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Lot 1047
Louis Wain (1860-1939) - Early 20th Century Pottery Vase Figure of a Cat in the "Cubist" Manner - "Lucky Futurist Cat", 5.25ins high, signed to side and "Made in England" stamp to baseThere are three rough black dots to underside (kiln stilts?) Reduction of surface shine due to dirt build up across the whole piece. There is a 0.25ins flake chip to black enamel of tail at the back. Rubbing to corner of right hand front paw. Discoloured area of enamels where the two front legs meet. Please see condition report images for further detail.
Lot 1084
Louis Wain (1860-1939) - Gouache - "Five Cats", study of five cats' heads, signed, 9.5ins x 22ins, in gilt moulded frame and glazed Provenance: Chris Beetles Limited, 8 & 10 Ryder Street, St James', London, SW1Y6QB. Exhibited: Louis Wain and The Summer Cats Show, 16th & 17th August 2008, No. 186 This has not been inspected out of the frame. There are several scattered patches of touch ins, crease and or slight repairs to tears. The full extent of these may not be covered in the following, so please refer to the images to assist your viewing.From right to left as you are looking at the picture - lines refer to touched in tears and or creases1st cat on right - on the border to the right of his face there is a small V shaped repair. 1.5ins further down there is a horizontal line. There is a horizontal line between the ears with some minor loss to the paint surface. To the left of the right ear there are two white hairs - to the left of them there is a vertical line which come down and across horizontally in the forehead with possible touch in - just above that is a small circular patch. Top of left ear - small line running parallel with edge of ear.Top right corner - touch ins. 4.5ins further along the top edge there appears to be a very small tear. 2ins further along again, another small repaired tear - this is above the 2nd cat in from right. 2nd cat from right - in between the raised hairs on his head there is a vertical line crease/ repaired tear. To the left of his left ear there is a small circular patch and above that what looks like a repaired V shaped tear. Lower left side of this cat - small vertical line.Middle cat - to the right above his right eye - touched in patch. Above his head there maybe some touching in.2nd cat in from left - above his head between the raised hairs there are two small patches of touching in. To the left of his right ear - tiny patch of touch in.1st cat on left - running down his entire left side there appears to be scattered touching in. This extends up into the background slightly. It also extends to scattered patches on the left side of his face. Two raised hairs on the left of his head small line. About 1ins and 3ins above his head are two small vertical line running in from the border. In line with between his ears there is a line running down from the top border.The above gives some indication of restoration. The picture does present well and has good provenance. To reiterate, please examine the images in the dropbox.
Lot 158
A group of volumes including 'The Ingoldsby Legends or Mirth and Marvels' by Thomas Ingoldsby, illustrated by Arthur Rackham, Dent & Co, London, 1907, in canvas binding, together with annuals including Tiger and Victor, 'Jingles, Jokes and Funny Folks : Verses by Clifton Bingham', illustrated by Louis Wain, etc. (as illustrated, 1 box)
Lot 279
A group of assorted pictures and other wall art, comprising a painted wooden panel depicting The Tiger locomotive, two unframed Louis Wain prints, an oil on canvas winter scene, two coloured engravings of Manchester by W. Westall, three Indian paintings on paper depicting traditional trades, a framed print of rabbits in a field, a Theresa May political cartoon, a jewel encrusted portrait of an Indian man, a watercolour of a ginger cat, a David Shepherd print of zebra and a Jack Vettriano poster (qty)
Lot 272
A late Victorian Minton charger, decorated with Louis Wain type transfer printed anthromorphic cats, 38cm diam c.1900; three Louis Wain prints, framed; a Noritake navette shaped dish, printed with baskets of flowers, in the Imari palette, 21cm wide, printed mark; a Noritake two handled pedestal centre dish on stand, 28cm diam, printed mark; Noritake; etc
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Lot 4052
WAIN, Louis (illustrator) and Claire WAIN. Louis Wain’s Great Big Midget Book. London: Dean & Son, Ltd., [1934.] First edition, 16mo (116 x 99mm.) Numerous black and white illustrations by Louis Wain. (Toning.) Original pictorial boards (lightly bumped). Note: scarce. The last book that Louis Wain published in his lifetime. Louis and his sister, Claire, worked on it while he was a patient at Napsbury psychiatric hospital in Hertfordshire where he spent the last fifteen years of his life. – And a further thirteen small-format books, mainly by Kate Greenaway (including ‘Almanach de Kate Greenaway 1890’, [1889], 16mo, and Maurice Sendak’s ‘The Nutshell Library’, 4 vols., 1964, 16mo) (10).
Lot 348
After Louis Wain - Late 19th century Mr's Tabby's Academy monochrome print, published by Cassell & Co for their 1888 Christmas Annual Yule Tide. Print depicts an illustration from Louis Wain's "Mrs. Tabitha's Cats' Academy"series of whimsical and anthropomorphic cat illustrations. Alongside a print of 'At The Pantomime' by Louis Wain, framed and glazed. Largest housed withina carved wooden frame measuring approx. 31cm x 38cm.
Lot 414A
Louis Wain (British,1860-1939), Cat with a book, red chalk on paper, unlaid, signed, 23.5x22cm, framed and glazed (housed loose in frame) Gifted to the vendor in the will of her great aunt Winifred Stagg in 1961 (see supplied letter of provenance). Bears fine acid line to edges.Marginal tear to lower left of paper approx. 3cm though not encroaching on the chalk drawing.
Lot 299
Louis Wain (British, 1860-1939) The Tiger Rugsigned 'Louis Wain' (lower left)ink and watercolour39 x 29.5cmProvenance:The collection of Joseph Fitton (1925-2009), thence by descentMinor discolouration to the watercolour. Tear approximately 7cm wide extending from the shoulder of the right hand cat into the mount. Abrasion to the paper surface around the flower pot, to the chair, neckline of the right hand cat, and the back of the tiger rug. Further small tears and loss to the lower left hand edge. Unexamined out of frame.
Lot 351
Pamela Kay, British b.1939 - Cat Four; charcoal and chalk on paper, signed in pencil lower right 'Pamela Kay', 33 x 24 cm: together with a charcoal on paper by Steven Spurrier RA, British 1878–1961, 'Cat Feeding Her Kittens', 12 x 19.5 cm (2) (ARR) Provenance: with Chris Beetles Limited, London (according to the labels attached to the reverse of the frames); private collection Note: the work by Steven Spurrier was exhibited as part of 'Louis Wain & the Summer Cat Show' at Chris Beetles Limited, 1999, cat. no.159
Lot 363
Martin Leman, British b.1934 - Wish You Were Here, 1974; oil on shaped panel, signed lower right 'Leman' and titled and dated to the inscribed label attached to the reverse, 31.5 x 28 cm (ARR) Note: Martin Leman is celebrated for his naïve and gently surrealist style reminiscent of Henri Rousseau. He is particularly known for his paintings of cats and the numerous illustrated books he has made, including 'Comic and Curious Cats' which featured a text by Angela Carter, making him a natural heir to Louis Wain.
Lot 362
Martin Leman, British b.1934 - On The Edge, 1994; oil on board, signed lower right 'Leman 94' and titled and dated to the label attached to the reverse, 31.8 x 26.3 cm (ARR) Note: with a Royal Academy Summer Exhibition 1994 application label attached to the reverse. Martin Leman is celebrated for his naïve and gently surrealist style reminiscent of Henri Rousseau. He is particularly known for his paintings of cats and the numerous illustrated books he has made, including 'Comic and Curious Cats' which featured a text by Angela Carter, making him a natural heir to Louis Wain.
Lot 361
Martin Leman, British b.1934 - See You Soon, 1974; oil on shaped panel, signed lower right 'Leman' and titled and dated to the inscribed label attached to the reverse, 31 x 27 cm (unframed) (ARR) Note: according to the owner, this was the first work by the artist to feature a cat in the composition. Martin Leman is celebrated for his naïve and gently surrealist style reminiscent of Henri Rousseau. He is particularly known for his paintings of cats and the numerous illustrated books he has made, including 'Comic and Curious Cats' which featured a text by Angela Carter, making him a natural heir to Louis Wain.
Lot 360
Martin Leman, British b.1934 - It's Magic, 1994; oil on board, signed and dated lower right 'Leman 94' and titled and dated to the reverse, 31.8 x 26.7 cm: together with an etching on paper by the same artist (2) (ARR) Note: Martin Leman is celebrated for his naïve and gently surrealist style reminiscent of Henri Rousseau. He is particularly known for his paintings of cats and the numerous illustrated books he has made, including 'Comic and Curious Cats' which featured a text by Angela Carter, making him a natural heir to Louis Wain.
Lot 328
Folk Art a collection of books concerning folk and naive art, to include Dale (Rodney) Louis Wain, The Man Who Drew Cats, London: William Kimber, 1968, inscribed by Roger Cardinal; Bihalhi-Merin (Oto) Modern Primitives: Naive Painting from the Late Seventeenth Century to the Present Day, London: Thames and Hudson, 1971; Bossert (Helmuth) Folk Art of Europe, New York: Rizzoli, 1990, among numerous other books on the same and related subjects. including references volumes (qty) The Library of Roger Cardinal Roger Cardinal (1940-2019)Roger Cardinal was one of Britain’s most distinguished art historians, best known for defining what is generally known as Outsider Art - that is, art by people with no formal training. He began his career as a lecturer at the French department of the University of Manitoba, Canada, subsequently moving to Warwick University and finally to the University of Kent at Canterbury, where he taught for fifty years and held a professorship.Roger Cardinal was not only a leading authority on Outsider Art, but also on Surrealism. He was a prolific writer and a master of literary style. His eloquent, percipient writings include several books on a wide range of subjects such as Outsider Art (1972), German Romantics in Context (1975) Figures of Reality (1981), Expressionism (1984), The Landscape Vision of Paul Nash (1989), The Cultures of Collecting (1994), and Kurt Schwitters (2011). He also acted as a curator and was a regular contributor to art-historical publications.Cardinal’s interest in art lay in its margins - the neurodiverse, psychotic, uneducated, autistic, self-taught and ‘other’. His fascination with artists such as the violently psychotic Adolf Wölfli lay in their creativity rather than in the sensationalism of their lives. Certainly, it did not lie in the resale value of their work. That outsider art should have its own multimillion-dollar annual fair in New York and specialist departments at Christie’s auctioneers ran quite contrary to Cardinal’s thinking.Much of Roger Cardinal’s library has recently been donated to the Tate Gallery including the handwritten diaries that he kept his whole life. Cardinal often used books as working tools, heavily annotating in the margins - as with many volumes in the current sale. The library offered reflects Cardinal’s varied interests and fluent command of French and German. Alongside a large collection of art reference works in his specialist subjects, we also find collections of books on fairy tales and science fiction.
Lot 1046
A collection of eleven pictures The lot comprises D Sherrin, a church before a lake, watercolour on paper, signed lower left; fir trees before a lake, watercolour and body colour on card; James Matthews 'Wiggies Hall, Sussex', watercolour on paper, signed lower left; George Oyston, a shoreline with boats, watercolour on paper, signed and dated lower left; EA Roe, house and garden exterior, watercolour on paper, signed lower left; 19th century Continental school, landscape with waterfall and figures, watercolour on paper; early 20th century Continental school, landscape with a lake and figures, oil on canvas; copy after Louis Wain, cats playing golf; Paul Sandby Munn, anglers near Chappel Curig, watercolour on paper; Café de Paris Coronation Gala Dinner menu, on silk; Fred Rider, herdsmen in a landscape, watercolour on paper, signed lower left.Qty: 11Some with notable surface dirt, all with fading and foxing.
Lot 320A
Three pottery figures of frogs, 20th century, one tin-glazed, its mouth open forming a vase, inscribed 'Mosanic', chips, 21.5cm high; a banjo playing frog, 17.5cm high; a Judge frog, cracked, 11.5cm high; a Louis Wain style 'Cat that got the Cream' jug, 12cm, and a pottery foal, in the manner of Hummel-Konig, 10cm wide (4) Condition ReportFoal - Crazing. Large frog - chips to the glaze. Banjo - chips.
Lot 199
Ten friendship albums and books, late 19th c and later, typically inscribed in manuscript with sentiment, verse and wit, with approx. 119 original watercolour, pen-and-ink, &/or pencil illustrations and drawings, including two early 19th c Italian Grand Tour gouaches of Mount Vesuvius erupting, "A Cold Steam Guard" (Serpentine) - a cartoon parody of a Coldstream Guard bathing, dated 1907, Spring Cleaning in two scenes, anthropomorphic cats in the manner of Louis Wain, an 18th c rake oddly inscribed with Chinese calligraphic characters, playing cards and a cribbage board, caricatures, chess, others, some ephemera in places, including a b/w group photograph of Boer War period British Army soldiers, etc., mixed bindings and sizes, (10)
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