2nd Mar, 2024 9:30 GMT/BST

Modern & Contemporary Art

 
Lot 518
 

518

Norman Stansfield Cornish MBE (1919-2014)
"Pit Road"
Signed, felt tip and ink, 15.5cm by 22cm

Provenance: The Stone Gallery, Newcastle Upon Tyne

Sold for £850
Estimated at £400 - £600


 

Time staining to the paper. Slightly down on colour and areas where the pen has faded, for example the tree left hand side edge. Cockling/creasing to the paper throughout. The back board has warped. Areas to the top corners where the paper has oxidised due to old tape to the reverse? More pronounced to the top right corner. Some light surface dirt and debris trapped under the glass. Not examined out of the frame.

The odd chip and knock to the frame, see images.

 


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Auction: Modern & Contemporary Art, 2nd Mar, 2024

Amongst a strong section of Northern art in the sale is a small family collection of drawings by the great L.S. Lowry (1887-1976); the three works were given by Lowry to Ruth and Neville Blakey of Pendle, Lancashire, longstanding friends of the artist, and will be sold with correspondance with the Lowry. Further Northern artists represented in the sale include Harold Riley, Peter Brook, Brian 'Braaq' Shields, Norman Cornish, and Len Tabner. 

Further highlights include a vivid seascape by Scottish artist Sir William MacTaggart, a harbour scene by Chinese-born Singaporean artist Cheong Soo Pieng who founded the Nanyang style of art, and a striking industrial landscape by Staffordshire artist Maurice Wade. 

An interesting selection of works on paper include greats such as Frank Dobson, Dame Laura Knight, David Bomberg, Sir Matthew Smith, and a good range of prints include those by Pablo Picasso, Joan Miro, Elizabeth Blackadder, Bob Dylan and Victor Pasmore. 

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