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The Spring Art Sale On 25/03/2022

The Spring Art Sale

25/03/2022

Our first Fine Art sale of 2022 is now here, with over 260 paintings, drawings and prints by artists past & present, consisting of selected pictures from local, national & international estates and private vendors.

Featuring:

Ten important paintings by Constance-Anne Parker, direct from the artist's family and fresh to the open market.

Eighteen works by George Weatherill and his children Richard and Mary; comprising a local deceased estate that includes one of the largest paintings by George ever recorded, of museum quality and estimated at £10,000 - £15,000; a finely detailed and unusual oil by Mary of Robin Hood's Bay; four excellent quality oils by Richard, including an unusual view looking up the Esk towards Whitehall shipyard; and ten further watercolours by George.

A rare and unusual painting of Staithes, depicting not the harbour or beck but the High Street under moonlight, by Scottish artist William Pratt; consigned by a private Australian collector, it has travelled over 10,000 miles to return to where it was painted.

Nearly 40 works by members of the Staithes Group, to include: a large and exhibition quality oil of a Whitby jet worker by Albert George Stevens, one of his largest on record; two early oils of the Dutch coast and a large watercolour of Scarborough by Frank Henry Mason; two quality oils by rarer Group member James Watson; and more.

A good selection of portraits, including six by Leeds artist Philip Naviasky, and a rare self-portrait by Scarborough artist Neil Tyler, from his private collection.

A collection of still lifes and interior scenes.

Traditional landscape paintings from the 18th to the 20th century, by artists such as Charles Spencelayh, George Blackie Sticks, Robert Watson, and George Jones.

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Lot 2

Constance-Anne Parker (British 1921-2016): The Foundry, oil on canvas unsigned 90cm x 70cm Provenan...

Constance-Anne Parker (British 1921-2016): The Foundry, oil on canvas unsigned 90cm x 70cm Provenance: direct from the artist's family previously unseen on the open market

9099

SOLD £360

Lot 3

Constance-Anne Parker (British 1921-2016): Yorkshire Dales House and Farm Buildings, oil on canvas s...

Constance-Anne Parker (British 1921-2016): Yorkshire Dales House and Farm Buildings, oil on canvas signed and dated 1957, with further image verso 69cm x 90cm Provenance: direct from the artist's family previously unseen on the open market

10014

SOLD £500

Lot 4

Constance-Anne Parker (British 1921-2016): Yorkshire Dales Sheep Fair, oil on canvas unsigned, with ...

Constance-Anne Parker (British 1921-2016): Yorkshire Dales Sheep Fair, oil on canvas unsigned, with further image verso 63cm x 73cm Provenance: direct from the artist's family previously unseen on the open market

B10419

SOLD £380

Lot 5

Constance-Anne Parker (British 1921-2016): 'Thunderstorm Malham', oil on canvas signed, with further...

Constance-Anne Parker (British 1921-2016): 'Thunderstorm Malham', oil on canvas signed, with further image verso 74cm x 61cm Provenance: direct from the artist's family previously unseen on the open market

B10419

SOLD £320

Lot 6

Constance-Anne Parker (British 1921-2016): Gordale Scar Malham, oil on canvas unsigned 99cm x 74cm ...

Constance-Anne Parker (British 1921-2016): Gordale Scar Malham, oil on canvas unsigned 99cm x 74cm Provenance: direct from the artist's family previously unseen on the open market

10026

SOLD £600

Lot 7

Constance-Anne Parker (British 1921-2016): Theatre Set - Dancing in the Rain, oil on board unsigned ...

Constance-Anne Parker (British 1921-2016): Theatre Set - Dancing in the Rain, oil on board unsigned 60cm x 49cm Provenance: direct from the artist's family previously unseen on the open market

10015

SOLD £220

Lot 8

Constance-Anne Parker (British 1921-2016): 'The Rehearsal', composition oil sketch on paper titled u...

Constance-Anne Parker (British 1921-2016): 'The Rehearsal', composition oil sketch on paper titled unsigned 34cm x 46cm Provenance: direct from the artist's family previously unseen on the open market

9099

SOLD £90

Lot 9

Constance-Anne Parker (British 1921-2016): Still Life of a Female Nude Stone Torso & Flowers, oil on...

Constance-Anne Parker (British 1921-2016): Still Life of a Female Nude Stone Torso & Flowers, oil on canvas signed 78cm x 64cm

9099

SOLD £220

Lot 10

Constance-Anne Parker (British 1921-2016): Portrait of an Elderly Gentleman with a Beard, oil on can...

Constance-Anne Parker (British 1921-2016): Portrait of an Elderly Gentleman with a Beard, oil on canvas unsigned 62cm x 49cm Provenance: direct from the artist's family previously unseen on the open market

9092

SOLD £340

Lot 11

Constance-Anne Parker (British 1921-2016): Portrait of an Elderly Gentleman with a Hat, oil on canva...

Constance-Anne Parker (British 1921-2016): Portrait of an Elderly Gentleman with a Hat, oil on canvas unsigned, with further image verso initialled on stretcher 60cm x 49cm Provenance: direct from the artist's family previously unseen on the open market

9099

SOLD £360

Lot 12

Paul Paul (Staithes Group 1865-1937): Self Portrait, oil on canvas signed 60cm x 50cm Provenance: ...

Paul Paul (Staithes Group 1865-1937): Self Portrait, oil on canvas signed 60cm x 50cm Provenance: from the artist's studio collection. Paul Politachi, born in Constantinople, was the son of Constantine Politachi. After his marriage to Marion Archer in 1896 he changed his name to the more Anglophone Paul Plato Paul. He exhibited at the Royal Academy ten times between 1901 and 1932.

B37105

SOLD £650

Lot 13

Jacob Kramer (Ukrainian/British 1892-1962): Portrait of a Young Woman, oil on board signed 62cm x 46...

Jacob Kramer (Ukrainian/British 1892-1962): Portrait of a Young Woman, oil on board signed 62cm x 46cm

9005

SOLD £1000

Lot 14

Philip Naviasky (Northern British 1894-1983): Portrait of a Girl in a White Dress, oil on canvas sig...

Philip Naviasky (Northern British 1894-1983): Portrait of a Girl in a White Dress, oil on canvas signed 59cm x 49cm Provenance: Private American collection; with Grant Waters Fine Art, Angmering, West Sussex.

9018

SOLD £1100

Lot 15

Philip Naviasky (Northern British 1894-1983): Portrait of a Young Girl with a Red Collar, oil on boa...

Philip Naviasky (Northern British 1894-1983): Portrait of a Young Girl with a Red Collar, oil on board signed 39cm x 29cm

4019

SOLD £280

Lot 16

Philip Naviasky (Northern British 1894-1983): Portrait of a Young Woman, oil on board signed 39cm x ...

Philip Naviasky (Northern British 1894-1983): Portrait of a Young Woman, oil on board signed 39cm x 29cm Provenance: formerly in the offices of a Leeds firm of solicitors, by repute, purchased from the artist in the 1960s

B2745

SOLD £180

Lot 17

Philip Naviasky (Northern British 1894-1983): The Artist's Daughter Sonia Asleep, oil sketch on pane...

Philip Naviasky (Northern British 1894-1983): The Artist's Daughter Sonia Asleep, oil sketch on panel signed 37cm x 45cm Provenance: Chorley's Auction, 31st January 2017, Lot 406 sold as 'Sleeping Baby'. See associated pencil sketch in this sale Lot 18 executed at the same time, and supporting letter from Millie Naviasky stating the drawing of Sonia was done in 1935

B42779

SOLD £100

Lot 18

Philip Naviasky (Northern British 1894-1983): 'Sonia', pencil study signed 'Philip Naviasky' c1935, ...

Philip Naviasky (Northern British 1894-1983): 'Sonia', pencil study signed 'Philip Naviasky' c1935, 26cm x 19cm Provenance: in the collection of Mr & Mrs M J Reid of Leicester, letter to them from Millie Naviasky in Nov. 1988 confirming attribution

B42779

SOLD £100

Lot 19

Philip Naviasky (Northern British 1894-1983): Profile Portrait of the Artist's Wife Millie, charcoal...

Philip Naviasky (Northern British 1894-1983): Profile Portrait of the Artist's Wife Millie, charcoal on paper signed 23cm x 19.5cm Provenance: private collection; Morphets Auctioneers 1st December 2016 Lot 381

4019

SOLD £190

Lot 20

Harold Hope Read (British 1881-1959): Hilda Seated, pair pencil studies unsigned 23cm x 21.5cm (2) ...

Harold Hope Read (British 1881-1959): Hilda Seated, pair pencil studies unsigned 23cm x 21.5cm (2) Provenance: ex collection of the artist's housekeeper, life model and mistress Hilda; given to Hilda's nephew Dennis Alfred Steven Hopper upon Hilda's death, given to Douglas James Hopper (Hilda's great nephew) upon his father Dennis's death

9092

SOLD £90

Lot 21

Harold Hope Read (British 1881-1959): 'Interior' - Hilda seated on a Chaise Longue, oil on canvas si...

Harold Hope Read (British 1881-1959): 'Interior' - Hilda seated on a Chaise Longue, oil on canvas signed, titled verso 37cm x 27cm Provenance: with Louise Kosman Modern British Art, Gullane, Edinburgh, label verso; Hilda (no surname is known) was Read's live-in housekeeper, life model and mistress, probably dating to 1923-25,

10029

SOLD £500

Lot 22A

Ronald Allan (British 1900-1966): Female Nude Sleeping, oil on panel signed 49cm x 59cm Notes: Alla...

Ronald Allan (British 1900-1966): Female Nude Sleeping, oil on panel signed 49cm x 59cm Notes: Allan born at Cheadle Heath, Cheshire studied at Manchester School of Art and the Slade. Founder member of the progressive Manchester Group. Known as the last of the Manchester Bohemians. The City Art Gallery holds his noted portrait of Kenneth Russell Brady

B42831

SOLD £150

Lot 24

Louis Valtat (French 1869-1952): Portrait of a Lady, pencil artist's stamped initials 17cm x 11cm...

Louis Valtat (French 1869-1952): Portrait of a Lady, pencil artist's stamped initials 17cm x 11cm

10020

SOLD £150

Lot 25

Theophile Alexandre Steinlen (French 1859-1923): Portrait of a Man with a Pipe, pencil artist's sign...

Theophile Alexandre Steinlen (French 1859-1923): Portrait of a Man with a Pipe, pencil artist's signature stamp 21cm x 14cm

10020

SOLD £240

Lot 26

Geoffrey Woolsey Birks (Northern British 1929-1993): The Brick Layer, pencil signed 29cm x 20cm ...

Geoffrey Woolsey Birks (Northern British 1929-1993): The Brick Layer, pencil signed 29cm x 20cm

B42481

SOLD £300

Lot 27

Dame Laura Knight (Staithes Group 1877-1970): 'Lady with Shawl', aquatint etching signed in pencil, ...

Dame Laura Knight (Staithes Group 1877-1970): 'Lady with Shawl', aquatint etching signed in pencil, limited to 35 proofs, pub. 1926, 34cm x 25cm Provenance: with The Brook Gallery, Devon; Phillips Auctioneers, New Bond St., London 22nd April 1997

B14213

SOLD £3000

Lot 28

Ernest Borough Johnson (British 1866-1944): Lady in Pink with Harbour View through the Window, water...

Ernest Borough Johnson (British 1866-1944): Lady in Pink with Harbour View through the Window, watercolour signed 44cm x 34cm

9110

SOLD £95

Lot 29

Henry John Dobson (Scottish 1858-1928): Two Elderly Ladies in Conversation, oil on canvas signed wit...

Henry John Dobson (Scottish 1858-1928): Two Elderly Ladies in Conversation, oil on canvas signed with initials 29cm x 22cm

B14956

SOLD £380

Lot 30

English School (19th century): Lady Leaning over a Staircase, oil on mahogany panel unsigned 57cm x ...

English School (19th century): Lady Leaning over a Staircase, oil on mahogany panel unsigned 57cm x 45cm

9096

SOLD £140

Lot 31

Annie Horrocks (British exh.1898-1903): Portrait of a Young Woman with Flowers in Her Hair, oil on c...

Annie Horrocks (British exh.1898-1903): Portrait of a Young Woman with Flowers in Her Hair, oil on canvas signed and dated 1903, 52cm x 42cm

4019

SOLD £200

Lot 35

A L Grace (British 20th century): The Connoisseur and the China Cupboard, oil on canvas signed, the ...

A L Grace (British 20th century): The Connoisseur and the China Cupboard, oil on canvas signed, the canvas stamped 'Prepared by C Roberson & Co Ltd, 71 Parkway, London NW1' (used 1939/67), 60cm x 50cm

B41049

SOLD £425

Lot 36

Winifred Donne (British 1882-1944): The Old Curiosity Shop, watercolour and gouache signed 46cm x 56...

Winifred Donne (British 1882-1944): The Old Curiosity Shop, watercolour and gouache signed 46cm x 56cm

9039

SOLD £340

Lot 38

Barbara H Rodgers (British exh.1889-1894): Interior with Tapestries and Persian Carpets, watercolour...

Barbara H Rodgers (British exh.1889-1894): Interior with Tapestries and Persian Carpets, watercolour signed in the carpet l.l. 45cm x 61cm

4019

SOLD £280

Lot 39

Vernon de Beauvoir Ward (British 1905-1985): Interior with Carved Chimney Piece, oil on canvas signe...

Vernon de Beauvoir Ward (British 1905-1985): Interior with Carved Chimney Piece, oil on canvas signed 45cm x 60cm

B8920

SOLD £280

Lot 40

Rachel Robb (Australian 1969-): Cherries on Plate with Wine Bottle, oil on panel, signed verso c.199...

Rachel Robb (Australian 1969-): Cherries on Plate with Wine Bottle, oil on panel, signed verso c.1990, 30.5cm X 30.5cm Notes: Rachael was born in Warrnambool, Australia. In 1990, after studying Fine Art at the School of Art, RMIT University Melbourne, she travelled extensively throughout the world living for a number of years in San Francisco and Prague before settling in London, returning to her home country in 2020

4022

SOLD £140

Lot 41

Elaine Katherine Grimshaw (British 1877-1972): Still Life of a Chinese Jar Pipe Book and Spectacles,...

Elaine Katherine Grimshaw (British 1877-1972): Still Life of a Chinese Jar Pipe Book and Spectacles, oil on canvas signed and dated '97, 25cm x 45cm Notes: Elaine daughter of John Atkinson Grimshaw married E. Ragland Phillips at the age of twenty in 1897. Elaine studied at Balliol College Oxford and whilst there she attended the Ruskin School of Art Oxford. After her marriage, she signed her work, Elaine K Phillips or Elaine Phillips or E Ragland Phillips

10056

SOLD £750

Lot 42

George Herbert Buckingham Holland (British 1901-1987): 'Chinese Theatre' still life, oil on canvas s...

George Herbert Buckingham Holland (British 1901-1987): 'Chinese Theatre' still life, oil on canvas signed 51cm x 61cm

9094

SOLD £170

Lot 43

William Holmes Knowles (British exh.1901-1918): Still Life of a Chinese Vase and Fruit, watercolour ...

William Holmes Knowles (British exh.1901-1918): Still Life of a Chinese Vase and Fruit, watercolour signed 27cm x 32cm

9096

SOLD £180

Lot 44

Robert Casper (British 20th century): Still Life of Fruit, oil on panel signed19cm x 24cm...

Robert Casper (British 20th century): Still Life of Fruit, oil on panel signed19cm x 24cm

10052

SOLD £140

Lot 46

English School (19th/20th century): Still Life of Chrysanthemums, oil on canvas unsigned 44cm x 59cm...

English School (19th/20th century): Still Life of Chrysanthemums, oil on canvas unsigned 44cm x 59cm

B5780

SOLD £70

Lot 47

C E Cameron (British exh.1922): Still Life Flowers in a Vase, oil on board signed 29cm x 18cm Notes...

C E Cameron (British exh.1922): Still Life Flowers in a Vase, oil on board signed 29cm x 18cm Notes: Cameron was living in Doncaster in the 1920s

B9910

SOLD £300

Lot 48

Eugene Petit (French 1839-1886): Still Life of Chrysanthemums, oil on panel signed 48cm x 37cm...

Eugene Petit (French 1839-1886): Still Life of Chrysanthemums, oil on panel signed 48cm x 37cm

10037

SOLD £340

Lot 49

Manner of Herbert Davis Richter (British 1874-1955): Still Life of Flowers in a Vase, oil on canvas ...

Manner of Herbert Davis Richter (British 1874-1955): Still Life of Flowers in a Vase, oil on canvas unsigned 44cm x 60cm

B42993

SOLD £75

Lot 50

L Emery (British exh.1889-1906): Still Life Bowl of Carnations, oil on canvas signed and dated 1896,...

L Emery (British exh.1889-1906): Still Life Bowl of Carnations, oil on canvas signed and dated 1896, 21cm x 31cm Notes: Miss L Emery is listed as exhibiting from Haywood Lodge, Leamington, Warwick

B33192

SOLD £320

Lot 51

Dutch School (Early 20th century): Still Life of Flowers in an Urn, oil on mahogany panel unsigned 2...

Dutch School (Early 20th century): Still Life of Flowers in an Urn, oil on mahogany panel unsigned 24cm x 19cm

10034

SOLD £140

Lot 52

Dutch School (18th/19th century): Still Life of Flowers in a Vase, oil on canvas signed with monogra...

Dutch School (18th/19th century): Still Life of Flowers in a Vase, oil on canvas signed with monogram 90cm x 70cm

9052

SOLD £100

Lot 53

English School (Early/mid 20th century): Garden Flower Border, oil on panel unsigned 44cm x 36cm...

English School (Early/mid 20th century): Garden Flower Border, oil on panel unsigned 44cm x 36cm

100

SOLD £100

Lot 54

James William Booth (Staithes Group 1867-1953): Still Life of Roses, watercolour signed 42cm x 51cm...

James William Booth (Staithes Group 1867-1953): Still Life of Roses, watercolour signed 42cm x 51cm

B41750

SOLD £400

Lot 55

Owen Bowen (Staithes Group 1873-1967): Still Life of Flowers in a Vase, oil on board signed 35cm x 5...

Owen Bowen (Staithes Group 1873-1967): Still Life of Flowers in a Vase, oil on board signed 35cm x 50cm

B10118

SOLD £260

Lot 56

Dorothy Hutton (British 1889-1984): 'September's Bunch' Still Life, egg tempra on panel signed, titl...

Dorothy Hutton (British 1889-1984): 'September's Bunch' Still Life, egg tempra on panel signed, titled on artist's address label with additional letter from the artist verso 21cm x 20cm

B1863

SOLD £220

Lot 57

Robin Dudley Bailey RCA (British 1931-): 'Summer Arrangement' still life of flowers, oil on card sig...

Robin Dudley Bailey RCA (British 1931-): 'Summer Arrangement' still life of flowers, oil on card signed with monogram 24cm x 20cm Provenance: with Richard Hagen Fine Paintings, Broadway, Worcs., label verso

232

SOLD £120

Lot 58

Pierre Ambrogiani (French 1907-1985): Still Life of Flowers, oil on board signed and dated '81, 60cm...

Pierre Ambrogiani (French 1907-1985): Still Life of Flowers, oil on board signed and dated '81, 60cm x 47cm

10020

SOLD £240

Lot 59

James Bartholomew RSMA (British 1970-): Flowers in a Vase, oil on board signed 24cm x 39cm...

James Bartholomew RSMA (British 1970-): Flowers in a Vase, oil on board signed 24cm x 39cm

4022

SOLD £170

Lot 60

Elaine Fine (British Contemporary): 'Le Petite Dejeuner', oil on canvas signed, original title label...

Elaine Fine (British Contemporary): 'Le Petite Dejeuner', oil on canvas signed, original title label verso 70cm x 65cm Provenance: with Highgate Fine Art, Highgate, London

4012

SOLD £240

Lot 61

Shannon Morgan (USA 1966-): 'Flowers in Moonlight', oil on artist's board signed, titled verso 60cm ...

Shannon Morgan (USA 1966-): 'Flowers in Moonlight', oil on artist's board signed, titled verso 60cm x 50cm Notes: Shannon was born and raised in the USA but for the last fifteen years has lived and worked in the City of York. Exhibiting with the Society of Women Artists in London, the Ferens Gallery Hull and the York Art Society

4022

SOLD £320

Lot 62

Shannon Morgan (USA 1966-): 'Luminous Fields', oil on artist's board signed and dated 2017, titled v...

Shannon Morgan (USA 1966-): 'Luminous Fields', oil on artist's board signed and dated 2017, titled verso 39cm x 49cm Notes: Shannon was born and raised in the USA but for the last fifteen years has lived and worked in the City of York. Exhibiting with the Society of Women Artists in London, the Ferens Gallery Hull and the York Art Society

4022

SOLD £170

Lot 63

David Baumforth (British 1945-): 'Clay Cliff Formation in Filey Bay towards the Brigg', mixed media ...

David Baumforth (British 1945-): 'Clay Cliff Formation in Filey Bay towards the Brigg', mixed media on paper signed with monogram titled and dated 2002, 22cm x 34cm

B17755

SOLD £275