Takashi Murakami - Oval (Mr. Wink, Cosmos Ball), 2000Colored plastic, Vinyl, mini CDThis work is from the edition of 3,000 published by the Peter Norton Family Christmas Project, Santa Monica. Sold with mini CD with music by Zakyumiko. Signed with molded manufacturer's mark to underside 'By Takashi Murakami Produced by CUBE Peter Norton Family Christmas Project 2000'.Good condition, 26 × 19 × 19 cmPlastique coloré, Vinyle, mini CDCette œuvre fait partie de l'édition de 3000 exemplaires publiée par le Peter Norton Family Christmas Project, Santa Monica. Vendu avec un mini CD avec la musique de Zakyumiko. Signé avec la marque du fabricant moulée sur le dessous 'By Takashi Murakami Produced by CUBE Peter Norton Family Christmas Project 2000'.Bon état, 26 × 19 × 19 cm
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Ladies Fashion Magazines. The New Lady’s Magazine. London. 1792. Engraved frontis & 22 plates, 13 folded sheets of music. Lacking pp 201 - 208 (which is the first part of May), all patterns and 3 engravings. Half calf, hinges rubbed; La Belle Assemblee. London. 1808. 7 engraved plates, 12 fashion plates, half of which are coloured, 6 sheets of music, 4 cartoons. There is some off setting and all patterns are lacking. Front board detached; La Belle Assemblee. London. 1810 - 1811. 12 engravings, 19 coloured fashion plates including a coffin, 6 sheets of music, 9 patterns, 1 sketch. Vol I lacks pp. 193 - 200, music in February & April. April also lacking the fashion plates and pattern. The adverts are lacking pp29 - 40. The Supplement is Milton's Paradise Lost. Vol II is lacking July, music in October, November & December and the pattern is also missing in December. Both volumes foxed and many of the folded music and patterns slightly frayed. Spine detaching; The Lady’s Magazine. London 1827. Frontis, 20 engraved plates of which one is coloured, 24 coloured fashion plates, all as called for. Pencil marginalia, Front board and frontis detached, spine loose; with a further 3 C19th volumes. WAF (7)
The 'Trench Raid' 1916 M.M. group of five awarded to Private C. Murray, 19th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force, a Gallipoli veteranWounded in the neck during the second attempt on the Maze trench in November 1916, he survived and went on to become a famous artist in AustraliaMilitary Medal, G.V.R. (1073 Pte. C. Murray. 19/Aust:Inf:Bn:); 1914-15 Star (1073 Pte C. Murray. 19/Bn. A.I.F.); British War and Victory Medals (1073 Pte C. Murray. 19 Bn. A.I.F.); Gallipoli Star 1914-15, marked to the reverse 'Collector's Item' and thus an unofficial award, light pitting and contact wear overall, very fine (5)M.M. London Gazette 21 September 1916, the original recommendation states:'For conspicuous bravery during period 25/28 July, 1916. During 48 hours intense bombardment of Pozieres, Pte Murray displayed great gallantry and ability in attending to wounded and carrying them in by night and day. For him to do this it was necessary from him to move outside the front line on the parados and also to bring his wounded men across open ground. He carried out his work with the utmost coolness under shell fire'Originally recommended for the D.C.M.Christopher William Murray was born at Geelong, Victoria on 8 September 1885, the son of John and Jane Murray, both native of Ireland. The young Murray's parents both died before he was ten leaving himself and his older brother as orphans. Made a ward of a state as a result he was placed at St. Augustine's Orphanage in Geelong where he learned the trade of boot making. He was also a member of the famous St. Augustine's band, discovering a love for music and art which would remain with him for the rest of his life. He studied art firstly at Geelong before joining the Melbourne Art Gallery and finally the Slade School of Art in London.Enlisting on 28 May 1915 in New South Wales, Murray stated his trade as 'Artist' and was initially posted to 7/1st Battalion, A.I.F. However Murray's musical flare came to the fore and he applied to join the Band of 'C' Company, 19th Battalion. Joining them on 15 June 1915 he embarked upon the Ceramic and travelled to Egypt before entering the war at Gallipoli on 21 August 1915.On the first day in the field the Battalion entered the Battle of Hill 60, they were later also engaged at Pope's Hill. 19th Battalion finally withdrew during the evacuation in January 1916 and returned to Egypt for a turn on the Suez Canal Defences. Once they had re-organised, they proceeded to France on 18 March 1916.Not long after they arrived in France Murray was one of a small group who volunteered to undertake a trench raid near Pozieres where they would shortly go into action in the Battle of the Somme. Just 6 officers and 65 other ranks took part, the raid was considered extremely dangerous and in recognition of their gallantry in undertaking it each man who took part had a note of recognition made in their service papers.It was during the Battle of Pozieres the following month that Murray was to earn his laurels. However, his luck ran out and he was seriously wounded by a gunshot in the neck near Guedecourt, North Flers on 5 November 1916. At the time the Battalion was engaged in a major attack against the Maze feature, and he was successfully recovered from the battlefield and taken to hospital.The severity of the wound required some years of recuperation after which Murray was detached to No. 3 Australian Auxiliary Hospital on 17 February 1918. He remained serving there until the end of the war, not long after his detachment he was granted leave to study figure painting at the Slade School of Art in London. Murray returned to Australia on 22 August 1919 and was discharged on 7 December 1919, becoming a well-known artist in Australia as stated in his obituary, written on 2 January 1959:"He was a painter known to the Melbourne Art Club, and praised by some critics, as 'artist's artist'. He was a musician who built himself a "cello" of Australian wood and he was a bootmaker. Born at Geelong 73 years ago, he became an orphan early in life. At the orphanage he learned the trade of boatmaking, and was a member of the famous St. Augustine's band which, under the direction of the well-known band leader, travelled all over Australia. He studied painting at Geelong, the Melbourne Art Gallery and the Slade School of Art in London.He served in the 1st world war as a stretcher bearer, and won the Military Medal for gallantry in the trenches of France. After the war he made his living as a musician. He loved to work with his hands and occupied the last years of his life making the thousands of bricks of his home and studio at Emerald."Murray died at Emerald, Queensland in January 1959; sold together with copied research.…
Sold by Order of a Direct DescendantThe very complete 1985 C.B.E. and 'Arctic Convoys' group of nine awarded to Sub Lieutenant J. R. S. Homan, Royal Navy, who served on the aircraft carrier H.M.S. Tracker, latterly Industrial Director of the National Economic Development OfficeThe Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, Civil Division, 2nd Type, Commander's (C.B.E.) neck Badge, silver and silver-gilt, with full and miniature neck ribbons, in case of issue; 1939-45 Star; Arctic Star, with its named box of issue; Pacific Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, these five mounted as worn; together with Russia, Soviet Union, Ushakov Medal, reverse officially numbered '5182' with accompanying named certificate in case of issue; Russia, 70th and 75th Anniversary of the Great Patriotic War Medals, with accompanying named award certificates, good very fine (9)C.B.E. London Gazette 15 June 1985.John Richard Seymour Homan - or "Dick" to his friends and comrades - was born at Burley, Hampshire on 7 January 1925, the son of Captain Charles Edward Homan. He was initially educated at a pre-prep school in London then to St. Wilfrid's, Seaford in Sussex and in 1938 he attended Radley College before entering the Royal Navy in 1943 as a Midshipman. Classified as an 'Executive Special' he was posted to the Admiralty in London working in the personnel department. Requesting active service, he was posted to Tracker, an aircraft carrier, where he was given the job of plotting U-boat locations.Tracker served as an escort during 1943-1944 for North Atlantic and Arctic convoys. She originally carried Swordfish torpedo-bombers and Seafire fighters of No. 816 (Naval Air) Squadron, in January 1944, switching to the Grumman Avengers and Grumman Wildcats of No. 846 (Naval Air) Squadron. In April 1944, her aircraft, together with those from Activity were responsible for the sinking of the U-288 east of Bear Island, during convoy JW-58.On 10 June 1944, while part of the antisubmarine screen of the Western Approaches Command for the D-Day landings, she collided with a River-class frigate of the Royal Canadian Navy, Teme, causing damage to both ships. Tracker continued operations despite stove-in bows until 12 June 1944. Thereafter, she was repaired and partially refitted in Liverpool, until 7 September 1944. On 8 December 1944, the ship sailed to the United States to be used as an aircraft transport and spent the remainder of the war ferrying aircraft and personnel in the Pacific.Homan recounted her tenth and last convoy patrol to Murmansk in October 1944, in an interview he gave in 2020:'We escorted a Russian convoy to Murmansk. The Germans could by this time no longer use the west coast of France because of the Allied invasion, and so many U boats were sent to the Arctic. We were in a powerful convoy with three aircraft carriers, 25 other warships and about 28 merchant ships. Many of the merchant ships came from the U.S.A., carrying food and military equipment for the Russians, everything from planes, tanks, guns and ammunition down to boots.Despite the size of the convoy the U boats didn't know we were there until we got to the north of Norway, so the first part was peaceful. I say peaceful but, at that time of year, it was dark most of the day and pretty stormy and very cold. Twilight was about 1pm. We would fall back from the convoy to fly off our aircraft. The bravery of those pilots was incredible.Many were in exposed open cockpits and would have to take off from their carrier surging up and down in a rough sea. One of our aircraft got lost and had to break radio silence. That alerted Berlin who sent a wolf pack of U boats after us. We were heading due east and Berlin anticipated, quite correctly, that we would change our course to southeast, which is where the U boats went. However, London picked up Berlin's signal and instructed us to continue travelling east. The U boats missed us. It was not a complete triumph.Sending our aircraft after the U boats we were equipped with some wonderful new secret weapon, which unfortunately bounced harmlessly off the conning tower. I remember one disappointed pilot coming back and saying, "there goes my DSC". It was quite unusual that the convoy completed its journey there and back without loss of a single ship. I didn't realise until after the war that the Admiralty instruction to change from our original course was based on information from Bletchley. We had been unaware of Bletchley's existence.'U.S. Navy loan: December 1944 - July 1945Tracker left Greenock on 8 December 1944 and reached New York in time for Christmas, she was to stay there until New Year's Eve when she put to sea headed for the Panama Canal and reached San Diego on 17 January 1945. Here the ship's company received the same levels of hospitality they had enjoyed at Portland while the ship was being built. Books, magazines, music, sports kit, and more were donated to the ship for the men's 'comforts' by the Red Cross and U.S. Armed Forces Institute.After a week in San Diego, Tracker moved to San Pedro for the next five days, and opportunity was taken for the crew to experience Hollywood and film stars 'popped in' to visit the ship. By the end of January, she was full of aircraft and passengers bound for Hawaii and American bases in the Pacific. Her first voyage in the transport role took her to the Admiralty Isles and New Guinea in then back in San Diego, arriving back there on 20 March, a round trip of 13,424 miles taking two months. On the return trips Tracker carried U.S. personnel and casualties back to Pearl Harbour.Her second transport run was to Guam and Saipan in the Mariana Islands in April, during this trip the news of President Roosevelt's death reached the ship and her passengers, a memorial service was held on board. V.E. day, 8 May 8, was celebrated on the last leg from Hawaii three days out from San Diego and the end of a 13,020-mile trip.Tracker's third trip took her to the Marshal Islands and back, a shorter, 10,000 miles haul from 12 June-8 July. This was her last operation for the U.S. Navy, she had ferried 300 aircraft and 100 passengers in her three voyages and had steamed 36,000 miles across the Pacific. After storing ship Tracker was to proceed back to Britain, leaving San Diego on 13 Friday having exchanged a few crew members with her sister C.V.E. Atheling, also on transport duties; those men on Atheling who qualified for release under the recently announced 'Age & Service Release Scheme', with Tracker's 'newbies' filling their billets. She reached Norfolk, Virginia on 27 July and New York three days after.Homeward boundThis was to be Tracker's last east bound crossing, carrying on board American wives of British Naval personnel, evacuated children, and over a hundred members of the Fleet Air Arm from the Air Station in New Brunswick which was closing down. She made Greenock on 9 August and disembarked her passengers; work began almost immediately de-storing Tracker in preparation for her final voyage, her return to the U.S. Navy, her service with the Royal Navy ending.The war over, Homan read classics at Christ Church College, Oxford from 1946 graduating with a degree in philosophy, politics and economics. A keen oarsman during his time at the House was part of the team who won Head of the River in 1948. He was a lifelong member of Christ Church Boat Club.Homan joined the I.C.I. with whom he spent the bulk of his working career. He married The Hon. Mary Graham Buckley, daug…
*SAM MIDDLETON (1927-2015) Untitled 1978, Dutch polder landscape with sailing boats, signed and dated lower left, mixed media on paper, 23.5cm x 16.5cmProvenance: Private collection, Somerset.Note: American artist Sam Middleton was a hidden figure in the modernist movement. Middleton grew up in Harlem at the height of the Harlem Renaissance. He was immersed in the vibrant cultural and musical scene of the era, becoming acquainted through performances at the Savoy Ballroom with jazz music, watching masters like Thelonious Monk and Charlie Parker play live in the 1950s, and was inspired to translate the spontaneity of their music to works on paper, later influencing the legendary Duke Ellington to refer to Middleton as the "painter of music".Middleton struggled as an artist in the United States, due to his race and status, but continued to refine his technique, studying with other Black creatives like Beauford Delaney. In 1956, Middleton won a scholarship to the Institute Allende in San Miguel Allende, Mexico, and studied in Mexico for the next several years. In 1959, after significantly advancing his technical skill and having the opportunity to showcase his art, Middleton travelled to Europe to paint, living in Spain, Sweden, France, and Denmark before settling in the Netherlands in 1961.Middleton moved to the Netherlands as part of a wave of African American artists, along with Deborah Simon, Sherard Van Dyke and Lorina Harris. He remained in Europe to escape racism and lack of opportunity for African Americans in the United States, but was uninvolved with the civil rights movement. Because of his expatriate status, and the fact that his artwork wasn't focused on his race, Middleton's paintings are largely absent from African American art collections in the United States. He did, however, become a figure in the Dutch art community, and opened his doors to other African American artists who came to the Netherlands, helping them gain traction in Europe. Middleton was able to display exhibitions of his artwork in a prominent Dutch art gallery, an opportunity that was limited to very few Black artists in America. He lived in Amsterdam for many years but, fascinated by the landscape, settled in Oterleek and Schagen in North Holland in 1973. Music (both classical and jazz) and the landscape of North Holland, created the climate of his abstract expressionist work. Middleton's style evolved to reflect newfound inspirations, like the expansive tulip fields and extensive low lands with polders. His paintings became fuller and softer, while maintaining their distinct jazz connections.Middleton died peacefully in Schagen on the 19th July 2015 aged 88.
*ISABEL LAMBERT RAWSTHORNE (NÉE NICHOLAS) (1912-1992) Double portrait circa 1960s, oil on canvas, 60cm x 50cmProvenance: The picture was inherited by descent from mother to daughter. The mother was friends with both Constant Lambert and Alan Rawsthorne (two of Isabel's husbands), as part of the same music circle. She remained friends with Isabel right up her twilight years when she lived in a cottage in Essex. Indeed the daughter vividly recalls visits, and the kind donation of old canvases to her brother as a young artist.Note: Isabel has been subjected to relative obscurity, probably due to her name changes from three marriages, and from being dismissed by society as merely the striking studio model, lover or muse of artistic icons such as Alberto Giacometti, Pablo Picasso, and Francis Bacon. Despite highly acclaimed exhibitions in the 50s and 60s, she has only recently received serious renewed recognition, which is now gaining pace and several paintings have entered public collections as a result.From a humble background she studied at the Liverpool College of Art, later winning a scholarship to the Royal Academy in London. After working with Jacob Epstein she moved to Paris to study at the Academie de la Grande Chamiere and associated with Giacometti, Tristan Tzara and the Surrealist Circle. Throughout her life she was within leading artistic circles, be they composers, dancers, artists or writers. It is notable that she became a respected scenery and costume designer for ballet and opera productions at the Royal Opera House.From 1949 she and Bacon showcased their figurative brand of modern art at the Hanover Gallery and exhibited in the ICA and British Council. Indeed the critic David Sylvester ranked her alongside Bacon, Lucien Freud, John Craxton and Peter Lanyon.It was during the 1960s and 1970s, with the deaths of Giacometti and her third husband, that the ethereal double portraits emerged and where the distinctive dead and sculpted likenesses evolved. This painting is almost certainly one of a portrait series of her late husband Alan Rawsthorne and his sister Barbara. The spectral faces dissolve into a void-like background, capturing the fragility of the human body. The doubling effect suggests the mirrored ballet studios in which she drew dancers at their craft. The grainy texture, created with sand highlighted with hints of pink, yellow and white, emphasises the shafts of light and the window behind.
*SAM MIDDLETON (1927-2015) Untitled 1979, jazz inspired composition, signed and dated in pencil lower right, mixed media on paper, 51.5cm x 71cmProvenance: Private collection, Somerset.Note: American artist Sam Middleton was a hidden figure in the modernist movement. Middleton grew up in Harlem at the height of the Harlem Renaissance. He was immersed in the vibrant cultural and musical scene of the era, becoming acquainted through performances at the Savoy Ballroom with jazz music, watching masters like Thelonious Monk and Charlie Parker play live in the 1950s, and was inspired to translate the spontaneity of their music to works on paper, later influencing the legendary Duke Ellington to refer to Middleton as the "painter of music".Middleton struggled as an artist in the United States, due to his race and status, but continued to refine his technique, studying with other Black creatives like Beauford Delaney. In 1956, Middleton won a scholarship to the Institute Allende in San Miguel Allende, Mexico, and studied in Mexico for the next several years. In 1959, after significantly advancing his technical skill and having the opportunity to showcase his art, Middleton travelled to Europe to paint, living in Spain, Sweden, France, and Denmark before settling in the Netherlands in 1961.Middleton moved to the Netherlands as part of a wave of African American artists, along with Deborah Simon, Sherard Van Dyke and Lorina Harris. He remained in Europe to escape racism and lack of opportunity for African Americans in the United States, but was uninvolved with the civil rights movement. Because of his expatriate status, and the fact that his artwork wasn't focused on his race, Middleton's paintings are largely absent from African American art collections in the United States. He did, however, become a figure in the Dutch art community, and opened his doors to other African American artists who came to the Netherlands, helping them gain traction in Europe. Middleton was able to display exhibitions of his artwork in a prominent Dutch art gallery, an opportunity that was limited to very few Black artists in America. He lived in Amsterdam for many years but, fascinated by the landscape, settled in Oterleek and Schagen in North Holland in 1973. Music (both classical and jazz) and the landscape of North Holland, created the climate of his abstract expressionist work. Middleton's style evolved to reflect newfound inspirations, like the expansive tulip fields and extensive low lands with polders. His paintings became fuller and softer, while maintaining their distinct jazz connections.Middleton died peacefully in Schagen on the 19th July 2015 aged 88.
*SAM MIDDLETON (1927-2015) 'Meer' 1976, panoramic Dutch polder or river landscape, possibly a view of the Regge, signed and dated lower right, mixed media on paper, 9.5cm x 74cmProvenance: Private collection, Somerset.Note: American artist Sam Middleton was a hidden figure in the modernist movement. Middleton grew up in Harlem at the height of the Harlem Renaissance. He was immersed in the vibrant cultural and musical scene of the era, becoming acquainted through performances at the Savoy Ballroom with jazz music, watching masters like Thelonious Monk and Charlie Parker play live in the 1950s, and was inspired to translate the spontaneity of their music to works on paper, later influencing the legendary Duke Ellington to refer to Middleton as the "painter of music".Middleton struggled as an artist in the United States, due to his race and status, but continued to refine his technique, studying with other Black creatives like Beauford Delaney. In 1956, Middleton won a scholarship to the Institute Allende in San Miguel Allende, Mexico, and studied in Mexico for the next several years. In 1959, after significantly advancing his technical skill and having the opportunity to showcase his art, Middleton travelled to Europe to paint, living in Spain, Sweden, France, and Denmark before settling in the Netherlands in 1961.Middleton moved to the Netherlands as part of a wave of African American artists, along with Deborah Simon, Sherard Van Dyke and Lorina Harris. He remained in Europe to escape racism and lack of opportunity for African Americans in the United States, but was uninvolved with the civil rights movement. Because of his expatriate status, and the fact that his artwork wasn't focused on his race, Middleton's paintings are largely absent from African American art collections in the United States. He did, however, become a figure in the Dutch art community, and opened his doors to other African American artists who came to the Netherlands, helping them gain traction in Europe. Middleton was able to display exhibitions of his artwork in a prominent Dutch art gallery, an opportunity that was limited to very few Black artists in America. He lived in Amsterdam for many years but, fascinated by the landscape, settled in Oterleek and Schagen in North Holland in 1973. Music (both classical and jazz) and the landscape of North Holland, created the climate of his abstract expressionist work. Middleton's style evolved to reflect newfound inspirations, like the expansive tulip fields and extensive low lands with polders. His paintings became fuller and softer, while maintaining their distinct jazz connections.Middleton died peacefully in Schagen on the 19th July 2015 aged 88.
*SAM MIDDLETON (1927-2015) Untitled 1978, Dutch landscape with sailing boats, signed and dated lower centre, mixed media and collage, 27.5cm x 23.5cmProvenance: Private collection, Somerset.Note: American artist Sam Middleton was a hidden figure in the modernist movement. Middleton grew up in Harlem at the height of the Harlem Renaissance. He was immersed in the vibrant cultural and musical scene of the era, becoming acquainted through performances at the Savoy Ballroom with jazz music, watching masters like Thelonious Monk and Charlie Parker play live in the 1950s, and was inspired to translate the spontaneity of their music to works on paper, later influencing the legendary Duke Ellington to refer to Middleton as the "painter of music".Middleton struggled as an artist in the United States, due to his race and status, but continued to refine his technique, studying with other Black creatives like Beauford Delaney. In 1956, Middleton won a scholarship to the Institute Allende in San Miguel Allende, Mexico, and studied in Mexico for the next several years. In 1959, after significantly advancing his technical skill and having the opportunity to showcase his art, Middleton travelled to Europe to paint, living in Spain, Sweden, France, and Denmark before settling in the Netherlands in 1961.Middleton moved to the Netherlands as part of a wave of African American artists, along with Deborah Simon, Sherard Van Dyke and Lorina Harris. He remained in Europe to escape racism and lack of opportunity for African Americans in the United States, but was uninvolved with the civil rights movement. Because of his expatriate status, and the fact that his artwork wasn't focused on his race, Middleton's paintings are largely absent from African American art collections in the United States. He did, however, become a figure in the Dutch art community, and opened his doors to other African American artists who came to the Netherlands, helping them gain traction in Europe. Middleton was able to display exhibitions of his artwork in a prominent Dutch art gallery, an opportunity that was limited to very few Black artists in America. He lived in Amsterdam for many years but, fascinated by the landscape, settled in Oterleek and Schagen in North Holland in 1973. Music (both classical and jazz) and the landscape of North Holland, created the climate of his abstract expressionist work. Middleton's style evolved to reflect newfound inspirations, like the expansive tulip fields and extensive low lands with polders. His paintings became fuller and softer, while maintaining their distinct jazz connections.Middleton died peacefully in Schagen on the 19th July 2015 aged 88.
*SAM MIDDLETON (1927-2015) 'Regatta Bij Hoorn' 1977, signed and dated lower right, mixed media on paper, 36.5cm x 50.5cmProvenance: Private collection, Somerset.Note: American artist Sam Middleton was a hidden figure in the modernist movement. Middleton grew up in Harlem at the height of the Harlem Renaissance. He was immersed in the vibrant cultural and musical scene of the era, becoming acquainted through performances at the Savoy Ballroom with jazz music, watching masters like Thelonious Monk and Charlie Parker play live in the 1950s, and was inspired to translate the spontaneity of their music to works on paper, later influencing the legendary Duke Ellington to refer to Middleton as the "painter of music".Middleton struggled as an artist in the United States, due to his race and status, but continued to refine his technique, studying with other Black creatives like Beauford Delaney. In 1956, Middleton won a scholarship to the Institute Allende in San Miguel Allende, Mexico, and studied in Mexico for the next several years. In 1959, after significantly advancing his technical skill and having the opportunity to showcase his art, Middleton travelled to Europe to paint, living in Spain, Sweden, France, and Denmark before settling in the Netherlands in 1961.Middleton moved to the Netherlands as part of a wave of African American artists, along with Deborah Simon, Sherard Van Dyke and Lorina Harris. He remained in Europe to escape racism and lack of opportunity for African Americans in the United States, but was uninvolved with the civil rights movement. Because of his expatriate status, and the fact that his artwork wasn't focused on his race, Middleton's paintings are largely absent from African American art collections in the United States. He did, however, become a figure in the Dutch art community, and opened his doors to other African American artists who came to the Netherlands, helping them gain traction in Europe. Middleton was able to display exhibitions of his artwork in a prominent Dutch art gallery, an opportunity that was limited to very few Black artists in America. He lived in Amsterdam for many years but, fascinated by the landscape, settled in Oterleek and Schagen in North Holland in 1973. Music (both classical and jazz) and the landscape of North Holland, created the climate of his abstract expressionist work. Middleton's style evolved to reflect newfound inspirations, like the expansive tulip fields and extensive low lands with polders. His paintings became fuller and softer, while maintaining their distinct jazz connections.Middleton died peacefully in Schagen on the 19th July 2015 aged 88.
LINE VAUTRIN (FRENCH, 1913-1997) A PAIR OF EARRINGS; MID 20TH CENTURY Circular with trophy style designs to the centre, in relief, one related to gardening, the other related to music, against a pink enamel background, with clip fastenings to the reverse Stamped to the reverse L.V. Each: 3cm diameter Provenance: William Wain Jewellery, London
Vinyl - Over 75 Rock & Pop LPs to include Pink Floyd x 2, Neil Young, Fleetwood Mac x 2, Queen, Cream, Free, Roy Harper, Caravan, Terry Reid, Jeff Beck, Keef Hartley Band (with poster), Bruce Springsteen x 2, Roxy Music, The Band, T-Rex, Three Dog Night, Jethro Tull, Spirit, Steve Marriott, Mick Abrahams, Eagles, Pogues, 10,000 Maniacs, Fairport Convention, Allman Bros and more, Vg overall
Memorabilia - 13 items of music and other memorabilia including The Marquee club June 1973 programme (with Writing on The Wall, Stackridge, Gong, Steamhammer, Alex Harvey Band, Camel, Chicken Shaxckm, Stray Dog, Trapeze, Climax Chicago and others, Monty Python's First Farewell Tour (1973), South Bank Pops 1970,mThe Settlers 1970, The Spinners 1972, A Meeting Of Two Worlds 1971 (with Magna Carta), Rod McKuen 1973, Jonathan Kelly / Riff Raff / Joan Armatrading 1973, Lionel Bart’s Oliver (with ticket stub and inserts, with Helen Shapiro), Blood Brothers (with Kiki Dee), The 1983 Royal Tournament, Not ! The Nine O’clock News (book). Condition VG+ overall
Vinyl - Northern Soul - 23 UK 7” singles on Mojo Records to include: Lyn Collins, The Invitations, American Music Machine, Betty Lavette, Bobby Byrd, Ray Barretto, The Elephant Band, The People’s Choice, Bird Rollins, Tami Lynn, Willie Tee, Fabulous Count, Hank Ballard, Chuck Wood, Fontella Bass, Moses & Joshua Dillard, Little Johnny Taylor, Jesse James, Vicki Anderson x 2, The El Dorados, Fred Wesley And The J.B.’s, The Fascinations. Condition VG+ overall
Vinyl - 26 Northern Soul / Funk UK pressing 7” singles on Contempo Records to include: Deon Jackson (CS 9031), The Montclairs (CS 2036), Howefeel (CS 2065), The Incredibles (CS 9008), The Quadrophonics (CS 2054), Juggy Jones, The Armada Orchestra, Dynamic Corvettes, Tamiko Jones, Oliver Sain, Ultrafunk, Banzai, The Capitols, The Midnight Movers, Gentlemen & Their Ladies, Ernie Bush, The Fabulous Echoes, African Music Machine and Dorothy Moore. Condition VG+ overall (some have writing on labels)
Vinyl - Over 75 Rock, Pop & Soul LPs to include James Brown, Talking Heads, John Mayall, Depeche Mode, Roberta Flack, Four Tops, Georgie Fame, Kate Bush, Brian Eno, John Foxx, David Sylvian, Apache Indian, Percy Sledge, Eric Clapton, Ravi Shankar, The Beatles, Ry Cooder, Stevie Wonder, Pet Shop Boys, UB40, Roxy Music, Simple Minds, The Hollies, Michael Jackson and more. Vg overall
Vinyl - 5 recent release and re-issue LP’s to include: T. Rex – Gold (UK 2018 double) sealed, The Sweet – Odense Blitz (US 2022 double orange vinyl) EX+ (in open shrink), Roxy Music – Roxy Music (2022) sealed, Mott The Hoople – The Golden Age Of Rock 'N’ Roll (EU 2019 double pink vinyl) sealed, Slade – Cum On Feel The Hitz - The Best Of Slade (EU 2020 double) sealed
Vinyl - Jazz / Soul Jazz - 4 original Uk 1st pressing albums on Esquire Records and Contemporary Records to include: Mose Allison Trio – Local Color (Esquire – 32-071, 1959) EX, Jimmy Forrest – Sit Down And Relax (Esquire – 32-192, 1963) VG+ / VG (non feelable marks), Sonny Rollins – Sonny Rollins And The Contemporary Leaders (Contemporary Records – LAC 12213, 1959) EX- / EX, Bob Cooper – Coop ! The Music Of Bob Cooper (Contemporary Records – LAC 12157, 1958) EX- / EX
Vinyl - 3 Faithless LP’s to include: Outrospective (Cheeky Records – 74321 850831, UK 2001 double album, textured sleeve), Sunday 8PM (Music On Vinyl – MOVLP152, eu 2010 double album), Reverence (Music On Vinyl – MOVLP1355, EU 2015 double album, textured gold embossed sleeve). Condition EX+ overall
Memorabilia - 8 1970’s tour programmes and ticket stubs to include: Derek And The Dominos 1970 programme. The Faces 1972 programme, John Mayall and Duster Bennett 1970 with music paper review, The Rolling Stones 1976 with ticket stub, Yes 1971, Yes + The Nice 1970, The Nice 1970,Emerson Lake & Palmer 1970. Vg+ overall
Vinyl - 5 Pixies LP’s to include: Doolittle (4AD – CAD 905, UK 2004 with 2 photo inserts), Surfer Rosa (4AD – CAD 803, UK 2004), Come On Pilgrim (4AD – MAD 709, UK 2004) in open shrink, Head Carrier (Pixies Music – PM018LP, UK / EU 2016), Indie Cindy (Pixies Music – PM006DLP, EU 2014 double album with CD) in open shrink. Condition EX+ overall
Vinyl - 50 Rock & Pop LPs and 5 12" singles to include The Beatles & members x 6 (inc Help & Rubber Soul original yellow Parlophone labels pressings), David Bowie, Roxy Music x 3, Queen, Bruce Springsteen, ZZ Top, Bob Dylan x 2, Elvis Presley x 2, INXS (pic disc 12") and others. At least Vg overall
Vinyl - Over 80 Rock & Pop 12” singles to include Beastie Boys, Shane McGowan, Roxy Music, Pop Will Eat Itself, Kirsty MacColl, Paul McCartney, David Bowie, Lenny Kravitz, Mick Jagger, James, Kraftwerk, Michael Jackson, Abba, Ah-Ha, Mariah Carey, Eddie Cochran, Runrig, Doobie Gray, Duran Duran, Visage, Dead Or Alive, Eurythmics, Texas and more. Vg overall
Vinyl - 80 Rock & Pop LPs to include The Box Tops x 2, Tracy Chapman x 2, Brownsville Station, The Nice, Canned Heat x 2, Buffalo Springfield x 3, The Byrds x 6, JJ Cale x 5, Roxy Music x 3, Santana x 6, The Neville Brothers x 2, Randy Newman, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Gary Moore, John Mayall x 3, Love Sculpture, Manfred Mann, Nick Lowe, The Long Ryders and more. Vg+ overall with many Ex examples
Memorabilia / Autographs - 5 Autograph books featuring signatures from the world of music, TV, stage and entertainment from the 1940s onwards including Lee Harmers Popcorn, Tommy Steele, The Love Affair, The Roulettes, Billy J Kramer, The Dakotas, Adam Faith, The Maddisons, Kay Cavendish, Leon Cortez, Jon Pertwee, Peter Sellers, Beryl Reid, Billy Cotton, Richard Murdoch, Sam Costa, Bennett and Williams, The Ink Spots, Gwen Catley, Max Bacon and many more.
Vinyl - 6 Folk Rock / Folk recent release and re-issue LP's to include: Fairport Convention – Fairport Convention (UK 2020 limited edition numbered orange vinyl) Sealed. Fairport Convention – XXXV (UK 2014 double) EX+, Magna Carta – Live In Bergen 1978 (EU 2009) EX+ (in open shrink), Trevor Lucas – Overlander (EU 2013) Sealed. Christy Moore – A Terrible Beauty (EU 2024) Sealed. Clannad – Legend Extended - Music From The TV Series Robin Of Sherwood (EU 2024 double) Sealed
Vinyl - 2 The Smashing Pumpkins original 1st pressing LP’s to include: Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness (Virgin – 7243 8 41655 1 2 / Hut Recordings – HUTTLP 30, EU / UK 1995 triple album, limited numbered pressing, this one is number 0530) EX / EX+, Monuments To An Elegy (BMG – 81012276-1, Martha's Music – 81012276-1, 2014 EU) EX+
Vinyl - 30 Jazz & Blues LPs to include Miles Davis (Milestones UK Fontana pressings), Muddy Waters, Michael White's Magic Music Company, The Tom Collins Jazz Band, The Legends Of Jazz (signed by 8), Thelonious Monk x 2, Lightnin' Hopkins & Brownie McGhee, Charlie Parker x 2, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Gary Burton Quartet x 2, Ramsay Lewis, Sonny Terry, Bo Diddley and more. At least Vg overall
CDs - 5 Box sets to include Charley Patton – Screamin' And Hollerin' The Blues (The Worlds Of Charley Patton) (Revenant – №. 212), Harry Smith – Anthology Of American Folk Music, Mike Westbrook Kate Westbrook – London Bridge Is Broken Down, Hank Williams – The Original Singles Collection..., Louis Jordan – Let The Good Times Roll (1938-1954) (Bear Family Records – BCD 15557). Vg+ overall
Vinyl - 6 Jimi Hendrix private pressing LPs to include Hendrix Alive (Trade Mark Of Quality TMOQ, track names and details written to labels and some writing to rear of sleeve), Electric Church Music (71056 A1/B1), High Live N Dirty (NUT 1001), Hey Joe (picture disc, ON PD 2316), Are You Experienced? (Panache 820143), Live Isle Of Wight (sleeve Vg- vinyl G-). Vg+ overall some Ex
Vinyl - 15 Reggae / Ska / Dub compilation LP’s to include: Sound System Rockers Kingston Town 1969-1975 (UK 2003) EX+ (in open shrink), Trojan Beatles Reggae (UK 2014) EX+ (in open shrink), Blue Beat Is Back In Town - The Sixty Year Celebration Album 1960 - 2020 (UK 2020 blue vinyl) Sealed. Do The Rock Steady 1966 To 1968 (UK 2024 green vinyl) EX+ (in open shrink), Lovers Rock (The Soulful Sound Of Romantic Reggae) (UK 2022 double) Sealed. Let's Do Rock Steady - The Soul Of Jamaica (EU 2024 double) EX+ (in open shrink), Do The Moonwalk (UK 2019) Sealed. Out Of Many, One Music! Songs That Shaped Jamaica (UK 2015 double) EX+ (in open shrink), Reggae Music 1969-1975 (UK 2015) EX+, Rocksteady Taking Over Orange Street 1966-1968 (UK 2015) EX+, Sock It To Me! Boss Reggae Rarities In The Spirit Of 69 (UK 2019) Sealed. That Ska Beat! 1962 To 1966 (UK 2024 red vinyl) EX+ (in open shrink), Skinhead Shuffle (UK 2024) EX+ (in open shrink), Tighten Up (UK 2015) EX+ (in open shrink), Uptown Top Ranking • Ska & Reggae Chartbusters (UK 2024 double) EX+ (in open shrink).
Vinyl - Over 80 Rock & Pop LPs to include Bob Marley, Kate Bush, Queen, Chris Isaak, U2, The Beatles, Earl Sixteen, Grace Jones x 2, Fleetwood Mac, The Who, Ivor Cutler, Bruce Springsteen, Gladys Knight, Roxy Music, T-Rex, Madness, Rolling Stones, Tom Petty, INXS, The Eagles and more. At least Vg overall
Vinyl - Over 70 Rock & Pop LPs and 2 box sets to include Rory Gallgher, Cream, The B-52s, Curved Air, Eric Clapton, Joan Armatrading, Genesis, The Eagles, Electric Sun, Free, Ian Gillan, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Alice Cooper, Marc Bolan, The Byrds, Roxy Music, Desmond Dekker, Donovan, A-Ha, Elvis Presley and more. Vg overall
Vinyl - 67 Rock & Pop LPs and 2 7" singles to include Pink Floyd (DSOTM), The Beatles x 2, Fleetwood Mac, Queen, The Spencer Davis Group x 3, The Hollies, Traffic, Cream, Rolling Stones, Kate Bush, Eagles, The Who, Bad Company, Manfred Mann, The Animals, Del Shannon, Elton John x 7, Roxy Music, Carole King, Linda Jardin (7") and others. Vg+ overall
Vinyl – Over 80 Rock & Pop LPs to include The Cult, Tangerine Dream, Ten Years After, Jet Harris, The Hollies (inc Butterfly original pressing with sheet music, and foreign pressings), Bill Haley, Jethro Tull, Jerry Lee Lewis, The Rockets, The Faces, The Move, The Triban, Taj Mahal, The Nice, The Byrds, Isley Brothers, Whirlwind, Jackie Wilson, Scott Walker, Steve Winwood, Richard Thompson, James Taylor, The Troggs, Runrig, Mick Ronson, Jonathan Richman, Renaissance, Mitch Ryder, Lou Reed and more. Vg overall
Vinyl - Over 80 Rock, Pop & Jazz LPs to include Julie Driscoll Brian Auger & The Trinity (box set), Country Joe & The Fish, McKenna Mendelson Mainline (blue Liberty), Ry Cooder, Little Village, Roxy Music, Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, Cold Blood, Mose Allison, various compilations, The Bible, Don Dixon, Earl Klugh, Kid Ory, Billie Holiday, Josh White, Ella Fitzgerald, Duke Ellingtona and more. Vg overall
Vinyl - 12 mainly recent release LP’s to include: First Aid Kit – Stay Gold (EU 2014 + CD) EX+ 9in open shrink), First Aid Kit – Palomino (EU 2022 white vinyl) EX+ (in open shrink), First Aid Kit – The Lion's Roar (UK 2012 + CD) EX+ (in open shrink), Peter Astor – Submarine (UK 1990) EX. Rag'n'Bone Man – Human (UK 2017 double) Sealed. Seasick Steve – Hubcap Music (UK 2013) EX+ (in open shrink), Totem Terrors – Hard Science (UK 2015) Sealed. Hanni El Khatib – Moonlight (US 2015) EX / EX+, The Bug Club – On The Intricate Inner Workings Of The System (2024, Orange marbled vinyl, fully signed on sleeve) EX+ (in opens shrink), English Teacher – This Could Be Texas (UK 2024 green vinyl) EX+ (in open shrink), Courtney Barnett – Sometimes I Sit And Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit (UK 2015) EX+ (in open shrink), Sailor Jerry Presents Glasgow Unsigned (UK 2018) VG+ / EX+
Vinyl - Over 70 Rock & Pop LPs to include Neil Young, Crosby Stills Nash & Young, Incredible String Band, Iron Butterfly, The Beach Boys x 4, The Band x 6 (including original UK first pressing Music From Big Pink), Fleetwood Mac, Fishbone, Bryan Ferry, Marianne Faithful x 3 (inc coloured vinyl and US pressing), The Animals x 2, Michael Jackson x 2, Pebbles Vol 5, Woodstock (plum Atlantic), The Faces x 2, Everything But The Girl, Bruce Springsteen, Carmel x 2, Levon Helm, John Hiatt x 2, Humble Pie, The Human League, Dread Zeppelin and others. At least Vg+ overall with many Ex examples
Vinyl - Over 80 Rock & Pop LPs to include Stone Roses, Pink Floyd, Buddy Holly, The beach Boys, The Animals, Genesis, Eddie Cochran, Jethro Tull, Star Wars, Stevie Nicks, Johnny Cash, Mahalia Jackson, Rolling Stones, Roxy Music, Van Morrison, Runrig, Free, Dusty Springfield and more. Condition varies
Vinyl – Over 75 Rock & Pop LPs to include Fairport Convention (fully signed to rear of sleeve), Run DMC, Illusion, Isotope, Eric Clapton, Steeley Span, Stewart Copeland, Cassius Clay, Beach Boys, Focus, Fats Domino, Eddie Cochran, Jerry Lee Lewis, Bo Diddley, Fun Boy Three, Hank Williams, Jonathan Kelly, Little Richard, Roy Head, Roxy Music, Billy Bragg various compilations and more. Vg overall
Vinyl - 3 The Prodigy LP’s to include: Music For The Jilted Generation (XL Recordings – XLLP 114, UK 2006 double album) in open shrink, The Fat Of The Land (XL Recordings – XLLP 121, UK 2012 double album) in open shrink. Invaders Must Die (Take Me To The Hospital – HOSPLP001, UK 2009 double album) in open shrink. Condition EX+ overall
Vinyl - 5 UK pressing Northern Soul / Funk 7” singles to include: The Performers – I Can't Stop You (Action Records - ACT 4552) EX-, Jimmey (Soul) Clark – Sweet Darlin (Black Magic Records - BM 115 demo promo) EX, The O'Jays – Working On Your Case / Hold On (United Artists Records - UP 35337) EX- (writing on labels), Donald Height – Dancing To The Music Of Love / Rags To Riches To Rags (Avco Embassy records - 6105 005) EX-, Bobby Sheen – Dr. Love / Sweet Sweet Love (Capitol Records - CL 15713) EX (writing on labels).
Memorabilia - 8 Festival programmes to include: Crosby Stills Nash & Young / Joni Mitchell / The Band 1974 with ticket stub, A Peter Bowyer Presentation 1970 (Deep Purple, Mighty Baby, Soft Machine and others), The London Rock ’N’ Roll Show 1972 with ticket stub (MC5, Billy Fury, Lord Sutch, Bo Diddley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Bill Haley, Little Richard, Chuck Berry and others), Garden Party III with ticket stub and music paper reviews (Richie Havens, Breach Boys, Joe Cocker and others), Garden Part II 1971 (with Elton John, Yes, Rory Gallagher, Fairport Convention and others), Mid Summer Music 1975 (with Elton John, Beach Boys, Eagles and others), Melody Maker Poll Concert 1972 programme with Genesis, E.L.P., Wishbone Ash, Argent, Focus and others), Cambridge Folk Festival 1979 (with Clanned, John Renbourn, Richie Havens and others). Condition VG+ overall
Over 80 Rock & Pop LPs to include Neil Young, David Bowie, Denny Laine, Ronnie Laine, Quicksilver Messenger Band, Quantum Jumps, Tim Rose, Roxy Music x 3, The Baron Knights, Beach Boys, Splinter, Al Stewart, Texas, Walker Brothers, The Hollies, Jerry Lee Lewis, Link Wray, Clannad, Al Stewart and more. Vg overall
Vinyl - 6 Rage Against The machine LPs to include: The Battle Of Los Angeles (Epic – EPC 491993 1, UK / EU 1991), Rage Against The Machine (Epic – EPC 472224 1, UK / EU 1992), Evil Empire (Simply Vinyl – S160023, Epic – 481026 1, UK 2001), Live At The Grand Olympic Auditorium (Music On Vinyl – MOVLP551, EU 2012), Renegades (Epic – 88697665181, Music On Vinyl – MOVLP073, EU 2010), Renegades (Epic - E 85289, US 2000 pressing) open shrink. Condition at least EX overall
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