8 July 2024 | 9.30 AM BST
A Collection of the Curious and Beautiful
Interesting side lots of art and artistic ephemera from the extensive collection of Fred Cuming RA and his wife Audrey, who travelled and worked together around the UK and Europe. They were avid collectors of objects, anything curious or beautiful, many of these items would have caught their eye for some rare aesthetic or technical quality but quite often many items would simply have possessed a unique and naïve charm. There are several pieces that may have been the work of a student or amateur, nevertheless they found them exquisite. The majority of pieces from this small collection were displayed in their home for many years among an incredibly rich and varied array of his own work and that of his contemporaries. They would have been purchased over the course of a period spanning five decades or more, from the family’s early beginnings at Egerton House in Kent, Hythe, Wittersham and finally Iden in East Sussex where the family settled.
In our Weekly House & Gardens Sale on Monday 8th July, from lot 251 - 315.
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Lot 254
Michael Farrell (1940-2000), limited colour etching 5/25, ‘Wounded Wonder’, signed in pencil
Estimate: £200 - £300
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Lot 270
A lead study of a crouching figure, 15cm high.
Estimate: £150 - £200
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Lot 281
A group of tiles, mostly 19th / 20th century Delft, largest 23 x 23cm.
Estimate: £100 - £200
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Lot 292
Karl Terry, contemporary oil on board, ‘Longden Cliffs’, signed, 40 x 29cm.
Estimate: £100 - £150
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Lot 284
Gintaro, Japanese woodblock print, Soldiers on horseback, 35 x 68cm.
Estimate: £100 - £150
