15th Oct, 2022 9:30 GMT/BST

Modern & Contemporary Art

 
  Lot 53
 

53

Montague Dawson RSMA, FRSA (1895-1973)
The avenue to Thoresby Hall, Nottinghamshire, seat of the de Manvers family
Signed, oil on canvas, 55cm by 45cm

Provenance: A gift from Lady Manvers
Painted by Montague Dawson for Lady Manvers

Sold together with a letter from the artist to Lady Manvers dated 23rd October 1967

Sold for £1,200
Estimated at £300 - £500


 

Some very light surface dirt. Small repair/ over painting within the roots/path of the front tree (approx 1cm in size) and possible tiny repair left of centre of the painting. 0.5cm. White paint to the reverse in each of these places. Canvas slightly rubbed in places to outer edges. Areas where the canvas is showing through due to paint application. Surface scratch below centre of right edge approx 2cm in size.

 


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Auction: Modern & Contemporary Art, 15th Oct, 2022

The sale includes the residual pictures from the collection of a Lady, of which the tour de force is the highly important impressionistic rendition of “The North Sea” by Laurence Stephen Lowry (1887-1976). Other key works from the estate include two further drawings by L S Lowry “The Pond” and “Man Taken Ill”, each representing diverse periods of the artist’s oeuvre.

Further works of note include a Henry Moore bronze, "Maquette for Warrior with Shield" (1952-53), a collection of works from the family of the artist Paul Maze (1887-1979), a good selection of works by Northern artists such as Norman Cornish, Tom McGuinness, Brian Shields “Braaq”, Joe Scarborough, Peter Brook, and celebrated Modern British artists such as Charles Frederick Tunnicliffe and Montague Dawson.

 

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