Wotton Auction Rooms will be running a Sale of 20th Century Art at the National Trust property, Prior Park, Bath.
272 lots will be coming under the hammer on Friday 22nd July 2022, from 12pm. Artists represented include some of our old favourites such as Paul Peter Piech and David Gentleman – the latter well known for his postage stamp designs. In addition, we’ve been introduced to a few new artists that we’d like to find out more about; William Scott CBE, Anita Klein and Bernard Cheese amongst others.
If you register on the Wotton Auction Rooms website, you can leave auto and absentee bids. There’s a buyer’s premium of 21.6% and, if bidding via their website, an additional premium of 3.6% (plus VAT) will be levied.
Alternatively, you can bid live via the EasyLiveAuction website for a £3.00 flat fee or 3% of the final hammer price. The buyer’s premium still stands.
Unfortunately, the auction house doesn’t offer a packaging and posting service, so you’ll have to organise your own if you’re unable to collect in person.
Lot 24: WILLIAM SCOTT C.B.E., R.A. (1913-1989) ‘STILL LIFE WITH FRYING PAN AND EGGS’
Screenprint in colours on wove paper, signed, dated and numbered in pencil, printed by Kelpra Studio, published by CCA Galleries, London, with their blindstamp. 91/250. 67cm x 88cm.
Estimate: £3,000 – £5,000
Lot 33: EDWARD BAWDEN C.B.E., R.A. (1903-1989) ‘BOROUGH MARKET’
Lithograph in colour, artist’s proof, signed, titled and numbered in pencil, A/P. 2. 50.5cm x 65cm.
Estimate: £1,000 – £1,500
Lot 46: ROBERT TAVENER (1920-2004) ‘PIERHEAD’ (NO.3)
Linocut in colours. signed, titled, numbered and dated 1966, in pencil to margin. 16/30. 67.5 x 54cm.
Estimate: £200 – £300
Lot 60: BRIDGET RILEY CH, CBE (b.1931) POSTER POEM ‘DESCENDING’ 1968
Screenprint, from the edition of an unknown size, unsigned, probably published by Editions Alecto. 64cm x 65.5cm.
Estimate: £500 – £800
Lot 76: ANITA KLEIN (b.1960) ‘NIGE & THE NECKLACE’
Etching, signed, numbered and dated 2002 in pencil to margin. 21/100. 12cm x 14cm.
Estimate: £100 – £200
Lot 87: BEN NICHOLSON O.M. (1894-1982) ‘SMALL STILL LIFE’ 1966
Etching, signed, numbered and dated in pencil – annotations to verso “Small Still Life, 1966 Ben Nicholson”. 10/25. Lafrance blindstamp. 32cm x 31cm.
Estimate: £800 – £1,200
Lot 114: JOHN PIPER C.H. (1903-1992) ‘NORTH GRIMSTONE’ YORKSHIRE
(Levinson 128) lithographs in colour, signed and numbered in pencil to margin. 61/70. 82cm x 59cm.
Estimate: £300 – £500
Lot 128: DAME ELIZABETH BLACKADDER O.B.E., R.S.A., R.S.W., R.G.I., D.LITT (1931-2021) ‘STAITHES’
Lithograph in colour, signed, titled and dated 1963 in pencil to margin. Inscribed “407” in pencil, Curwen Chilford Studios blindstamp. 57cm x 80cm.
Estimate: £300 – £500
Lot 162: SIR PETER BLAKE C.B.E., R.D.I., R.A. (b.1932) ‘I LOVE VINTAGE’
Digital tin plate print, unnumbered limited edition of 2,500. Published by Creatively Recycled Empire and printed by Impress Group, with certificate and papers. 22cm x 17cm.
Estimate: £150 – £250
Lot 169: PAUL PETER PIECH (1920-1996) ‘JAZZ’
‘Evolved in part from spirituals, sung by slaves, jazz is the only true American music form, It was created by blacks for blacks’. Linocut in colours, signed, numbered and dated 1995 in pencil. 1/25. 64cm x 45cm.
Estimate: £200 – £300
Lot 174: BERNARD CHEESE (1925-2013) ‘RING OF TREES’
Lithograph in colours, artist’s proof III, signed, titled and dated 1965 in pencil. 79cm x 59cm.
Estimate: £200 – £300
Lot 202: BARBARA VINCENT (20TH CENTURY CONTEMPORARY) ‘FRIESON COWS’
Linocut in colours, signed, titled and numbered in pencil. 6/9. 32.5cm x 38.5cm.
Estimate: £100 – £200
Lot 218: DAVID GENTLEMAN (b.1930) ‘CURLEW STREET, LONDON’
Lithograph in colours, signed and numbered in pencil. 112/195. Blindstamp lower right. 61cm x 51cm.
Estimate: £100 – £200
Lot 234: ERIC RAVILIOUS (1903-1942) ‘GARDEN MEMORIES’
Wood engraving, signed with initials ‘AU’ for Anne Ullman (the artist’s daughter) and numbered in pencil. 100/200. An illustration for Thomas Hennell’s ‘Poems’ 1936.
Estimate: £150 – £250