Donald Friend, (Australian 1915-1989), Two Nude Young Men, 1952
Donald Friend, (Australian 1915-1989), Two Nude Young Men, 1952

Pen and ink, ink wash and gouache on paper, signed and dated (lower right), 47cm x 31cm, (68cm x 50cm framed), £4,500

Donald Friend was an Australian painter, draughtsman and writer, particularly remembered for his drawings and watercolours on paper. He spent much of his artistic career living outside Australia in places including England, Nigeria, Italy, Greece, Sri Lanka and Bali. His work is in the Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney.

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John B Lear, (American 1910-2008), Worldly Goods, 1986
John B Lear, (American 1910-2008), Worldly Goods, 1986

Pencil on paper, signed and dated (lower right), 26cm x 21cm, (46cm x 39cm framed), SOLD

A truly original artist, Lear spent most of his 70 year career exploring beautifully proportioned male figures. His style is influenced by mid-century artists such as Paul Cadmus and George Tooker, but his originality stems from often placing his figures into fantastical and surrealist settings. He continued working until the end of his long life and was reported to have been preparing another exhibition immediately prior to his death, aged 98. His works are in the permanent collection of the Philadelphia Museum of Art and several other museums.

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John B Lear, (American 1910-2008), Respite, 1987
John B Lear, (American 1910-2008), Respite, 1987

Pencil on paper, signed and dated (lower right), 29cm x 21cm, (48cm x 39cm framed), £3,500

A truly original artist, Lear spent most of his 70 year career exploring beautifully proportioned male figures. His style is influenced by mid-century artists such as Paul Cadmus and George Tooker, but his originality stems from often placing his figures into fantastical and surrealist settings. He continued working until the end of his long life and was reported to have been preparing another exhibition immediately prior to his death, aged 98. His works are in the permanent collection of the Philadelphia Museum of Art and several other museums.

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John B Lear, (American 1910-2008), Grassy Outlook, 1985
John B Lear, (American 1910-2008), Grassy Outlook, 1985

Pencil on paper, signed and dated (lower right), 29cm x 21cm, (46cm x 36cm framed), £3,250

A truly original artist, Lear spent most of his 70 year career exploring beautifully proportioned male figures. His style is influenced by mid-century artists such as Paul Cadmus and George Tooker, but his originality stems from often placing his figures into fantastical and surrealist settings. He continued working until the end of his long life and was reported to have been preparing another exhibition immediately prior to his death, aged 98. His works are in the permanent collection of the Philadelphia Museum of Art and several other museums.

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John B Lear, (American 1910-2008), Tug, 1988
John B Lear, (American 1910-2008), Tug, 1988

Pencil on paper, signed and dated (lower right), 26cm x 21cm, (46cm x 39cm framed), £3,250

A truly original artist, Lear spent most of his 70 year career exploring beautifully proportioned male figures. His style is influenced by mid-century artists such as Paul Cadmus and George Tooker, but his originality stems from often placing his figures into fantastical and surrealist settings. He continued working until the end of his long life and was reported to have been preparing another exhibition immediately prior to his death, aged 98. His works are in the permanent collection of the Philadelphia Museum of Art and several other museums.

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John B Lear, (American 1910-2008), Running Men, 1999
John B Lear, (American 1910-2008), Running Men, 1999

Graphite and coloured pencil on paper, signed and dated (lower right), 36cm x 44cm, (45cm x 53cm framed), £2,500

Throughout his long career, Lear primarily explored homoeroticism in a truly unique style. He is an artist who remained true to his style and genre, at a time when exploring the male form in art was truly unfashionable. His work is in the collections of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Woodmere Art Museum, the Detroit Institute of Arts.

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Keith Vaughan, (British 1912-1977), Standing Figure, c.1952
Keith Vaughan, (British 1912-1977), Standing Figure, c.1952

Pencil on paper, signed (lower right), 27.5cm x 20cm, (46cm x 38cm framed), £4,500

Vaughan was a British artist, whose work is held in the collections of the Government Art Collection, National Galleries Scotland, National Portrait Gallery, Tate and Victoria and Albert Museum in the UK. In the 1940s, with his friend John Minton, he was one of the leading exponents of Neo-Romanticism, characteristic works of this time being coloured drawings of moonlit houses. His later work, in which he concentrated on his favourite theme of the male nude in a landscape setting, became grander and more simplified, moving towards abstraction.

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Francis Plummer, (British 1930-2019), Kneeling Figures, c.1950s
Francis Plummer, (British 1930-2019), Kneeling Figures, c.1950s

Tempera on board, signed (lower right), 61cm x 50cm, (72cm x 61cm framed), £4,750

A graduate of the RA schools in the 1950s, Plummer’s principal focus in his output throughout his career, was the human form; primarily the nude. He was very influenced by the painting techniques of Giotto and other early Renaissance painters and was particularly interested in the anatomical work of Michelangelo and Da Vinci.His work is truly original in both nature and style. Plummer worked in seclusion his whole life.  He rarely exhibited as he did not trust others to understand or appreciate much of his work.

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Francis Plummer, (British 1930-2019), Figures in a Landscape, 1953
Francis Plummer, (British 1930-2019), Figures in a Landscape, 1953

Tempera on board, signed and dated (lower left), 122cm x 183cm (135cm x 193cm framed). Price on request

A graduate of the RA schools in the 1950s, Plummer’s principal focus in his output throughout his career, was the human form; primarily the nude. He was very influenced by the painting techniques of Giotto and other early Renaissance painters and was particularly interested in the anatomical work of Michelangelo and Da Vinci.His work is truly original in both nature and style. Plummer worked in seclusion his whole life.  He rarely exhibited as he did not trust others to understand or appreciate much of his work.

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Dominique Dalozo, (Argentinian 1926-2017), Portrait of a Young Man (2), c.1950s
Dominique Dalozo, (Argentinian 1926-2017), Portrait of a Young Man (2), c.1950s

Charcoal and gouache on paper, 60cm x 47cm, (66cm x 43cm framed), £1,250

An émigré from Argentina in the early 1950s who settled in Paris with her partner Yvonne Bilis-Régnier, exhibited very little: once at the Bernard Loliée gallery in the 1950s-60s and once with the feminist artists' group 'Spirale' in 1977. This work comes from the artist’s estate.

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Dominique Dalozo, (Argentinian 1926-2017), Portrait of a Young Man, c.1950s
Dominique Dalozo, (Argentinian 1926-2017), Portrait of a Young Man, c.1950s

Charcoal and watercolour on paper, 67cm x 49cm, (72cm x 49cm framed), £1,250

An émigré from Argentina in the early 1950s who settled in Paris with her partner Yvonne Bilis-Régnier, exhibited very little: once at the Bernard Loliée gallery in the 1950s-60s and once with the feminist artists' group 'Spirale' in 1977. This work comes from the artist’s estate.

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Dominique Dalozo, (Argentinian 1926-2017) Portrait of a Young Man dressed as a Sailor, c.1950s
Dominique Dalozo, (Argentinian 1926-2017) Portrait of a Young Man dressed as a Sailor, c.1950s

Charcoal and watercolour on paper, 64cm x 47cm, (70cm x 53cm framed), £1,250

An émigré from Argentina in the early 1950s who settled in Paris with her partner Yvonne Bilis-Régnier, exhibited very little: once at the Bernard Loliée gallery in the 1950s-60s and once with the feminist artists' group 'Spirale' in 1977. This work comes from the artist’s estate.

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Ivan Dzyuban, (Ukrainian 1913-2008), Young Sailor, 1963
Ivan Dzyuban, (Ukrainian 1913-2008), Young Sailor, 1963

Oil on board, signed and dated (lower right), 70cm x 51cm, (76cm x 57cm framed), £1,500

A graduate of the Kyiv Art Institute, Dzyuban was well known for both commercial and more traditional art. In 1974, he became an Honored Artist of Ukraine, and a member of the Union of Artists of Ukraine. He participated in numerous Soviet and international exhibitions. This work was a painted sketch for more finished exhibited painting.

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Claudio Bravo, (Chilean 1936-2011), Torso, 1978
Claudio Bravo, (Chilean 1936-2011), Torso, 1978

Screenprint on paper, signed and dated (lower right) and numbered '28/50' (lower left), 18cm x 30cm (image size), 34cm x 46cm (sheet size), (39cm x 50cm framed), £5,000

A highly successful hyperrealist painter, who was was greatly influenced by Renaissance and Baroque artists, as well as Surrealist painters such as Salvador Dalí. He lived and worked in Tangier from the 1970s. He was known mainly for his paintings of still lifes and portraits but also a large amount of his work had an overtly homoerotic theme. This work is a screenprint of a Conté drawing titled 'Study Portrait of Mr Couchez', 1978.

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George Cayford, (British b.1931), 'Jason', c.1980s
George Cayford, (British b.1931), 'Jason', c.1980s

Pastel on paper, signed and titled (lower right), 84cm x 60cm, (87cm x 62cm framed), £1,950

Cayford, now retired, was a graphic designer and illustrator working in London in the postwar period. His works of the male form were shown predominantly in London, and are in many private collections.

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George Cayford, (British b.1931), Young Man Reclining, c.1980s
George Cayford, (British b.1931), Young Man Reclining, c.1980s

Pastel on paper, signed (lower right), 84cm x 60cm, (87cm x 62cm framed), £1,950

Cayford, now retired, was a graphic designer and illustrator working in London in the postwar period. His works of the male form were shown predominantly in London, and are in many private collections.

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George Cayford, (British b.1931), 'Ben', c.1980s
George Cayford, (British b.1931), 'Ben', c.1980s

Pastel on paper, signed and titled (lower right), 49cm x 69cm, (61cm x 81cm framed), £1,950

Cayford, now retired, was a graphic designer and illustrator working in London in the postwar period. His works of the male form were shown predominantly in London, and are in many private collections.

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George Cayford, (British b.1931), 'David', c.1980s
George Cayford, (British b.1931), 'David', c.1980s

Pastel on paper, signed and titled (lower right), 49cm x 76cm, (62cm x 89cm framed), £1,950

Cayford, now retired, was a graphic designer and illustrator working in London in the postwar period. His works of the male form were shown predominantly in London, and are in many private collections.

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George Cayford, (British b.1931), Seated Nude, 1980
George Cayford, (British b.1931), Seated Nude, 1980

Charcoal and pastel on paper, signed and dated (lower right), 51cm x 38cm, (63cm x 49cm framed), £1,250

Cayford, now retired, was a graphic designer and illustrator working in London in the postwar period. His works of the male form were shown predominantly in London, and are in many private collections.

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Marcel Delmotte, (Belgian 1901-1984), Man Seeks his Collective Unity, 1983
Marcel Delmotte, (Belgian 1901-1984), Man Seeks his Collective Unity, 1983

Oil on board, signed and dated (lower left), 70cm x 90cm, (71cm x 91cm framed), £4,000

A realist painter at first, Delmotte was influenced by Expressionism of the beginning of the 20th century, before turning to a symbolic style and developing his great compositions with mysterious landscapes and futuristic architectures.

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Basil Blackshaw, HRHA RUA, (Irish 1932-2016), Resting Figure
Basil Blackshaw, HRHA RUA, (Irish 1932-2016), Resting Figure

Ink and wash, 16.5cm x 29cm, (34cm x 46cm framed), £3,000

Basil Blackshaw was the foremost Northern Irish painter of his generation. He studied at the Belfast College of Art and he is best known for his post expressionist landscape paintings, portraits, equine and animal paintings. The Arts Council of Northern Ireland organised a retrospective of his work in 1995 and the Ulster Museum held a major exhibition of his work in 2002. The F.E. McWilliam Gallery and Studio and the Royal Hibernian Academy held exhibitions to mark the artist’s 80th birthday. His work is in many public collections in Ireland, as well as the government art collection.

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David Hockey, (British b.1937), Olympische Spiele München, 1972
David Hockey, (British b.1937), Olympische Spiele München, 1972

Lithograph, signed (in the plate), 101cm x 63cm, (111cm 74cm framed), £2,500

Hockney combines his very famous motif of swimming pools, for the official poster for the 1972 Munich Olympics.

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Marcel Delmotte, (Belgium 1901-1984), The Fall of Icarus
Marcel Delmotte, (Belgium 1901-1984), The Fall of Icarus

Gouache on paper, signed (lower left) and titled (lower right), 68cm x 88cm, (88cm x 108cm framed), £4,000

A realist painter at first, Delmotte was influenced by Expressionism of the beginning of the century, before turning to the symbolic style and developing his great compositions with mysterious landscapes and futuristic architectures. Here he has drawn on Greek mythology, but painted the scene in his own unique style.

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David Hutter, (British 1930-1990), Portrait Study
David Hutter, (British 1930-1990), Portrait Study

Watercolour, signed (lower right), 14cm x 9cm, (32cm x 25cm framed), £1,250

Active within the Gay Liberation Front in London from its inception in 1970, Hutter showed at group exhibitions at the Royal Academy, the Royal Watercolour Society and the Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolours. He had numerous solo shows across London, and a retrospective at The Bloxham Galleries in 2000.

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Allen Jones, (British b.1937), Olympishe Spiele München, 1972
Allen Jones, (British b.1937), Olympishe Spiele München, 1972

Lithograph, signed (in the plate), 101cm x 64cm, (105cm x 66cm framed), £850

Associated with the British Pop art movement of the late 1960s, Jones is known for his work with lithography, painting, drawing, and sculpture.

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Sigmund Pollitzer, (British 1913-1982), Dioscuri (Pollux or Castor), 1972
Sigmund Pollitzer, (British 1913-1982), Dioscuri (Pollux or Castor), 1972

Oil on canvas, signed and dated (lower right), 78cm x 100cm, (86cm x 107cm framed), £1,500

From 1933-1938, Pollitzer was chief designer at Pilkington Glass. Postwar he exhibited as an artist, at places such as the Redfern Gallery. A self-taught artist, with an original eye, and a true mastery of line and form.

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James Gleeson, (Australian 1915-2008), Only the Psychic has Reality, 1976
James Gleeson, (Australian 1915-2008), Only the Psychic has Reality, 1976

Charcoal, ink and ink wash, and collage on paper, signed and dated (lower right), 70cm x 51cm (78cm x 59cm framed), £6,000

An artist, who also served on the board of the National Gallery of Australia, was a truly original painter. By the late 60’s, Many of his paintings had homoerotic undertones, something which reflected on Gleeson's own homosexuality. In keeping with the Freudian principles of surrealism, he composed works which, he said, symbolized the inner workings of the human mind.

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James Gleeson, (Australian 1915-2008), Figure in a Psychoscape III, c.1980s
James Gleeson, (Australian 1915-2008), Figure in a Psychoscape III, c.1980s

Oil on board, signed (lower right), 24.5cm x 19cm (40cm x 35cm framed), £8,500

An artist, who also served on the board of the National Gallery of Australia, was a truly original painter. By the late 60’s, Many of his paintings had homoerotic undertones, something which reflected on Gleeson's own homosexuality. In keeping with the Freudian principles of surrealism, he composed works which, he said, symbolized the inner workings of the human mind.

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Patrick Procktor, R.A., (British 1936-2003), Six Soviet Gymnasts, c.1966
Patrick Procktor, R.A., (British 1936-2003), Six Soviet Gymnasts, c.1966

Watercolour, felt tip pen, and pencil on paper, titled (lower left), 48cm x 37cm, (70cm x 58cm framed). £4,750

Patrick Procktor was part of an influential group of British artists in the 1960s. His early paintings were dynamic, abstract depictions of the male nude, before he established himself as one of the leading watercolourists of his generation from the 1970s His work is held in many major public collections.

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Paul Cadmus, (American 1904-1999), Figure Study
Paul Cadmus, (American 1904-1999), Figure Study

Black and white chalk on paper, signed (upper left), 29cm x 24cm, (framed 45cm x 40cm), £2,750

Cadmus was a hugely successful American artist, whose work is contained in many public collections, including the Whitney Museum & Smithsonian Museum of American Art.

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Patrick Procktor, R.A., (British 1936-2003), Study of a Young Man, 1958
Patrick Procktor, R.A., (British 1936-2003), Study of a Young Man, 1958

Oil on board, signed and dated (lower right), 122cm x 60cm (136cm x 75cm framed), price on request.

Attending the Slade School in 1958, there he was influenced by artists including William Coldstream and Keith Vaughan, developing a dark, figurative painting style. Successful in his lifetime, there has been a major resurgence of interest in his work since his death. His work is held in many major public collections. Patrick Procktor: Art and Life, Ian Massey, (Unicorn Press, 2010) at p.14.

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Francis Plummer, (British 1930-2019), Two Figures, c.1980s
Francis Plummer, (British 1930-2019), Two Figures, c.1980s

Pastel on board, 82cm x 94cm, (95cm x 107cm framed), £3,500

A graduate of the RA schools in the 1950s, Plummer’s principal focus in his output throughout his career, was the human form; primarily the nude. He was very influenced by the painting techniques of Giotto and other early Renaissance painters and was particularly interested in the anatomical work of Michelangelo and Da Vinci.His work is truly original in both nature and style. Plummer worked in seclusion his whole life.  He rarely exhibited as he did not trust others to understand or appreciate much of his work.

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Francis Plummer, (British 1930-2019), Tumbling Figures, c.1950s
Francis Plummer, (British 1930-2019), Tumbling Figures, c.1950s

Tempera on board, signed (lower right), 50cm x 40cm, (58cm x 48cm framed), £4,500

A graduate of the RA schools in the 1950s, Plummer’s principal focus in his output throughout his career, was the human form; primarily the nude. He was very influenced by the painting techniques of Giotto and other early Renaissance painters and was particularly interested in the anatomical work of Michelangelo and Da Vinci.His work is truly original in both nature and style. Plummer worked in seclusion his whole life.  He rarely exhibited as he did not trust others to understand or appreciate much of his work.

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Francis Plummer, (British 1930-2019), Figure in a Landscape
Francis Plummer, (British 1930-2019), Figure in a Landscape

Oil on board, 62cm x 42cm, (70cm x 50cm framed), £2,000

A graduate of the RA schools in the 1950s, Plummer’s principal focus in his output throughout his career, was the human form; primarily the nude. He was very influenced by the painting techniques of Giotto and other early Renaissance painters and was particularly interested in the anatomical work of Michelangelo and Da Vinci. His work is truly original in both nature and style. Plummer worked in seclusion his whole life.  He rarely exhibited as he did not trust others to understand or appreciate much of his work.

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Francis Plummer, (British 1930-2019), Figures in a Landscape, 1958.
Francis Plummer, (British 1930-2019), Figures in a Landscape, 1958.

sepia watercolour, signed and dated (lower left), 51cm x 34cm (framed 68cm x 52cm), £2,500

A graduate of the RA schools in the 1950s, Plummer’s principal focus in his output throughout his career, was the human form; primarily the nude. He was very influenced by the painting techniques of Giotto and other early Renaissance painters and was particularly interested in the anatomical work of Michelangelo and Da Vinci. His work is truly original in both nature and style. Plummer worked in seclusion his whole life.  He rarely exhibited as he did not trust others to understand or appreciate much of his work.

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Francis Plummer, (British 1930-2019, Academic Study
Francis Plummer, (British 1930-2019, Academic Study

pen, ink, pencil and chalk, 44cm x 30cm (framed 62cm x 47cm), £2,000

A graduate of the RA schools in the 1950s, Plummer’s principal focus in his output throughout his career, was the human form; primarily the nude. He was very influenced by the painting techniques of Giotto and other early Renaissance painters and was particularly interested in the anatomical work of Michelangelo and Da Vinci. His work is truly original in both nature and style. Plummer worked in seclusion his whole life.  He rarely exhibited as he did not trust others to understand or appreciate much of his work.

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Donald Friend, (Australian 1915-1989), Two Nude Young Men, 1952
John B Lear, (American 1910-2008), Worldly Goods, 1986
John B Lear, (American 1910-2008), Respite, 1987
John B Lear, (American 1910-2008), Grassy Outlook, 1985
John B Lear, (American 1910-2008), Tug, 1988
John B Lear, (American 1910-2008), Running Men, 1999
Keith Vaughan, (British 1912-1977), Standing Figure, c.1952
Francis Plummer, (British 1930-2019), Kneeling Figures, c.1950s
Francis Plummer, (British 1930-2019), Figures in a Landscape, 1953
Dominique Dalozo, (Argentinian 1926-2017), Portrait of a Young Man (2), c.1950s
Dominique Dalozo, (Argentinian 1926-2017), Portrait of a Young Man, c.1950s
Dominique Dalozo, (Argentinian 1926-2017) Portrait of a Young Man dressed as a Sailor, c.1950s
Ivan Dzyuban, (Ukrainian 1913-2008), Young Sailor, 1963
Claudio Bravo, (Chilean 1936-2011), Torso, 1978
George Cayford, (British b.1931), 'Jason', c.1980s
George Cayford, (British b.1931), Young Man Reclining, c.1980s
George Cayford, (British b.1931), 'Ben', c.1980s
George Cayford, (British b.1931), 'David', c.1980s
George Cayford, (British b.1931), Seated Nude, 1980
Marcel Delmotte, (Belgian 1901-1984), Man Seeks his Collective Unity, 1983
Basil Blackshaw, HRHA RUA, (Irish 1932-2016), Resting Figure
David Hockey, (British b.1937), Olympische Spiele München, 1972
Marcel Delmotte, (Belgium 1901-1984), The Fall of Icarus
David Hutter, (British 1930-1990), Portrait Study
Allen Jones, (British b.1937), Olympishe Spiele München, 1972
Sigmund Pollitzer, (British 1913-1982), Dioscuri (Pollux or Castor), 1972
James Gleeson, (Australian 1915-2008), Only the Psychic has Reality, 1976
James Gleeson, (Australian 1915-2008), Figure in a Psychoscape III, c.1980s
Patrick Procktor, R.A., (British 1936-2003), Six Soviet Gymnasts, c.1966
Paul Cadmus, (American 1904-1999), Figure Study
Patrick Procktor, R.A., (British 1936-2003), Study of a Young Man, 1958
Francis Plummer, (British 1930-2019), Two Figures, c.1980s
Francis Plummer, (British 1930-2019), Tumbling Figures, c.1950s
Francis Plummer, (British 1930-2019), Figure in a Landscape
Francis Plummer, (British 1930-2019), Figures in a Landscape, 1958.
Francis Plummer, (British 1930-2019, Academic Study
Donald Friend, (Australian 1915-1989), Two Nude Young Men, 1952

Pen and ink, ink wash and gouache on paper, signed and dated (lower right), 47cm x 31cm, (68cm x 50cm framed), £4,500

Donald Friend was an Australian painter, draughtsman and writer, particularly remembered for his drawings and watercolours on paper. He spent much of his artistic career living outside Australia in places including England, Nigeria, Italy, Greece, Sri Lanka and Bali. His work is in the Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney.

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John B Lear, (American 1910-2008), Worldly Goods, 1986

Pencil on paper, signed and dated (lower right), 26cm x 21cm, (46cm x 39cm framed), SOLD

A truly original artist, Lear spent most of his 70 year career exploring beautifully proportioned male figures. His style is influenced by mid-century artists such as Paul Cadmus and George Tooker, but his originality stems from often placing his figures into fantastical and surrealist settings. He continued working until the end of his long life and was reported to have been preparing another exhibition immediately prior to his death, aged 98. His works are in the permanent collection of the Philadelphia Museum of Art and several other museums.

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John B Lear, (American 1910-2008), Respite, 1987

Pencil on paper, signed and dated (lower right), 29cm x 21cm, (48cm x 39cm framed), £3,500

A truly original artist, Lear spent most of his 70 year career exploring beautifully proportioned male figures. His style is influenced by mid-century artists such as Paul Cadmus and George Tooker, but his originality stems from often placing his figures into fantastical and surrealist settings. He continued working until the end of his long life and was reported to have been preparing another exhibition immediately prior to his death, aged 98. His works are in the permanent collection of the Philadelphia Museum of Art and several other museums.

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John B Lear, (American 1910-2008), Grassy Outlook, 1985

Pencil on paper, signed and dated (lower right), 29cm x 21cm, (46cm x 36cm framed), £3,250

A truly original artist, Lear spent most of his 70 year career exploring beautifully proportioned male figures. His style is influenced by mid-century artists such as Paul Cadmus and George Tooker, but his originality stems from often placing his figures into fantastical and surrealist settings. He continued working until the end of his long life and was reported to have been preparing another exhibition immediately prior to his death, aged 98. His works are in the permanent collection of the Philadelphia Museum of Art and several other museums.

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John B Lear, (American 1910-2008), Tug, 1988

Pencil on paper, signed and dated (lower right), 26cm x 21cm, (46cm x 39cm framed), £3,250

A truly original artist, Lear spent most of his 70 year career exploring beautifully proportioned male figures. His style is influenced by mid-century artists such as Paul Cadmus and George Tooker, but his originality stems from often placing his figures into fantastical and surrealist settings. He continued working until the end of his long life and was reported to have been preparing another exhibition immediately prior to his death, aged 98. His works are in the permanent collection of the Philadelphia Museum of Art and several other museums.

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John B Lear, (American 1910-2008), Running Men, 1999

Graphite and coloured pencil on paper, signed and dated (lower right), 36cm x 44cm, (45cm x 53cm framed), £2,500

Throughout his long career, Lear primarily explored homoeroticism in a truly unique style. He is an artist who remained true to his style and genre, at a time when exploring the male form in art was truly unfashionable. His work is in the collections of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Woodmere Art Museum, the Detroit Institute of Arts.

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Keith Vaughan, (British 1912-1977), Standing Figure, c.1952

Pencil on paper, signed (lower right), 27.5cm x 20cm, (46cm x 38cm framed), £4,500

Vaughan was a British artist, whose work is held in the collections of the Government Art Collection, National Galleries Scotland, National Portrait Gallery, Tate and Victoria and Albert Museum in the UK. In the 1940s, with his friend John Minton, he was one of the leading exponents of Neo-Romanticism, characteristic works of this time being coloured drawings of moonlit houses. His later work, in which he concentrated on his favourite theme of the male nude in a landscape setting, became grander and more simplified, moving towards abstraction.

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Francis Plummer, (British 1930-2019), Kneeling Figures, c.1950s

Tempera on board, signed (lower right), 61cm x 50cm, (72cm x 61cm framed), £4,750

A graduate of the RA schools in the 1950s, Plummer’s principal focus in his output throughout his career, was the human form; primarily the nude. He was very influenced by the painting techniques of Giotto and other early Renaissance painters and was particularly interested in the anatomical work of Michelangelo and Da Vinci.His work is truly original in both nature and style. Plummer worked in seclusion his whole life.  He rarely exhibited as he did not trust others to understand or appreciate much of his work.

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Francis Plummer, (British 1930-2019), Figures in a Landscape, 1953

Tempera on board, signed and dated (lower left), 122cm x 183cm (135cm x 193cm framed). Price on request

A graduate of the RA schools in the 1950s, Plummer’s principal focus in his output throughout his career, was the human form; primarily the nude. He was very influenced by the painting techniques of Giotto and other early Renaissance painters and was particularly interested in the anatomical work of Michelangelo and Da Vinci.His work is truly original in both nature and style. Plummer worked in seclusion his whole life.  He rarely exhibited as he did not trust others to understand or appreciate much of his work.

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Dominique Dalozo, (Argentinian 1926-2017), Portrait of a Young Man (2), c.1950s

Charcoal and gouache on paper, 60cm x 47cm, (66cm x 43cm framed), £1,250

An émigré from Argentina in the early 1950s who settled in Paris with her partner Yvonne Bilis-Régnier, exhibited very little: once at the Bernard Loliée gallery in the 1950s-60s and once with the feminist artists' group 'Spirale' in 1977. This work comes from the artist’s estate.

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Dominique Dalozo, (Argentinian 1926-2017), Portrait of a Young Man, c.1950s

Charcoal and watercolour on paper, 67cm x 49cm, (72cm x 49cm framed), £1,250

An émigré from Argentina in the early 1950s who settled in Paris with her partner Yvonne Bilis-Régnier, exhibited very little: once at the Bernard Loliée gallery in the 1950s-60s and once with the feminist artists' group 'Spirale' in 1977. This work comes from the artist’s estate.

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Dominique Dalozo, (Argentinian 1926-2017) Portrait of a Young Man dressed as a Sailor, c.1950s

Charcoal and watercolour on paper, 64cm x 47cm, (70cm x 53cm framed), £1,250

An émigré from Argentina in the early 1950s who settled in Paris with her partner Yvonne Bilis-Régnier, exhibited very little: once at the Bernard Loliée gallery in the 1950s-60s and once with the feminist artists' group 'Spirale' in 1977. This work comes from the artist’s estate.

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Ivan Dzyuban, (Ukrainian 1913-2008), Young Sailor, 1963

Oil on board, signed and dated (lower right), 70cm x 51cm, (76cm x 57cm framed), £1,500

A graduate of the Kyiv Art Institute, Dzyuban was well known for both commercial and more traditional art. In 1974, he became an Honored Artist of Ukraine, and a member of the Union of Artists of Ukraine. He participated in numerous Soviet and international exhibitions. This work was a painted sketch for more finished exhibited painting.

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Claudio Bravo, (Chilean 1936-2011), Torso, 1978

Screenprint on paper, signed and dated (lower right) and numbered '28/50' (lower left), 18cm x 30cm (image size), 34cm x 46cm (sheet size), (39cm x 50cm framed), £5,000

A highly successful hyperrealist painter, who was was greatly influenced by Renaissance and Baroque artists, as well as Surrealist painters such as Salvador Dalí. He lived and worked in Tangier from the 1970s. He was known mainly for his paintings of still lifes and portraits but also a large amount of his work had an overtly homoerotic theme. This work is a screenprint of a Conté drawing titled 'Study Portrait of Mr Couchez', 1978.

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George Cayford, (British b.1931), 'Jason', c.1980s

Pastel on paper, signed and titled (lower right), 84cm x 60cm, (87cm x 62cm framed), £1,950

Cayford, now retired, was a graphic designer and illustrator working in London in the postwar period. His works of the male form were shown predominantly in London, and are in many private collections.

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George Cayford, (British b.1931), Young Man Reclining, c.1980s

Pastel on paper, signed (lower right), 84cm x 60cm, (87cm x 62cm framed), £1,950

Cayford, now retired, was a graphic designer and illustrator working in London in the postwar period. His works of the male form were shown predominantly in London, and are in many private collections.

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George Cayford, (British b.1931), 'Ben', c.1980s

Pastel on paper, signed and titled (lower right), 49cm x 69cm, (61cm x 81cm framed), £1,950

Cayford, now retired, was a graphic designer and illustrator working in London in the postwar period. His works of the male form were shown predominantly in London, and are in many private collections.

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George Cayford, (British b.1931), 'David', c.1980s

Pastel on paper, signed and titled (lower right), 49cm x 76cm, (62cm x 89cm framed), £1,950

Cayford, now retired, was a graphic designer and illustrator working in London in the postwar period. His works of the male form were shown predominantly in London, and are in many private collections.

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George Cayford, (British b.1931), Seated Nude, 1980

Charcoal and pastel on paper, signed and dated (lower right), 51cm x 38cm, (63cm x 49cm framed), £1,250

Cayford, now retired, was a graphic designer and illustrator working in London in the postwar period. His works of the male form were shown predominantly in London, and are in many private collections.

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Marcel Delmotte, (Belgian 1901-1984), Man Seeks his Collective Unity, 1983

Oil on board, signed and dated (lower left), 70cm x 90cm, (71cm x 91cm framed), £4,000

A realist painter at first, Delmotte was influenced by Expressionism of the beginning of the 20th century, before turning to a symbolic style and developing his great compositions with mysterious landscapes and futuristic architectures.

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Basil Blackshaw, HRHA RUA, (Irish 1932-2016), Resting Figure

Ink and wash, 16.5cm x 29cm, (34cm x 46cm framed), £3,000

Basil Blackshaw was the foremost Northern Irish painter of his generation. He studied at the Belfast College of Art and he is best known for his post expressionist landscape paintings, portraits, equine and animal paintings. The Arts Council of Northern Ireland organised a retrospective of his work in 1995 and the Ulster Museum held a major exhibition of his work in 2002. The F.E. McWilliam Gallery and Studio and the Royal Hibernian Academy held exhibitions to mark the artist’s 80th birthday. His work is in many public collections in Ireland, as well as the government art collection.

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David Hockey, (British b.1937), Olympische Spiele München, 1972

Lithograph, signed (in the plate), 101cm x 63cm, (111cm 74cm framed), £2,500

Hockney combines his very famous motif of swimming pools, for the official poster for the 1972 Munich Olympics.

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Marcel Delmotte, (Belgium 1901-1984), The Fall of Icarus

Gouache on paper, signed (lower left) and titled (lower right), 68cm x 88cm, (88cm x 108cm framed), £4,000

A realist painter at first, Delmotte was influenced by Expressionism of the beginning of the century, before turning to the symbolic style and developing his great compositions with mysterious landscapes and futuristic architectures. Here he has drawn on Greek mythology, but painted the scene in his own unique style.

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David Hutter, (British 1930-1990), Portrait Study

Watercolour, signed (lower right), 14cm x 9cm, (32cm x 25cm framed), £1,250

Active within the Gay Liberation Front in London from its inception in 1970, Hutter showed at group exhibitions at the Royal Academy, the Royal Watercolour Society and the Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolours. He had numerous solo shows across London, and a retrospective at The Bloxham Galleries in 2000.

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Allen Jones, (British b.1937), Olympishe Spiele München, 1972

Lithograph, signed (in the plate), 101cm x 64cm, (105cm x 66cm framed), £850

Associated with the British Pop art movement of the late 1960s, Jones is known for his work with lithography, painting, drawing, and sculpture.

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Sigmund Pollitzer, (British 1913-1982), Dioscuri (Pollux or Castor), 1972

Oil on canvas, signed and dated (lower right), 78cm x 100cm, (86cm x 107cm framed), £1,500

From 1933-1938, Pollitzer was chief designer at Pilkington Glass. Postwar he exhibited as an artist, at places such as the Redfern Gallery. A self-taught artist, with an original eye, and a true mastery of line and form.

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James Gleeson, (Australian 1915-2008), Only the Psychic has Reality, 1976

Charcoal, ink and ink wash, and collage on paper, signed and dated (lower right), 70cm x 51cm (78cm x 59cm framed), £6,000

An artist, who also served on the board of the National Gallery of Australia, was a truly original painter. By the late 60’s, Many of his paintings had homoerotic undertones, something which reflected on Gleeson's own homosexuality. In keeping with the Freudian principles of surrealism, he composed works which, he said, symbolized the inner workings of the human mind.

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James Gleeson, (Australian 1915-2008), Figure in a Psychoscape III, c.1980s

Oil on board, signed (lower right), 24.5cm x 19cm (40cm x 35cm framed), £8,500

An artist, who also served on the board of the National Gallery of Australia, was a truly original painter. By the late 60’s, Many of his paintings had homoerotic undertones, something which reflected on Gleeson's own homosexuality. In keeping with the Freudian principles of surrealism, he composed works which, he said, symbolized the inner workings of the human mind.

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Patrick Procktor, R.A., (British 1936-2003), Six Soviet Gymnasts, c.1966

Watercolour, felt tip pen, and pencil on paper, titled (lower left), 48cm x 37cm, (70cm x 58cm framed). £4,750

Patrick Procktor was part of an influential group of British artists in the 1960s. His early paintings were dynamic, abstract depictions of the male nude, before he established himself as one of the leading watercolourists of his generation from the 1970s His work is held in many major public collections.

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Paul Cadmus, (American 1904-1999), Figure Study

Black and white chalk on paper, signed (upper left), 29cm x 24cm, (framed 45cm x 40cm), £2,750

Cadmus was a hugely successful American artist, whose work is contained in many public collections, including the Whitney Museum & Smithsonian Museum of American Art.

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Patrick Procktor, R.A., (British 1936-2003), Study of a Young Man, 1958

Oil on board, signed and dated (lower right), 122cm x 60cm (136cm x 75cm framed), price on request.

Attending the Slade School in 1958, there he was influenced by artists including William Coldstream and Keith Vaughan, developing a dark, figurative painting style. Successful in his lifetime, there has been a major resurgence of interest in his work since his death. His work is held in many major public collections. Patrick Procktor: Art and Life, Ian Massey, (Unicorn Press, 2010) at p.14.

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Francis Plummer, (British 1930-2019), Two Figures, c.1980s

Pastel on board, 82cm x 94cm, (95cm x 107cm framed), £3,500

A graduate of the RA schools in the 1950s, Plummer’s principal focus in his output throughout his career, was the human form; primarily the nude. He was very influenced by the painting techniques of Giotto and other early Renaissance painters and was particularly interested in the anatomical work of Michelangelo and Da Vinci.His work is truly original in both nature and style. Plummer worked in seclusion his whole life.  He rarely exhibited as he did not trust others to understand or appreciate much of his work.

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Francis Plummer, (British 1930-2019), Tumbling Figures, c.1950s

Tempera on board, signed (lower right), 50cm x 40cm, (58cm x 48cm framed), £4,500

A graduate of the RA schools in the 1950s, Plummer’s principal focus in his output throughout his career, was the human form; primarily the nude. He was very influenced by the painting techniques of Giotto and other early Renaissance painters and was particularly interested in the anatomical work of Michelangelo and Da Vinci.His work is truly original in both nature and style. Plummer worked in seclusion his whole life.  He rarely exhibited as he did not trust others to understand or appreciate much of his work.

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Francis Plummer, (British 1930-2019), Figure in a Landscape

Oil on board, 62cm x 42cm, (70cm x 50cm framed), £2,000

A graduate of the RA schools in the 1950s, Plummer’s principal focus in his output throughout his career, was the human form; primarily the nude. He was very influenced by the painting techniques of Giotto and other early Renaissance painters and was particularly interested in the anatomical work of Michelangelo and Da Vinci. His work is truly original in both nature and style. Plummer worked in seclusion his whole life.  He rarely exhibited as he did not trust others to understand or appreciate much of his work.

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Francis Plummer, (British 1930-2019), Figures in a Landscape, 1958.

sepia watercolour, signed and dated (lower left), 51cm x 34cm (framed 68cm x 52cm), £2,500

A graduate of the RA schools in the 1950s, Plummer’s principal focus in his output throughout his career, was the human form; primarily the nude. He was very influenced by the painting techniques of Giotto and other early Renaissance painters and was particularly interested in the anatomical work of Michelangelo and Da Vinci. His work is truly original in both nature and style. Plummer worked in seclusion his whole life.  He rarely exhibited as he did not trust others to understand or appreciate much of his work.

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Francis Plummer, (British 1930-2019, Academic Study

pen, ink, pencil and chalk, 44cm x 30cm (framed 62cm x 47cm), £2,000

A graduate of the RA schools in the 1950s, Plummer’s principal focus in his output throughout his career, was the human form; primarily the nude. He was very influenced by the painting techniques of Giotto and other early Renaissance painters and was particularly interested in the anatomical work of Michelangelo and Da Vinci. His work is truly original in both nature and style. Plummer worked in seclusion his whole life.  He rarely exhibited as he did not trust others to understand or appreciate much of his work.

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