Antiques Trade Gazette 33


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Left: Gaspé Basin, Gulf of St Lawrence, Quebec by Philip John Ouless – £26,000 at the sale of the lastest tranche of the John Appleby Collection at Christie’s South Kensington.


Lower left: The Brig Homely of Jersey unloading off Le Banc de Paspebiac, Quebec, another work by Ouless from the collection – £6500.


Right: Gouliet Channel, Sark by William Toplis from the John Appleby Collection – £6000.


Above: Femme Assise en Pyjama de Plage by Pablo Picasso, 15½ x 17in (55 x 43cm) linocut in brown and tan on Arches paper, artist’s proof aside from the edition of 100, signed and dated in pencil Paris: Berggruen, 1962 – £17,500 from Peter Harrington.


Picassos for the budget-conscious


Anna Brady reports


Gulf of St Lawrence, Quebec, which made £26,000. Having previously failed at the September sale against a £40,000- 60,000 estimate, it was pitched here at a more attractive £15,000-25,000 level and sold to an anonymous buyer. The price was still above that of the


previous high for the artist, set before the Appleby collection raised the bar of the Ouless market. As with all the Appleby lots, the


16in x 2ft 2in (41 x 66cm) oil on canvas was subject to VAT of five per cent on the hammer price (Jersey is outside the European Union and so all lots consigned to UK auctions are subject to import VAT). The picture itself depicted the duty-


free port of Gaspé which, at this time, had almost all its inhabitants involved in the lucrative trade in dried cod. The Jersey merchant companies, Robin and subsequently the Le Boutillier Brothers, established headquarters here. It was the most sought after of


the three works, being not only more attractively painted but also having fine details, including a figure in the foreground, birds flying in the sky and the settlement buildings of this important fishing outpost. The other two works did not show as much topography. The same buyer also secured Markwell


of Jersey, Thomas Le Dain, Master, a painting of a Jersey trading vessel on route to La Baie des Chaleurs, an inlet on the gulf of St Lawrence between the Gaspé peninsula and northern New Brunswick, called by the Native Americans “the sea of fish”. Having failed in September against a


Continued on page 34 Above: a Provençale scene by Agricol Louis Montagné – £7200 at Duke’s.


ANOTHER dealer collection sold earlier this month was that of Thomas Kerr which came up at Duke’s (19.5% buyer’s premium) of Dorchester on March 3. The London dealer, who specialised in French furniture and who also worked on interior design projects as far afield as Hong Kong and Santa Barbara, sold his business in 2006 and has now taken the decision to ‘retire’ from antiques. Having also sold his house in St Esteve in Provence last year, Mr Kerr consigned


a varied selection of silver, ceramics, furniture and pictures to Duke’s who staged a single-owner sale and produced a special catalogue for the event. The 57-lot picture section saw 46 works find buyers, although bidding was


relatively flat on the most highly estimated works – including a marine picture of the 1801 Battle of Copenhagen attributed to Dominic Serres (1722-1793) that failed to sell against an £8000-16,000 pitch. Meeting with a better response however was a large painting by Agricol Louis


Montagné (1879-1960) of a shepherdess and sheep in the rocky pastures in the hills of Provence. Works by the Avignon-born artist appear less frequently in this country than in


France and this 4ft 3in x 8ft 6in (1.3 x 2.58m) signed oil on canvas was the most substantial work seen at auction in the UK for some time. Estimated at £5000-10,000, it was knocked down to a private UK buyer at £7200 –


no small sum for the artist and above the £4000 seen for a smaller view of Le Pont du Gard seen at Christie’s South Kensington back in December 2004.


Retired dealer’s solo show meets a mixed response


PRINTS by School of Paris artists and the French Impressionists have an enduring appeal, providing a relatively affordable option for collectors to own a work by the likes of Picasso, Matisse and Chagall. So they make a good choice of subject


for London book, map and print dealer Peter Harrington’s first large exhibition of prints at his newly expanded shop at 100 Fulham Road. French Impressionists and the School of Paris: An exhibition will run from March 17 to April 15, with a preview from 6-9pm on March 17. The gallery have held some small-scale


exhibitions, but this is the first time they have held a preview reception and plan to hold three to four such shows a year. Peter Harrington is, of course, best


known as an antiquarian books specialist, but he has also dealt in maps and prints since the 1970s, and the decision to start holding larger print shows has grown out of an increasing demand seen by the business for Modern and Contemporary art prints, with many collectors interested in both modern books and modern art. The show will include around 60 original


signed prints and drawings, priced between £1000 to £40,000, predominately by School of Paris artists but also featuring French Impressionists such as Paul Cézanne and Pierre-Auguste Renoir. Among the pictures on offer will be


pieces by Georges Braque and Pablo Picasso, 1920s profiles and nudes by Henri Matisse, drawings by Jean Cocteau, abstracts by Joan Miró and Salvador Dalí’s surrealist landscapes. Contact 020 7591 0220 www.peterharrington.co.uk


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