2nd Mar, 2024 9:30 GMT/BST
David Blackburn (1939-2016)
"Summer Walk Marsden"
Signed and dated 1999, pastel, 47cm by 38cm
Exhibited: "David Blackburn, Works from the Studio Estate", 2017, Messum's, London, no.21
Sold for £1,300
Estimated at £500 - £700
The piece is float mounted. The paper has a deckled edge. Slight time staining to the margins to the exposed areas of paper. The odd minor sporadic foxing spot in evidence to the margins and areas where the pastel has bled into the margins. Slight cockling to the paper. Some very light surface dirt and debris trapped under the glass. Not examined out of the frame.
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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Thursday 29th February - Friday 1st March 10am-4pm, and the morning of the sale from 8am
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