7th Oct, 2023 11:30 GMT/BST

Modern & Contemporary Art

 
  Lot 104
 

104

Fred Cecil Jones (1891-1956)
"Richmond"
Signed and inscribed, mixed media, 25cm by 37cm

Sold for £600
Estimated at £500 - £700


 

Some light surface dirt, slight time staining to the paper. Extensive cockling to the paper, in particular to the lower left. Areas of sporadic small sized foxing spots in places, in particular to the blue jacket of the man standing on the cart, lower right, the grey horse and to areas of the background. A number of vertical water marks? to the right hand side down through the sky through into the labrador. Good colour depth. Some light surface dirt and debris trapped under the glass. Grubby mount. Not examined out of the frame.

Framed size 45cm by 55cm

 


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Auction: Modern & Contemporary Art, 7th Oct, 2023


A collaborative painting by two great Northern Artists, L. S. Lowry and Harold Riley will be coming under the hammer the Modern and Contemporary Art Sale. Crowther Street, Stockport will be offered with an estimate of £15,000-20,000 (all figures exclude buyer’s premium) and is signed by both artists.

The work is joined by a further drawing by L.S. Lowry, and a strong selection of works by Northern Artists such as Brian 'Braaq' Shields, Richard Ernst Eurich, Norman Ackroyd, and Fred Cecil Jones.

Prints by Bob Dylan are joined by a good offering of Modern British prints by the likes of Elizabeth Blackadder, John Nash, Paul Nash, Edward Bawden and Dame Laura Knight.

Further notable lots include a Picasso ceramic Dove and works by Donald McIntrye, Marzia Colonna and Ken Howard.

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Wednesday 4 October 4pm-7pm, Thursday 5 October - Friday 6 October 10am-4pm, and morning of sale from 8am

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