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The Welsh Sale (Part I)

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GWEN JOHN (Welsh 1876-1939) watercolour and pencil - entitled verso, 'Three Woman in Church' on

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GWEN JOHN (Welsh 1876-1939) pencil and wash - entitled verso, 'Boy in Sailor's Uniform' on Martin

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‡ SIR KYFFIN WILLIAMS RA (Welsh 1918-2006) watercolour and pencil - entitled verso 'Snow and

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‡ SIR KYFFIN WILLIAMS RA (Welsh 1918-2006) large and fine oil on canvas - St David's Head, circa

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‡ SIR KYFFIN WILLIAMS RA (Welsh 1918-2006) oil on canvas - farmhouse, Anglesey (believed to be

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‡ SIR KYFFIN WILLIAMS RA (Welsh 1918-2006) oil on canvas - abandoned hilltop farm near Harlech,

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‡ SIR KYFFIN WILLIAMS RA (Welsh 1918-2006) oil on canvas - entitled verso, 'Sunset Yr Eifl' on

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‡ SIR KYFFIN WILLIAMS RA (Welsh 1918-2006) oil on canvas - landscape at Holy Island, near Porth

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SIR KYFFIN WILLIAMS RA (Welsh, 1918-2006) oil on canvas - Snowdonia Pass, signed with initials lower

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‡ GYRTH RUSSELL (1892-1970) oil on board - fine example, entitled verso, 'Sunlit Mevagissey' on

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‡ MAURICE COCKRILL (1936-2013) oil on panel - entitled verso, 'Divided' on Kooywood Gallery label,

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‡ CLAUDIA WILLIAMS (1933-2024) oil on panel - entitled verso, 'Family Relaxing', signed with

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ERNEST ZOBOLE (Welsh 1927-1999) oil on canvas - standing dog gazing longingly at two packets of

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‡ SIR FRANK BRANGWYN RA (1867-1956) oil on board - entitled verso, ' The Last Fight of the Revenge',

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‡ SIR FRANK BRANGWYN RA (1867-1956) oil on canvas - young dockworker standing on quayside, signed

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SIR KYFFIN WILLIAMS RA (Welsh 1918-2006) archive of eighteen handwritten letters, some with doodles,

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SIR KYFFIN WILLIAMS RA (Welsh 1918-2006) archive of eighteen handwritten letters, some with doodles, addressed to Sir Kyffin's friends and art contemporaries Claudia Williams and/or husband Gwilym Prichard. Most on multiple sheets with Sir Kyffin's Pwllfanogl address-header, spanning from the early 1980s to the 2000s, but unusually there is a rare to market letter from 1971, which is from Sir Kyffin's Bolton Studios in London. Auctioneer's Note: this group of letters provide a fascinating insight into the close relationship and affection Sir Kyffin had for both Claudia and Gwilym, repeatedly Sir Kyffin offers words of support and admiration for the couple and their artistic endeavours. Their close association and trust is apparent throughout this archive with Sir Kyffin's 'no holds barred' commentary of the Welsh art scene including Sir Kyffin typically scathing descriptions of the Welsh art establishment - particularly of Welsh Arts Council, the National Museum of Wales, their personnel of the time and their strategies e.g. ' ...I do not find Wales a happy place. It seems to be a land of artistic bullies and dictators who foster the pretentions but we all know about that... ' accompanied by a satirical caricature of an unknown art establishment figure, in another letter Sir Kyffin describes art in Wales as being ' ..dominated by the ghastly trendies.. ', he is also scathing of various artists who were and remain well known to the Welsh art world. Letters mention Kyffin's 'battles' and his struggles for a National Gallery to represent applied arts in Wales and there is also news of forthcoming exhibitions, comments on his own mental health - with typical self-deprecating light-hearted phrasing, and everyday topics one would expect to hear between good friends Provenance: Gwilym & Claudia Williams collection, by descent

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