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line with the nationally-minded political and intellectual currents in the country during this period. Having studied in Italy and exhibited at


the Paris Salon, Farroukh is known to have produced around 2000 works in all which sold to collectors both inside and outside of Lebanon. The example at Gorringes came


from a North London vendor who also consigned a number of lower-value pieces of furniture. It is not known how it came to the UK,


although it had a Christie’s stencil number on the verso which implied it had been through the auctioneers at some point in the past. While the date of the picture and


location of fortress was also not known (it had an inscription in Arabic which was not deciphered), it was deemed a particularly attractive coastal composition which, arguably, captured some of the character of his homeland. It was in good condition other than some slight discolouration. Works by Farroukh appear more


commonly in French salerooms than in the


Above left: Couple by the Sea, Morocco by Duncan Grant – £5000 at Gorringes. Above right: portrait of a kitten by Henriette Ronner-Knip – £19,000.


“Farroukh’s work drew phone bids from Europe and Middle East and sold to a London buyer at his highest price yet”


UK, although Bonhams sold the slightly smaller Vue de village Faitroun in London in June 2010 for £10,000. Under little pressure in terms of the reserve level, Gorringes placed an estimate which, at £700-900, effectively acted as an invitation to bid. It duly drew seven bidders on the


phone from the UK, Europe, the Middle East and Turkey and finally sold at £15,000 to a London buyer, the highest price yet seen for Farroukh according to Artnet. In terms of the British works on offer


at Gorringes, there was an interesting selection by the Bloomsbury artists. Ten lots came from Charleston, the


East Sussex retreat of the Bloomsbury Group which were being sold to help raise funds for the conservation and running of the house museum as it embarks on its


forthcoming ‘Charleston Barn Project’. With works by Vanessa Bell (1879-


1961), Roger Fry (1866-1934) and Angelica Garnett (b.1918), among others, they all sold to private buyers for a total of £19,000. The top seller of three pictures by


Duncan Grant (1885-1978) was an oil on board from 1968 entitled Couple by the Sea, Morocco. Measuring 9 x 11¼in (23 x 29cm), it


was estimated at £1500-2000 – in part a reflection of its size but also of the fact that the later examples of his work are less commercially valuable. Nevertheless, it was knocked down at £5000. Two works by Vanessa Bell also went


above estimate. One was a 15 x 22in (38 x 56cm) oil on canvas from 1957 of the Church of the Redentore, Venice which went just over top hopes at £5500. The other was an earlier and smaller pencil drawing from 1923 entitled Singer at Cafe Eden, Barcelona which made £1400 against a £400-600 estimate. The sale also offered a number of


Dutch pictures including a Henriette Ronner-Knip (1821-1909) portrait of a kitten which led the picture section.


From the collection of a deceased


Brighton dealer, the signed oil on wooden panel measured only 8 x 6¼in (20 x 16cm) but was a highly commercial work being a small and charming (or saccharine depending on your view) work by the biggest name in feline art. In good untouched condition, it


overshot a £6000-8000 estimate and sold at £19,000 to a London dealer. Higher hopes at the sale were


resting on a still life oil of floral garlands by Gaspar-Pieter The Younger Verbruggen (1664-1730) which was estimated at £12,000-18,000. However, it was a bit dark overall and had undergone some restoration in the past, and was left unsold on the day.


Clarification


FURTHER to the report in ATG issue no. 2006, September 10, p34 of the Jeffrey Archer sale at Christie’s South Kensington, Christie’s have confirmed that Mr Archer was not the auctioneer for the 99-lot sale on June 28 but was, in fact, only on the rostrum for the charity auction the previous evening.


Tuesday 27th September at 10.30am


Viewing: Sunday 25th 2pm-4pm Monday 26th 1pm-7pm and morning before sale


including “The Michael Saville collection of Oriental Arts & Ivories”


• 95 lots of Japanese, Chinese and Indian carved ivory


• 90 lots of Oriental ceramics, cloisonné and Oriental fi ne arts


• 10 fi ne carriage clocks • 25 lots of excellent Royal Worcester


• 10 lots of superb Royal Crown Derby Imari


• 3 Helen Bradley watercolours with charming impeccable provenance


• 2 excellent North Wales Welsh dressers


Important Japanese carved one piece ivory fi gure of an immortal playing with fi ve toads £3000-4000


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A one family owned Merionethshire Welsh Dresser of small proportions £4,000-5000


Including these two excellent works by Arthur Delaney


A pair of large nineteenth century cloisonne furnishing vases £3000-4000


Buyer’s Premium 14% + VAT Visit our website at www.hhauctionrooms.co.uk A fi ne gilt brass repeater Early


Moorcroft vase


Estimate: £1,000-1,500


Victorian taf- feta dress Estimate: £100-150


TWO-DAY CATALOGUED AUCTION OF Antiques and Fine Furnishings Ann Watkins Costume Collection


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