Description
Christies SALE 19041
The Delighted Eye: Works from the Collection of Allen and Beryl Freer
London 1/23/20
Sale overview
The Allen and Beryl Freer collection was formed during a lifetime of collecting driven by a passion for Modern British art. The sale showcases Allen’s friendship with John Nash and Ivon Hitchens, as well as his patronage of Eileen Agar, Prunella Clough, Keith Vaughan and John Piper amongst many others. With estimates to appeal to collectors at all levels of the market, the sale represents an opportunity to acquire a work of art from a fascinating cornucopia of the last century.
Agar, Eileen (1899-1991) (4)
Barns-Graham, Wilhelmina (1912-2004) (1)
Bomberg, David (1890-1957) (1)
Clough, Prunella (1919-1999) (10)
Craxton, John (1922-2009) (2)
Eardley, Joan Kathleen Harding (1921-1963) (1)
Frost, Terry (1915-2003) (3)
Gear, William (1915-1997) (1)
Grant, Duncan James Corrowr (1885-1978) (1)
Hitchens, Ivon (1893-1979) (10)
Jones, David (1895-1974) (4)
Mellis, Margaret (1914-2009) (3)
Nash, John Northcote (1893-1977) (10)
Nevinson, Christopher Richard Wynne (1889-1946) (1)
Newcomb, Mary (1922-2008) (3)
Nicholson, Winifred (1893-1981) (2)
Piper, John (1903-1992) (6)
Ravilious, Eric William (1903-1942) (2)
Reynolds, Alan (1926-2014) (1)
Sutherland, Graham (1903-1980) (4)
Vaughan, Keith (1912-1977) (8)
