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 1021 - Samuel Prout OWS (1783-1852) "Cafe de la Place,...
Sold for £2,800
Estimated at £1,000 - £1,500
Lot 1025 - George Weatherill (1810-1890) Aerial view of...
Sold for £1,500
Estimated at £800 - £1,200
Lot 1028 - George Weatherill (1810-1890) "Whitby Harbour"...
Sold for £1,000
Estimated at £400 - £600
Lot 1029 - George Weatherill (1810-1890) Whitby pool by...
Sold for £3,500
Estimated at £700 - £1,000
Lot 1036 - Joseph Richard Bagshawe (1870-1909) Rescuing a...
Sold for £1,900
Estimated at £500 - £700
Lot 1048 - Thomas Daniell RA (1749-1840) "On the Bridge,...
Sold for £13,000
Estimated at £600 - £900
Lot 1049 - Frank Brangwyn RA, RWS, RBA (1867-1956) Boxing...
Sold for £2,500
Estimated at £700 - £1,000
Lot 1061 - John Cyril Harrison (1898-1985) Pheasant in a...
Sold for £900
Estimated at £700 - £1,000
Lot 1063 - John Cyril Harrison (1898-1985) Gyrfalcon...
Sold for £1,100
Estimated at £1,000 - £1,500
Lot 1064 - George Edward Lodge (1860-1954) ''The Raid in...
Sold for £2,000
Estimated at £1,000 - £1,500
Lot 1071 - John Ferneley Snr. (1782-1860) A gentleman...
Sold for £3,000
Estimated at £2,000 - £3,000
Lot 1073 - William Woodhouse (1857-1939) Sportsman and...
Sold for £1,300
Estimated at £800 - £1,200
Lot 1076 - Benjamin Cam Norton (1835-1900) Adam and Amy...
Sold for £3,500
Estimated at £700 - £1,000
Lot 1077 - Richard Beavis (1824–1896) Horseback riders in...
Sold for £750
Estimated at £800 - £1,200
Lot 1078 - Ernest Higgins Rigg (1868-1947) Working horse...
Sold for £2,500
Estimated at £600 - £900
Lot 1082 - Wright Barker RBA (1864-1941) Working dog with...
Sold for £1,100
Estimated at £500 - £800
Lot 1086 - Stanley Royle RBA, ARWA (1888–1961) Village in...
Sold for £1,600
Estimated at £400 - £600
Lot 1088 - Adolphe Valette (1861-1942) French A lively...
Sold for £8,000
Estimated at £8,000 - £12,000
Lot 1089 - Adolphe Valette (1861-1942) French "Rocher...
Sold for £9,000
Estimated at £5,000 - £8,000
Lot 1095 - Arthur Friedenson (1872-1955) Cattle before...
Sold for £1,200
Estimated at £1,200 - £1,800