25th Jun, 2022 9:30 GMT/BST
Modern & Contemporary Art
1060
Elisabeth Collins (1904-2000)
''A Dream''
Signed, gouache, 50.5cm by 38.5cm
Provenance: Albemarle Gallery, London
Literature: "Elisabeth Collins Gouaches, Drawings and Sculpture", 2 May - 2 June 1989, Albemarle Gallery, London, p.18, no.16, sold together with a copy of the exhibition catalogue
Sold for £450
Estimated at £200 - £300
Float mounted. Cockling to paper. Tatty to outer edges. Crease top left corner, with a tear/ tatty in this area. Loss top right corner, tear lower left of left edge, one to the centre of the top edge. Tear lower right of right edge and one higher up within the dark blue with associated creases and paint loss. Sporadic areas of paint loss, in particular to the purple tones, left hand side, to the lower tree and within the lower section, right hand side to the right of the figure. The odd handling crease. Not examined out of the frame.
Auction: Modern & Contemporary Art, 25th Jun, 2022
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.
Viewing
Thursday 23 June 10am-4pm, Friday 24 June 10am-5pm and morning of sale from 8am. Viewing is open to the public, there is no need to make an appointment.
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