Henry will be opening his home gallery again for an Open House Weekend on 23 & 24 March 2024. If you've never been to an Open House before, it is the best place to view Henry's collection. A large selection of works will be displayed over two floors within Henry’s own period home. We hope you'll be able to make it. Please RSVP below if you would like to attend.
Below is a small selection of works that will be on show during the weekend. If you are unable to attend, or would like information about any of the works here or on the website, do not hesitate to get in contact with Henry.
Ian Rank-Broadley, (British b.1952), The Shepherd of Hermas, 2005, bronze, numbered 5/10, 53cm x 23cm x 23cm (incl. base), £6,500.
Ian Rank-Broadley is one of the foremost sculptors working today. His effigy of the late Queen Elizabeth II appears on all UK and Commonwealth coinage from 1998. He has numerous other public works, including at the Armed Forces Memorial. Most recently, he created from life portraits of King Charles and the Queen.
Clive Hicks-Jenkins, RCA., (British b.1951), Furious Embrace, 2007, acrylic on panel, 82cm x 62cm (118cm x 98cm framed), £8,000
Born in Newport, south Wales, in 1951, the early part of his career was as a choreographer and stage director. Turning away from theatre in the 90s, to concentrate on painting, he has been praised by critics in The Independent, Modern Painters and Art Review. Simon Callow has called him ‘one of the most individual and complete artists of our time'. Galleries has described his work as ‘reflective, expressive painting of the highest order.’ His work is included in numerous private and public collections, including the National Museum of Wales and the Pallant House Gallery
This painting is part of a series, in which the artist was inspired by the legend of St Hervé; a blind “boy-saint”, revered in Breton popular mythology, whose dog, his loyal guide, was devoured by a wolf. Paradoxically, the marauding wolf thereafter became Hervé’s new pair of eyes.
Peter Behrens, (German 1868-1940), Deutsche Werkbund-Ausstellung, 1914, Deutsche Werkbund-Ausstellung, Kunst in Handwerk, Industrie und Handel Architektur (German Workers Union Exhibition Art in Handcrafts, Industry, Trade and Architecture), 1914 (printed), lithograph, initialled in the plate (middle left), 90cm x 63cm, (95cm x 65cm framed), £5,500
This poster advertises an exhibition held by the Deutsche Werkbund in Cologne in Germany in 1914. The artist Peter Behrens (1868-1940) was a pioneer of Modern design and was known for his work for AEG, the German electrical company. He was an admired designer at the time. He was asked to create this poster for the Deutsche Werkbund. The organisation was founded by artists, manufacturers and designers who were committed to improving the standard of German product design. A copy of this lithograph is in the Victoria & Albert Museum collection.
George Platt Lynes, (American 1907-1955), Study from George Balanchine's "Orpheus", 1950, silver print, studio stamp (verso), 19cm x 23cm, (34cm x 36cm framed), £2,500
A major force in American 20th century photography, he took his first photographs as a young artist living in New York and Paris in the 1920s. He maintained an interest in the male figure throughout his career and was part of a close-knit group of artists, including Paul Cadmus, Jared French, Margaret French, and George Tooker, who explored sexuality and the body in an age that increasingly favoured abstraction. This work is part of a series, in which he captured the celebrated ballet by George Ballanchine, with stage design by Isama Nogouchi, music by Stravinsky and performed by Francisco Moncion and Nicholas Magallanes of the New York City Ballet.
Ian Rank-Broadley, (British b.1952), Troilus at the Spring, 2003, bronze, numbered 2/10, 44cm x 9cm x 33cm (incl. base), £4,500
The young prince Troilius goes to water his horse at the spring unaware of the ambush, which Achilles has prepared for him. A moment of tranquillity before his untimely death.