Modern British Artists, Design and Decorative Arts for sale at Roseberys, London

Roseberys, London presents Design: Decorative Arts 1860 to the Present Day. The auction taking place on 3 November embraces Decorative Arts from Gothic Revival to the present day and includes the Aesthetic and Arts & Crafts Movements and the Art Nouveau and Art Deco periods.

Ceramics and Modern Design of the post-war decades are also included in the sale with their innovative styles of glass, ceramics, silver, sculpture, jewellery, lighting, rugs, textiles and furniture.

On 4 November will be auctioned the Modern & Contemporary British Art sale, featuring a wide selection of paintings, sculpture, and works on paper by British artists, providing exciting opportunities for collectors.

The leading highlight of the sale is lot 48 by Damien Hirst. More highlights also include artworks by Rachel Howard, Tim Noble & Sue Webster, Alfred Wallis, Michael Ayrton, Henry Cliffe, Colin Self, Jack Smith and more.

SELECTED LOTS

Modern & Contemporary British Art - 4 November

Left: Anthony Benjamin FRSE RE - Overlayers for Meddlers, 1965; Right: Tim Noble & Sue Webster - Bloody Haemorrhaging Narcissus, 2009

Anthony Benjamin FRSE RE (1931-2002) - Overlayers for Meddlers, 1965
Oil on canvas, signed, titled and dated on the reverse, 150x151cm (unframed) (ARR). See Price Estimate...

Tim Noble & Sue Webster (b.1966 & b.1967) - Bloody Haemorrhaging Narcissus, 2009
Red silicone rubber, steel, wood, light projector, 34.5x62x140 cm (ARR). See Price Estimate...


Left: Adrian Heath - Dirdal 2, 1990; Right: Henry Cliffe - Blue at Night

Adrian Heath (1920-1992) - Dirdal 2, 1990
Oil on canvas, signed, titled and dated on the reverse, 101.5 x 76.2cm, (ARR). See Price Estimate...

Henry Cliffe (1919-1983) - Blue at Night
Gouache and graphite, bears title and date '60 to the reverse in pencil, 56.2x76.4cm: together with two others abstract gouaches in blue and black by the same artist, one titled 'Storm 12' and dated '60 to the reverse, 38.6x65.5cm and the other titled 'No.9' signed and dated '61 in pen, 36.6x50.6cm, (3) (unframed) (ARR). See Price Estimate...

Left: Damien Hirst - Second Series Biopsy: M132/246 - Lung_cancer._scanning_electron_micrograph-SPL.jpg, 2010; Right: Michael Ayrton - Maze Maker III, 1964/65

Damien Hirst (b.1965) - Second Series Biopsy: M132/246 - Lung_cancer._scanning_electron_micrograph-SPL.jpg, 2010
Ink jet on canvas, gloss paint, scalpel blades, fish hooks, pins, glass and religious trinkets, signed, titled, dated 2010 and bears Science label on the reverse, 159.8x121.8cm (ARR). See Price Estimate...

Michael Ayrton (1921-1975) - Maze Maker III, 1964/65
Bronze, edition 7/9, 26cm high (including base), (ARR). See Price Estimate...

Left: Rachel Howard - Interior (Square) 2013; Right: Rachel Howard - What's Left to Say, 2013

Rachel Howard (b.1969) - Interior (Square), 2013
Oil on canvas; signed titled and dated 2013 on the reverse, 213.5 x 213.5cm (unframed) (ARR). Howard is considered to be one of the most influential British Contemporary artists of the 21st Century, producing emotionally charged abstract compositions that explore the way in which paint can be applied to the canvas to imbue reaction from a viewer. See Price Estimate...

Rachel Howard (b.1969) What's Left to Say, 2013
Oil on canvas, signed, titled and dated 2013 on the reverse, 121.9x91.4cm (unframed) (ARR). See Price Estimate...

Left: David Bomberg - Stairs, (the Theatre Trap Door), 1919; Right: Wilfred Gabriel de Glehn RP RA - Leda and the Swan

David Bomberg (1890-1957) - Stairs, (the Theatre Trap Door), 1919
Ink and wash, signed and dated, 20x27cm (ARR). See Price Estimate...

Wilfred Gabriel de Glehn RP RA (1870-1951) - Leda and the Swan
Oil on panel, 21.5 x 77.5cm (ARR). The viewer can see the key characteristics of De Glehn's artistry in this study, which reflects De Glehn’s preoccupation with the female form, the classical influence on his work, and his interest in the contrasting depicting of light and shadow. See Price Estimate...

Left: Alexander Goudie - Figures bathing; Right: John Houston OBE RSA RSW RGI SSA - Beach at Trouville

Alexander Goudie (1933-2004) - Figures bathing
Oil on canvas, signed, 78.5x73cm (ARR). The artist's son has confirmed the authenticity of this work. See Price Estimate...

John Houston OBE RSA RSW RGI SSA (1932-2020) - Beach at Trouville
Oil on canvas, signed, 30x30cm (ARR). See Price Estimate...

Left: Marc Vaux - Untitled, 1969; Right: Elizabeth Butterworth - Blue and gold mackaw, 1973

Marc Vaux (b.1932) - Untitled, 1969
Oil on canvas, signed and dated on the reverse, 77.5x77.5cm, (ARR). See Price Estimate...

Elizabeth Butterworth (b.1949) - Blue and gold mackaw, 1973
Oil on canvas, signed and dated twice on the reverse and titled, 48x48cm (ARR). See Price Estimate...

Left: Anthony Green RA - The Kiss, 1972; Right: Elizabeth Butterworth - Eagle's wing

Anthony Green RA (b.1939) - The Kiss, 1972
Oil on board, irregular shape, signed and dated, and signed, titled and inscribed to the reverse, 175x165cm max, (ARR). See Price Estimate...

Elizabeth Butterworth (b.1949) - Eagle's wing
Watercolour, 36x36cm (ARR). See Price Estimate...

Left: Stephen Cox RA - Red Verona Marble; Right: Edward Allington - With Poisonous Libation, 1983 [EA.83.25]

Stephen Cox RA (b.1946) - Red Verona Marble
C.1980-1983; 81x44cm (approx.), (ARR). Cox is best known for producing large-scale works which draw on traditions from Egypt, Italy, and India, in particular. See Price Estimate...

Edward Allington (b. 1951) - With Poisonous Libation, 1983 [EA.83.25]
Mixed media, 135x70x53.5cm including base (ARR). See Price Estimate...

John J Holmes - Westward and Yankee leading the fleet with Britannia and Shamrock V astern: A J-Class Regatta, 1932

John J Holmes (1937-2015) - Westward and Yankee leading the fleet with Britannia and Shamrock V astern: A J-Class Regatta, 1932
Oils on canvas, a pair, both signed, inscribed to the reverse of the stretchers, ea. 61x91cm (2) (ARR). See Price Estimate...

Left: Leonard Rosoman OBE RA - Girl and Cat, 1990 from the Games I: The Huey Series; Right: Leonard Rosoman OBE RA - Roxane Hiding from the Cat, 1991 from the Games, The Huey Series

Leonard Rosoman OBE RA (1913-2012) - Girl and Cat, 1990 from the Games I: The Huey Series
Acrylic on canvas, signed and dated, 137x137cm (ARR). See Price Estimate...

Leonard Rosoman OBE RA (1913-2012) - Roxane Hiding from the Cat, 1991 from the Games, The Huey Series
Acrylic on canvas, 102x127cm (ARR). See Price Estimate...

Left: Marc Quinn (b.1964) - Stardust Series, 2012; Right: Cecil Riley (1917-2015) - City of Love, 1994

Marc Quinn (b.1964) - Stardust Series, 2012
Pigment print with acrylic paint and glitter in colours on wove, unique, signed and dated in black ink recto, sheet 20.5 x 30.5cm (ARR). See Price Estimate...

Cecil Riley (1917-2015) - City of Love, 1994
Oil on three adjoined panels, signed and dated, signed, titled, dated and inscribed on the reverse, 122x243cm (ARR). See Price Estimate...

Design: Decorative Arts 1860 to the Present Day - 3 November

Left: Raoul Larche (1860-1912) - an Art Nouveau gilt-bronze figural table lamp of Loie Fuller c.1900; Right: Dame Lucie Rie (1902-1995) - a fine porcelain vase c.1980

Raoul Larche (1860-1912) - an Art Nouveau gilt-bronze figural table lamp of Loie Fuller c.1900
Signed Raoul Larche, L243, Siot Decauville Fondeur Paris Modelled and cast as the celebrated dancer, her swirling skirts billowing above her and concealing the light bulb, electrical elements 32 cm high. See Price Estimate...

Dame Lucie Rie (1902-1995) - a fine porcelain vase c.1980
A fine tall vase of bulbous form with a narrow cylindrical neck leading up to a flared rim, the body being glazed gold and bronze, a band of sgraffito decoration around the central section between two finely inlaid blue lines leading up to the top section with a sgraffito decorated rim with a thick gold glaze running and pooling around the top of the neck where there is another inlaid blue line 25.5cm high (ARR). See Price Estimate...

Left: Daum, a cameo glass bottle with flower form stopper c.1902; Right: Zsolnay, a good Eosin glazed ceramic vase with twin elephant-head handles and stylised fish decoration c.1905

Daum, a cameo glass bottle with flower form stopper c.1902
Engraved Daum Nancy with Cross of Lorraine The bottle of rounded triangular form on a short circular foot, internally striped, acid-etched in relief with vitrified flowers, buds and leaves, the stopper of flower form and acid-etched with stamen 18.5 cm high. See Price Estimate...

Zsolnay, a good Eosin glazed ceramic vase with twin elephant-head handles and stylised fish decoration c.1905
Raised Zsolnay circular spire mark, impressed 6353 M Possibly designed by Nagy Mihály (1864-1943), the shaped vase decorated with stylised leaping fish amidst waves, applied with elephant head handles, their trunks extending down the sides, decorated in red and cream and a lustrous Eosin glaze 36.5 cm high. See Price Estimate...

Left: René Lalique - a pair of 'Cluny' patinated bronze and polished glass Handles Unsigned, designed 1925; Right: Michele de Lucchi - a 'Fortune' Dining Table for Memphis, c.1982

René Lalique (1860-1945) - a pair of 'Cluny' patinated bronze and polished glass Handles Unsigned, designed 1925
Each handle having a moulded light-smoky-glass classical mask held in a bronze mount, the stylised ribbed hair terminating with five serpents heads 19.5 cm high (2). See Price Estimate...

Michele de Lucchi (b.1951), a 'Fortune' Dining Table for Memphis, c.1982
Bearing metal label to underside - 'Memphis, Milano, Michele de Lucchi, 1982, Made in Italy' With rectangular glass top on plastic laminated and lacquered wood supports 74.cm high, 180cm wide, 80 cm deep. See Price Estimate...

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