Fine Art

Märta G:Son Broberg - Portrait of a Lady seated on a Stool, mid-20th century oil on board, signed, 56cm x 40cm, within a gilt frame.

Cecil R. Doyly John - 'Rapallo near Santa Margherita, Italian Riviera', oil on canvas circa 1959, signed recto, titled and labels verso, 43.5cm x 64.5cm, within a gilt frame.

Cecil R. Doyly John - French Street Scene with Figures conversing outside Shops, mid-20th century oil on canvas, signed, 41.5cm x 56.5cm, within a gilt frame.

Herbert Cecil Drane - 'Haying at Lisvernane, Co. Tipperary', early 20th century oil on canvas, signed recto, titled verso, 30cm x 40cm, within a gilt composition frame.

Circle of John Hoppner - Three Quarter Length Portrait of a Lady wearing a White Empire Dress and Holding a Locket, early 19th century oil on canvas, 74cm x 65cm, within a painted wood frame.

Trelawney Dayrell Reed - Portrait of a Man, possibly a Self Portrait, watercolour with gouache on card, signed and dated 1912, 48.5cm x 63.5cm, within a painted frame. Note: Reed, a poet painter and author, was an eccentric friend of Augustus John, examples of his pictures are scarce.

Attributed to Neville Stephen Lytton - Head and Shoulders Portrait of Edward Marsh, oil on panel, artist's name and sitter to label verso, 53cm x 44cm, within a gilt composition frame. Note: in his biography, Christopher Hassall states that Neville Lytton was incredibly formative on Edward Marsh's taste in art: 'By far the greatest contribution which Neville Lytton made to Marsh's life was the continuation of his education in the graphic arts… Lytton was always ready to hear about painting, and Marsh's anxiety to be a fitting companion for a painter sharpened his critical eye.' A copy of the biography is included in the lot.

John Anthony Puller - 'A View near Snowdon Ranger, Nth Wales', oil on canvas, signed and dated 1829 recto, titled labels verso, 42cm x 52cm, within a gilt composition frame.

Thomas Joseph Banks - 'Highland River with Cattle', oil on board, signed with monogram and dated '89 recto, titled Whibley & Son label verso, 28cm x 50cm, within a gilt frame.

Ray Atkins - 'Summer Vegetable Garden', oil on board, signed, titled and dated '02 and Art Space Gallery label verso, 91.5cm x 122.5cm.

Ray Atkins - 'Gorse and Red Washing', oil on board, signed and dated March/April 93 and Art Space Gallery label verso, 110cm x 122cm.

Rodrigo Moynihan - 'Sleeping Soldier', 20th century oil on canvas, signed recto, titled to exhibition labels verso, 33cm x 38cm, within a painted and gilt composition frame. Exhibited: Royal Academy, 1949, catalogue no. 679; 'Rodrigo Moynihan: A Retrospective Exhibition' Royal Academy/Arts Council of Great Britain, 1978, catalogue no. 30; 'Rodrigo Moynihan: The End of the Picnic', Imperial War Museum, 1998, catalogue no. 13. Provenance: purchased by Elizabeth & John Taylor from the Royal Academy exhibition in 1949, thence by descent. Note: the artist's son John Moynihan quoted his mother saying, 'What I remember more about that opening was Elizabeth Taylor, the novelist, coming in, literally out of the blue - her husband John Taylor was in the RAF and buying a painting. We became great friends and regularly corresponded from then on.' References: N.H. Reeve, 'Elizabeth Taylor: A Centenary Celebration' (Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2012) p.102; John Moynihan, 'Restless Lives: The Bohemian World of Rodrigo and Elinor Moynihan, (Sansom, 2002), p.56; Nicola Beauman, 'The Other Elizabeth Taylor' (Persephone Books, 2009) p.277. N.B. many exhibitions and references date this painting to the 1944 Royal Academy exhibition in error.

Edward Kenneth Center - Study for the Prodigal Son with a Nude Woman feeding Pigs in a Landscape, 20th century mixed media on canvas-board, 27cm x 22.5cm, within a partially gilt and wood frame. Provenance: Toovey's 24th March 2010, Lot no. 5.

Gary Hodges - Lioness Walking, 20th century pencil with watercolour wash, signed and dated '81, 49cm x 32.5cm, within a stained wood frame. Provenance: purchased from the Henry-Brett Galleries in the early 1980s.

Gary Hodges - Lioness Yawning, 20th century pencil and watercolour wash, signed, 38cm x 52.5cm, within a stained wood frame. Provenance: purchased from the Henry-Brett Galleries in the early 1980s.

Fabian Perez - 'Tango', early 21st century oil on canvas, signed recto, titled verso and with DeMontfort Fine Art label verso, 21cm x 29cm, within an ebonized frame with beaded gilt decoration, together with a limited edition print and a copy of the book 'Fabian Perez, All The Romance We Left Behind' published in 2009, both signed by Perez.

Evert Moll - Rotterdam Harbour Scene, Netherlands, early 20th century oil on canvas, signed, 49cm x 70cm, within a gilt composition frame.

Abbott Graves - Poppies, watercolour and gouache on silk, signed, 93.5cm x 43cm, within a gilt frame.

Cyprian Kamil Norwid - 'Sea-Man Amerykanski' (American Sailor), 19th century watercolour, titled and stamped 'C.N.', 18cm x 10cm, within a gilt frame. Provenance: Konstancji Gorskiej (Konstancja Gorska) a friend of the artist, thence by descent to her niece Ludwika, and Ludwika's son Stanislaw; in the collection of the Karnkowski family of Lazy by 1940; acquired by the current vendors grandfather from a Polish emigre. References: Dr Edyta Chlebowska 'Z Norwidowskiego Archiwum Zenona Przesmyckiego (2): Opisy Rysunkow Norwida Z Albumu Konstancji Gorskiej' published in 'Studia Norwidiana' 29:2011. With thanks to Dr Edyta Chlebowska for his assistance in cataloguing this lot.