16th Nov, 2024 9:30 GMT/BST
Peter Biegel (1913-1987)
"September Evening- The Highlands"
Signed, pencil and watercolour heightened with white, 26.5cm by 38.5cm
Provenance: The Tryon Gallery, London
The Estate of the late Lady Buchan Hepburn
Sold for £180
Estimated at £200 - £300
Paper flat and even. No tears or creases. One red mark in sky appears to be from artist's studio not later. Patch of grey marks to the left edge in the sky and a further patch of grey scuffs top right corner, and to the right of the sky above the horizon. A few tiny dark pinpoint marks in the sky. Possibly some very slight timestaining of paper near mounts. Colour appears good.
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Auction: British, European & Sporting Art, 16th Nov, 2024
The Autumn British, European and Sporting Art Sale will include a sun-drenched work by British Impressionist painter Dorothea Sharp, two works by Louis H Grimshaw consigned from a private collection, and notable genre pieces by the likes of Giovanni Battista Torriglia and Charles Spencelayh.
A good offering of figural works include a male figure attributed to York-born artist William Etty, and 17th and 18th century portraits, and amongst the Sporting art are examples of the work of Robert Nightingale and Wright Barker.
The sale will go on view to the public from Sunday 10th November, alongside The Selected Contents of Bell Hall, Naburn, York, which will also offer a broad range of traditional and contemporary paintings.
Please note the following lots have been withdrawn from sale: 1080, 1086, 1093, 1094
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Sunday 10 November to Friday 15 November 11am-4pm and morning of the sale from 8am
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