Modern & Contemporary Art

Date: 25th Jun, 2022 9:30 GMT/BST
The Auction Centre, Leyburn
Catalogue: View Page Turner Catalogue
Lots: 146

 

An iconic painting by one of the country’s most popular artists working today is coming up for sale in Tennants Auctioneers’ Modern and Contemporary Art Sale on 25th June. ‘The Ark’ by Gary Bunt (b.1957) is expected to sell for £12,000-18,000 (plus buyer’s premium).

Bunt, a self-taught artist, and poet based in rural Sussex, began painting full-time in his 20s. However, shortly afterwards he became seriously ill, which inspired a deep faith which is reflected throughout his work today. Bunt’s naïve and often whimsical style captures idealised scenes of English rural life, with themes of Christianity woven deftly through. Indeed, many of his works have a poem or prayer on the reverse, such as the present painting executed in 2013 of a children’s model Ark and teddy bears which reads “The Ark / Do animals believe in Jesus / Do animals say their prayers/ Are raindrops really angels tears? / Are there Christian Teddy Bears?”.

Leading 20th century artists represented in the sale include Sidney Nolan (1917-1992) one of Australia’s most important artists best known for his representations of legendary outlaw Ned Kelly and the drought-parched Outback. Nolan moved to England in the early 1950s, and the present works were gifted to the vendor who worked for Nolan’s widow, Mary, for many years. On offer is ‘Greece’, a mixed-media depiction of a sailing dinghy off the Grecian coast, painted whilst Nolan was staying on the island of Hydra with Australian writers George Johnston and Charmian Clift (estimate: £1,000-2,000), a lithograph ‘Ned Kelly I’ (estimate: £300-500), and two etchings depicting Ned Kelly and a cow carcass in the Outback (estimate: £300-500 each). Further notable works include ‘Vertical Lines’ and an untitled mixed media work by Sir Terry Frost (1915-2003) (estimate: £1,500-2,500 each), and a watercolour ‘Study of Lucky (Lux)’ by Maggi Hambling (b.1945). An album of photographs of the Ballets Russes’s performance of ‘Thamar’ by Keith Vaughn are also on offer, with an estimate of £700-1,000.

 

Name: Francesca Young
Email: francesca.young@tennants-ltd.co.uk

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Lot 1000 - After Laurence Stephen Lowry RBA, RA...

Sold for £1,000
Estimated at £1,000 - £1,500

Lot 1001 - After Laurence Stephen Lowry RBA, RA...

Sold for £3,200
Estimated at £2,500 - £4,000

Lot 1002 - After Laurence Stephen Lowry RBA, RA...

Sold for £4,000
Estimated at £2,500 - £4,000

Lot 1003 - After Laurence Stephen Lowry RBA, RA...

Sold for £2,000
Estimated at £2,000 - £3,000

Lot 1004 - After Laurence Stephen Lowry RBA, RA...

Sold for £400
Estimated at £400 - £600

Lot 1005 - After Laurence Stephen Lowry RBA, RA...

Sold for £4,200
Estimated at £2,000 - £3,000

Lot 1006 - After Laurence Stephen Lowry RBA, RA...

Sold for £4,500
Estimated at £2,500 - £4,000

Lot 1007 - After Laurence Stephen Lowry RBA, RA...

Sold for £1,800
Estimated at £1,200 - £1,800

Lot 1008 - After Laurence Stephen Lowry RBA, RA...

Sold for £5,500
Estimated at £4,000 - £6,000

Lot 1009 - After Laurence Stephen Lowry RBA, RA...

Sold for £750
Estimated at £700 - £1,000

Lot 1010 - After Laurence Stephen Lowry RBA, RA...

Sold for £1,600
Estimated at £1,000 - £1,500

Lot 1011 - After Laurence Stephen Lowry RBA, RA...

Sold for £1,600
Estimated at £1,000 - £1,500

Lot 1012 - After Lawrence Stephen Lowry RBA, RA...

Sold for £1,600
Estimated at £1,500 - £2,000

Lot 1013 - After Laurence Stephen Lowry RBA, RA...

Sold for £1,600
Estimated at £1,500 - £2,000

Lot 1019 - Robert Colquhoun (1914-1962) Scottish "Boy...

Sold for £400
Estimated at £400 - £600

Lot 1020 - Keith Vaughan (1912-1977) "Thamar" Signed and...

Sold for £570
Estimated at £700 - £1,000

Lot 1022 - Celia Paul (b.1959) "My Four Sisters with my...

Sold for £180
Estimated at £200 - £300

Lot 1026 - After David Hockney OM, CH, RA (b.1937)...

Sold for £800
Estimated at £300 - £500

Lot 1027 - After David Hockney OM, CH, RA (b.1937)...

Sold for £220
Estimated at £150 - £250

Lot 1028 - John Egerton Christmas Piper CH (1903-1992)...

Sold for £320
Estimated at £250 - £400

Lot 1031 - Michael Rothenstein (1908-1993) "Red Leaves"...

Sold for £420
Estimated at £300 - £500

Lot 1032 - Marc Chagall (1887-1985) French/Russian "La...

Sold for £280
Estimated at £300 - £500

Lot 1034 - Joan Miró (1893-1983) Spanish "Femme"...

Sold for £250
Estimated at £250 - £400

Lot 1037 - Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) Spanish ''Spring''...

Sold for £130
Estimated at £100 - £150

Lot 1038 - Fernand Léger (1881-1955) French "Parade...

Sold for £180
Estimated at £200 - £300

Lot 1039 - John Egerton Christmas Piper CH (1903-1992)...

Sold for £130
Estimated at £120 - £180

Lot 1041 - Frank Lloyd-Wright (1867-1959) American...

Sold for £350
Estimated at £200 - £300

Lot 1042 - Desmond Morris FLS (b.1928) "The Accused"...

Sold for £220
Estimated at £250 - £400

Lot 1046 - Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960-1988) American...

Sold for £110
Estimated at £100 - £150

Lot 1047 - Eve Arnold (1913-2012) American "Marilyn...

Sold for £650
Estimated at £300 - £500

Lot 1048 - Damien Hirst (b.1965) "For the Love of God"...

Sold for £3,200
Estimated at £1,500 - £2,000

Lot 1049 - Grayson Perry CBE, RA (b.1960) "Kate Board"...

Sold for £450
Estimated at £300 - £500

Lot 1050 - Yayoi Kusama (b.1929) Japanese "Pumpkins"...

Sold for £500
Estimated at £500 - £700

Lot 1051 - Harold Riley DL, DLitt, FRCS, DFA, ATC...

Sold for £180
Estimated at £200 - £300

Lot 1053 - Norman Stansfield Cornish MBE (1919-2014) Man...

Sold for £1,400
Estimated at £1,000 - £1,500

Lot 1054 - Norman Stansfield Cornish MBE (1919-2014) "Man...

Sold for £1,300
Estimated at £600 - £800

Lot 1055 - Brian Shields 'Braaq' FBA (1951-1997) Figures...

Sold for £4,000
Estimated at £1,500 - £2,500

Lot 1057 - Frank Paul (b.1984) Surreal figures Signed...

Sold for £130
Estimated at £150 - £200

Lot 1058 - Keith Vaughan (1912-1977) Two figures...

Not Sold
Estimated at £800 - £1,200

Lot 1060 - Elisabeth Collins (1904-2000) ''A Dream''...

Sold for £450
Estimated at £200 - £300

Lot 1061 - Anne Yeats (1919-2001) Irish Girl resting...

Sold for £850
Estimated at £500 - £800

Lot 1062 - Sidney Nolan (1917–1992) Australian/British...

Sold for £2,500
Estimated at £1,000 - £2,000

Lot 1063 - Edith Lawrence (1890-1973) Swiss mountain...

Sold for £450
Estimated at £200 - £300

Lot 1064 - Houghton Cranford Smith (1887-1983) American...

Sold for £480
Estimated at £250 - £400

Lot 1065 - Mackenzie Thorpe (b.1956) "I Love You and Miss...

Sold for £2,000
Estimated at £1,000 - £1,500

Lot 1066 - Maggi Hambling CBE (b.1945) "Study of Lucky,...

Sold for £1,400
Estimated at £1,000 - £1,500

Lot 1067 - Shoichi Hasegawa (b.1929) Japanese Abstract...

Sold for £190
Estimated at £200 - £300

Lot 1069 - Sir Terry Frost RA (1915-2003) Untitled Signed...

Sold for £1,500
Estimated at £1,500 - £2,500

Lot 1070 - Sir Terry Frost RA (1915-2003) "Vertical Lines"...

Sold for £1,500
Estimated at £1,500 - £2,500

Lot 1071 - Nikolai Ivanovich Osenev (1909-1983) Russian...

Sold for £350
Estimated at £200 - £300

Lot 1073 - Maurice Canning Wilks (1911-1984) Irish...

Sold for £1,100
Estimated at £800 - £1,200

Lot 1074 - Nicholas Horsefield (1917-2005) "Kent...

Sold for £500
Estimated at £500 - £700

Lot 1075 - Colin Ruffell FRSA (b.1939) River landscape...

Sold for £320
Estimated at £250 - £400

Lot 1076 - Patrick Oliver (1933-2009) "The Sky Road,...

Sold for £1,600
Estimated at £300 - £500

Lot 1077 - Patrick Oliver (1933-2009) "O'Connor Pass,...

Sold for £500
Estimated at £300 - £500

Lot 1078 - Patrick Oliver (1933-2009) "Malham Tops"...

Sold for £800
Estimated at £300 - £500

Lot 1079 - Piers Browne (b.1949) "Sunset, Wensleydale:...

Sold for £700
Estimated at £600 - £900

Lot 1080 - Brian Alderman (b.1954) "Above the Snowline,...

Sold for £420
Estimated at £300 - £500

Lot 1081 - Ian Norris MAFA (Contemporary) "Cove Near...

Sold for £380
Estimated at £200 - £300

Lot 1083 - David Barnes (1942-2021) "Mountain Stream"...

Sold for £1,000
Estimated at £300 - £500

Lot 1084 - Janet Ledger (b.1931) "Towards the River"...

Sold for £600
Estimated at £300 - £500

Lot 1085 - Brian Shields 'Braaq' FBA (1951-1997) "It's...

Sold for £16,000
Estimated at £10,000 - £15,000

Lot 1086 - Stuart Walton (b.1933) “Great Northern Street,...

Sold for £1,400
Estimated at £800 - £1,200

Lot 1087 - Stuart Walton (b.1933) "Street in Leeds"...

Sold for £1,400
Estimated at £800 - £1,200

Lot 1088 - Peter Brook RBA (1927-2009) "Working Dog...

Sold for £4,200
Estimated at £1,200 - £1,800

Lot 1089 - Steven Scholes (b.1952) Scarborough Harbour...

Sold for £380
Estimated at £300 - £500

Lot 1090 - Steven Scholes (b.1952) "Leeds and Liverpool...

Sold for £950
Estimated at £300 - £500

Lot 1091 - Steven Scholes (b.1952) "Albert Street from...

Sold for £450
Estimated at £300 - £500

Lot 1092 - William Ralph Turner FRSA (1920-2013)...

Sold for £900
Estimated at £400 - £600

Lot 1095 - Don McKinlay (1929-2017) "Pies and Peas,...

Sold for £450
Estimated at £200 - £300