2nd Mar, 2024 9:30 GMT/BST
Modern & Contemporary Art
592
Lionel Bulmer (1919-1992)
"Beach Scene, Seaton Crew"
Oil on board, 51cm by 61cm
Estimated at £700 - £1,000
The board is float mounted revealing the outer edges which are quite tatty with lots of chips and small losses. Some light surface dirt. Sporadic areas of retouching within the sky and sea and a long vertical area through the sea down into the central smaller cluster of deckchairs where something has been spilt on the painting? More evident with uv (see image). Areas where the paint is thin by application exposing areas of the back board. Also the piece has been squared up in pencil behind the paint which is exposed in some areas, in particular to the central figure group and below this. Two small nicks to the deckchair lower left corner and one small area of paint loss to the corner of the green deckchair right corner. (see images).
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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