Austin/Desmond Fine Art

Aspects of Modern British Art

FRANK AUERBACHWILHELMINA BARNS GRAHAMDAVID BOMBERGANTHONY CARO LYNN CHADWICK ALAN DAVIE FRANCIS DAVISONPAUL FEILERTERRY FROSTWILLIAM GEARSTEPHEN GILBERTDAVID HAUGHTONSTANLEY WILLIAM HAYTERANTHONY HILLROGER HILTONIVON HITCHENSANISH KAPOOR PETER KINLEY R B KITAJ WYNDHAM LEWISALEXANDER MACKENZIE

KENNETH MARTIN MARY MARTINMARGARET MELLISJOHN MINTONHENRY MOORE MARLOW MOSS BEN NICHOLSON WILLIAM NICHOLSONALAN REYNOLDSJAMES PRYDEBRIDGET RILEY HUMPHREY SPENDERGRAHAM SUTHERLANDHARRY THUBRONJOE TILSONJOHN TUNNARDKEITH VAUGHAN JOHN WELLS DENIS WIRTH-MILLERCHRISTOPHER WOOD

1

JAMES PRYDE1866-1941

Sketch for Deserted Garden, c.1909Oil on canvas37 x 40 cm

Prov: J Leger & Son, London Exh: Arts Council of Great Britain, James Pryde:

A Memorial Exhibition, 1949, No. 24

2

WILLIAM NICHOLSON1872-1949

The Downs at Rottingdean, 1910Oil on canvas boardMonogrammed and dated lower right, titled verso47 x 54 cm

Prov: Roland, Browse and Delbanco, LondonMarlborough Fine Art, London

Ref: Lillian Browse, William Nicholson, Rupert Hart-Davis, London, 1956, No. 98

3

WYNDHAM LEWIS1882-1957

The Pole Jump, 1919-29Pencil, ink, watercolour and gouache on paperSigned in ink lower left54 x 65 cm

Prov: The Earl of InchcapeExh: Austin/Desmond, Wyndham Lewis, 1990,

No. 26Crawford Arts Centre, The Wild Body, Cork, 1990, No. 17

Ref: Paul Edwards, Wyndham Lewis: Painter and

Writer, Yale University Press, 2000, No. 125

4

STANLEY WILLIAM HAYTER1901-1988

Antibes, 1927Oil and sand on canvasSigned lower right72 x 90 cm

Prov: Hayter Family Collection

5

CHRISTOPHER WOOD1901-1930

Purple Crocus, Fishing Village with Figures verso, 1929Oil on canvas31 x 31 cm

Ref: Redfern Gallery, Christopher Wood 1901-1930, London, 1938, No. 366 (catalogued as Purple

Crocus)

6

IVON HITCHENS1893-1979

Landscape, c.1935 Oil on canvasSigned lower right74 x 86 cm

Prov: Alex, Reid and Lefevre, London

7

DAVID BOMBERG1890-1957

The River and St Paul’s, Evening 1937Oil on millboardWith 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

8

HENRY MOORE1898-1986

Ideas for Sculpture 1937Pencil, brush and ink, charcoal and pastel27.7 x 18 cm

Ref: Ann Garrould (ed.), Henry Moore: Complete

Drawings, Volume 2 1930-39, Lund Humphries, 1998, pp. 194-5, AG 37.61

9

ROGER HILTON1911-1975

Reclining Woman on Beach, c.1938Oil on panel29.5 x 39.5 cm

Prov: John Hilton

10

HUMPHREY SPENDER1910-2005

Arterial Man, 1940Oil on boardSigned lower left19.3 x 35 cm

Exh: Redfern Gallery, An Exhibition of British Paintings,

Drawings and Sculpture, London, 1986, No. 51Peter Pears Gallery, Festival Exhibition, Aldeburgh, 2007, No. 27

11

GRAHAM SUTHERLAND1903-1980

Gorse on Fire, 1940Gouache on paperSigned and dated lower right, titled verso92 x 71 cm

Prov: Leicester Galleries, LondonS. Samuels Esq., Liverpool

Exh: Leicester Galleries, Artists of Fame and Promise, London, 1945, No. 98Manchester City Art Gallery, Exhibition of Works

of Art from Private Collections in the North West

and North Wales, 1960, No. 198

12

JOHN TUNNARD1900-1971

� & � , October 1941Oil on boardSigned and dated lower right51 x 46 cm

Prov: J. Leger & Son, LondonEdward Le Bas Esq.

Exh: Redfern Gallery, October 1941Royal 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

13

JOHN MINTON1917-1957

Matador, 1949Oil on canvasSigned and dated lower left122 x 91.5 cm

14

ANTHONY HILLb.1930

Composition, 1950Collage and oil on paperSigned bottom left70 x 52.5 cm

Exh: Hayward Gallery, Anthony Hill: A Retrospective

Exhibition, 1983, No. 4

15

FRANCIS DAVISON1919-1984

Large House, c.1950/51Pencil and oil on cardWith the artist’s studio stamp verso, Ref. No. 0-19242 x 28 cm

16

STEPHEN GILBERT1910-2007

Untitled, 1951Oil on canvasSigned and dated lower right79.5 x 102 cm

17

ALEXANDER MACKENZIE1923-2002

Fishing Boats, 1951Oil on canvasSigned and dated lower right40.5 x 51 cm

Exh: Austin/Desmond, Alexander Mackenzie, 2007, No. 1

18

WILLIAM GEAR1915-1997

White Verticals, 1953Oil on canvasSigned lower right61 x 45.7 cm

Prov: Mr and Mrs D.L. BreedenExh: 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 MOSS1889–1958

Composition in White, Black and Yellow, 1953Oil on canvas with wooden frameSigned and dated lower right on frame61.5 x 46 cm

Prov: Private CollectionAnnely Juda Fine Art, London

Exh: Stadelijk Museum, Marlow Moss, Amsterdam 1962, No. 32Gimpel & Hanover Galerie, Marlow Moss - Bilder,

Konstruktionen, Zeichnungen, Zurich, No. 27, 1973Ref: Floretta Dijkstra, Marlow Moss: Contructivist

and the Reconstruction Project, Penzance, The Pattern Press, 1995

20

WILHELMINA BARNS GRAHAM1912-2004

Burnt Orange, 1955Oil on boardSigned, titled and dated verso34 x 44 cm

Prov: The Scottish Gallery, EdinburghRef: Wilhelmina Barns Graham No. 11/55/0

21

LYNN CHADWICK1912-2004

Rock, 1955Iron and compositionUnique work conceived and cast in 195562.2 cm (High)

Prov: Estate of Fannie JosephExh: 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

22

BEN NICHOLSON1894-1982

July - H B Silver 1955Oil and pencil on boardInscribed 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 verso34 x 24 cm / 50.5 x 39 cm including mount

Prov: Gallery Moos, Geneva, 1974Private Collection, Switzerland

23

JOE TILSONb.1928

Still Life with Caffetiera, 1955Oil on canvas Signed and dated lower right, titled verso andinscribed Anticoli. November. 1955. Joseph Tilson.

65 x 93 cm

Prov: Beaux Arts Gallery, London

24

TERRY FROST1915-2003

Yellow, Black and Orange, 1955/6Oil on boardSigned, titled and dated in pencil on wooden supportverso122 x 92 cm

25

DAVID HAUGHTON1924-1991

Lafrowda Terrace, St Just, 1956Oil on boardSigned lower left56.5 x 46.5 cm

Prov. England & Co.

26

MARGARET MELLISb.1914

Kitchen Table II, c.1956Oil on essex boardSigned and titled verso71 x 91.5 cm

Exh: Austin/Desmond Fine Art, Margaret Mellis, London, 2001, illustrated p. 27

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ALAN REYNOLDSb.1926

Late Autumn, 1957Oil on boardSigned and dated lower right65 x 68 cm

Prov: The Leicester Galleries, LondonMr Wilfred Brill Esq.The Redfern Gallery, London

Exh: Brighton City Art Gallery and Museum, The

Wilfred Brill Memorial Exhibition, 1965, No. 140

28

ALAN DAVIEb.1920

Heavenly Bridge I, August 1960Oil on canvasSigned and dated verso50 x 60 cm

Exh: Amsterdam Stedelijk, Alan Davie, 1962, No. 45

29

ROGER HILTON1911-1975

March, 1960Oil on canvasSigned, titled and dated verso46 x 66.5 cm

30

PETER KINLEY1926-1988

Grey Interior with Figure 1962Oil on canvasSigned lower left152.5 x 127 cm

Prov: Grosvenor Gallery, LondonRef: Museum of Modern Art, Peter Kinley: Paintings

1956-1982, Oxford, 1982, illustrated p. 5

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JOHN WELLS1907-2000

Composition No.13, 1963Oil and pencil on boardSigned 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

32

PAUL FEILERb.1918

Orbis XIII, 1968Oil on canvasSigned, titled and dated verso17.5 x 20 cm

33

MARY MARTIN1907-1969

Perspex Group on White (D), 1969Perspex on woodSigned and dated verso61 x 61 x 26.6 cm

Prov: John and Paul MartinExh: British Council, 1st Nurnberg Biennale of

Constructive Art, 1969, No. 13Royal Academy of Art, British Painting 1952-1977

Tate Gallery, Mary Martin, 1984, No. 51Camden Arts Centre, Kenneth Martin & Mary

Martin: Constructed Works, 2007, No. 64

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FRANK AUERBACHb.1931

Head of Gerda Boehm, 1969Oil on board46 x 41.5 cm

Prov: Marlborough Fine Art, LondonExh: British Council, Aspects of Modern British Art

Today, Japan, 1982

35

R B KITAJ1931-2007

Untitled – Horses, 1970Oil on canvas30 x 143.5 cm

Prov: Marlborough Fine Art, London

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DENIS WIRTH-MILLERb.1915

Gust Of Wind, 1970-71Oil on canvasSigned, titled and dated verso76 x 92 cm

Prov: New Art Centre, London

37

BRIDGET RILEYb.1931

Encircling Disks: Turquoise, Orange, Magenta, 1971Gouache on graph paperSigned and dated in pencil45.8 x 45.5 cm

Prov: The Rowan GalleryExh: The Hayward Gallery, Bridget Riley: Paintings and

Drawings 1951-1971, 1971, No. 209

38

KEITH VAUGHAN1912-1977

Figures by a Pool, 1972Oil on boardTitled and dated verso, bearing artist's estate stampverso42.5 x 38 cm

Prov: Geoffry Beene Esq, New York

39

HARRY THUBRON1915-1985

Muri, August 1976Assemblage on woodSigned, titled and dated verso91 x 91 cm

Prov: Private Collection, Spain

40

KENNETH MARTIN1905-1984

Order and Change (Black) I, 1977Oil on canvasSigned and titled verso91.5 x 91.5 cm

Exh: Waddington and Tooth Galleries, Kenneth

Martin, London, 1978Juda Rowan Gallery, LondonSperone Westwate Fischer Inc., Kenneth Martin, New York, 1980Arts Council, Kenneth Martin: The Late

Paintings, London, 1985Arts Council, Hayward Annual, London, 1986, No. 86Quadrat Bottrop Moderne Galerie, Kenneth and

Mary Martin, Bottrop, 1986, No. 31Camden Arts Centre, Kenneth Martin & Mary

Martin: Constructed Works, 2007, No. 37

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WILHELMINA BARNS GRAHAM1912-2004

Collage, 1983Oil and card on boardSigned and dated on backing sheet18.6 x 16.6 cm

42

ANISH KAPOORb.1954

Untitled 1989Gouache on paperSigned and dated verso40 x 37.5 cm

Prov: Lisson Gallery, London

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ANTHONY CAROb. 1924

Basket Table Bronze, 1989-90Cast bronze24 x 32 x 29 cm

Prov: Annely Juda Fine Art, LondonRef: D. Blume, Anthony Caro Catalogue Raisonne

Volume IX, Cologne, 1981, p. 146, No. 2025, illustrated

Aspects of M odern B ritish Ar t

21 November – 19 December 2008

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Catalogue compiled by David ArcherPrinted by ArtQuarters Press, LondonPhotography by Colin Mills

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Cover: Wyndham Lewis (1882-1957), The Pole Jump, 1919-29, detailBack cover: Wilhelmina Barns Graham, (1907-1969), Perspex Group on White (D), 1969