Rare Collections & Estate Offerings

Paul Brown, 1937, Derrydale Press

Wednesday, October 8th, 2008

Paul Brown, 1937, Derrydale Press, a set of 4 FOXHUNTING Hand-Coloured Aquatints on offer from Chisholm Gallery, LLC

KENNEL BOUND

 

PRESSING HIM

 

MUSIC AHEAD

 

HOICK! HOICK! HOICK! HOICK!

 

The Derrydale Press, New York, 1937

Plate size: 21 3/4 “ x 7 7/8 “

Paper size: 31 “ x 22 7/8” with generous margins.

Paper: Hand made w/ deckel edges

 

Limited to 250 numbered and signed prints.

SET #1  Belonged to Eugene Connett, President, Derrydale Press.

Even though the set was advertised as being produced in an edition of 250, most collectors and dealers in sporting art believe that there were many fewer actually produced.

Uncut and unframed.

Mint condition.

FLAWLESS, NOT ANOTHER SET LIKE IT IN THE WORLD

 

Provenance: The Sporting Gallery  and Bookshop, Inc, New York

 

To view more work by Paul Brown and to read his bio, please visit his artist page here

Jonathan Routh 1927-2008

Thursday, June 5th, 2008

A Helpful Form of TransportWe are sad to report the passing of Jonathan Routh on Wednesday, June 4th, 2008. Jonathan co-starred in the British version of the television show Candid Camera (1960-67) and co-starred with Germaine Greer and Kenny Everett in Nice Time. He published a number of humorous books, painted for many years, and exhibited regularly in Jamaica, Italy and the United States. He is survived by his wife , Shelagh and two sons from his first marriage, Christian, who lives in Barcelona, Spain, and Jonathan, who lives in Frankfurt, Germany.

Jonathan Routh wintered at Fort Victoria, Tryall Club, Sandy Bay in the parish of Hanover, Jamaica, West Indies and also spent summers in Nacolina, Conco Doro, Castellina in Chianti, and Sienna, Italy.

To view his work, you can click on the thumbnail above, or you can click here to visit his page and learn more about his life’s work on his page on our site. Comments are open for this post for anyone who wishes to leave their thoughts about Jonathan. Please click the link below that says “Comments.”

Obituaries
The Guardian | The Independent | Daily Telegraph | The Times | Economist

The Stage | The Other I | BBC/Radio4 Last Word Programme | AboutUs.org

Liverpool Daily Post

 

Major internet links created for Jonathan Routh’s Legacies

Click below to view Jonathan Routh’s Television Work and Books 
(Scroll down to UK Candid Camera Classics)
http://chisholmgallery.com/new/jonathan-routh

Click below to view the Jonathan Routh Collection of
Paintings and Giclees
http://chisholmgallery.com/new/wpg2?g2_itemId=1191

Click below for the Jonathan Routh Wikipedia Entries
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Routh

Click below for the Jonathan Routh About Us Page & Obituaries
http://www.aboutus.org/JonathanRouth.com

 

Wednesday, January 16th, 2008