Coming up for auction this Spring are three notable works by Adolphe Valette (1876-1942), a French Impressionist artist who spent the majority of his career in the North of England. Whilst he is best remembered today as being the highly influential tutor to L.S. Lowry, Valette created a significant body of work in oils, watercolours and drawing media. All three works are sold with provenance from The Perera Collection, the largest collection of works by Valette to have been assembled in private hands.
Further notable works in the sale include an exquisitely detailed still life of a peach, black grapes and cobnuts on a marble shelf by Emilie Preyer (1849-1930), and a work by historical genre painter Edward Matthew Ward (1816-1879) that depicts the hero of a popular comic ballad, John Gilpin.
The sale will also see the final part of the Raymond Booth Studio, comprising 19 works. Raymond Booth (1929-2015) was perhaps the greatest botanical artist and illustrator of his generation, and his passion for the natural world shines through in his highly detailed oil studies of flora and fauna.
Lot 1102 - Alfred de Breanski Snr. (1852-1928) "The River...
Sold for £3,500
Estimated at £3,500 - £5,000
Lot 1103 - Samuel Bough RSA, RSW (1822-1878) Scottish...
Sold for £2,000
Estimated at £2,000 - £3,000
Lot 1106 - Circle of Gaspard Dughet (1615-1675) French An...
Sold for £22,000
Estimated at £4,000 - £6,000
Lot 1109 - Jan Jacob Coenraad Spohler (1837-1894) Dutch...
Sold for £1,800
Estimated at £2,000 - £4,000
Lot 1119 - Abraham Hulk Snr. (1813-1897) Moored shipping...
Sold for £2,000
Estimated at £1,500 - £2,500
Lot 1121 - Owen Bowen ROI, PRCamA (1873-1967) Mother and...
Sold for £1,200
Estimated at £300 - £500
Lot 1124 - British School (19th Century) Elegant figures...
Sold for £3,000
Estimated at £500 - £800
Lot 1126 - Edouard Léon Cortès (1882-1969) French "Porte...
Sold for £11,000
Estimated at £8,000 - £12,000
Lot 1128 - Han van Meegeren (1889-1947) Dutch Standing...
Sold for £1,200
Estimated at £700 - £1,000
Lot 1130 - Eugenio Zampighi (1859-1944) Italian Music...
Sold for £8,000
Estimated at £4,000 - £6,000
Lot 1133 - Edward Matthew Ward RA (1816-1879) "John...
Sold for £10,000
Estimated at £10,000 - £15,000
Lot 1141 - Circle of Jacopo Negretti, called Palma Il...
Sold for £2,200
Estimated at £1,500 - £2,500
Lot 1145 - Follower of Francesco de Mura (1696–1782)...
Sold for £2,200
Estimated at £1,800 - £2,500
Lot 1148 - Circle of Philips Wouwerman (1619-1688) Dutch...
Sold for £1,800
Estimated at £2,000 - £3,000
Lot 1149 - Follower of Sir Anthony Van Dyck (1599-1641)...
Sold for £3,800
Estimated at £4,000 - £6,000
Lot 1150 - Follower of Caspar Netscher (1639-1684) Dutch...
Sold for £1,500
Estimated at £700 - £1,000
Lot 1154 - Circle of Sir Peter Lely (1618-1680) Portrait...
Sold for £2,200
Estimated at £2,500 - £4,000
Lot 1155 - Follower of John Michael Wright (1617-1694)...
Sold for £1,300
Estimated at £1,500 - £2,500
Lot 1158 - Follower of Sir Godfrey Kneller (1646-1723)...
Sold for £1,100
Estimated at £700 - £1,000
Lot 1164 - Albert Chevalier Tayler (1862-1925) Portrait...
Sold for £1,400
Estimated at £1,200 - £1,800
Lot 1169 - Attributed to Benjamin Cam Norton (1835-1900)...
Sold for £750
Estimated at £700 - £1,000
Lot 1171 - August von Brandis (1859-1947) "Interieur mit...
Sold for £1,200
Estimated at £800 - £1,200
Lot 1172 - Henk Helmantel (b.1945) Dutch Still life with...
Sold for £15,000
Estimated at £8,000 - £12,000
Lot 1173 - Emilie Preyer (1849-1930) German Still life of...
Sold for £13,000
Estimated at £10,000 - £15,000
Lot 1174 - Manner of Willem Kalf (1619-1693) Dutch A...
Sold for £1,800
Estimated at £1,500 - £2,500