Denhams Auction Catalogue

for our Antique, Fine Art and Collectables auction to be held on Wednesday 20th and Thursday 21st of May 2026

Lot No Description Est Image
926 **Alan Davie (British, 1920-2014), Little Dragon's Construction, oil on board, signed, titled and dated 2008 verso, 32cm x 37cm, within a painted wood frame. Provenance: Gimpel Fils, London. **Please note that Artists Resale Rights may be payable on this lot 300-500
927 **Dame Laura Knight (British, 1877-1970), Female Nude, pen with ink, signed and inscribed "to our dear friends Gladys and Saxon Snell", 15.5cm x 12cm, within a gilt Bourlet frame. Note: Thomas Saxon Snell was the brother of Dorothy "Dolly Snell" who regularly sat for Laura. Dolly married Harold Knightâ??s brother Edgar in 1912.**Please note that Artists Resale Rights may be payable on this lot 200-300
928 Ian Potts (British, 1936-2014), "Valley of the Kings, Egypt", watercolour, signed and titled lower left, 24cm x 33cm, together with another watercolour by the same hand, "At the Beach", both within oak frames. Note: Ian Potts was a distinguished British watercolourist and head of painting at Brighton University. A long-time educator, Potts mentored generations of artists including Turner Prize winner Rachel Whiteread. Represented in public collections including the V&A and the Arts Council, Potts exhibited widely throughout Britain and Europe 50-80
929 After Henry Thomson (British, 1773-1843), "Distress by Sea", 19th century oil on canvas, 44cm x 34cm, within a gilt frame. 60-90
930 Neil Holland, "The Priory Playhouse, Arundel", watercolour, signed and dated '80 recto, labels verso, 26cm x 33cm, within a silvered frame. 40-60
931 Circle of John Prescott Knight, Portrait of a Lady wearing a Black Dress seated in an Armchair, 19th century oil on canvas, 44cm x 40cm, within a gilt composition frame. 100-150
932 William G. Whittington (act.1904-1914), Maritime Scene with several Sailing vessels in a stiff breeze near a Harbour Pier with Lighthouse, 19th century watercolour, signed, 27cm x 76cm, within a gilt frame. 700-900
933 David R. Meeks, "River Ray from the Fencott Bridge", late 20th/early 21st century watercolour, signed recto, titled label verso, 35cm x 51cm, within a gilt frame. 40-60
934 Andrew Grant Kurtis M.A. (British, born 1963), river scape with trees and mountains in distance, oil on canvas 59cm x 90cm, artist stamp verso, within a gilt frame 90-120
935 **Sherree Valentine Daines (British, b.1959), Interior Workshop scene with Man and Child, oval oil on canvas-board, signed and dated 1983 recto, Park Lane Fine Arts gallery label verso, 40cm x 52cm, within a gilt composition frame.**Please Note - Artists Resale Rights may be payable on this lot. 400-600
936 William Huggins (1820-1884), Study of a Cow, pencil, charcoal and sanguine, signed, 26cm x 18cm, within a gilt frame. 250-350
937 Ernest Stephen Lumsden (British, 1883-1945), "Jodhpur from the Desert" (India), etching with drypoint, signed in pencil recto, titled label verso, 12cm x 16cm, within an ebonized frame. 80-120
938 James Ward R.A. (British, 1769-1859), "The Landing Place at Waterloo Bridge", watercolour, signed and titled with the artists address of Newman Street verso, 24cm x 20cm, within a gilt frame. Provenance: E. Stacey Marks (who erroneously ascribed the work to John Ward). 250-350
939 Claude Strachan (British, 1865-1938), Lady outside a Thatched Public House, and a Lady outside a Thatched Cottage, a pair of late 19th/early 20th century watercolours, one signed, each 26cm x 19cm, unframed within gilt mounts. 150-250
940 Moritz Krantz (German, 1812-1869), Miniature Portraits of a Boy and Girl, a pair of 19th century enamels on porcelain, both signed, each 11.5cm x 9cm, both within gilt composition frames. 80-120
941 Circle of Henry Liverseege (British, 1802-1832), Gentleman Smoking a Pipe at a Cottage Door, 19th century oil on canvas, 44cm x 34cm, within a gilt frame. 60-90
942 Charles Ancelin (French, 1863-1940), Horse Racing Scenes, eight chromolithographs, each 32cm x 50cm, all within gilt frames. 150-250
943 Aries Moross (Kate Moross) (British, b.1986) "Oooof", painted fibreglass construction on a metal stand, signed and dated 2012, 96cm x 50cm x 50cm. Note: Created for the 2012 Faberge Big Egg Hunt in London, this painted egg sculpture was one of more than 200 artworks featured in a city-wide public art trail in aid of charity. Installed in the Covent Garden zone, it formed part of a large-scale scavenger hunt that transformed the capital into an open-air gallery 200-400
944 Saktsier, a bronze figure of standing violinist 44cm h 60-90