11th Nov, 2023 9:30 GMT/BST
British, European & Sporting Art
1152
Algernon Cecil Newton RA (1880-1968)
"On the Kentish Downs"
Oil on canvas, 61cm by 92cm
Provenance:
On the Kentish Downs, February 1958, Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, 1958, no 612.
Bought by A P C Blaxter [61a South Audley Street WI – deleted, Wysh House, Amberley, West Sussex inserted] for £210 [200 guineas].
Sold by King & Chasemore, Pulborough, 18 September 1973, lot 25 ‘On the Kentish Downs’, $676 [Blouin].
Fine Art Society May 1974 (label on the back). Piano Nobile
We are grateful to Dr. Mark Jones for his assistance in providing provenance and exhibition history. The present work will be included into the forthcoming Catalogue Raisonne on the artist being prepared by Dr. Mark Jones (No. 660)
Oil on canvas, 24x36 inches.
Sold for £26,000
Estimated at £8,000 - £12,000
Relined. Some surface dirt and discoloured varnish. Narrow retouching along left hand side edge mostly contained above the vegetation ie within the sky area. Narrow retouching along the entirety of lower edge. Delicate infilling within the grass, mostly below and right of the far right hand side spindly tree. Sporadic retouching to right hand side edge. Retouching to upper right hand corner and sporadically to mostly upper right hand side edge. Scattered very smalled-sized delicate retouches elsewhere, mostly to sky, presumably to replace old flaked paint. The whispy white cloud immediately above the spindly right hand side tree shows signs of general strengthening, as do outer parts of the more prominant voluminous cloud. Two distinct areas of retouching and potential repair to an old damage approximately centre sky within clouds (see image) the largest being approximately 4-5cm in overall length. Possible initials to lower left hand corner? Minor rubbing/abrasions to some edges from movement in frame. For more information please contact the department.
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Auction: British, European & Sporting Art, 11th Nov, 2023
On the Kentish Downs by Algernon Cecil Newton is one of the highlights of the British, European and Sporting Art Sale on 11th November. On offer with an estimate of £8,000-12,000 (plus buyer’s premium), the picture is a fine example of Newton’s quiet yet poetic landscapes.
Further highlights include Eugene Galien-Laloue’s Paris, Winter Fruit Stalls of 1910, and “The Engagement Ring” by Arthur Claude Cooke, which was exhibited in the Royal Academy in 1901. Also of note in the sale is Lady Electra Being Led by a Groom by Lionel Edwards.
The sale will also include a Private Collection of works by Myles Birkett Foster and George Weatherill, and the last remaining paintings from the T.B. & R. Jordan Collection of Staithes Artists.
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Sunday 5 November - Friday 10 November 11am-4pm, and morning of sale from 8am.
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