The spring auction features an important group of works from the collection of Peter Adam. At the centre of this collection are works by Keith Vaughan, acquired directly from the artist. These include the painting Foreshore with Three Figures (1963), a rare self-portrait (1950) and a gouache Two Seated Figures (1955).
The sale also includes a prime Frank Auerbach drawing of Mornington Crescent, a large Gerald Scarfe Pink Floyd painting, and unique works by Edward Seago, Mary Fedden, Alfred Wallis, Louis Wain, Gillian Ayres and Grayson Perry.
Viewing
Viewing exclusively at the Barley Mow, W4 4PH:
Fri 22 March 10am - 4pm (Preview evening 6 - 9 pm) Sat 23 March 11am - 3pm Sun 24 March 11am - 3pm Mon 25 March 10am - 5pm Tues 26 March 10am - 1pm (Auction at 2pm)
Auction: Modern British & Irish Art
The winter Modern British & Irish Art auction is one of the company’s strongest to date. It encompasses a wide variety of artworks, starting at the beginning of 20th century right through to modern contemporary.
The auction features a number of important private collections, one such collection offered, includes work by L.S. Lowry, Elisabeth Frink, Keith Vaughan, Duncan Grant, John Bellany and Reg Butler.
The undoubted highlight of the auction is an important and rare 1950s painting by the surrealist Eileen Agar. A Sea Change, was previously in the collection of Lord Sainsbury and was exhibited in her retrospective in 1971, among other notable shows.
Other highlights include unique works by Dame Paula Rego, Kyffin Williams, Eliot Hodgkin, Paul Feiler, John Piper and Henry Moore.
