8th Oct, 2025 12:00
From the Studio: Works from Twenty Artists' Estates
163
⊕ LILIAN COLBOURN (BRITISH 1897-1967)
FOOTBRIDGE, STAITHES
signed COLBOURN lower left; titled FOOTBRIDGE and WHITBY on the overlap; signed Colbourn on the reverse
oil on canvas
59 x 89.5cm; 23 1/4 x 35 1/4in
79.5 x 110.5cm; 31 1/4 x 43 1/2in (framed)
The present works depicts the old footbridge that crossed Staithes Beck in the fishing village of Staithes close to Whitby on the North Yorkshire coast. The bridge was replace in 1972.
Exhibited
London, Messums, The Elemental North, 2014, no. 32
Sold for £380
FOOTBRIDGE, STAITHES
signed COLBOURN lower left; titled FOOTBRIDGE and WHITBY on the overlap; signed Colbourn on the reverse
oil on canvas
59 x 89.5cm; 23 1/4 x 35 1/4in
79.5 x 110.5cm; 31 1/4 x 43 1/2in (framed)
The present works depicts the old footbridge that crossed Staithes Beck in the fishing village of Staithes close to Whitby on the North Yorkshire coast. The bridge was replace in 1972.
Exhibited
London, Messums, The Elemental North, 2014, no. 32
Auction: From the Studio: Works from Twenty Artists' Estates, 8th Oct, 2025
Auction Location: London, UK
This one-of-a-kind auction focuses on the rediscovery of 20th century artists, many of whom exhibited in leading West End galleries in their day, their works featuring in museums and art galleries around the world. All now deceased, with many having suffered undeserved obscurity since, their inclusion in From the Studio: Works from Artists' Estates puts the spotlight firmly back on them, to reveal a range of extraordinarily talented men and women.
Most of the artists were admired, promoted and written about by eminent 20th century art critics. Several were Jewish emigres, forced from their homelands to find their way anew in Britain and elsewhere. Many were close friends with other leading contemporary artists, sharing studios and ideas; some taught, several at the Royal College of Art. Throughout, their efforts both individually and together chart the myriad movements and counter movements that define the dynamic 20th century modernist landscape, ranging from Impressionism to Abstraction.
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