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Romain de Tirtoff, called Erte (French/Russian, 1892-1990) Les Mers – Apparition de Britannia; and Debut de l`effet Final Ink pen 5 x 7 in. (12.8 x 17.8 cm.) A pair Provenance : From...

Romain de Tirtoff, called Erte (French/Russian, 1892-1990) A set design featuring a tree for Une Noce chez les nudists (A nudist wedding) Gouache on paper Signed with atelier stamp (...

Romain de Tirtoff, called Erte (French/Russian, 1892-1990) Articles de Paris – Woman’s fair Ink pen Signed with stamped signature (lower right) 6.7/8 x 10.1/4 in. (17.5 x 26 cm.) Pro...

Lynn Russell Chadwick, CBE RA (British, 1914-2003) Abstracted figure Ink pen and wash Signed and dated `Chadwick 66’ (lower right) 24 x 18.1/4 in. (61 x 46.3 cm.) Lynn Chadwick was ...

Edward Ridley (British, 1883-1946) A circular design featuring ivy in blossom Gouache 9.7/8 in. (25 cm.) tondo This design was one of 5 submitted for ACT...

Edward Ridley (British, 1883-1946) A design featuring thistles Gouache 15 x 10 in. (38 x 25.4 cm.) This design was one of 5 submitted for ACT certificate...

Edward Ridley (British, 1883-1946) White Bryony Watercolour 6.1/8 x 20.1/2 in. (15.6 x 52.2 cm.) This design was one of 5 submitted for ACT certificate a...

Blair Hughes-Stanton (British, 1902-1981) The Bathers Ink and watercolour Signed and dated `Blair HS 38’ (lower right) 13.1/2 x 20 in. (34.4 x 50.7 cm.)

Evelyn Grace Ince (British/Indian, c.1886-1941) Mary Mary Oil on canvas Signed `EVELYN INCE’ (lower left) and inscribed with title (on an old label to the reverse) 14 x 10.1/8 in. (3...

Sir Peter Blake CBE RDI RA (British, b.1932) Contemporary Art Society 1910-1985 Offset lithograph Signed and numbered `108/150 Peter Blake’ (lower edge) 30.3/4 x 20.3/4 in. (78 x 52....

English School, circa 1900 In the ten acre pasture Ink and bodycolour on paper 4.5/8 x 13.5/8 in. (11.8 x 34.7 cm.)

(Léonard) Tsuguharu FOUJITA (Japanese, 1886-1968) Baby acrobat; and Baby walking both signed `Foujita’ (lower right), and both signed in Japanese red and black ink on paper 20 x 15 ...

Louis Robert Arthur Latapie (French, 1891-1972) La Modele Black crayon Signed `Latapie’ (lower right) 24.5/8 x 19 in. (62.5 x 48.3 cm.)

Elsie Marian Henderson (British, 1880-1967) Crouching Leopard Charcoal and pastel on paper 8 x 12.1/8 in. (20.3 x 30.8 cm.) Provenance: The estate of the artist Sally Hunter Fine Art, London Elsie Marian Henderson was born in Eastbourne in Sussex and with the encouragement of her mother, a keen amateur painter, she attended the South Kensington Schools before studying at the Slade School of Fine Art between 1903 and 1905. She continued her art education in Paris and in 1916, after returning to London she enrolled at the Chelsea Polytechnic, where she was taught lithography by the artist Francis Ernest Jackson...

Elsie Marian Henderson (British, 1880-1967) Seated Leopard Charcoal and crayon 11.3/8 x 7.7/8 in. (28.8 x 20 cm.) Provenance: The estate of the artist S...

Romain de Tirtoff, called ERTE (Russian/French, 1892-1990) Service a The et Café: Thaiere, Eau du lait et Sucrier Ink, gold paint and watercolour Inscri...

Romain de Tirtoff, called ERTE (Russian/French, 1892-1990) Service a The et Café 1 Ink, gold paint and watercolour on grey/blue paper Inscribed with deta...

Romain de Tirtoff, called ERTE (Russian/French, 1892-1990) Tasse a Café et Bol a The Ink, gold paint and watercolour with pencil Inscribed with detai...

Romain de Tirtoff, called ERTE (Russian/French, 1892-1990) Meuble a Courrier Ink, gold paint and watercolour Inscribed with details (upper left) and signed with studio stamp (lower right) 11.1/2 x 15.1/8 in. (29.3 x 38.5 cm.) Provenance: The personal collection of the artist Gifted to Serge Leeman and thence by descent Romain de Tirtoff, commonly known as Erté, is widely recognized as the most influential artist of the Art Deco movement. His distinguished career spanned over 80 years and crossed over into several mediums including fashion illustration, stage and costume design and bronze sculpture. Erté was born on November 23, 1892 in St. Petersburg, Russia. His father was a military man...

Romain de Tirtoff, called ERTE (Russian/French, 1892-1990) Meuble a Secrets Ink and watercolour Inscribed with details and signed with studio stamp (lower right) 9.3/4 x 12.7/8 in. ...

Romain de Tirtoff called ERTE (Russian/French, 1892-1990) Les emotions: La Tristesse et l’Indifference Ink and watercolour Inscribed with details and signed with studio stamp (lower...

Romain de Tirtoff, called ERTE (Russian/French, 1892-1990) Coiffeuse Commode Ink and watercolour with pencil Inscribed with details (upper left) and signed with studio stamp (lower right) 11 x 16.1/2 in. (28 x 42 cm.) Provenance: The personal collection of the artist Gifted to Serge Leeman and thence by descent Romain de Tirtoff, commonly known as Erté, is widely recognized as the most influential artist of the Art Deco movement. His distinguished career spanned over 80 years and crossed over into several mediums including fashion illustration, stage and costume design and bronze sculpture. Erté was born on November 23, 1892 in St. Petersburg, Russia. His father was a military man...

Erte (Romain de Tirtoff) (French/Russian, 1892-1990) Michelle Lithograph Signed `Erte’ (lower right) and numbered `21/300’ (lower left) Frame measures 39.1/4 x 30.3/8 in. (100x 77 cm.)

David Hamilton (British, circa 1888) Harvest time Oil on canvas Signed and dated `David Hamilton 1888’ (lower right) 20.1/8 x 16 in. (51.2 x 40.8 cm.)

Jean Fressinet (French, 1889-1972) A gondolier on the Grand Canal Mixed media Signed with studio stamp (lower right under the mount) 7.1/4 x 12.1/2 in. ...

Emile Rene Menard (French, 1862-1930) L`enlevement de Dejanira (The rescue of Deianara) Oil on canvas Signed `E R Menard’ (lower left) and inscribed with t...

Charles Cres (French, 1850-1907) A Wood Nymph playing the pipes signed and dated `Ch. Crès/ 1884’ (lower right) oil on canvas 25.7/8 x 15.1/2 in. (65.8 x 39.4 cm.) Charles Cres was born in Briare in the province of Loiret. As early as 1875 he exhibited at the annual Paris Salon and was subsequently awarded...

Victor Vasarely (Hungarian / French 1906 – 1997) Door, 1982 Numbered ‘E.A. 7/9’ (lower left) and signed Vasarely (lower right) Artist’s proof Silkscreen print 43 x 23.1/2 in. (109.3 ...

Jean Maurice Lasnier (French, 1922 – 2006) Tempete Industrielle Signed ‘LASNIER’ (lower left) Oil on canvas 25.3/4 x 32 in. (65.4 x 81cm.) Provena...

Carl Jaycock (British, b. 1963) Sea light Signed and dated ‘C JAYCOCK 85’ (lower right) Oil on board 24 x 24 in. (61 x 61 cm.) Cornwall based Jaycock has...

Beatus Zumstein (Swiss, b.1927) Abstracted landscape Oil and sand on canvas Signed `Zumstein’ (lower right) 23.3/8 x 41.1/4 in. (59.4 x 104.8 cm.) A c...

Jean Maurice Lasnier (French, 1922 – 2006) VILLE SOLAIRE, OCTOBER 1971 Signed ‘LASNIER’ (lower middle) Oil on canvas 62.1/2 x 31.1/2 in. (158....

Jean Maurice Lasnier (French, 1922 – 2006) URBAN ORANGE Signed ‘LASNIER’ (lower right) Oil on canvas 57.1/2 x 35 in. (146.5 x 88.7cm.)

Paul Feiler (British, 1918-2013) Aduton S 1 Signed, numbered, inscribed and dated in pencil `48/75 Aduton S1 Paul Feiler 73’ (lower edge) Screenprint 23.1/4 x 23.1/4 in. (59 x 59 cm....

Beccy Marshall (British, 20th/21st Century) Thames Barge Oil on board Signed, titled and dated `2011’ (on the reverse) 24.1/2 x 20.3/8 in. (62 x 51.8 cm.)

Adrian Heath (British, 1920 - 1992) Golden Brown Mixed media signed ‘Heath 88’ (lower right) 73 x 54 cm. Adrian Heath (1920–1992) was a 20th-century British painter. Heath was born in Burma and attended Bryanston School in Dorset, southern England. In 1938, he studied art under Stanhope Forbes at Newlyn. In 1939 and 1945–47, he attended the Slade School of Art. He served in the RAF as a tail gunner in Lancaster bombers in World War II, but spent almost the entire war as a prisoner of war at Stalag 383. During this period he became friends with and taught fellow POW Terry Frost to paint. In 1949 and 1951, he visited St Ives, Cornwall, where he met Ben Nicholson. In the early 1950s, he was also associated with Victor Pasmore and Anthony Hill. As such he became the main link between the emerging St Ives School and British Constructivism. He was also influenced by D'Arcy Thompson. In 1953 Heath published 'Abstract Painting: its Origins and Meaning' a slim but perceptive volume appraising the development of abstraction by the early moderns. He exhibited at the Musée Carcassonne in 1948, and at the Redfern Gallery...

Rosina Beatrice Wild (British, 1878-1962) Pomegranates, grapes, apples, a melon and a marrow beside a pot plant Oil on board Signed `R B Wild’ (lower left) 18.1/4 x 21.1/4 in. (46.5 ...

Jenny Franklin (South African / British, b.1949) Antipodean land: Reflection Executed in 1993 Signed, inscribed and dated on the reverse Oil on canvas 48 x 42 in. (107 x 122 cm.) Ex...

Jean Maurice Lasnier (French, 1922 – 2006) TROPIQUES, 1972 Signed ‘LASNIER’ (lower right), dated ‘5-72’ (on the reverse) Oil on canvas 54.3/4 x 27...

Sven Berlin (British, 1911 - 1999) Pegasus Pen and ink on paper laid down on card 11 x 7.7/8 in. (28 x 20 cm.) (16) Sven Berlin, born in Sydenham, London ...

Sven Berlin (British, 1911 - 1999) Bowing donkey Ink on paper Signed and dated `SVEN ‘86’ (lower right) 15x 21.1/4 in. (38 x 54 cm.) (44) Sven Berlin, born in Sydenham, London on 14th September 1911, was an English painter, draughtman and writer. He was a key player in the development of the St. Ives art movement. Having studied at the Beckenham School of Art and after a successful career as an adagio dancer in the music-halls he moved to Cornwall with his first wife Helga in 1938 to study at the Camborne-Redruth School of Art, pre-dating the arrival of Barbara Hepworth and Ben Nicholsen to Cornwall. As WW2 broke out, Berlin initially remained a conscientious objector. He worked in the market garden...

Sven Berlin (British, 1911 - 1999) A strutting cockerell Pen and ink 8 x 4.5/8 in. (20 x 12 cm.) (4) Sven Berlin, born in Sydenham, London on 14th Septemb...

Sven Berlin (British, 1911 - 1999) The alpaca herd Pen, ink and bodycolour on paper 14.1/8 x 14.1/8 in. (36 x 36 cm.) (18) Sven Berlin, born in Sydenham, ...

Sven Berlin (British, 1911 - 1999) Maiden head Mixed media 5.3/4 x 3.5/8 in. (14.7 x 9.3 cm.) Sven Berlin, born in Sydenham, London on 14th September 1911...

Jenny Ogg (British school, 20th Century) Sunbathing oil on panel signed 'J Ogg' (lower right) and bearing label for Grants Fine Art Gallery Newcastle (to the reverse)

William Mason (British, 1906 – 2002) Boats in an estuary, possibly the port of London Oil on board Signed with initials ‘W.M’ (lower right) 9.3/8 x 13.3/8 in. (23.7 x 34 cm.)

Sven Berlin '(British, 1911 - 1999) Strutting cock Ink on paper 14.1/8 x 10.3/4 in. (36 x 27.3 cm.) Sven Berlin, born in Sydenham, London on 14th Septembe...

Sven Berlin (British, 1911 - 1999) Hare Pencil on paper Signed, inscribed and dated `HARE’ (lower left), and ‘SVEN ‘79’ (lower right) 14.7/8 x 22.3/4 in. (37.8 x 57.8 cm.) Sven Berl...

Sven Berlin (British, 1911 - 1999) White bird Pen and ink Signed with monogram, inscribed and dated `WHITE BIRD SclPT MY 87 SB’ (lower middle) 12.3/4 x 7.3/4 in. (32.3 x 19.7 cm.) S...

Sven Berlin (British, 1911 - 1999) Heron Swallowing Fish, a study for a sculpture Pen and ink Signed with monogram, inscribed and dated `HERON SWALLOWING F...

Sven Berlin (British, 1911 - 1999) A Lovers embrace Pen and ink Signed 'SVEN 95' (lower right) 11 x 7.7/8 in. (20 x 28 cm.) Sven Berlin, born in Sydenham, London on 14th September 1...

Sven Berlin, (British, 1911 - 1999) Jacobs Sheep Pencil on paper Inscribed with title, signed and dated 'SVEN 99' (lower right) 5.1/4 x 8.5/8 in. (13 x 22 cm.) Sven Berlin, born in ...

Sven Berlin (British, 1911 - 1999) Stag on alert Pen and ink Signed and dated 'SVEN 95' (lower edge) 7.7/8 x 11 in. (20 x 28 cm.) Sven Berlin, born in Syd...

Sven Berlin (British, 1911 - 1999) Owl in flight #2 Pen and ink 7.7/8 x 11 in. (19.7 x 28 cm.) Sven Berlin, born in Sydenham, London on 14th September 1911, was an English painter, d...

William Heath Robinson (British, 1872-1944) East coast sea sketch, circa 1930 Pencil and watercolour 8.1/2 x 12.3/4 in. (21.7 x 32.3 cm.) There is an extensive passage regarding the ...

William Black (British, Fl. 1963 – 69) Landscape abstraction Watercolour and ink on paper Signed, inscribed and dated ‘Landscape abstraction William Black 63’ (lower edge) 8 x 11.1/4 in. (20.3 x 28.3 cm.) William Black is a little known and underrated member of the St Ives artist group who, having worked as an architect after the Second World War, went on to work as an artist following the inheritance of money in the early 1950s. He was a self taught artist, producing numerous deconstructivist sculptures in the 1960s. He moved to St Ives in Cornwall where he knew artists such as Ben Nicholson, Barbara Hepworth and Naum Gabo. There is a clear architectural element to the sculptures that he made . They illustrate an assemblage of fragmented shapes and forms of a deconstructivist nature. William Black’s artwork is very much rooted in the time and Cornish School so one can see elements from those such as Wilhelmina Barns Graham...

English School, 19th Century Dever’s, A busy shoe shop Oil on canvas 17 x 14 in. (43.2 x 35.7 cm.)

Sven Berlin (British, 1911 - 1999) Cock Black felt pen on paper Inscribed with title (lower left) 11.3/4 x 14 in. (29.7 x 35.5 cm.) Sven Berlin, born in Sydenham, London on 14th Sep...

Sven Berlin (British, 1911 - 1999) Running Hare Black and brown ink on paper 15.3/4 x 22 in. (40 x 55.8 cm.)

Sven Berlin (British, 1911 - 1999) Equus Pen and ink 7.7/8 x 12.3/4 in. (19.7 x 32.4 cm.) Sven Berlin, born in Sydenham, London on 14th September 1911, was an English painter, draug...