Central to this sale is The Estate of Jill and Michael Barrington (lots 1-31), which includes works by Simeon Solomon, Jacob Epstein and Edward Seago. Jill Barrington worked as an interior and fashion designer and built up an important collection of costume designs and art deco pieces, seen here in the works by Alastair (lots 9-13), Charles Gesmar (lots 14-15) and Vera Willoughby (lot 2). Jill and Michael Barrington were not born into a world of art collections, but over sixty years of marriage they discovered and cultivated a shared love of the arts in many forms. Together they built up a considered collection, which also included antique Greek and Etruscan pieces that will be sold as part of Roseberys' Antiquities, Islamic and Indian Arts sale on Friday 25 October.
Following a hugely successful sale at Sotheby’s in June 2024, Roseberys are very fortunate to be selling three works from The Collection of Ralph I. Goldenberg (lots 31-33), by David Burliuk, Gilian Ayres and Rachel Howard, representing the depth and breadth of the collection. London-based Goldenberg amassed a wonderful and important collection, with a particular focus on American and European minimalism, owning pieces by Agnes Martin, Robert Ryman and Rachel Whiteread. Goldenberg was on the boards of a number of leading institutions, including the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago and The Art Institute of Chicago.
Other important collections are: works from the Family of Artist Frédy Hungrecker (1891-1964), which includes pieces by the artist alongside Dame Laura Knight and British impressionist Mark Fisher.
Following a successful sale in April 2024, Roseberys will once again be partnering with Paintings In Hospitals to deaccession artworks from the charity’s collection. The sale will include works by Gerald Laing, John Carter and Leon Morocco. The Paintings in Hospitals Collection is the first collection of art in the UK created to support people’s physical and mental health.
Modern British highlights include a beautiful male nude by Duncan Grant; a dramatic architectural work by John Piper; an exquisite still life by Eliot Hodgkin from the 1950s and an enigmatic landscape by Mary Potter.
Post-War and Contemporary highlights include two abstract works by Aubrey Williams; an explosive abstract by John Hoyland and an elegiac landscape by Hughie O’Donoghue, alongside a collection of works by Scottish artist Charles Avery. Roseberys is very excited to be selling a wonderful pastel by Czech artist Anna Zemánková, following her inclusion in the 2024 Venice Biennale.
Highlight lots:
Lot 5 – Simeon Solomon, British 1840–1905 - The Strawberry Flower, 1892; £12,000-18,000
Part of The Estate of Jill and Michael Barrington, this sensational portrait was included in the Barbican Exhibition 'The Last Romantics' in 1989.
From this same collection and purchased from the Willow Gallery in 2011, this is a brilliant example of Seago’s mature style, depicting the city of Venice, which became one of his most beloved subjects from the 1930s to 1960s.
Lot 31 – David Burliuk, Ukrainian 1882-1967 - Hommage à Cezanne 1910; £8,000-12,000
David Burliuk's work is central to the Royal Academy, London's current exhibition, 'In the Eye of the Storm: Modernism in Ukraine, 1900-1930s', organised by Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid. Alongside his brother, Vladimir Burliuk, Alexander Bogomazov and Aleksandra Ekster, he was a pioneering artist in the region, developing an avant-garde language that combined folk subject matter and modernist form. From The Collection of Ralph I. Goldenberg.
Lot 127 – Duncan Grant, British 1885-1978 - Nude Seated Figure, 1933; £4,000-6,000
This brilliant inter-war male nude, was first owned by Aeneas J. L. McDonnell (1904-1964), an Australian archivist, art dealer, collector and connoisseur, who spent time in Europe in the mid-20th century. In 1928, he became a partner of Macquarie Galleries in Sydney and was later adviser to the Felton Bequest of The National Gallery of Victoria in Melbourne, Australia. He died in London in 1964.
Lot 231 - John Piper CH, British 1903-1992 - Customs House, Poole, 1951; £5,000-7,000
This striking work was previously owned by Hans and Elsbeth Juda. Hans Juda was the founder of 'The Ambassador', an export journal for textiles, and Elsbeth was a photographer, who took portraits of Henry Moore, Graham Sutherland and Piper, amongst other art world figures.
Lot 350 - Mary Potter OBE, British 1900-1981 - Autumn Tree, 1960; £6,000-8,000
This gentle yet enigmatic autumnal scene is a brilliant example of the artist's mature style of the 1960s and was previously owned by the director Basil Coleman (1916-2013), who worked closely with Potter’s friends Benjamin Britten and Peter Pears. Her work was recently the subject of a major show at The New Art Centre, Roche Court in 2024.
Lot 299 – Anna Zemánková, Czech 1908-1986 - Untitled; £12,000-18,000
This intricate yet ethereal work encapsulates Zemánková's unique language, that now sees her as one of the most internationally celebrated artists associated with the concept of 'Art Brut'. With no formal training, her work became known to Jean Dubuffet, who included it in the Collection de l’Art Brut Lausanne. She became known more widely following exhibitions at the Hayward Gallery in London in 1979 and more recently her work was included in the 2013 and 2024 Venice Biennales.
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