New Acquisitions
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1. Torso (Bronze) SOLD
Bronze sculpture measuring 34cm including granite base. The ‘Torso’ was a recurring form throughout Skelton’s career, cast in bronze and aluminium, as well as carved
2. The Sower (1956) SOLD
Carving in Portland stone. Work retained by Skelton, although the family suggest it was possibly for a commission at Coventry or Norwich Cathedral. Measures 36cm
2(iv) The Sower (Ink Study) SOLD
The ink preparatory, backed onto hardboard, intended to visualise the eventual carving. Note in Skelton’s hand verso, dating the work to 1956. Ink preparatory measures
3. Madonna and Child (1) SOLD
Maquette in plaster with grey colour wash, measuring 37cm (including marble base which depicts example of Skelton’s letter carving). Incised defining scratches (sgraffito) in such
4. Torso (Alabaster) SOLD
Carving in alabaster. The ‘Torso’ was a recurring form throughout Skelton’s career, cast in bronze and aluminium, as well as carved in wood. Alabaster examples
5. Madonna with Sundial. SOLD
Maquette in plaster (modelled through addition and carving of plaster). Emulating a halo, a sundial (?…please clarify with further information if known) is assembled in
6. Madonna and Child (2) SOLD
Carving in plaster (ie. the reduction through carving of a plaster block) Intentionally coloured. Possibly an initial idea for the composition of ‘Our Lady of
7. Madonna and Child (3) SOLD
Maquette in plaster, measuring 35cm (including slate base). Incised defining scratches (sgraffito) in such areas as Christ’s blessing hand and swaddling. Possibly an initial idea
Ponte Pietra, Verona (1925) SOLD
Signed etching, plate measuring 13cm x 12cm plus full borders. Conservation mounted. Registered CD56. This etching is represented in the collections of Metropolitan Museum of
Merrion Square, Dublin (1958) £75
Signed pastel, inscribed with title and dated 6th May, 1958. Measures 13cm x 22.5cm. Conservation mounted.
Lac Aiguebelette (1956) £75
Pastel, inscribed with title and dated 8th July, 1956. Measures 13cm x 22.5cm. Conservation mounted.
Royal Palace, Stockholm (1936) SOLD
In the summer of 1936, Robin Darwin was invited by the British Legation in Sweden to make a visit to Stockholm. Darwin produced a number
Sir David Young Cameron SOLD
Watercolour and pencil measuring 54cm x 40cm. Condition: Presents well will light time staining to edges. Conservation mounted.
‘Kaietur Falls, Guyana’ (1991) £275
Oil on board measuring 22cm x 17.5cm. Provenance: Gillian Jason Fine Art. Presented in original frame.
Paul Synder ‘Eric Gill at Pigotts’ (1933) SOLD
A rare (no other examples found) original photograph of Eric Gill at his work unit at Pigotts, dated 1933. Little is known about Paul Synder,
‘Gordian Gill’ (1924) £200
Signed engraving on zinc, from numbered edition of 50 (numbered 35). Plate measures 20.2cm x 15cm plus full borders (as printed). Conservation mounted.
‘Hands’ (1978) SOLD
Signed watercolour, measuring 30cm x 39cm. Hands were a frequent compositional motif used in Greave’s screen prints, eg. ‘Vase and Flower’ (1968) and ‘Hand’ (1975).
‘Norfolk Farm’ £125
Signed lithograph, numbered edition of 240. Image measures 42cm x 64cm plus full borders. Conservation mounted.
‘Girl with Apples’ (1989) £175
Signed etching, dated 1989, numbered edition of 20. Plate measures 19cm x 15cm plus full borders. Conservation mounted.
‘Spring Clean’ (ca. 1933) £250
Completed signed pencil composition, ‘Spring Clean’ (precise title unknown), measuring 15cm x 14cm. Conservation mounted. The model closely resembles the artist’s mother.
‘Spring Clean Study 2’ (ca. 1933) £125
Preparatory pencil study for ‘Spring Clean’ (precise title unknown), measuring 33cm x 21cm. Conservation mounted. The model closely resembles the artist’s mother.
‘Landscape’ (ca. 1950) £275
Signed watercolour measuring 33cm x 40cm. Annotated to border as gifted in 1959. Conservation mounted.
I. ‘Mother and Child Landscape’ (ca. 1931) £75
Pencil signed etching on hand made paper, printed by artist. Titled by artist to border. Plate measures 8.5cm x 9.3cm plus full borders. Conservation mounted.
II. ‘The Singing Bird’ (ca. 1931) £75
Pencil signed etching on hand made paper, printed by artist. Titled by artist to border. Plate measures 7.5cm x 10.7cm plus full borders. Conservation mounted.
III. ‘Sunset near a River’ (ca. 1931) £75
Pencil signed etching on hand made paper, printed by artist. Titled by artist to border. Plate measures 7.5cm x 10.5cm plus full borders. Conservation mounted.
IV. ‘Six Nudes’ (ca. 1931) SOLD
Pencil signed etching on hand made paper, printed by artist. Titled by artist to border. Plate measures 5cm x 5.5cm plus full borders. Conservation mounted.
V. ‘Lovers near Mountain Lake’ (1932) £60
Etching on hand made paper, printed by artist. Signed in plate. Titled by artist to border. Plate measures 5cm x 7.5cm plus full borders. Conservation
VI. ‘Near a River’ (ca. 1931) SOLD
Pencil signed etching on hand made paper, printed by artist. Titled by artist to border. Plate measures 8.7cm x 12.7cm plus full borders. Conservation mounted.
VII. ‘Sunset near a River’ (ca. 1931) £75
Pencil signed etching on hand made paper, printed by artist. Titled by artist to border. Plate measures 7.5cm x 10.7cm plus full borders. Conservation mounted.
VIII. ‘Nudes in Cliff Landscape’ (ca. 1931) £75
Pencil signed etching on hand made paper, printed by artist. Titled by artist to border. Plate measures 7.5cm x 11.5cm plus full borders. Conservation mounted.
IX. ‘Six Nudes’ (ca. 1931) £75
Pencil signed etching on hand made paper, printed by artist. Titled by artist to border. Plate measures 5cm x 5.5cm plus full borders. Conservation mounted.
X. ‘Lovers near Mountain Lake’ (1932) £60
Etching on hand made paper, printed by artist. Signed in plate. Titled by artist to border. Plate measures 5cm x 7.5cm plus full borders. Conservation
1. Landscape above Poynings, Sussex (1933) SOLD
Signed watercolour on handmade paper. Image measures 26cm x 36.5cm. Conservation mounted. Condition: Laid down. Colours clear, unfaded.
2. Hyde Lane, towards Bedmond (1939) £250
Signed watercolour on handmade paper. Image measures 26cm x 36.5cm. Conservation mounted. Condition: Laid down. Colours clear, unfaded.
3. Landscape Study 1 (1938) £250
Signed watercolour on handmade paper. Image measures 26cm x 36.5cm. Conservation mounted. Condition: Laid down. Colours clear, unfaded.
4. Landscape 2 (1933) SOLD
Signed watercolour on handmade paper. Image measures 26cm x 36.5cm. Conservation mounted. Condition: Laid down. Colours clear, unfaded. Light time toning.