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Lot 272
A late Victorian Minton charger, decorated with Louis Wain type transfer printed anthromorphic cats, 38cm diam c.1900; three Louis Wain prints, framed; a Noritake navette shaped dish, printed with baskets of flowers, in the Imari palette, 21cm wide, printed mark; a Noritake two handled pedestal centre dish on stand, 28cm diam, printed mark; Noritake; etc
Lot 348
After Louis Wain - Late 19th century Mr's Tabby's Academy monochrome print, published by Cassell & Co for their 1888 Christmas Annual Yule Tide. Print depicts an illustration from Louis Wain's "Mrs. Tabitha's Cats' Academy"series of whimsical and anthropomorphic cat illustrations. Alongside a print of 'At The Pantomime' by Louis Wain, framed and glazed. Largest housed withina carved wooden frame measuring approx. 31cm x 38cm.
Lot 414A
Louis Wain (British,1860-1939), Cat with a book, red chalk on paper, unlaid, signed, 23.5x22cm, framed and glazed (housed loose in frame) Gifted to the vendor in the will of her great aunt Winifred Stagg in 1961 (see supplied letter of provenance). Bears fine acid line to edges.Marginal tear to lower left of paper approx. 3cm though not encroaching on the chalk drawing.
Lot 299
Louis Wain (British, 1860-1939) The Tiger Rugsigned 'Louis Wain' (lower left)ink and watercolour39 x 29.5cmProvenance:The collection of Joseph Fitton (1925-2009), thence by descentMinor discolouration to the watercolour. Tear approximately 7cm wide extending from the shoulder of the right hand cat into the mount. Abrasion to the paper surface around the flower pot, to the chair, neckline of the right hand cat, and the back of the tiger rug. Further small tears and loss to the lower left hand edge. Unexamined out of frame.
Lot 351
Pamela Kay, British b.1939 - Cat Four; charcoal and chalk on paper, signed in pencil lower right 'Pamela Kay', 33 x 24 cm: together with a charcoal on paper by Steven Spurrier RA, British 1878–1961, 'Cat Feeding Her Kittens', 12 x 19.5 cm (2) (ARR) Provenance: with Chris Beetles Limited, London (according to the labels attached to the reverse of the frames); private collection Note: the work by Steven Spurrier was exhibited as part of 'Louis Wain & the Summer Cat Show' at Chris Beetles Limited, 1999, cat. no.159
Lot 363
Martin Leman, British b.1934 - Wish You Were Here, 1974; oil on shaped panel, signed lower right 'Leman' and titled and dated to the inscribed label attached to the reverse, 31.5 x 28 cm (ARR) Note: Martin Leman is celebrated for his naïve and gently surrealist style reminiscent of Henri Rousseau. He is particularly known for his paintings of cats and the numerous illustrated books he has made, including 'Comic and Curious Cats' which featured a text by Angela Carter, making him a natural heir to Louis Wain.
Lot 362
Martin Leman, British b.1934 - On The Edge, 1994; oil on board, signed lower right 'Leman 94' and titled and dated to the label attached to the reverse, 31.8 x 26.3 cm (ARR) Note: with a Royal Academy Summer Exhibition 1994 application label attached to the reverse. Martin Leman is celebrated for his naïve and gently surrealist style reminiscent of Henri Rousseau. He is particularly known for his paintings of cats and the numerous illustrated books he has made, including 'Comic and Curious Cats' which featured a text by Angela Carter, making him a natural heir to Louis Wain.
Lot 361
Martin Leman, British b.1934 - See You Soon, 1974; oil on shaped panel, signed lower right 'Leman' and titled and dated to the inscribed label attached to the reverse, 31 x 27 cm (unframed) (ARR) Note: according to the owner, this was the first work by the artist to feature a cat in the composition. Martin Leman is celebrated for his naïve and gently surrealist style reminiscent of Henri Rousseau. He is particularly known for his paintings of cats and the numerous illustrated books he has made, including 'Comic and Curious Cats' which featured a text by Angela Carter, making him a natural heir to Louis Wain.
Lot 360
Martin Leman, British b.1934 - It's Magic, 1994; oil on board, signed and dated lower right 'Leman 94' and titled and dated to the reverse, 31.8 x 26.7 cm: together with an etching on paper by the same artist (2) (ARR) Note: Martin Leman is celebrated for his naïve and gently surrealist style reminiscent of Henri Rousseau. He is particularly known for his paintings of cats and the numerous illustrated books he has made, including 'Comic and Curious Cats' which featured a text by Angela Carter, making him a natural heir to Louis Wain.
Lot 328
Folk Art a collection of books concerning folk and naive art, to include Dale (Rodney) Louis Wain, The Man Who Drew Cats, London: William Kimber, 1968, inscribed by Roger Cardinal; Bihalhi-Merin (Oto) Modern Primitives: Naive Painting from the Late Seventeenth Century to the Present Day, London: Thames and Hudson, 1971; Bossert (Helmuth) Folk Art of Europe, New York: Rizzoli, 1990, among numerous other books on the same and related subjects. including references volumes (qty) The Library of Roger Cardinal Roger Cardinal (1940-2019)Roger Cardinal was one of Britain’s most distinguished art historians, best known for defining what is generally known as Outsider Art - that is, art by people with no formal training. He began his career as a lecturer at the French department of the University of Manitoba, Canada, subsequently moving to Warwick University and finally to the University of Kent at Canterbury, where he taught for fifty years and held a professorship.Roger Cardinal was not only a leading authority on Outsider Art, but also on Surrealism. He was a prolific writer and a master of literary style. His eloquent, percipient writings include several books on a wide range of subjects such as Outsider Art (1972), German Romantics in Context (1975) Figures of Reality (1981), Expressionism (1984), The Landscape Vision of Paul Nash (1989), The Cultures of Collecting (1994), and Kurt Schwitters (2011). He also acted as a curator and was a regular contributor to art-historical publications.Cardinal’s interest in art lay in its margins - the neurodiverse, psychotic, uneducated, autistic, self-taught and ‘other’. His fascination with artists such as the violently psychotic Adolf Wölfli lay in their creativity rather than in the sensationalism of their lives. Certainly, it did not lie in the resale value of their work. That outsider art should have its own multimillion-dollar annual fair in New York and specialist departments at Christie’s auctioneers ran quite contrary to Cardinal’s thinking.Much of Roger Cardinal’s library has recently been donated to the Tate Gallery including the handwritten diaries that he kept his whole life. Cardinal often used books as working tools, heavily annotating in the margins - as with many volumes in the current sale. The library offered reflects Cardinal’s varied interests and fluent command of French and German. Alongside a large collection of art reference works in his specialist subjects, we also find collections of books on fairy tales and science fiction.
Lot 1046
A collection of eleven pictures The lot comprises D Sherrin, a church before a lake, watercolour on paper, signed lower left; fir trees before a lake, watercolour and body colour on card; James Matthews 'Wiggies Hall, Sussex', watercolour on paper, signed lower left; George Oyston, a shoreline with boats, watercolour on paper, signed and dated lower left; EA Roe, house and garden exterior, watercolour on paper, signed lower left; 19th century Continental school, landscape with waterfall and figures, watercolour on paper; early 20th century Continental school, landscape with a lake and figures, oil on canvas; copy after Louis Wain, cats playing golf; Paul Sandby Munn, anglers near Chappel Curig, watercolour on paper; Café de Paris Coronation Gala Dinner menu, on silk; Fred Rider, herdsmen in a landscape, watercolour on paper, signed lower left.Qty: 11Some with notable surface dirt, all with fading and foxing.
Lot 320A
Three pottery figures of frogs, 20th century, one tin-glazed, its mouth open forming a vase, inscribed 'Mosanic', chips, 21.5cm high; a banjo playing frog, 17.5cm high; a Judge frog, cracked, 11.5cm high; a Louis Wain style 'Cat that got the Cream' jug, 12cm, and a pottery foal, in the manner of Hummel-Konig, 10cm wide (4) Condition ReportFoal - Crazing. Large frog - chips to the glaze. Banjo - chips.
Lot 199
Ten friendship albums and books, late 19th c and later, typically inscribed in manuscript with sentiment, verse and wit, with approx. 119 original watercolour, pen-and-ink, &/or pencil illustrations and drawings, including two early 19th c Italian Grand Tour gouaches of Mount Vesuvius erupting, "A Cold Steam Guard" (Serpentine) - a cartoon parody of a Coldstream Guard bathing, dated 1907, Spring Cleaning in two scenes, anthropomorphic cats in the manner of Louis Wain, an 18th c rake oddly inscribed with Chinese calligraphic characters, playing cards and a cribbage board, caricatures, chess, others, some ephemera in places, including a b/w group photograph of Boer War period British Army soldiers, etc., mixed bindings and sizes, (10)
Lot 1000
Louis WAIN (1860-1939) 'Wonderland Wonders' by john Isabel F.E.S, publ. London: Home Words Office; 'Peter Cat O' One Tail', 1892; 'In Animal Land with Louis Wain', publ. London: S. W. Partridge & Co. together with 'Louis Wain' by Brian Reade, publ. V&A; 'Louis Wain the man who drew Cats' by Rodney Dale, publ. William Kimber and The Captian Magazine 1900 (6)
Lot 433
LOUIS WAIN (1860-1939); oil on canvas, study of cat and two kittens, signed, indistinctly inscribed in pencil to the stretcher, 25.5 x 36cm, framed.Condition Report: the frame is very worn with chips to the wooden gilded sides, the canvas has two puncture holes in it , and is in need of cleaning
Lot 321
Louis Wain for Max Emanuel and Co., A Lucky Sphinx Cat, design registered 1914, modelled as a cubist Egyptian figure, printed mark MADE IN ENGLAND and three stacked rifles (Mitterteich), black painted registration number 638316, Louis Wain on back leg, 11.5cm highThese models are from a group of nine which were produced for Max Emanuel and Co., and were launched at a private view at their showrooms. Crazed. Back left paw has paint loss and a visible hairline. Right ear shows different clou under ultraviolet light. Paint scratches and scuffs, dirty and dusty. Black paint has brush marks and areas that are rough. See extra images.
Lot 9055
Eighteen assorted children's & illustrated titles, including Arthur Rackham: 'Arthur Rackham's Book of Pictures', London, William Heinemann, 1913, 1st trade edition, 44 tipped in colour plates complete, 4to, original pictorial cloth gilt; Louis Wain: 'Louis Wain's Great Big Midget Book', London, Dean & Son, [1934], frontis + numerous full page and in text b/w illustrations complete, square 16mo (11 x 10cm), original pictorial boards (later laminated), inner joints reinforced. Louis Wain's last book printed in his lifetime; it was done with the assistance of his sister, Claire, whilst he was a patient at Napsbury Hospital, near St. Albans in Hertfordshire, a psychiatric establishment where he spent the final 15 years of his life; W. Heath Robinson (ill.): 'Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales', L, Hodder & Stoughton for Boots the Chemists, [nd], c.1930, 16 tipped in colour plates + 75 b/w ills. by W. Heath Robinson complete, 4to, orig. pictorial cloth gilt, dust wrapper; Kate Greenaway: 'Almanack for 1924', L, Warne, [1924], 1st edition thus, 24pp, colour illustrated throughout, being reproductions from the first 1883 Almanack, 10 x 7.5cm, original quarter cloth, pictorial paper covered boards; Spielmann & Layard: 'Kate Greenaway', L, A & C Black, 1905, 1st edition, colour frontis + 52 colour plates + numerous b/w plates etc complete, orig. dec. cloth gilt, top edge gilt; Charles Ricketts: 'Unrecorded Histories', L, Martin Secker, 1933, limited edition, one of 950 copies, 6 illustrations by Ricketts complete, original decorative cloth gilt, top edge gilt, ; Friedeswith Huddart (ill.): 'The Hound of Heaven: Ten Drawings for the Poem of Francis Thompson', L, Chatto & Windus, 1914, limited edition, number 44 of 50 copies only, signed by the illustrator, 10 mounted plates complete, each with printed captioned tissue guards, large 4to (31 x 25.5cm), orig. vellum gilt (worn); Waring & Gillow (pub.): 'The Artistic Evolution of the English Home', c.1900, limited edition, No.30 of 300 copies, inscribed by the publisher to verso of limitation page, 24 remarque proof photogravure plates complete, 4to, original vellum gilt (slightly worn); Helen Stratton (ill.): 'The Lily of Life', L, Hodder, [1913], 18 tipped in colour plates complete, 4to, orig. cloth gilt, top edge gilt, plus 9 others including Charles Brock, D.G. Rossetti etc, and a mounted b/w Louis Wain print of cats (19)
Lot 118
WAIN, Louis (Illust.). The Cat Scouts, A Picture-Book for Little Folk, Verses & Tales by Jessie Pope, first edition, 48pp., illustrated endpapers, internally very well-preserved, clean & bright, a few small marks in places, sewn text-block becoming loose, neat early gift inscription, boards marked & worn, London: Blackie & Son Ltd., [1912]
Lot 1486
Louis Wain (attributed): a gilt framed antique watercolour, depicting a cat licking its lips after feeding from a dish - signed and bearing remains of old provenance inscription on paper stuck to the backboard stating 'An Original, given by Louis Wain to Brenda Girvin, I think for a reproduction in.... Given by her to me. (signed) Lionel S. Lewis' - 16.5cm X 24cm (Brenda Girvin being author of 'The Lower Forth' and other children's titles. Lionel Smithett Lewis being a member of the late Victorian Church Anti-Vivisection League, later Vicar of Glastonbury)
Lot 397
An original Louis Wain pencil sketch - 14cm x 11cm CONDITION REPORT Our team of trusted experts are on hand to help and always endeavour to provide an accurate judgement. The ultimate responsibility lies with the buyer however, and we recommend that you make every effort to inspect the lot yourself.To that end, we have provided a number of additional images for your attention to showcase the lot in more detail.
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