Oil, Acrylic Paintings and Mixed Media

BUI HUU HUNG (VIETNAMENSE B.1957) 'MANDARIN FAMILY' lacquer on wood, mounted in an ebonised frame, 2008. Signed by the artist and with artist's seal. 244cm x 122cm Acquired at a gallery in Ho Chi Minh City. Features in the 'Land of Legends' book of works by Bui Hut Hung, 2008

AFTER FRANCISCO DE ZURBARAN (1598-1664) A PAIR OF SPANISH STILL LIFE OIL PAINTINGS ON CANVAS, The first depicting lemons in a basket, some peel in a glass of water. The second depicting oranges, some peeled and sliced, with a single flower in a glass of water. 80cm x 60cm

EARLY 17TH CENTURY SPANISH SCHOOL: MINIATURE PORTRAIT PAINTING PROBABLY DEPICTING ISABELLA CLARA EUGENIA (1566-1633) DAUGHTER OF PHILLIP II OF SPAIN (1527-1598) OR HER YOUNGER SISTER CATALINA MICAELA OF SPAIN (1567-1597) The painting is painted on a material (possibly card, pasteboard, vellum or leather), which has been mounted onto a thin wooden board). This board has later been framed, and covered with brown paper to verso. The painting 9cm x 6cm With painted gilt-wood frame with original glass. The painting has been removed from the frame for examination. Provenance: Local Wimbledon Village estate, near Wimbledon Common. Condition report: Overall fair condition. There is some discolouration to the bottom of the girls face, and small pin holes at the very top of the miniature, at the top of the girls headwear.

A LARGE OIL ON CANVAS PAINTING OF A FIELD LANDSCAPE WITH FLOWERS, signed indistinctly by 'Ward'

POSSIBLE DARWIN INTEREST: AN OIL ON CANVAS PAINTING OF A GENTLEMAN BESIDES A MAP LABELLED 'DEL FUEGO', The seated gentleman is depicted in fine dress holding a propelling pencil, with his left arm resting on a map. The map is partially unfolded to reveal the words 'America' and 'El Fuego', which can be assumed to refer to 'Tierra Del Fuego', an Archipelago off South America. Mounted in a large gilt wood frame. Tierra Del Fuego was first discovered by the Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan while sailing for the Spanish Crown in 1520. On his first voyage with HMS Beagle in 1830, Robert FitzRoy picked up four native Fuegians, including "Jemmy Button" (Orundellico) and Yokcushlu, and brought them to England. The three who survived the voyage were taken to London to meet the king and queen and were, for a time, celebrities. They returned to Tierra del Fuego in the Beagle with FitzRoy and Charles Darwin, who made extensive notes about his visit to the islands. The gentleman could indeed be a cartographer, and it is not implausible to suggest that he may have been on HMS Beagle, or have had some involvement with the 1830's exploration of Tierra Del Fuego. 87cm x 67cm Framed 102cm x 90cm

LYDIA KEMENY (1925-2012) 'THE RED CHAIR' An oil on board painting of a red chair with a table, sunflowers, oranges and bananas. Signed by the artist to the bottom left. Inscribed verso 'Hilton Gallery' 'Kemeny'. Mounted in a frame. 120cm x 75cm Lydia Kemeny, painter, illustrator, and designer, studied fashion at St Martin's School of Art and the Royal College of Art. As Head of Fashion at Central St Martin's from 1976, she taught and mentored John Galliano and Alexander McQueen. She exhibited at the Royal Academy, the London Group, and the New English Art Club. Lydia was the daughter of artist Kalman Kemeny (1896-1994). Works by Kemeny are held in the UK Government Art Collection, and are exceptionally scarce at auction. Records of sales on the second hand market are sparse.

CIRCLE OF SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS (1723-1792) An oil on canvas portrait thought to depict a young Charles James Fox (1749-1806), son of Henry Fox 1st Baron of Holland (1705-1774) and future prominent Whig statesman, Foreign Secretary. 59cm x 44.5cm Fox was a gambling addict, womaniser, debtor, and dandy who was forgiven his failings by many because of his defence of civil liberty and his overwhelming charisma. This painting is perhaps a rare depiction of Fox as a young man, on the cusp of adolescence but still very much with an air of child-like innocence. Reynolds was known to have painted Charles Fox's portrait as an adult in 1783, as well as painting his father Henry Fox and Lady Caroline Fox in 1757. The work was reframed on the 23rd October 1987 at Colin Denny Ltd Fine Art Dealers in Chelsea, London. There is another receipt possibly related to this painting from July 28th 1987 at Colin Denny Ltd Fine Art Dealers, which states 'reline with wax impregnation, clean and restore'. Inscription on the back of the stretcher reads: 'Charles James Fox 1747-1806 first son of Henry Fox first Lord Holland by Lady Caroline daughter of 2nd Duke of Richmond. Foreign Secretary 1780 and 1806. This information may have been taken from a label on the original frame before the 1987 re framing. See the link below for a comparatively young looking Charles James Fox after Reynolds: A mezzotint of a triple portrait with Charles James Fox standing beside Lady Susan Strangways at a corner of Holland House, both three-quarter length, Lady Susan holding dove in her hands; with Lady Sarah Lennox leaning out of window above, towards her. This print was made by James Watson after a painting by Sir Joshua Reynolds. https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1832-1211-77

IN THE MANNER OF GERHARD RICHTER (B.1932), Untitled abstract acrylic painting layered on canvas. 60cm x 46cm Signed 'Richter' to verso in blue paint. Provenance: From the private collection of a Northumberland gentleman. Purchased in Brno from a Czech dealer in the early 1990's for a four figure sum paid in American dollars. This was shortly after the fall of communism in The Czech Republic in 1989 and hard currency was very desirable.