11th Nov, 2023 9:30 GMT/BST
British, European & Sporting Art
1045
Rodger McPhail (b.1953)
California Quail
Signed, watercolour, together with a further work by the same hand depicting a Ringneck Pheasant, 23cm by 16.5cm and 19cm by 32.5cm respectively (2)
Sold for £140
Estimated at £150 - £250
Ringneck Pheasant: In an overall good and clean state of preservation. Some very light time staining to sheet, but colour depth broadly good and seemingly intact. The odd dark coloured small scale splash of transferred paint along left hand side lower edge. No evidence of cockling. Not examined out of the frame.
California Quail: In a comparable condition to the former. Overall good state of preservation. Light time staining across sheet. No evidence of cockling. Not examined out of the frame.
Auction: British, European & Sporting Art, 11th Nov, 2023
On the Kentish Downs by Algernon Cecil Newton is one of the highlights of the British, European and Sporting Art Sale on 11th November. On offer with an estimate of £8,000-12,000 (plus buyer’s premium), the picture is a fine example of Newton’s quiet yet poetic landscapes.
Further highlights include Eugene Galien-Laloue’s Paris, Winter Fruit Stalls of 1910, and “The Engagement Ring” by Arthur Claude Cooke, which was exhibited in the Royal Academy in 1901. Also of note in the sale is Lady Electra Being Led by a Groom by Lionel Edwards.
The sale will also include a Private Collection of works by Myles Birkett Foster and George Weatherill, and the last remaining paintings from the T.B. & R. Jordan Collection of Staithes Artists.
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Sunday 5 November - Friday 10 November 11am-4pm, and morning of sale from 8am.
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