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MEDIUM: Pastel SIGNATURE: Signed 'Braaq' (lower right) DIMENSIONS: (framed) 10 x 12 inches (20 x 38.48 cm) Like with the majority of his oeuvre, in ‘The Big Match’ Shields has created a very atmospheric work, depicting the somewhat bleak weather on a typical weekend afternoon in Northern England. The low horizon line allows the heavy, polluted skies and industrial fog to dominate the scene of a football match, which would normally take centre stage and yet here takes up less than half the image. The void of empty space created by the oppressive sky and the bright green pitch in the foreground mean that all of the action unfolds along the horizontal of the painting, distorting any sense of natural perspective, a technique which Braaq used often.
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DIMENSIONS: Plate: 8.8 x 12.3 inches (22.1 x 31.2 cm) Sheet: 13.4 x 17.5 inches (34 x 44.5 cm) MEDIUM: Etching printed on laid Montval with Picasso watermark Bloch 142; Baer 209.B.d; From an edition of 260 The Vollard Suite is a series of 100 etchings named after the art collector and dealer who commissioned them, Ambroise Vollard (1866-1939) – these were produced between 1930 and 1937. Vollard gave Picasso his first Paris exhibition in 1901. The mammoth task of printing some 310 sets was completed by the Paris printer Roger Lacourière in 1939 but Vollard died before they could be distributed. MAKE AN ENQUIRY
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DIMENSIONS: (unframed) 10.2 x 14.3 inches (25.9 x 36.3 cm) SIGNATURE: Signed 'Laura Knight' (lower right) MEDIUM: Watercolour and pencil on paper Dame Laura Knight's life began in poverty, but she went on to achieve considerable success in her lifetime - and in that time she also befriended people from all walks of life, from well-known authors, actors, and aristocrats to gypsies and circus folk. MAKE AN ENQUIRY
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MEDIUM: Oil on canvas DIMENSIONS: (unframed) 24 x 18 in. / 61 x 45.7 cm SIGNATURE: Signed (lower right) Fabian Perez is a contemporary artist specialising in powerful and atmospheric oil paintings that are collected all over the world. He keeps this vision of the Argentina from his childhood alive in his paintings, with dry, textural, expressive brushstrokes and enigmatic characters absorbed in a thought or act, often caught in some glow of light set against the dark of night-time.
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MEDIUM: Bronze DIMENSIONS: 18 x 21 x 10 in. / 45.7 x 53.3 x 25.4 cm Contemporary artist, Fabian Perez is known for his powerful and atmospheric paintings that are collected all over the world. The Last Tango is a celebration of the talent and passion of those characters and their art. The intensity and sensuality of tango blend harmoniously with Perez’s style to create this dynamic piece, brought to life by its three-dimensionality.
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MEDIUM: Oil on canvas DIMENSION: (unframed) 23.0 x 19.0 ins/ 58.4 x 48.3 cm SIGNATURE: Signed 'A. Tucker' and dated (lower right) Allen Tucker was often called “the American Van Gogh.” His closest friend, critic Forbes Watson, described him as “brilliantly communicative, passionately in love with art in all its forms, with an ear for music, an eye for painting … genial and provocative in talk.” (Goley, in The Vibrant Landscape, 1997). MAKE AN ENQUIRY
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MEDIUM: Chalk on paper DIMENSIONS: (unframed) 23.5 x 25.3 inches (59.6 x 64.2 cm) This study by David Bomberg was drawn from the artist’s bedroom window in Ronda, a town in the Spanish province of Málaga. Here, Bomberg uses sharp, expressive lines in chalk and a creeping sense of darkness to convey a sense of evening shadows, which encourages the viewer to explore the most ancient part of a city which had captivated the artist as soon as he arrived. MAKE AN ENQUIRY
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MEDIUM: Oil on canvas DIMENSIONS: (unframed) 14.0 x 10.0 inches (35.6 x 25.4 cm) SIGNATURE: Signed ‘A Stevens’ (lower left) In this painting, Alfred Stevens has created an incredibly atmospheric seascape, capturing the busyness of the area with the depiction of many ships, and people swimming. MAKE AN ENQUIRY
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MEDIUM: Oil on canvas DIMENSIONS: (unframed) 28.7 x 21.3 ins/ 73.0 x 54.0 cm SIGNATURE: Signed 'Abel Truchet' (lower left) Louis Abel-Truchet was a major French painter, etcher and lithographer of his time. He is most well-known for his depictions of Paris and Venice, both cities which remained close to his heart throughout his life. This beautiful painting of the Venetian Grand Canal demonstrates a superb sensitivity of colour with the bright reflections and effects of light. MAKE AN ENQUIRY
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DIMENSIONS: (unframed) 14.0 x 10.0 ins/ 35.6 x 25.4 cm SIGNATURE: Signed 'G. Brockhurst' (lower right) MEDIUM: Watercolour and pastel This is a portrait of the son of Oliver St. John Gogarty (1878-1957), an Irish poet, author, surgeon, athlete, politician, and well-known conversationalist. He was a onetime friend of James Joyce and served as the inspiration for Buck Mulligan in Joyce's novel Ulysses. MAKE AN ENQUIRY
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Giusto's work has been something of a mystery, with a wealth of incredible art in his name but with a very slim biography to accompany it - in recent years, connections have been made between signed works of Giusto and its distinct likeness to the style of Eugene Galien-Laloue. Galien-Laloue's work underwent extensive research by Noe Willer, who published a book documenting many of his pseudonyms and works. In cataloguing a work offered at auction, Sotheby's noted "F. Giusto" as being an identified pseudonym for Eugene Galien-Laloue. DIMENSIONS: (unframed) 26.8 x 42.5 ins/ 68.0 x 108.0 cm SIGNED: Signed ‘F. Giusto’ (lower right) MEDIUM: Oil on canvas
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DIMENSIONS: (unframed) 34 x 44 inches (86.36 x 111.76 cm) SIGNATURE: Signed (lower right) MEDIUM: Oil on canvas This piece captures the effect of sunlight and reflection on the crashing waves of the Irish Sea, with North Stack lighthouse looking out from a rocky outcrop far in the distance. MAKE AN ENQUIRY
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DIMENSIONS: (unframed) 13.0 x 20.0 in. / 33.02 x 50.8 cm SIGNATURE: Signed (lower centre) MEDIUM: Watercolour on paper Dufy often depicted people enjoying themselves in a bright colourful manner and he became best-known for his panoramic views of modern Paris, capturing the architecture, activities and electricity of the city. The Place de la Concorde was one of the artist’s favourite subjects, appearing in dozens of canvases he created from the 1930s through the 1950s. Here, Dufy has depicted the quay running right by the square using his signature stylized figures capturing its energy while focusing on such national symbols as the Palais Bourbon and the Pont Alexandre III. MAKE AN ENQUIRY
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DIMENSIONS: (unframed) 20 x 16 inches (50.8 x 40.6 cm) SIGNATURE: Signed and dated (lower right) MEDIUM: Oil on canvas This is a still life painted by Mary Fedden in a more academic style than her later works, evidencing her technical talent for depth and tonality. The composition is of a vase filled with flowers and foliage, painted over a background of various hues of natural blues and greens. Born in Bristol in 1915, Mary Fedden is renowned for her unique perspective and great talent for finding beauty in the everyday. MAKE AN ENQUIRY
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DIMENSIONS: (unframed) 15 x 18 inches (38.1 x 45.7 cm) (framed) 22 x 25 inches (55.9 x 63.5 cm) SIGNATURE: Signed and dated (lower right) MEDIUM: Oil on board In this pointillist winter landscape, Martin-Ferrières depicts the monumental mountains located in the Italian region of Abruzzo, focusing on one of the mountain-tops with the snow swirling around what could be a castle or a church. MAKE AN ENQUIRY
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DIMENSIONS: (unframed) 3.5 x 4.7 in. / 9 x 12 cm SIGNATURE: Signed 'Herbert Gunn' and dated (lower centre) MEDIUM: Oil on board In this striking view of Pont Mirabeau in Paris, the physical location plays second fiddle to the technical structure of the composition, with only a brief visual reference to Le Trocadero on the horizon. We have to remember that although we are now quite used to seeing pictorial arrangements like this in the 21st Century, when this oil on board was executed in 1913, his work was incredibly avant-garde, challenging much of the sentimental landscapes that were still being reproduced by the bulk of commercial Edwardian artists in Britain. MAKE AN ENQUIRY
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DIMENSIONS: (unframed) 15.0 x 18.0 in./38.1 x 45.7 cm SIGNATURE: Signed 'E. Othon Friesz' and dated (lower right) MEDIUM: Oil on canvas This peaceful painting depicts Cherbourg Harbour with the blues and oranges of sunset covering the whole canvas. These muted colours lend an air of tranquillity to the piece denoting that the day is coming to a close. In his later years, Othon Friesz often portrayed this vista, fascinated by the comings and goings of the boats. One can almost imagine the artist sitting on the quay, painting the view before him. MAKE AN ENQUIRY
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DIMENSIONS: (unframed) 16 x 9.50 ins / 40.75 x 24.25 cm SIGNATURE: Signed lower right MEDIUM: Oil on canvas Jean Dufy (March 12, 1888 – May 12, 1964) was a French painter of Parisian society, country scenes, circuses, horse races, stages, and orchestras. His work was featured in both gallery and museum exhibitions throughout his career. MAKE AN ENQUIRY
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DIMENSIONS: (unframed) 20.5 x 30.25 ins / 52.07 x 76.84 cms SIGNATURE: Signed lower right MEDIUM: White, black and red pastel on buff paper Paul César Helleu has created an exquisite drawing of a his eldest daughter, Ellen, at rest on her dainty chair. Ellen was born in 1887. Therefore date of this work is probably between 1905 and 1910. MAKE AN ENQUIRY
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DIMENSIONS: (unframed) 23.5 x 29.75 inches (59.7 x 75.56 cm) SIGNATURE: Signed (lower right) and inscribed MEDIUM: Pencil on paper This beautiful portrait study shows the artist’s skill and his mastery of the trios crayons technique of using just three colours of chalk, black red and white, to capture his sitters so brilliantly. MAKE AN ENQUIRY
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DIMENSIONS: (unframed) 27.56 x 18.90 inches (70.00 x 48.00 cms) SIGNATURE: Signed lower left MEDIUM: Crayon on paper Referenced in the archives of the Amis de Paul-César Helleu under the n° 4338. Authenticated by Mrs. Howard-Johnston in 1988. In this elegant drawing, Paul César Helleu has rapidly drawn this stylishly attired woman using his signature loose gestural draughtmanship. This looseness and ease of depiction suggests that the work was finished in situ, rather than through a series of studies, which is how Helleu preferred to work. Although this drawing was clearly composed rapidly, Helleu has taken careful care in depicting the sitter’s fashionable furbelowed dress and hat with jaunty feathers. Additionally, he has delicately rendered her up to date makeup and hairstyle by judicious application of colour. Paul César Helleu has created an exquisite drawing of a society lady; his trademark. MAKE AN ENQUIRY
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DIMENSIONS: (unframed) 32 x 26 in./81.3 x 66 cm (framed) 39 x 33 in./99.1 x 83.8 cm SIGNATURE: Signed upper left MEDIUM: Oil on canvas MAKE AN ENQUIRY
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DIMENSIONS: (unframed) 29 x 36 inches (73.7 x 91.4 cm) SIGNATURE: Signed (lower right) MEDIUM: Oil on canvas This beautiful painting sees Charles Sims demonstrating his incredible talent, depicting two young children frolicking on the beach. He was a highly regarded artist having won the Royal Academy Schools Silver Medal in 1893 and the Landseer Scholarship in 1895. MAKE AN ENQUIRY