11th Nov, 2023 9:30 GMT/BST
British, European & Sporting Art
1109
A. Roland Knight (1879-1921)
"The first prick of the steel"
Signed, inscribed verso, oil on canvas, 34cm by 50.5cm
Sold for £500
Estimated at £200 - £300
Original canvas covered in a fairly thick layer of dirt and discoloured varnish. Relatively pronounced stretcher shadow. Varying sized evident craquelure across surface. Delicate and sporadic retouches to sky, presumably to old flaked paint and a linear retouch to disguise upper horizontal stretcher shadow. A further likely general strengthening to sky and retouching to upper edge and parts of sky which has discoloured and is mostly visible by eye. Some further likley strengthening through the expanse of water. Scattered retouches to lower right hand corner. Further horizontal linear retouch within the vegetation immediately above the fish's head and is approximately 2cm in length. Scattered retouches elsewhere.
Private collection. No further notable provenance known to date.
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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