7th Oct, 2023 11:30 GMT/BST

Modern & Contemporary Art

 
  Lot 165
 

165

George Birrell (b.1949) Scottish
"The Coastguard's House"
Signed, inscribed verso, oil on board, 38.5cm by 43cm

Sold for £650
Estimated at £300 - £500


 

In good overall condition.

 


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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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