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Auction No 426, Category: Art History

12 Lots (displaying 1 - 12)

"Obra de Joan Miro: Dibuixos, pitura, escultura, ceramica, textils", Barcelona, 1988, in d/jkt, 556pp, colour plates & b/w illustrations;

Lot: 80

  • Auction Date: Wed 29th May 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £30
SOLD £15
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Obra de Joan Miro: Dibuixos, pitura, escultura, ceramica, textils, Barcelona, 1988, in d/jkt, 556pp, colour plates & b/w illustrations; together with four works on Salvador Dali. VG/VF (5)

Ansel Adams selection including "Yosemite and the Range of Light" 1979, "The Camera" 1980, "The Negative" 1982, "The Print" 1983, and similar;

Lot: 85

  • Auction Date: Wed 29th May 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £50
SOLD £24
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Ansel Adams selection including Yosemite and the Range of Light 1979, The Camera 1980, The Negative 1982, The Print 1983, and similar; plus Leonard Gaunt Practical Exposure in Photography 1981. Some first editions. All (bar one) in VG d/jkts. Each with an ownership label. (10)

Chaffers "Marks & Monograms on European and Oriental Pottery and Porcelain" William Reeves, 1946; and bound volumes of "The Connoisseur"

Lot: 86

  • Auction Date: Wed 29th May 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £40
UNSOLD
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Chaffers Marks & Monograms on European and Oriental Pottery and Porcelain William Reeves, 1946; and bound volumes of The Connoisseur for Jan-April 1922 (vol.62) and Jan-April 1924 (vol.68). Gilt cloth. VG/Fine (3) [Offered on behalf of The National Trust.] 

"Maurice Broomfield: Photographs", Foto8, London, 2009; quarto, cloth, fine. Illustrated with 58 full-page photographic plates.

Lot: 87

  • Auction Date: Wed 29th May 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £70
SOLD £40
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Maurice Broomfield: Photographs, Foto8, London, 2009; quarto, cloth, fine. Illustrated with 58 full-page photographic plates. A scarce publication.

"Malcolm Poynter", published by the artist,1981, 17 of 250, numbered and signed by the artist, cloth bound, gilt, 101pp,

Lot: 89

  • Auction Date: Wed 29th May 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £70
SOLD £50
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Malcolm Poynter, published by the artist, 1981, 17 of 250, numbered and signed by the artist, cloth bound, gilt, 101pp, comprising illustrations of his drawings, body art works and installations, mostly b/w (with many hand-tinted) and including a few laid down colour photographs. Fine       

David Thomson "The Life and Work of Luke Fildes R.A.", Art Journal, 1895, no.388 of 520; Charles Blanc "The History of the Painters of All Nations"

Lot: 90

  • Auction Date: Wed 29th May 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
SOLD £36
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David Thomson The Life and Work of Luke Fildes R.A., Art Journal, 1895, number 388 of 520; Charles Blanc The History of the Painters of All Nations, Cassell, 1853, fine rebind in half-leather; Alfred East Brush and Pencil Notes in Landscape, Cassell, 1914, and Landscape Painting, Cassell, 1919; plus other art reference, most with plates. Good to fine. (10)

"Royal Academy Illustrated", issues for 1924 to 1927, 1929, 1933, 1935, 1937, 1946/47 (The King’s Pictures), 1948, 1950, 1952 to 1960

Lot: 91

  • Auction Date: Wed 29th May 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £100
UNSOLD
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Royal Academy Illustrated, issues for 1924 to 1927, 1929, 1933, 1935, 1937, 1946/47 (The King's Pictures), 1948, 1950, 1952 to 1960 (plus four duplicates), 1963, 1965, 1967 to 1974, 1976, 1977, 1979 to 1985; Royal Academy Bicentenary Exhibition 1968 (2 vols.), plus thireen other exhibition catalogues, many from commercial galleries. Mostly VG/VF, a few with frayed spines. (58)   

"Masterpieces of Classical Chinese Painting", Abbeville Press, 2011, folio, in issued folding case,105 plates. Fine.

Lot: 93

  • Auction Date: Wed 29th May 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £70
SOLD £50
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Masterpieces of Classical Chinese Painting, Abbeville Press, 2011, folio, in issued folding case, 105 plates. Fine.

Watson Charlton (illustrator & designer): "My Home" and "Modern Home", a volume of the colour supplements for the period 1932-45, privately bound,

Lot: 94

  • Auction Date: Wed 29th May 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £70
SOLD £50
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Watson Charlton (illustrator & designer): My Home and Modern Home, a volume of the colour supplements for the period 1932-45, privately bound, and titled ‘My Collection'; quarto, gilt cloth, the artwork largely by Watson Charlton. 600pp.

P.G. Konody The Art of Walter Crane, George Bell, 1902, folio, gilt cloth; complete with the many colour & b/w plates;

Lot: 95

  • Auction Date: Wed 29th May 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
SOLD £30
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P.G. Konody The Art of Walter Crane, George Bell, 1902, folio, gilt cloth; complete with the many colour & b/w plates; re-backed, overlaid with most of the original backstrip. Some tone marks affecting text. Few minor library marks (plates unaffected).

"The Art Journal 1904",Virtue & Co, half-leather, gilt title, b/w & colour plates incl. etchings;"The Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours",

Lot: 96

  • Auction Date: Wed 29th May 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
SOLD £30
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The Art Journal 1904, Virtue & Co, half-leather, gilt title, b/w & colour plates including etchings; The Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours, The Studio, 1906, 40 colour plates; Berthold Laufer Chinese Pottery of the Han Dynasty, 1962 reprint in slipcase; Belgian Art in Exile, 1916, many tipped-in plates (most in colour); and related works. Modern Decorative Art in England with damaged spine; Painting in the Far East ex-library; others VG/Fine. (9)

Joseph Lambeth "Lambeth Method of Cake Decoration and Practical Pastries", Virtue & Co.,1936, first edition; quarto, decorated cloth,

Lot: 97

  • Auction Date: Wed 29th May 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £40
SOLD £20
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Joseph Lambeth Lambeth Method of Cake Decoration and Practical Pastries, Virtue & Co., 1936, first edition; quarto, decorated cloth, slightly damp-affected, light staining to first few leaves. Numerous plates, some in colour. Outline stencil leaf loosely inserted. Gift inscription front pastedown.