Gloucestershire-based auction house Chorley’s has pieced together some of the biggest names in the fields of art, design and silver. From Tracey Emin and Terry Frost, to Gordon Russell, Charles and Ray Eames and Georg Jensen, to name a few.
On Tuesday 15 October, these pieces will be preparing for new homes as they go under the hammer. Let’s take a look.
English artist Tracey Emin CBE RA is primarily known for her neon works, particularly her pink light sculpture at King’s Cross Train Station, which reads ‘I want my time with you’.
This lithographic poster, printed in colours on silk finish paper, is titled My Favourite Little Bird and is in keeping with Emin’s signature neon style. The bird stares off to its right and glows in blue against a black background. Beneath is Emin’s signature in silver pen.
Another British star, Sir Terry Frost RA was an abstract artist who worked in Newlyn, Cornwall. His brightly-coloured pieces were often composed of spliced geometric icons, from squares and circles to curves and spirals, hearts and triangles.
His 1997 work Orange and Blue Q Newlyn features a vibrant wash of blue and is signed in pencil and numbered 144/150/screenprint. Its provenance is of the Julian Lax Gallery, London.
Moving onto design, this English brown oak longcase clock/regulator is from Gordon Russell workshops. The trunk features hexagonal column supports, the hood of which has a pagoda top.
An iconic piece of design, from an iconic design duo, this Model 670 lounge chair and 671 ottoman is of bent-ply rosewood veneered shells with padded and buttoned black leather upholstery on an aluminium base. The stunning lot is by Charles & Ray Eames for Herman Miller.
This Johan Rohde for Georg Jensen lot comprises a silver coffee pot with ebonised handle, a two-handled sugar bowl and a two-handed lipped milk jug. In total, it makes up a silver three-piece coffee service of art deco design, with a gross weight of 1190 gm.
We wrap up this preview of Chorley’s exquisite items with a note about the sale’s collection of studio ceramics. Many of the highlights are from the extensive collection of Roy and Margaret Warner, which was amassed over forty years and features a number of potters who have gone on to become household names: Bill Marshall, Kenneth Quick, Shoji Hamada, Richard Batterham, Ewen Henderson, Edmund de Waal, Claudi Casanovas, Jim Malone and Mary Rich. The Warners’ significant collection also includes paintings and Arts & Crafts furniture.
