Austin/Desmond Fine Art

Aspects of Modern British Art FRANK AUERBACH

KENNETH MARTIN

WILHELMINA BARNS GRAHAM

MARY MARTIN

DAVID BOMBERG

MARGARET MELLIS

ANTHONY CARO

JOHN MINTON

LYNN CHADWICK

HENRY MOORE

ALAN DAVIE

MARLOW MOSS

FRANCIS DAVISON

BEN NICHOLSON

PAUL FEILER

WILLIAM NICHOLSON

TERRY FROST

ALAN REYNOLDS

WILLIAM GEAR

JAMES PRYDE

STEPHEN GILBERT

BRIDGET RILEY

DAVID HAUGHTON

HUMPHREY SPENDER

STANLEY WILLIAM HAYTER

GRAHAM SUTHERLAND

ANTHONY HILL

HARRY THUBRON

ROGER HILTON

JOE TILSON

IVON HITCHENS

JOHN TUNNARD

ANISH KAPOOR

KEITH VAUGHAN

PETER KINLEY

JOHN WELLS

R B KITAJ

DENIS WIRTH-MILLER

WYNDHAM LEWIS

CHRISTOPHER WOOD

ALEXANDER MACKENZIE

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JAMES PRYDE 1866-1941 Sketch for Deserted Garden, c.1909 Oil on canvas 37 x 40 cm Prov: J Leger & Son, London Exh: Arts Council of Great Britain, James Pryde: A Memorial Exhibition, 1949, No. 24

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WILLIAM NICHOLSON 1872-1949 The Downs at Rottingdean, 1910 Oil on canvas board Monogrammed and dated lower right, titled verso 47 x 54 cm Prov: Roland, Browse and Delbanco, London Marlborough Fine Art, London Ref: Lillian Browse, William Nicholson, Rupert Hart-Davis, London, 1956, No. 98

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WYNDHAM LEWIS 1882-1957 The Pole Jump, 1919-29 Pencil, ink, watercolour and gouache on paper Signed in ink lower left 54 x 65 cm Prov: The Earl of Inchcape Exh: Austin/Desmond, Wyndham Lewis, 1990, No. 26 Crawford Arts Centre, The Wild Body, Cork, 1990, No. 17 Ref: Paul Edwards, Wyndham Lewis: Painter and Writer, Yale University Press, 2000, No. 125

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STANLEY WILLIAM HAYTER 1901-1988 Antibes, 1927 Oil and sand on canvas Signed lower right 72 x 90 cm Prov: Hayter Family Collection

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CHRISTOPHER WOOD 1901-1930 Purple Crocus, Fishing Village with Figures verso, 1929 Oil on canvas 31 x 31 cm Ref: Redfern Gallery, Christopher Wood 1901-1930, London, 1938, No. 366 (catalogued as Purple Crocus)

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IVON HITCHENS 1893-1979 Landscape, c.1935 Oil on canvas Signed lower right 74 x 86 cm Prov: Alex, Reid and Lefevre, London

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DAVID BOMBERG 1890-1957 The River and St Paul’s, Evening 1937 Oil on millboard With handwritten label attached verso, The River and St Pauls, Evening, by David Bomberg. 1937. Authenticated by Mrs Lillian Bomberg 31.7 x 40.6 cm Exh: Marlborough Fine Art, London

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HENRY MOORE 1898-1986 Ideas for Sculpture 1937 Pencil, brush and ink, charcoal and pastel 27.7 x 18 cm Ref: Ann Garrould (ed.), Henry Moore: Complete Drawings, Volume 2 1930-39, Lund Humphries, 1998, pp. 194-5, AG 37.61

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ROGER HILTON 1911-1975 Reclining Woman on Beach, c.1938 Oil on panel 29.5 x 39.5 cm Prov: John Hilton

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HUMPHREY SPENDER 1910-2005 Arterial Man, 1940 Oil on board Signed lower left 19.3 x 35 cm Exh: Redfern Gallery, An Exhibition of British Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture, London, 1986, No. 51 Peter Pears Gallery, Festival Exhibition, Aldeburgh, 2007, No. 27

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GRAHAM SUTHERLAND 1903-1980 Gorse on Fire, 1940 Gouache on paper Signed and dated lower right, titled verso 92 x 71 cm Prov: Leicester Galleries, London S. Samuels Esq., Liverpool Exh: Leicester Galleries, Artists of Fame and Promise, London, 1945, No. 98 Manchester City Art Gallery, Exhibition of Works of Art from Private Collections in the North West and North Wales, 1960, No. 198

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JOHN TUNNARD 1900-1971  &  , October 1941 Oil on board Signed and dated lower right 51 x 46 cm Prov: J. Leger & Son, London Edward Le Bas Esq. Exh: Redfern Gallery, October 1941 Royal Academy of Arts, The Le Bas Collection, 1968, No. 58 Ref: Alan Peat/Brian Whitton, John Tunnard: His Life and Work, Scholar Press, 1997, No. 209, Tunnard personal record O.40

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JOHN MINTON 1917-1957 Matador, 1949 Oil on canvas Signed and dated lower left 122 x 91.5 cm

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ANTHONY HILL b.1930 Composition, 1950 Collage and oil on paper Signed bottom left 70 x 52.5 cm Exh: Hayward Gallery, Anthony Hill: A Retrospective Exhibition, 1983, No. 4

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FRANCIS DAVISON 1919-1984 Large House, c.1950/51 Pencil and oil on card With the artist’s studio stamp verso, Ref. No. 0-192 42 x 28 cm

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STEPHEN GILBERT 1910-2007 Untitled, 1951 Oil on canvas Signed and dated lower right 79.5 x 102 cm

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ALEXANDER MACKENZIE 1923-2002 Fishing Boats, 1951 Oil on canvas Signed and dated lower right 40.5 x 51 cm Exh: Austin/Desmond, Alexander Mackenzie, 2007, No. 1

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WILLIAM GEAR 1915-1997 White Verticals, 1953 Oil on canvas Signed lower right 61 x 45.7 cm Prov: Mr and Mrs D.L. Breeden Exh: The South London Art Gallery, Art Exhibitions Bureau, Retrospective Exhibition of Paintings by William Gear and Ivon Hitchins, July 1954, No. 55

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MARLOW MOSS 1889–1958 Composition in White, Black and Yellow, 1953 Oil on canvas with wooden frame Signed and dated lower right on frame 61.5 x 46 cm Prov: Private Collection Annely Juda Fine Art, London Exh: Stadelijk Museum, Marlow Moss, Amsterdam 1962, No. 32 Gimpel & Hanover Galerie, Marlow Moss - Bilder, Konstruktionen, Zeichnungen, Zurich, No. 27, 1973 Ref: Floretta Dijkstra, Marlow Moss: Contructivist and the Reconstruction Project, Penzance, The Pattern Press, 1995

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WILHELMINA BARNS GRAHAM 1912-2004 Burnt Orange, 1955 Oil on board Signed, titled and dated verso 34 x 44 cm Prov: The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh Ref: Wilhelmina Barns Graham No. 11/55/0

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LYNN CHADWICK 1912-2004 Rock, 1955 Iron and composition Unique work conceived and cast in 1955 62.2 cm (High) Prov: Estate of Fannie Joseph Exh: Venice (and travelling), XXVIII Biennale, June – October 1956, illustrated, winner of the 1956 International Sculpture Prize Ref: Robert Melville, Visite à Lynn Chadwick, L'Oeil, Paris, February 1957, illustrated p. 43 Dennis Farr & Eva Chadwick, Lynn Chadwick Sculptor, With a Complete Illustrated Catalogue 1947-1996, Oxford, 1997, No. 156, illustrated p. 97

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BEN NICHOLSON 1894-1982 July - H B Silver 1955 Oil and pencil on board Inscribed in pencil Ben Nicholson, July 55 (H B Silver). This PTG was made in this cut-mount so do not remove BN verso. Inscribed Ben Nicholson July 55 (H B Silver) and Nicholson Trezion St. Ives Cornwall verso 34 x 24 cm / 50.5 x 39 cm including mount Prov: Gallery Moos, Geneva, 1974 Private Collection, Switzerland

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JOE TILSON b.1928 Still Life with Caffetiera, 1955 Oil on canvas Signed and dated lower right, titled verso and inscribed Anticoli. November. 1955. Joseph Tilson. 65 x 93 cm Prov: Beaux Arts Gallery, London

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TERRY FROST 1915-2003 Yellow, Black and Orange, 1955/6 Oil on board Signed, titled and dated in pencil on wooden support verso 122 x 92 cm

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DAVID HAUGHTON 1924-1991 Lafrowda Terrace, St Just, 1956 Oil on board Signed lower left 56.5 x 46.5 cm Prov. England & Co.

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MARGARET MELLIS b.1914 Kitchen Table II, c.1956 Oil on essex board Signed and titled verso 71 x 91.5 cm Exh: Austin/Desmond Fine Art, Margaret Mellis, London, 2001, illustrated p. 27

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ALAN REYNOLDS b.1926 Late Autumn, 1957 Oil on board Signed and dated lower right 65 x 68 cm Prov: The Leicester Galleries, London Mr Wilfred Brill Esq. The Redfern Gallery, London Exh: Brighton City Art Gallery and Museum, The Wilfred Brill Memorial Exhibition, 1965, No. 140

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ALAN DAVIE b.1920 Heavenly Bridge I, August 1960 Oil on canvas Signed and dated verso 50 x 60 cm Exh: Amsterdam Stedelijk, Alan Davie, 1962, No. 45

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ROGER HILTON 1911-1975 March, 1960 Oil on canvas Signed, titled and dated verso 46 x 66.5 cm

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PETER KINLEY 1926-1988 Grey Interior with Figure 1962 Oil on canvas Signed lower left 152.5 x 127 cm Prov: Grosvenor Gallery, London Ref: Museum of Modern Art, Peter Kinley: Paintings 1956-1982, Oxford, 1982, illustrated p. 5

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JOHN WELLS 1907-2000 Composition No.13, 1963 Oil and pencil on board Signed and dated verso. Inscribed: 1963-64 / Composition 1963 No.13 / Anchor Studio / Trewarveneth Street / Newlyn / Cornwall. 61 x 50.5 cm Prov: Lillian Somerville New Art Centre, London Exh: Waddington Galleries, London

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PAUL FEILER b.1918 Orbis XIII, 1968 Oil on canvas Signed, titled and dated verso 17.5 x 20 cm

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MARY MARTIN 1907-1969 Perspex Group on White (D), 1969 Perspex on wood Signed and dated verso 61 x 61 x 26.6 cm Prov: John and Paul Martin Exh: British Council, 1st Nurnberg Biennale of Constructive Art, 1969, No. 13 Royal Academy of Art, British Painting 1952-1977 Tate Gallery, Mary Martin, 1984, No. 51 Camden Arts Centre, Kenneth Martin & Mary Martin: Constructed Works, 2007, No. 64

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FRANK AUERBACH b.1931 Head of Gerda Boehm, 1969 Oil on board 46 x 41.5 cm Prov: Marlborough Fine Art, London Exh: British Council, Aspects of Modern British Art Today, Japan, 1982

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R B KITAJ 1931-2007 Untitled – Horses, 1970 Oil on canvas 30 x 143.5 cm Prov: Marlborough Fine Art, London

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DENIS WIRTH-MILLER b.1915 Gust Of Wind, 1970-71 Oil on canvas Signed, titled and dated verso 76 x 92 cm Prov: New Art Centre, London

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BRIDGET RILEY b.1931 Encircling Disks: Turquoise, Orange, Magenta, 1971 Gouache on graph paper Signed and dated in pencil 45.8 x 45.5 cm Prov: The Rowan Gallery Exh: The Hayward Gallery, Bridget Riley: Paintings and Drawings 1951-1971, 1971, No. 209

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KEITH VAUGHAN 1912-1977 Figures by a Pool, 1972 Oil on board Titled and dated verso, bearing artist's estate stamp verso 42.5 x 38 cm Prov: Geoffry Beene Esq, New York

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HARRY THUBRON 1915-1985 Muri, August 1976 Assemblage on wood Signed, titled and dated verso 91 x 91 cm Prov: Private Collection, Spain

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KENNETH MARTIN 1905-1984 Order and Change (Black) I, 1977 Oil on canvas Signed and titled verso 91.5 x 91.5 cm Exh: Waddington and Tooth Galleries, Kenneth Martin, London, 1978 Juda Rowan Gallery, London Sperone Westwate Fischer Inc., Kenneth Martin, New York, 1980 Arts Council, Kenneth Martin: The Late Paintings, London, 1985 Arts Council, Hayward Annual, London, 1986, No. 86 Quadrat Bottrop Moderne Galerie, Kenneth and Mary Martin, Bottrop, 1986, No. 31 Camden Arts Centre, Kenneth Martin & Mary Martin: Constructed Works, 2007, No. 37

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WILHELMINA BARNS GRAHAM 1912-2004 Collage, 1983 Oil and card on board Signed and dated on backing sheet 18.6 x 16.6 cm

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ANISH KAPOOR b.1954 Untitled 1989 Gouache on paper Signed and dated verso 40 x 37.5 cm Prov: Lisson Gallery, London

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ANTHONY CARO b. 1924 Basket Table Bronze, 1989-90 Cast bronze 24 x 32 x 29 cm Prov: Annely Juda Fine Art, London Ref: D. Blume, Anthony Caro Catalogue Raisonne Volume IX, Cologne, 1981, p. 146, No. 2025, illustrated

Aspectsof M odernB ritishAr t 21 November – 19 December 2008 Mon-Fri 10.30 – 5.30pm Sat 11.00 – 2.30pm (during exhibitions only) Catalogue compiled by David Archer Printed by ArtQuarters Press, London Photography by Colin Mills Austin/Desmond Fine Art Pied Bull Yard 68/69 Great Russell Street London WC1B 3BN Tel: +44 (0) 20 7242 4443 Fax: +44 (0) 20 7404 4480 e-mail [email protected] Website www.austindesmond.com Cover: Wyndham Lewis (1882-1957), The Pole Jump, 1919-29, detail Back cover: Wilhelmina Barns Graham, (1907-1969), Perspex Group on White (D), 1969