5 x 16 in. (70 x 40.8 cm) Provenance: The Bloomsbury Workshop, London This elegant mixed-media composition by...

A very romantic and detailed painting of figures enjoying the views of a waterfall in summertime, Europe Circle of Caspar David Friedrich (German, 1774 – 1840) Elegant company at th...

Margaret Stanley Thomson (British, 1891 - 1975) Venus a la Coquille Gouache / watercolour on paper Signed with monogram ‘OTS’ (lower left) 13.1/2 x 9.3/4 in. (34.3 x 24.5 cm.)

Ethelbert White (British, 1891 – 1972) The watering place Oil on canvas Signed ‘Ethelbert White’ (lower right) 40 x 50 in. (101.6 x 128 cm.) Provenance: Sothebys Sussex, 4th April 1987

Prunella Clough (British, 1919 – 1999) Game, 1991 Lithograph Dedicated, numbered and dated ‘For Mel, affectionately - / 1/45 Pru June 91’ (lower left) and signed ‘Clough’ (lower righ...

Hugh Verschoyle Cronyn (British / Canadian, 1905 – 1996) Suffolk Farmhouse Window Oil on canvas 25 x 30 in. (63.5 x 76.3 cm.) Provenance: From the estate of the artist

Sir Matthew Smith, CBE (British, 1879 – 1959) Still life with sculpture oil on board 21.1/4 x 23.3/4 in. (54 x 60.3 cm.) Provenance: Removed with the contents of his Aix studio, by Marion Monay, tfor the aertistin early 1940, to Beauchene, the nearby house of fellow artist Harry Morton Colvile (1905-1992) Given by the artist toColvile in January 1946 along with otherstudio effects. Given by Colvile’s only child, Professor Georgiana Colvile (1943-2018) to the present owner circa 2000 Literature: Alice Keene, ‘The Two Mr Smiths, The Life and Works of Matthew Smith’, 1995, pp.61,65,70 & 128 When in early 1940 Smith went back to Aix to pack up and close his studio there and send back to London all the paintings possible, the residue was hidden (see Literature, Keene 1995, p.61,65 &70) in various locations around Aix by Marion Monay, a good deal at Beauchene the house of his and her friend Harry Colvile who had been Monay’s lover prior to Smith (see Literature, Keene 1995, p.59) In 1946 with the war over, Smith went to Aix to retrieve all he could manage to ship back to England but what he had to leave at Beauchene he give to Colvile, including the clay female...

Benita Arnold-Keyser (American, 1911 – 1983) Dance partners, Help the Blind, Travel Companions, Mother and Child, Shack in Winter, The Grocer’s Companion, Backstage, The Pipe Smoker,...

Franz Bueb (German/American, 1919 – 1982) Shepherd boy in Spain Ink, watercolour and gouache Signed ‘Bueb’ lower left 21.1/2 x 29 in. (54.5 x 73.5 cm.) Pro...

Hugo Dachinger (Austrian, 1908 – 1995) Bohemians Mixed media, ink and watercolour Signed and dated ‘Dachinger 1941’ (lower right) 9.3/8 x 11.3/4 in. (23.8 x 29.6 cm.) In a washed lin...

Davy (British, c.1931) Doves at the window Oil on canvas Signed and dated ‘Davy 1931’ (lower right) 30 x 24 in. (76.3 x 61 cm.)

Roland Jarvis (British, 1926 – 2016) Blue swings Oil on canvas, unframed Inscribed with title (on the edge) 38 x 67.1/8 in. (96.5 x 170.5 cm.) A commanding large-scale abstract pain...

Henry Moore OM., C.H. (British, 1898 – 1986) Silhouette figures with border design Lithograph numbered, signed and dated ‘8/90’ (lower left) and ‘Moore 73’ (lower right) in pencil Pu...

Victor Pasmore, R.A. Abstract, 1980 signed with initials (centre right) oil, acrylic and charcoal on canvas 44 x 150cm.; 17¼ x 59in. Executed in 1980. Provenance Sale, Bonhams London...

GRAHAM SUTHERLAND [British, 1903- 1980]. Standing Rock Form in yellow, 1971 Dated in the print ‘2.XII.71’ (upper right), in the print further signed and inscribed ‘epreuve d’artiste...

Attributed to Graham Sutherland (British, 1903 – 1980) Standing forms, 1979 edition Lithograph Signed ‘Sutherland’ (lower right) in pencil (outside of the edition) 27.1/8 x 19.1/2 in...

Robert Organ (British, 1933 – 2023) The Fish pond Signed and dated ‘Robert Organ 83’ (on the reverse) Oil on canvas laid on board 24 x 16.1/4 in. (61 x 41.3 cm.) The Fish Pond by Ro...

William Malherbe (French, 1884 – 1955) La Baigneuse Oil on canvas Unsigned 51 x 35.1/2 in. (130 x 90 cm.) William Malherbe was a French Post Impressionist painter born in 1884. His ...