15th Oct, 2022 9:30 GMT/BST
Modern & Contemporary Art
51
Raymond Wintz (1884-1956) French
''En Britagne Saint-Guénolé, Finistère, High Noon"
Signed, inscribed verso, oil on canvas, 48.5cm by 64cm
Sold for £1,400
Estimated at £500 - £700
FR label to the reverse with registered number 9971. See images.
Covered in a layer of surface dirt and discoloured varnish. Pin hole lower left corner. Otherwise in good overall condition.
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Auction: Modern & Contemporary Art, 15th Oct, 2022
The sale includes the residual pictures from the collection of a Lady, of which the tour de force is the highly important impressionistic rendition of “The North Sea” by Laurence Stephen Lowry (1887-1976). Other key works from the estate include two further drawings by L S Lowry “The Pond” and “Man Taken Ill”, each representing diverse periods of the artist’s oeuvre.
Further works of note include a Henry Moore bronze, "Maquette for Warrior with Shield" (1952-53), a collection of works from the family of the artist Paul Maze (1887-1979), a good selection of works by Northern artists such as Norman Cornish, Tom McGuinness, Brian Shields “Braaq”, Joe Scarborough, Peter Brook, and celebrated Modern British artists such as Charles Frederick Tunnicliffe and Montague Dawson.
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Thursday 13 October 10am-4pm, Friday 14 October 10am-5pm and morning of sale from 8am
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