Modern & Contemporary Art

Date: 25th Jun, 2022 9:30 GMT/BST
The Auction Centre, Leyburn
Catalogue: View Page Turner Catalogue
Lots: 146

 

An iconic painting by one of the country’s most popular artists working today is coming up for sale in Tennants Auctioneers’ Modern and Contemporary Art Sale on 25th June. ‘The Ark’ by Gary Bunt (b.1957) is expected to sell for £12,000-18,000 (plus buyer’s premium).

Bunt, a self-taught artist, and poet based in rural Sussex, began painting full-time in his 20s. However, shortly afterwards he became seriously ill, which inspired a deep faith which is reflected throughout his work today. Bunt’s naïve and often whimsical style captures idealised scenes of English rural life, with themes of Christianity woven deftly through. Indeed, many of his works have a poem or prayer on the reverse, such as the present painting executed in 2013 of a children’s model Ark and teddy bears which reads “The Ark / Do animals believe in Jesus / Do animals say their prayers/ Are raindrops really angels tears? / Are there Christian Teddy Bears?”.

Leading 20th century artists represented in the sale include Sidney Nolan (1917-1992) one of Australia’s most important artists best known for his representations of legendary outlaw Ned Kelly and the drought-parched Outback. Nolan moved to England in the early 1950s, and the present works were gifted to the vendor who worked for Nolan’s widow, Mary, for many years. On offer is ‘Greece’, a mixed-media depiction of a sailing dinghy off the Grecian coast, painted whilst Nolan was staying on the island of Hydra with Australian writers George Johnston and Charmian Clift (estimate: £1,000-2,000), a lithograph ‘Ned Kelly I’ (estimate: £300-500), and two etchings depicting Ned Kelly and a cow carcass in the Outback (estimate: £300-500 each). Further notable works include ‘Vertical Lines’ and an untitled mixed media work by Sir Terry Frost (1915-2003) (estimate: £1,500-2,500 each), and a watercolour ‘Study of Lucky (Lux)’ by Maggi Hambling (b.1945). An album of photographs of the Ballets Russes’s performance of ‘Thamar’ by Keith Vaughn are also on offer, with an estimate of £700-1,000.

 

Name: Francesca Young
Email: francesca.young@tennants-ltd.co.uk

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Modern & Contemporary Art (146)

 

Lot 1000
After Laurence Stephen Lowry RBA, RA...

Sold for £1,000
Estimated at £1,000 - £1,500

Lot 1001
After Laurence Stephen Lowry RBA, RA...

Sold for £3,200
Estimated at £2,500 - £4,000

Lot 1002
After Laurence Stephen Lowry RBA, RA...

Sold for £4,000
Estimated at £2,500 - £4,000

Lot 1003
After Laurence Stephen Lowry RBA, RA...

Sold for £2,000
Estimated at £2,000 - £3,000

Lot 1004
After Laurence Stephen Lowry RBA, RA...

Sold for £400
Estimated at £400 - £600

Lot 1005
After Laurence Stephen Lowry RBA, RA...

Sold for £4,200
Estimated at £2,000 - £3,000

Lot 1006
After Laurence Stephen Lowry RBA, RA...

Sold for £4,500
Estimated at £2,500 - £4,000

Lot 1007
After Laurence Stephen Lowry RBA, RA...

Sold for £1,800
Estimated at £1,200 - £1,800

Lot 1008
After Laurence Stephen Lowry RBA, RA...

Sold for £5,500
Estimated at £4,000 - £6,000

Lot 1009
After Laurence Stephen Lowry RBA, RA...

Sold for £750
Estimated at £700 - £1,000

Lot 1010
After Laurence Stephen Lowry RBA, RA...

Sold for £1,600
Estimated at £1,000 - £1,500

Lot 1011
After Laurence Stephen Lowry RBA, RA...

Sold for £1,600
Estimated at £1,000 - £1,500

Lot 1012
After Lawrence Stephen Lowry RBA, RA...

Sold for £1,600
Estimated at £1,500 - £2,000

Lot 1013
After Laurence Stephen Lowry RBA, RA...

Sold for £1,600
Estimated at £1,500 - £2,000

Lot 1014
Anthony Gross CBE, RA (1905-1984) "Mercado St...

Sold for £150
Estimated at £150 - £250

Lot 1016
Charles Murray (1894-1954) Scottish "The Rat"...

Sold for £110
Estimated at £100 - £150

Lot 1017
Francis Butterfield (1905-1968) Self Portrait...

Sold for £550
Estimated at £100 - £150

Lot 1018
Attributed to Cecil Collins MBE (1908–1989)...

Sold for £150
Estimated at £200 - £300

Lot 1019
Robert Colquhoun (1914-1962) Scottish "Boy...

Sold for £400
Estimated at £400 - £600

Lot 1020
Keith Vaughan (1912-1977) "Thamar" Signed and...

Sold for £570
Estimated at £700 - £1,000

Lot 1022
Celia Paul (b.1959) "My Four Sisters with my...

Sold for £180
Estimated at £200 - £300

Lot 1023
Sidney Nolan (1917–1992) Australian/British...

Sold for £300
Estimated at £300 - £500

Lot 1026
After David Hockney OM, CH, RA (b.1937)...

Sold for £800
Estimated at £300 - £500

Lot 1027
After David Hockney OM, CH, RA (b.1937)...

Sold for £220
Estimated at £150 - £250

Lot 1028
John Egerton Christmas Piper CH (1903-1992)...

Sold for £320
Estimated at £250 - £400

Lot 1029
Norman Ackroyd CBE, RA (b.1938) "Wet Evening"...

Sold for £200
Estimated at £150 - £250

Lot 1030
Dame Elizabeth Violet Blackadder DBE, RA, RSA...

Sold for £480
Estimated at £200 - £300

Lot 1031
Michael Rothenstein (1908-1993) "Red Leaves"...

Sold for £420
Estimated at £300 - £500

Lot 1032
Marc Chagall (1887-1985) French/Russian "La...

Sold for £280
Estimated at £300 - £500

Lot 1034
Joan Miró (1893-1983) Spanish "Femme"...

Sold for £250
Estimated at £250 - £400

Lot 1036
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) Spanish "Posters of...

Sold for £180
Estimated at £150 - £250

Lot 1037
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) Spanish ''Spring''...

Sold for £130
Estimated at £100 - £150

Lot 1038
Fernand Léger (1881-1955) French "Parade...

Sold for £180
Estimated at £200 - £300

Lot 1039
John Egerton Christmas Piper CH (1903-1992)...

Sold for £130
Estimated at £120 - £180

Lot 1041
Frank Lloyd-Wright (1867-1959) American...

Sold for £350
Estimated at £200 - £300

Lot 1042
Desmond Morris FLS (b.1928) "The Accused"...

Sold for £220
Estimated at £250 - £400

Lot 1046
Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960-1988) American...

Sold for £110
Estimated at £100 - £150

Lot 1047
Eve Arnold (1913-2012) American "Marilyn...

Sold for £650
Estimated at £300 - £500

Lot 1048
Damien Hirst (b.1965) "For the Love of God"...

Sold for £3,200
Estimated at £1,500 - £2,000

Lot 1049
Grayson Perry CBE, RA (b.1960) "Kate Board"...

Sold for £450
Estimated at £300 - £500

Lot 1050
Yayoi Kusama (b.1929) Japanese "Pumpkins"...

Sold for £500
Estimated at £500 - £700

Lot 1051
Harold Riley DL, DLitt, FRCS, DFA, ATC...

Sold for £180
Estimated at £200 - £300

Lot 1052
Tom McGuinness (1926-2006) Portrait of Theresa...

Sold for £250
Estimated at £250 - £400

Lot 1053
Norman Stansfield Cornish MBE (1919-2014) Man...

Sold for £1,400
Estimated at £1,000 - £1,500

Lot 1054
Norman Stansfield Cornish MBE (1919-2014) "Man...

Sold for £1,300
Estimated at £600 - £800

Lot 1055
Brian Shields 'Braaq' FBA (1951-1997) Figures...

Sold for £4,000
Estimated at £1,500 - £2,500

Lot 1056
Frank Paul (b.1984) "The Wedding" Signed verso...

Sold for £220
Estimated at £200 - £300

Lot 1057
Frank Paul (b.1984) Surreal figures Signed...

Sold for £130
Estimated at £150 - £200

Lot 1058
Keith Vaughan (1912-1977) Two figures...

Not Sold
Estimated at £800 - £1,200

Lot 1060
Elisabeth Collins (1904-2000) ''A Dream''...

Sold for £450
Estimated at £200 - £300

Lot 1061
Anne Yeats (1919-2001) Irish Girl resting...

Sold for £850
Estimated at £500 - £800

Lot 1062
Sidney Nolan (1917–1992) Australian/British...

Sold for £2,500
Estimated at £1,000 - £2,000

Lot 1063
Edith Lawrence (1890-1973) Swiss mountain...

Sold for £450
Estimated at £200 - £300

Lot 1064
Houghton Cranford Smith (1887-1983) American...

Sold for £480
Estimated at £250 - £400

Lot 1065
Mackenzie Thorpe (b.1956) "I Love You and Miss...

Sold for £2,000
Estimated at £1,000 - £1,500

Lot 1066
Maggi Hambling CBE (b.1945) "Study of Lucky,...

Sold for £1,400
Estimated at £1,000 - £1,500

Lot 1067
Shoichi Hasegawa (b.1929) Japanese Abstract...

Sold for £190
Estimated at £200 - £300

Lot 1069
Sir Terry Frost RA (1915-2003) Untitled Signed...

Sold for £1,500
Estimated at £1,500 - £2,500

Lot 1070
Sir Terry Frost RA (1915-2003) "Vertical Lines"...

Sold for £1,500
Estimated at £1,500 - £2,500

Lot 1071
Nikolai Ivanovich Osenev (1909-1983) Russian...

Sold for £350
Estimated at £200 - £300

Lot 1072
James English RHA (b.1946) Irish coastal view...

Sold for £300
Estimated at £300 - £500

Lot 1073
Maurice Canning Wilks (1911-1984) Irish...

Sold for £1,100
Estimated at £800 - £1,200

Lot 1074
Nicholas Horsefield (1917-2005) "Kent...

Sold for £500
Estimated at £500 - £700

Lot 1075
Colin Ruffell FRSA (b.1939) River landscape...

Sold for £320
Estimated at £250 - £400

Lot 1076
Patrick Oliver (1933-2009) "The Sky Road,...

Sold for £1,600
Estimated at £300 - £500

Lot 1077
Patrick Oliver (1933-2009) "O'Connor Pass,...

Sold for £500
Estimated at £300 - £500

Lot 1078
Patrick Oliver (1933-2009) "Malham Tops"...

Sold for £800
Estimated at £300 - £500

Lot 1079
Piers Browne (b.1949) "Sunset, Wensleydale:...

Sold for £700
Estimated at £600 - £900

Lot 1080
Brian Alderman (b.1954) "Above the Snowline,...

Sold for £420
Estimated at £300 - £500

Lot 1081
Ian Norris MAFA (Contemporary) "Cove Near...

Sold for £380
Estimated at £200 - £300

Lot 1082
Ian Norris MAFA (Contemporary) "South Transept...

Sold for £500
Estimated at £200 - £300

Lot 1083
David Barnes (1942-2021) "Mountain Stream"...

Sold for £1,000
Estimated at £300 - £500

Lot 1084
Janet Ledger (b.1931) "Towards the River"...

Sold for £600
Estimated at £300 - £500

Lot 1085
Brian Shields 'Braaq' FBA (1951-1997) "It's...

Sold for £16,000
Estimated at £10,000 - £15,000

Lot 1086
Stuart Walton (b.1933) “Great Northern Street,...

Sold for £1,400
Estimated at £800 - £1,200

Lot 1087
Stuart Walton (b.1933) "Street in Leeds"...

Sold for £1,400
Estimated at £800 - £1,200

Lot 1088
Peter Brook RBA (1927-2009) "Working Dog...

Sold for £4,200
Estimated at £1,200 - £1,800

Lot 1089
Steven Scholes (b.1952) Scarborough Harbour...

Sold for £380
Estimated at £300 - £500

Lot 1090
Steven Scholes (b.1952) "Leeds and Liverpool...

Sold for £950
Estimated at £300 - £500

Lot 1091
Steven Scholes (b.1952) "Albert Street from...

Sold for £450
Estimated at £300 - £500

Lot 1092
William Ralph Turner FRSA (1920-2013)...

Sold for £900
Estimated at £400 - £600

Lot 1093
William Ralph Turner FRSA (1920-2013) "Salford...

Sold for £480
Estimated at £400 - £600

Lot 1094
William Ralph Turner FRSA (1920-2013) "The Cat...

Sold for £750
Estimated at £300 - £500

Lot 1095
Don McKinlay (1929-2017) "Pies and Peas,...

Sold for £450
Estimated at £200 - £300