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The Grosvenor School and Avant-Garde British Printmaking

Auction 20129
London, New Bond Street
17 Apr 2012, starting at 14:00 BST.
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Ethel Spowers (Australian, 1890-1947) The Gust of Wind Linocut, 1930-31, printed in red, viridian, yellow ochre and cobalt blue, on buff oriental laid tissue, signed 'EL Spowers', dated 1931, titled and numbered 20/30 in pencil, 218 x 164mm (8 5/8 x 6 1/2in)(B)
Sold for £114,050 inc. premium
Ethel Spowers (Australian, 1890-1947) The Gust of Wind Linocut printed in red, viridian, yellow ochre and cobalt blue, 1930-31, on ...
Christopher Richard Wynne Nevinson A.R.A. (British, 1889-1946) Bomber Lithograph, 1918, on laid Antique de luxe paper?, signed and dated in pencil, with wide margins, 429 x 265mm (17 x 10 1/2in)(SH)
Sold for £109,250 inc. premium
Christopher Richard Wynne Nevinson A.R.A. (British, 1889-1946) Bomber The very rare lithograph, 1918, on laid Antique de luxe ...
Sybil Andrews, CPE (British/Canadian, 1898-1993) Speedway Linocut, 1934, printed in raw sienna, venetian red, permanent blue, Chinese blue, on cream oriental laid, signed, dated and numbered 43/60 in pencil, 326 x 233mm (12 3/4 x 9 1/8in)(B)
Sold for £82,850 inc. premium
Sybil Andrews, CPE (British/Canadian, 1898-1993) Speedway Linocut printed in raw sienna, venetian red, permanent blue, Chinese blue, 1934, on ...
Claude Flight (British, 1881-1955) Boys Bathing Linocut in colours, on tissue thin japan, signed and numbered 4/50 in pencil lower right, 280 x 195mm (11 x 7 5/8in)(I)
Sold for £49,250 inc. premium
Claude Flight (British, 1881-1955) Boys Bathing The rare linocut printed in colours, c.1935, on tissue thin Japan nacree, stuck ...

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Percy John Delf Smith (British, 1882-1948) The Long Winding Way; Prisoners; The Bath (The Dance of Death) Three etchings from the set of seven, 1914-1918, on wove paper, each signed and variously inscribed in pencil, from the unknown edition size, each with margins (various sizes) (3)
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Percy John Delf Smith (British, 1882-1948) The Long Winding Way; Prisoners; The Bath (from the Dance of Death) Three etchings from the set of seven, ...
Sold for £1,125 inc. premium
Christopher Richard Wynne Nevinson A.R.A. (British, 1889-1946) The road from Arras to Bapaume Lithograph, 1918, on wove, signed and dated in pencil, 482 x 380mm (19 x 15in)(I)
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Christopher Richard Wynne Nevinson A.R.A. (British, 1889-1946) The Road from Arras to Bapaume Lithograph, 1918, on Antique de Luxe paper, signed and dated in pencil, ...
Sold for £18,750 inc. premium
Christopher Richard Wynne Nevinson A.R.A. (British, 1889-1946) That Cursed Wood Drypoint, 1918, on laid Antique de luxe paper, signed and dated in pencil, with margins, 250 x 349mm (9 7/8 x 13 3/4in) (PL)(unframed)
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Christopher Richard Wynne Nevinson A.R.A. (British, 1889-1946) That Cursed Wood The rare drypoint, 1918, on laid Antique de luxe paper, signed and dated in pencil, ...
Sold for £33,650 inc. premium
Christopher Richard Wynne Nevinson A.R.A. (British, 1889-1946) Chelsea Reach Power Stations Drypoint, 1921, on laid, signed in pencil, with margins, 320 x 455mm (12 5/8 x 18in)
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Christopher Richard Wynne Nevinson A.R.A. (British, 1889-1946) Chelsea Reach Power Stations The rare drypoint, 1921, a good impression, on laid, signed in pencil, with margins, ...
Sold for £17,500 inc. premium
Edward Wadsworth (British, 1889-1949) Riponelli- A Village in Lemnos Woodcut, 1917, on wove, 100 x 75mm (4 x 3in) (SH)
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Edward Wadsworth (British, 1889-1949) Riponelli: A Village in Lemnos Woodcut printed in light and dark grey and black, 1917, on wove, with margins, 100 x ...
Sold for £5,250 inc. premium
Edward Wadsworth (British, 1889-1949) Street Singers (W/D 10) Woodcut, 1914, on wove, 176 x 132mm (7 x 5 1/4in) (SH)
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Edward Wadsworth (British, 1889-1949) Street Singers Woodcut printed in grey and black, 1914, on wove, with margins, 140 x 105mm (5 1/2 x 4 1/8in)(B)
Sold for £6,000 inc. premium
Edward Wadsworth (British, 1889-1949) Rupert Doone Linocut, on thin tissue, 145 x 78mm (5 3/4 x 3 1/8in) (SH)
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Edward Wadsworth (British, 1889-1949) Rupert Doone (Colnaghi 144) Woodcut printed in black, 1920, on thin tissue paper, with margins, 135 x 74mm (5 1/4 x ...
Sold for £1,875 inc. premium
Edward Wadsworth (British, 1889-1949) Signals Lithograph printed in colours, 1942, on thin wove paper, printed at the Baynard Press, published by the Council for the Encouragement of Music and the Arts, 1013mm x 760mm (39 7/8 x 29 7/8in)(SH)
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Edward Wadsworth (British, 1889-1949) Signals Lithograph printed in colours, 1942, on thin wove paper, printed at the Baynard Press, published by the Council for the ...
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£3,000 - 5,000
€3,500 - 5,900
US$ 4,600 - 7,600
David Bomberg (British, 1890-1957) Russian Ballet The complete folio, 1919, with cover, title page, text and six lithographs printed in colours, published by the Bomb Shop (Hendersons), London, 218mm x 140mm (8 1/2in x 5 1/2in)(folio)
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David Bomberg (British, 1890-1957) Russian Ballet The complete folio, 1919, with cover, title page, text and six lithographs printed in colours, published by the Bomb ...
Sold for £5,000 inc. premium
Christopher Richard Wynne Nevinson A.R.A. (British, 1889-1946) Bomber Lithograph, 1918, on laid Antique de luxe paper?, signed and dated in pencil, with wide margins, 429 x 265mm (17 x 10 1/2in)(SH)
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10AR
Christopher Richard Wynne Nevinson A.R.A. (British, 1889-1946) Bomber The very rare lithograph, 1918, on laid Antique de luxe paper, signed and dated in pencil, with ...
Sold for £109,250 inc. premium
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