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Portrait of a Young Bride.
£4,000Portrait of a Young Bride.
Large half length portrait in oils showing a dark young bride seated on a red silk chair. Set within a heavily decorated, carved, moulded and gilded Morant style frame. She is dressed in blue with a gold pendant necklace and prominent wedding band and ruby ring.£4,000 -
The Age of Innocence
£3,800The Age of Innocence
A 19th Century genre painting in oils after Sir Joshua Reynolds originally entitled A Little Girl but better known as The Age of Innocence. A barefooted small child in a white dress is shown seated in a sylvan bower. Set in fine, ornate, carved and gilded Maratta frame with scalloped corners.£3,800 -
Portrait of an Homme du Monde.
£3,300Portrait of an Homme du Monde.
Large gilt framed half length portrait in oils showing a silk-coated, mustachioed gentleman with double breasted waistcoat and gold watch-chain. His wing tip collar, open at the neck, with silk ascot and tie ring, touseled coiffure and somewhat portly presentation hint at a man of the world.£3,300 -
Set of Indian orthniological paintings on mica
£660 set of sixSet of Indian orthniological paintings on mica
Mica is a transparent mineral composed of complex mixtures of potassium silicates. The variety of mica used most frequently by these Indian artists is Muscovite (H2KAl3 Si04)3 which is found widely throughout south India. The mica is formed between strata of granite and the transparency of the material is a result of the heat and pressure created between the layers of rock during formation. Mica consists of many interlocking platelets, resulting in a laminar structure which can be split easily into thin sheets.£660 set of six -
Pair of 19th Century Traditional Chinese Figure Paintings.
£600 the pairPair of 19th Century Traditional Chinese Figure Paintings.
Chinese pith paintings came into use for painting to satisfy the increasing demand for small, inexpensive and easily transported souvenirs, following the massive growth in the China Trade in the first quarter of the nineteenth century. Because of the nature of pith and its cellular structure, the gouache used by the Chinese sat on the surface and produced a bright and even sparkling effect.£600 the pair
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Portraits Part I by Constantin Guys, Verve Vol 2 / No. 5-6.
£500Portraits Part I by Constantin Guys, Verve Vol 2 / No. 5-6.
The Verve Review was a purposefully luxurious. It ran from 1937 to 1960, but with only 38 editions available, due to the high degree of design and editorial work dedicated to each issue. Each edition contained unique lithographic prints, commissioned by the editor, and each cover a double-page lithograph elaborated by one of the artists contained within. It was the brainchild of its editor Stratis Eleftheriades, a Greek National who moved to Paris in the early thirties to take part in the growing Modernist movement, writing under the name of Teriade.£500 -
The Dance, by Henri Matisse, Jan – March 1939 / No. 4.
£1,200The Dance, by Henri Matisse, Jan – March 1939 / No. 4.
The Verve Review was a purposefully luxurious. It ran from 1937 to 1960, but with only 38 editions available, due to the high degree of design and editorial work dedicated to each issue. Each edition contained unique lithographic prints, commissioned by the editor, and each cover a double-page lithograph elaborated by one of the artists contained within. It was the brainchild of its editor Stratis Eleftheriades, a Greek National who moved to Paris in the early thirties to take part in the growing Modernist movement, writing under the name of Teriade.£1,200 -
The Four Elements, Earth by Francisco Bores, Verve Vol. 1 / No. 1.
£600The Four Elements, Earth by Francisco Bores, Verve Vol. 1 / No. 1.
The Verve Review was a purposefully luxurious. It ran from 1937 to 1960, but with only 38 editions available, due to the high degree of design and editorial work dedicated to each issue. Each edition contained unique lithographic prints, commissioned by the editor, and each cover a double-page lithograph elaborated by one of the artists contained within. It was the brainchild of its editor Stratis Eleftheriades, a Greek National who moved to Paris in the early thirties to take part in the growing Modernist movement, writing under the name of Teriade.£600 -
Henri Matisse, ‘The Last Works of Henri Matisse’
£900 eachHenri Matisse, ‘The Last Works of Henri Matisse’
From Verve Vol. IX No. 35/36 published by Tériade under the title 'The Last Works of Henri Matisse'£900 each