Three British Artists
Graham Sutherland, John Piper and Henry Moore

27 Nov 2006, starting at 12:00 GMT .

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Graham Sutherland The Meadow Etching, 1928, a working proof with touches of drawing on the sheep, on watermarked laid, with margins, signed with initials lower left in the foliage and lower right on the plate mark, aside from the edition of 83, published by Twenty-One Gallery, London, taped at sheet edges on reverse, minor surface defects, 114 x 154mm (4 1/2 x 6in)(PL) unframed

Graham Sutherland Hanger Hill Etching, 1927, on watermarked laid, signed and numbered 15/77 in pencil, published by Twenty-One Gallery, London; in good condition, 140 x 128mm (5 1/2 x 5in)(PL)

Wood Interior Etching, 1929/30, on laid, signed and numbered 44/60 in pencil, published by Twenty-One Gallery, London, faint creasing and foxing, 120 x 162mm (4 3/4 x 6 3/8in)(PL) unframed

Graham Sutherland Pastoral Etching and engraving, 1930, signed and numbered IV/X from the 1973 edition, watermarked laid, printed by 2RC, Rome, with their blindstamp; in good condition, 130 x 195mm (5 1/8 x 7 5/8)(PL) unframed

Graham Sutherland Oast House Etching, 1932, on laid, with margins, signed in pencil, no edition printed, only proofs; time staining and foxing, faint creasing, 173 x 264mm (6 3/4 x 10 3/8in)(PL) unframed

John Piper Abstract composition Autolithograph, 1936, printed in colours, on machine made lithographic cartridge, signed in pencil from the total edition of 1000, published by Contemporary Lithographs; faint time staining, unexamined out of the frame, 610 x 458mm (24 x 18in)(I)

John Piper Bullslaughter Bay, Pembrokeshire II Lithograph, 1955, a rare proof, printed in black and white, on the same sheet a proof of "Niton, Isle of Wight", (L.92); in excellent condition, 560 x 380mm (22 x 15in)(SH)

John Piper Nursery Frieze II Autolithograph, in colours, 1937, on machine made lithographic cartridge paper, printed by Waterlow and Sons, published by Contemporary Lithographs; in excellent condition, 460 x 1214mm (18 1/8 x 47 3/4in)(I) unframed

Henry Moore Reclining Figure Signed Moore, an "AP" aside from the edition of 7, stamped by Noack Berlin. Bronze with gold, brown patina. 67 x 130 x 41mm (2 5/8 x 5 1/8 x 1 5/8in)(excluding base) Conceived 1938 in lead, cast in the 1950's by the Noack Foundry, Berlin.

John Piper Hafod, Cardiganshire Grey watercolour wash drawing, 1939, signed verso lower left, titled and dated verso in pen and ink, further pencil annotations verso "TN44". On unwatermarked sketchbook paper; 260 x 370mm (10 1/4 x 14 1/2in)(SH)

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