20th Century British & Irish Art

16 November 2011 | starting at 14:00 GMT

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Frank Auerbach (British, born 1931) E.O.W., Nude on Bed 77.5 x 61 cm. (30 1/2 x 24 in.). Sold for £780,450 inc. premium

Henry Moore O.M., C.H. (British, 1898-1986) Stringed Reclining Figure 28 cm. (11 in.) long (not including base). Sold for £283,250 inc. premium

Paul Henry R.H.A. (Irish, 1876-1958) Running for Shelter 35.5 x 40.5 cm. (14 x 16 in.). Sold for £175,250 inc. premium

Jack B. Yeats R.H.A. (Irish, 1871-1957) A Giant Reading 35.5 x 45.8 cm. (14 x 18 in.). Sold for £85,250 inc. premium

Lynn Chadwick (British, 1914-2003) Untitled 33.5 cm. (13 1/4 in.) high unique. Sold for £42,050 inc. premium

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20th Century British & Irish Art

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1 — Tristram Hillier R.A.(British, 1905-1983)Still life with cider 25.5 x 21.5 cm. (10 x 8 1/2 in.)

2 — Tristram Hillier R.A.(British, 1905-1983)The Accident 26 x 33.5 cm. (10 1/4 x 13 1/4 in.)

3 — Tristram Hillier R.A.(British, 1905-1983)Objects on a Beach, No.2 64 x 76.3 cm. (25 1/4 x 30 in.)

4 — Lynn Chadwick(British, 1914-2003)Pyramids III 26 cm. (10 1/4 in.) high unique

5 — Lynn Chadwick(British, 1914-2003)Untitled 33.5 cm. (13 1/4 in.) high unique

6 — Leon Underwood(British, 1890-1975)The Prophet 39 cm. (15 1/4 in.) high (not including base)

7 — Edward Burra(British, 1905-1976)The Thief 27 x 37.5 cm. (10 3/4 x 14 3/4 in.)

8 — John Craxton R.A.(British, 1922-2009)Portrait of a Greek Fisherman 61 x 46.5 cm. (24 x 18 1/4 in.)

9 — John Minton(British, 1917-1957)Sleeping Figure 16.5 x 22 cm. (6 1/2 x 8 3/4 in.)

10* — Paul Nash(British, 1889-1946)The Field Before the Wood 36.8 x 30.5 cm. (14 1/2 x 12 in.)

11* — John Minton(British, 1917-1957)Fishermen at Blanes, Spain 120.7 x 150.5 cm. (47 1/2 x 59 1/4 in.)

12* — John Minton(British, 1917-1957)Set design for Don Juan 20.3 x 28.7 cm. (8 x 11 1/2 in.)

13* — John Minton(British, 1917-1957)Kevin Maybury having a nap 25.2 x 37 cm. (10 x 14 1/2 in.)

14* — John Minton(British, 1917-1957)Kevin Maybury and Spanish boy 37.3 x 27.3 cm. (14 3/4 x 10 3/4 in.)

15 — John Minton(British, 1917-1957)Vertical Distillation Plant 27.5 x 36.5 cm. (10 3/4 x 14 3/8 in.)

16 — Ceri Richards(British, 1903-1971)Homage to Dylan Thomas 39 x 56 cm. (15 1/2 x 22 in.)

17 — John Minton(British, 1917-1957)Sailors at a quay 31.8 x 23.7 cm. (12 1/2 x 9 1/4 in.)

18 — Tristram Hillier R.A.(British, 1905-1983)Un Pernod 25.3 x 35.6 cm. (10 x 14 in.)

19 — Tristram Hillier R.A.(British, 1905-1983)Halton 25.3 x 40.5 cm. (10 x 16 in.)

20 — Colin Middleton R.H.A.(Irish, 1910-1983)The Piano Player 91.5 x 76.2 cm. (36 x 30 in.)

21 — Tristram Hillier R.A.(British, 1905-1983)Romanesque Churches near Caceres 25 x 35.5 cm. (9 3/4 x 14 in.)

22 — Tristram Hillier(British 1905-1983)The Fisherman's Chapel 33 x 41 cm. (13 x 16 1/8 in.)

23 — Dame Elisabeth Frink R.A.(British, 1930-1993)Boar 22.9 cm. (9 in.) long

24 — Dame Elisabeth Frink R.A.(British, 1930-1993)Small eagle 23.5 cm. (9 1/4 in.) high

25 — Dame Elisabeth Frink R.A.(British, 1930-1993)Chinese Horse III (standing) 48.5 cm. (19 in.) high

26 — Dame Elisabeth Frink R.A.(British, 1930-1993)Cat 37 cm. (14 1/2 in.) high

27* — Dame Barbara Hepworth(British, 1903-1975)Two Forms 23 cm. (9 in.) high (including base)

28 — Dame Barbara Hepworth(British, 1903-1975)Broken Circle 22 cm. (8 5/8 in.) high (including base)

29 — Henry Moore O.M., C.H.(British, 1898-1986)Boat Form 7 cm. (2 3/4 in.) high (excluding base)

30 — Henry Moore O.M., C.H.(British, 1898-1986)Half-Figure: Round Head 16 cm. (6 1/4 in.) high (not including base)

31* — Henry Moore O.M., C.H.(British, 1898-1986)Stringed Reclining Figure 28 cm. (11 in.) long (not including base)

32 — Henry Moore O.M., C.H.(British, 1898-1986)Shelter Drawing: Seated Mother and Child 36 x 27.7 cm. (14 1/4 x 10 3/4 in.) Executed in 1941

33 — Henry Moore O.M., C.H.(British, 1898-1986)Nude with Lifted Arms 43 x 23 cm. (17 x 9 in.)

34 — Keith Vaughan(British, 1912-1977)Two Wandering Figures 39.5 x 28.4 cm. (15 1/2 x 11 1/4 in.)

35 — Keith Vaughan(British, 1912-1977)Garden and Hammock 32.5 x 24.7 cm. (12 3/4 x 9 3/4 in.)

36 — Keith Vaughan(British, 1912-1977)Porth Looe 43 x 43 cm. (17 x 17 in.)

37 — Graham Sutherland O.M.(British, 1903-1980)Tapping a blast furnace: flow of molten iron 15.3 x 22 cm. (6 x 8 3/4 in.) (unframed)

38 — Graham Sutherland O.M.(British, 1903-1980)Tin mine: a tunnel 26.5 x 19 cm. (10 3/8 x 7 1/2 in.) (unframed)

39 — Graham Sutherland O.M.(British, 1903-1980)Study: ingot mould foundry 23 x 16.5 cm. (9 x 6 1/2 in.) (unframed)

40 — Graham Sutherland O.M.(British, 1903-1980)Steelworks, Cardiff: blast furnace towers 23 x 18.5 cm. (9 x 7 1/4 in.) (unframed)

41 — Graham Sutherland O.M.(British, 1903-1980)Opencast coal mining 15.5 x 29.5 cm. (6 1/8 x 11 5/8 in.) (unframed)

42* — John Piper C.H.(British, 1903-1992)Waltham, near Canterbury 2 38 x 61 cm. (15 x 24 in.)

43 — John Piper C.H.(British, 1903-1992)Mountain landscape 37 x 50 cm. (14 1/2 x 19 3/4 in.)

44 — John Tunnard A.R.A.(British, 1900-1971)Whole Holiday 25.5 x 20.3 cm. (10 x 8 in.)

45AR — Paul Feiler(British, born 1918)Revolving Forms 1966 40.6 x 40.6 cm. (16 x 16 in.)

46 — Winifred Nicholson(British, 1893-1981)Quadrilateral Abstract 32 x 43 cm. (12 1/4 x 16 3/4 in.) (irregular)

47 — Alfred Wallis(British, 1855-1942)Steamers at Harbour Entrance 23.5 x 33 cm. (9 1/4 x 13 in.)

48 — Ben Nicholson O.M.(British, 1894-1982)Abstract collage (1933) 33 x 17 cm. (13 x 6 3/4 in.)

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1 —
Tristram Hillier R.A.
(British, 1905-1983)
Still life with cider 25.5 x 21.5 cm. (10 x 8 1/2 in.)

2 —
Tristram Hillier R.A.
(British, 1905-1983)
The Accident 26 x 33.5 cm. (10 1/4 x 13 1/4 in.)

3 —
Tristram Hillier R.A.
(British, 1905-1983)
Objects on a Beach, No.2 64 x 76.3 cm. (25 1/4 x 30 in.)

4 —
Lynn Chadwick
(British, 1914-2003)
Pyramids III 26 cm. (10 1/4 in.) high unique

5 —
Lynn Chadwick
(British, 1914-2003)
Untitled 33.5 cm. (13 1/4 in.) high unique

6 —
Leon Underwood
(British, 1890-1975)
The Prophet 39 cm. (15 1/4 in.) high (not including base)

7 —
Edward Burra
(British, 1905-1976)
The Thief 27 x 37.5 cm. (10 3/4 x 14 3/4 in.)

8 —
John Craxton R.A.
(British, 1922-2009)
Portrait of a Greek Fisherman 61 x 46.5 cm. (24 x 18 1/4 in.)

9 —
John Minton
(British, 1917-1957)
Sleeping Figure 16.5 x 22 cm. (6 1/2 x 8 3/4 in.)

10^* —
Paul Nash
(British, 1889-1946)
The Field Before the Wood 36.8 x 30.5 cm. (14 1/2 x 12 in.)

11^* —
John Minton
(British, 1917-1957)
Fishermen at Blanes, Spain 120.7 x 150.5 cm. (47 1/2 x 59 1/4 in.)

12^* —
John Minton
(British, 1917-1957)
Set design for Don Juan 20.3 x 28.7 cm. (8 x 11 1/2 in.)

13^* —
John Minton
(British, 1917-1957)
Kevin Maybury having a nap 25.2 x 37 cm. (10 x 14 1/2 in.)

14^* —
John Minton
(British, 1917-1957)
Kevin Maybury and Spanish boy 37.3 x 27.3 cm. (14 3/4 x 10 3/4 in.)

15 —
John Minton
(British, 1917-1957)
Vertical Distillation Plant 27.5 x 36.5 cm. (10 3/4 x 14 3/8 in.)

16 —
Ceri Richards
(British, 1903-1971)
Homage to Dylan Thomas 39 x 56 cm. (15 1/2 x 22 in.)

17 —
John Minton
(British, 1917-1957)
Sailors at a quay 31.8 x 23.7 cm. (12 1/2 x 9 1/4 in.)

18 —
Tristram Hillier R.A.
(British, 1905-1983)
Un Pernod 25.3 x 35.6 cm. (10 x 14 in.)

19 —
Tristram Hillier R.A.
(British, 1905-1983)
Halton 25.3 x 40.5 cm. (10 x 16 in.)

20 —
Colin Middleton R.H.A.
(Irish, 1910-1983)
The Piano Player 91.5 x 76.2 cm. (36 x 30 in.)

21 —
Tristram Hillier R.A.
(British, 1905-1983)
Romanesque Churches near Caceres 25 x 35.5 cm. (9 3/4 x 14 in.)

22 —
Tristram Hillier
(British 1905-1983)
The Fisherman's Chapel 33 x 41 cm. (13 x 16 1/8 in.)

23 —
Dame Elisabeth Frink R.A.
(British, 1930-1993)
Boar 22.9 cm. (9 in.) long

24 —
Dame Elisabeth Frink R.A.
(British, 1930-1993)
Small eagle 23.5 cm. (9 1/4 in.) high

25 —
Dame Elisabeth Frink R.A.
(British, 1930-1993)
Chinese Horse III (standing) 48.5 cm. (19 in.) high

26 —
Dame Elisabeth Frink R.A.
(British, 1930-1993)
Cat 37 cm. (14 1/2 in.) high

27^* —
Dame Barbara Hepworth
(British, 1903-1975)
Two Forms 23 cm. (9 in.) high (including base)

28 —
Dame Barbara Hepworth
(British, 1903-1975)
Broken Circle 22 cm. (8 5/8 in.) high (including base)

29 —
Henry Moore O.M., C.H.
(British, 1898-1986)
Boat Form 7 cm. (2 3/4 in.) high (excluding base)

30 —
Henry Moore O.M., C.H.
(British, 1898-1986)
Half-Figure: Round Head 16 cm. (6 1/4 in.) high (not including base)

31^* —
Henry Moore O.M., C.H.
(British, 1898-1986)
Stringed Reclining Figure 28 cm. (11 in.) long (not including base)

32 —
Henry Moore O.M., C.H.
(British, 1898-1986)
Shelter Drawing: Seated Mother and Child 36 x 27.7 cm. (14 1/4 x 10 3/4 in.) Executed in 1941

33 —
Henry Moore O.M., C.H.
(British, 1898-1986)
Nude with Lifted Arms 43 x 23 cm. (17 x 9 in.)

34 —
Keith Vaughan
(British, 1912-1977)
Two Wandering Figures 39.5 x 28.4 cm. (15 1/2 x 11 1/4 in.)

35 —
Keith Vaughan
(British, 1912-1977)
Garden and Hammock 32.5 x 24.7 cm. (12 3/4 x 9 3/4 in.)

36 —
Keith Vaughan
(British, 1912-1977)
Porth Looe 43 x 43 cm. (17 x 17 in.)

37 —
Graham Sutherland O.M.
(British, 1903-1980)
Tapping a blast furnace: flow of molten iron 15.3 x 22 cm. (6 x 8 3/4 in.) (unframed)

38 —
Graham Sutherland O.M.
(British, 1903-1980)
Tin mine: a tunnel 26.5 x 19 cm. (10 3/8 x 7 1/2 in.) (unframed)

39 —
Graham Sutherland O.M.
(British, 1903-1980)
Study: ingot mould foundry 23 x 16.5 cm. (9 x 6 1/2 in.) (unframed)

40 —
Graham Sutherland O.M.
(British, 1903-1980)
Steelworks, Cardiff: blast furnace towers 23 x 18.5 cm. (9 x 7 1/4 in.) (unframed)

41 —
Graham Sutherland O.M.
(British, 1903-1980)
Opencast coal mining 15.5 x 29.5 cm. (6 1/8 x 11 5/8 in.) (unframed)

42^* —
John Piper C.H.
(British, 1903-1992)
Waltham, near Canterbury 2 38 x 61 cm. (15 x 24 in.)

43 —
John Piper C.H.
(British, 1903-1992)
Mountain landscape 37 x 50 cm. (14 1/2 x 19 3/4 in.)

44 —
John Tunnard A.R.A.
(British, 1900-1971)
Whole Holiday 25.5 x 20.3 cm. (10 x 8 in.)

45^AR —
Paul Feiler
(British, born 1918)
Revolving Forms 1966 40.6 x 40.6 cm. (16 x 16 in.)

46 —
Winifred Nicholson
(British, 1893-1981)
Quadrilateral Abstract 32 x 43 cm. (12 1/4 x 16 3/4 in.) (irregular)

47 —
Alfred Wallis
(British, 1855-1942)
Steamers at Harbour Entrance 23.5 x 33 cm. (9 1/4 x 13 in.)

48 —
Ben Nicholson O.M.
(British, 1894-1982)
Abstract collage (1933) 33 x 17 cm. (13 x 6 3/4 in.)