16th Jul, 2022 9:30 GMT/BST
British, European and Sporting Art
1013
Arthur Reginald Smith ARA, RWS, RSW (1871-1934)
"A Bridge on the Wharfe"
Signed and indistinctly dated, with original artist's label verso, pencil and watercolour, 35.5cm by 54.5cm
Provenance: The Fine Art Society Ltd., London, 1946
Sold for £550
Estimated at £200 - £300
Pronounced and consistent large sized foxing spots throughout the mount which is less apparent across the sheet but not absent. The sheet/backing board is slightly bowed in a convex fashion but is not presenting any risk to the stability of the paper at present. Some relatively light time staining to the sheet but unworked areas of paper seem reasonably ok excepting parts which visibly display foxing. Colour depth possibly slightly muted but is reasonable to good overall. Not examined out of the frame.
Auction: British, European and Sporting Art, 16th Jul, 2022
'In a Ligurian Garden', an important lost work by Henry Herbert La Thangue, is to be sold in the British, European and Sporting Art Sale on 16th July with an estimate of £70,000-100,000 plus buyer's premium. The painting was recently rediscovered in Yorkshire, having been passed down through the family of Sir William Prince-Smith (1898-1964) and his wife Marjorie, manufacturers of textile machinery from Keighley, West Yorkshire. View lot
Henry Herbert La Thangue RA (1859-1929) was one of the leading exponents of British Impressionism, who had become enamoured with painting 'en plein air' on a youthful painting trip to Brittany in 1881 with friend and fellow artist Stanhope Forbes, one of the founders of the Newlyn School of Painters. On his return to England he settled in Sussex, painting farm labourers in idyllic, rustic surroundings, recording a way of English rural life that was fast being lost to increasing industrialisation.
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Sunday 10 July 11am-4pm, Monday 11 July to Friday 15 July 10am-4pm and morning of sale from 8am. Viewing is open to the public, there is no need to make an appointment.
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