Ivon Hitchens Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Ivon Hitchens Art Value Price Guide

Mar. 01, 2025
IVON HITCHENS ENGLISH FEMALE NUDE OIL PAINTING
Est: $100 - $150
Ivon Hitchens, English, 1893 to 1979, an oil painting on paper depicting a female nude. Signed lower right. Framed. Ivon Hitchens was a painter who started exhibiting during the 1920s. He became part of the London Group of artists and exhibited with them during the 1930s. Portrait Paintings And English Art Collectibles.
Antique Arena Inc
Feb. 06, 2025
Ivon Hitchens, (British 1893-1979), The Game Keeper's Cottage No. 3
Est: £30,000 - £50,000
Ivon Hitchens, (British 1893-1979) The Game Keeper's Cottage No. 3 1948 Oil on canvas Signed lower right, 'Hitchens' With old label verso inscribed 'Ivon Hitchens / Gamekeepers Lavington Common / Petworth. Sussex / 'Keepers Cottage No. 3' / 1943' With Tib Lane Gallery label verso inscribed 'Keepers Cottage. Date 1948. / by Ivon Hitchens.' Exhibited: Leeds, Temple Newsam, Ivon Hitchens, Henry Moore, 14 April - 3 June 1945, Cat. No. 25. Provenance: Piccadilly Gallery, London; Tib Lane Gallery, Manchester. Dimensions: (Frame) 25.5 in. (H) x 38.5 in. (W) (Canvas) 18.5 in. (H) x 31.5 in. (W)
Sloane Street Auctions
Jan. 21, 2025
IVON HITCHENS (1893-1979) BRITISH. Self portrait, ink on paper. Signed Hitchens 50. 14" x 11" (36 x 28
Est: £1,000 - £1,500
IVON HITCHENS (1893-1979) BRITISH. Self portrait, ink on paper. Signed Hitchens 50. 14" x 11" (36 x 28cms). Christies Stencil No. NB 357.
John Nicholson's Fine Art Auctioneers & Valuers
Dec. 15, 2024
Ivon Hitchens (1893-1979) United Kingdom
Est: €16,000 - €32,000
Ivon Hitchens (1893-1979) ; Naked on the couch ; c.1940s ; oil on canvas / framed ; dimensions 57 x 75,5 cm (22 1/2 x 29 3/4 in.) ; frame size 66 x 83,5 cm (26 x 33 in.) ; signed lower left corner ; Shipping to USA - DHL $650 , National post with tracking service $450 / Shipping to EU, Middle Assia - DHL $520 , National post with tracking service $380
Art-Torg
Dec. 12, 2024
Ivon Hitchens (1893-1979) For John Constable
Est: £1,500 - £2,000
Ivon Hitchens (1893-1979) For John Constable Screenprint in colours, 1973, signed and titled in pencil, numbered from the edition of 100, counter-signed by Betambeau, printed by Advanced Graphics, published by Bernard Jacobson, London, on wove paper, with margins, sheet 438 x 887mm (17 1/4 x 34 7/8in) This lot is sold subject to Artists Resale Rights, details of which can be found in our Terms and Conditions.
Forum Auctions - UK
Nov. 21, 2024
Ivon Hitchens, Still Life, c.1938
Est: £500 - £700
Ivon Hitchens, British 1893-1979, Still Life, c.1938; lithograph in colours on wove, printed by Contemporary Lithographs Ltd, London, sheet: 65 x 50 cm, (framed) (ARR)
Roseberys
Nov. 15, 2024
Variations on a Theme no. 12, Figure in a Strong Light
Est: £40,000 - £60,000
A Life With Art: The Collection of Mollie and Graham Dark Ivon Hitchens 1893 - 1979 Variations on a Theme no. 12, Figure in a Strong Light signed Ivon Hitchens (lower right) oil on canvas unframed: 51 by 84cm.; 20 by 33in. framed: 71.5 by 105cm.; 28 by 41¼in. Executed in 1950. We are grateful to Peter Khoroche, author of Ivon Hitchens, Lund Humphries, London, 2007, for his kind assistance with the cataloguing of the present work.
Sotheby's
Nov. 14, 2024
Lilies and a Geranium on a Hampstead Window
Est: £70,000 - £100,000
A Life With Art: The Collection of Mollie and Graham Dark Ivon Hitchens 1893 - 1979 Lilies and a Geranium on a Hampstead Window-Sill twice stamped with Artist's studio stamp (on the reverse) oil on canvas unframed: 56 by 91cm.; 22 by 36in. framed: 71.5 by 106.5cm.; 28 by 42in. Executed circa 1936. We are grateful to Peter Khoroche, author of Ivon Hitchens, Lund Humphries, London, 2007, for his kind assistance with the cataloguing of the present work.
Sotheby's
Oct. 31, 2024
§ IVON HITCHENS (BRITISH 1893-1979)
Est: £30,000 - £50,000
IVON HITCHENS (BRITISH 1893-1979) BLUE RIVER, 1932 signed and dated 32 (lower left), oil on canvas 50.8cm x 76.2cm (20in x 30in) with Leicester Galleries, London;Crane Kalman Gallery, London, from whom acquired by Dorothy and Louis Bohm;The Estate of Dorothy Bohm. Blue River perfectly encapsulates Ivon Hitchens’ work of the early 1930s, his stylish, unique take on modernism that saw him elected to the prestigious Seven & Five Society. Yet this painting also presages the developments in his painting that were to come at the end of the decade, when his vision of the English landscape became increasingly abstracted, the scene before him dissolving into patterns of form and colour which then unfold across the canvas, creating an effect that Hitchens himself described as ‘a visual music’. Hitchens had followed movements in European art very closely, ever since Roger Fry had enraged the British art establishment (and delighted British art students like Hitchens) with his ground-breaking exhibitions of French Post-Impressionism in 1910 and 1912. And in many ways, Hitchens’ work of the 1920s and early 30s is a synthesis of Cézanne, Braque and Matisse, albeit replacing the calme, luxe et volupté of Provence and the Côte d’Azur with a distinctly English palette of leaden blues, pinky greys and restrained greens in every shade. In Blue River we can see these influences clearly: the black outlines on the hills and rocks evoking Matisse, whilst the flat application of blocks of paint – such as the division of the river into a checkerboard of blues – allude to Cubism’s play on perspective, constantly pulling our sense of this being a ‘view’ back to the surface of the canvas, to the making of the painting itself. Yet there are also motifs that are unique to Hitchens. On the left-hand edge, he has stacked forms - a large rock, swathe of meadow and then a stand of trees - to create a solid visual hold, from which the rest of the composition can unfurl. Then there is the exquisite balance between abstraction and figuration, with neither dominant, the sense of flatness and artifice held in tension with a very real sense of light and air. We can see too his variation of brushstrokes, from the broad to the spidery, and the subtle changes in the weighting of paint, between brushes dripping in pigment (which still seems wet, some 90 years later) to ones almost dry. All of this is most notable in the sky, in which broad brushes dipped in four shades of blue and one white dance across the surface of the canvas. Whilst this clearly has a (literal) atmospheric effect, if one views this section in isolation, it is remarkably free and abstract for the period. Indeed, it has something of Helen Frankenthaler or Joan Mitchell about it, the way the brushmarks seem to hang off the surface of the canvas. It’s no wonder, perhaps, that Patrick Heron, the man who effectively interpreted American Abstract Expressionism to an unwitting British audience in the early 1950s, was also the author of the first full monograph on Hitchens in 1952, a book in which Heron often described Hitchens’ work in terms that Clement Greenberg, the great apologist of Abstract Expressionism, would have enjoyed.There is a famous photograph, taken in 1931, the year before Blue River was painted, of Hitchens on the beach at Happisburgh in Norfolk, where he stands alongside Henry and Irina Moore, who in turn are next to Barbara Hepworth and Ben Nicholson (at the start of their affair). Moore and Nicholson are stripped to the waist, Hepworth is tying her hair up, cigarette in mouth, her muscular sculptor’s arms exposed by the top half of a swimming costume. Hitchens, on the other hand, is fully dressed, in shirt, tie, pullover, his tweed jacket fully buttoned up, raincoat slung over his arm, his black beret the only possible nod to la vie bohème. At first glance, he seems like a fish out of water amongst these pioneers of British Modernism. Yet this is to miss the point: he is absolutely one of them. At this point in time, all of these bright young things of the British avant garde are still wedded to some sort of figuration, albeit one transformed thorough the lens of ‘modernist primitivism’ and Cubism. A painting such as Blue River, if looked at closely, is as modernist as anything else coming out of the Mall Studios, Herbert Read’s ‘nest of gentle artists’ shared by Moore, Hepworth and Nicholson, just down the road from Hitchens’ studio in Hampstead. As these Mall Studio artists moved towards abstraction – Hepworth and Nicholson in particular – Hitchens might well have remained wedded to depicting the landscape, but not because he couldn’t let go of the figurative. It was more that those values of simplicity, order and harmony that his contemporaries felt could only be uncovered in the realm of the abstract, were, for him, to be found everywhere in the landscape, out in the open, and all the more fascinating for being impermanent and accidental.
Lyon & Turnbull
Oct. 17, 2024
IVON HITCHENS (1893-1979). Fir Tree. oil on canvas 22 x 24 in. (55.9 x 61 c
Est: £18,000 - £25,000
IVON HITCHENS (1893-1979). Fir Tree. oil on canvas 22 x 24 in. (55.9 x 61 cm.).
Christie's
Oct. 17, 2024
IVON HITCHENS (1893-1979). South Downs Landscape. pastel on buff paper 16 ¾
Est: £3,000 - £5,000
IVON HITCHENS (1893-1979). South Downs Landscape. pastel on buff paper 16 ¾ x 9 ¾ in. (42.5 x 24.8 cm.).
Christie's
Oct. 17, 2024
IVON HITCHENS (1893-1979). Caves of Green, No. 4. oil on canvas 17 x 56 in.
Est: £70,000 - £100,000
IVON HITCHENS (1893-1979). Caves of Green, No. 4. oil on canvas 17 x 56 in. (43 x 142.2 cm.).
Christie's
Oct. 16, 2024
IVON HITCHENS (1893-1979). Flowers in a White Bowl. oil on canvas 20 x 30 i
Est: £100,000 - £150,000
IVON HITCHENS (1893-1979). Flowers in a White Bowl. oil on canvas 20 x 30 in. (50.8 x 76.2 cm.).
Christie's
Oct. 02, 2024
▲ Ivon Hitchens (1893-1979)
Est: £20,000 - £30,000
▲ Ivon Hitchens (1893-1979) 'Tree Arch' signed and dated 'Hitchens 73' l.r., inscribed with title on artist's label verso, oil on canvas 40 x 85cm Provenance: With Theo Waddington, London; Lord and Lady Moser. Condition Report: Framed: 108 x 62cm A little rubbing to the bottom edge but appears to be in otherwise good condition. Well presented and ready to hang. Not examined under UV light, for a full report please contact the department.
Sworders
Sep. 19, 2024
Ivon Hitchens (1893 - 1979), Flowers in a Vase
Est: £300 - £500
Ivon Hitchens (1893 - 1979) Flowers in a Vase, 1938 Six colour lithograph on smooth wove paper Exhibited: Tate, Artists at Curwen, no. 244 Published: Contemporary Lithographs, 1939 Dimensions: (Frame) 33 in. (H) x 25.5 in. (W) (Paper) 26 in. (H) x 20 in. (W)
Sloane Street Auctions
Sep. 10, 2024
Ivon Hitchens (British, 1893-1979), Untitled landscape, oil on canvas, 20 x 74cm
Est: £8,000 - £12,000
§ Ivon Hitchens (British, 1893-1979) Untitled landscape oil on canvas signed
Gorringes
Aug. 16, 2024
Ivon Hitchens (1893-1979) United Kingdom
Est: $16,000 - $32,000
Ivon Hitchens (1893-1979) ; Naked on the couch ; c.1940s ; oil on canvas / framed ; dimensions 57 x 75,5 cm (22 1/2 x 29 3/4 in.) ; frame size 66 x 83,5 cm (26 x 33 in.) ; signed lower left corner ; Shipping to USA - DHL $650 , National post with tracking service $450 / Shipping to EU, Middle Assia - DHL $520 , National post with tracking service $380
Art-Torg
Jul. 03, 2024
Ivon Hitchens (1893-1979), Flowers in a Vase
Est: £500 - £800
Ivon Hitchens (1893-1979) Flowers in a Vase, 1938 Six colour lithograph on smooth wove paper Exhibited: Tate, Artists at Curwen, no. 244 Published: Contemporary Lithographs, 1939 Dimensions: (Frame) 33 in. (H) x 25.5 in. (W) (Paper) 26 in. (H) x 20 in. (W)
Sloane Street Auctions
Jun. 19, 2024
Ivon Hitchens (British, 1893-1979) August 1950 No.3 40.7 x 74.3 cm. (16 x 29 1/4 in.)
Est: £20,000 - £30,000
Ivon Hitchens (British, 1893-1979) August 1950 No.3 signed 'Hitchens' (lower right); further signed, inscribed and indistinctly dated 'Ivon Hitchens/Greenleaves/Lavington Common/Petworth/August 195 ' (on an artist's label attached to the stretcher) oil on canvas 40.7 x 74.3 cm. (16 x 29 1/4 in.)
Bonhams
Jun. 07, 2024
Spring Landscape
Est: £40,000 - £60,000
Ivon Hitchens 1893 - 1979 Spring Landscape stamped with Artist's studio stamp (on the reverse) oil on canvas unframed: 40.5 by 74.5cm.; 16 by 29¼in. framed: 62.5 by 96cm.; 24½ by 37¾in. Executed circa 1967. We are grateful to Peter Khoroche, author of Ivon Hitchens, Lund Humphries, London, 2007, for his kind assistance with the cataloguing of the present work.
Sotheby's
Jun. 07, 2024
April Nude No 4
Est: £30,000 - £50,000
Property From A Distinguished London Collection Ivon Hitchens 1893 - 1979 April Nude No 4 signed Hitchens (lower right) oil on canvas unframed: 59.5 by 72.5cm.; 23½ by 28½in. framed: 71.5 by 84cm.; 28 by 33in. Executed in 1949. We are grateful to Peter Khoroche, author of Ivon Hitchens, Lund Humphries, London, 2007, for his kind assistance with the cataloguing of the present work.
Sotheby's
Jun. 06, 2024
Orange Lily
Est: £60,000 - £80,000
Property from a Distinguished Private Collection Ivon Hitchens 1893 - 1979 Orange Lily signed Hitchens. (lower left); also signed Ivon Hitchens, titled and inscribed (on a label attached to the stretcher bar) oil on canvas unframed: 75.5 by 64.5cm.; 29¾ by 25½in. framed: 91 by 82cm.; 35¾ by 32¼in. Executed circa 1933. We are grateful to Peter Khoroche, author of Ivon Hitchens, Lund Humphries, London, 2007, for his kind assistance with the cataloguing of the present work.
Sotheby's
Apr. 19, 2024
Ivon HITCHENS (1893-1979) British
Est: $20,000 - $40,000
Sydney Ivon HITCHENS (1893-1979) London ; Possing blue waters ; 1956 ; oil on canvas / framed ; dimensions 40 x 60 cm (15 3/4 x 23 2/3 in.) ; frame size 50 x 70 cm (19 2/3 x 27 1/2 in.) ; signed lower right corner ; named and dated on verso ; Shipping to USA - DHL $520 , National post with tracking service $320 / Shipping to EU, Russia, Middle Assia - DHL $390 , National post with tracking service $230
Art-Torg
Mar. 27, 2024
Ivon Hitchens (British, 1893-1979) Reclining Nude
Est: £8,000 - £12,000
Ivon Hitchens (British, 1893-1979) Reclining Nude signed 'Ivon Hitchens' (lower left) oil on canvas, laid on board 46.5 x 52.5cm (18 5/16 x 20 11/16in).
Bonhams
Mar. 26, 2024
Ivon Hitchens (1893-1979), 'Pavilion', oil on canvas, signed, 20" x 33" (51 x 84cm), purchased from Leicester
Est: £30,000 - £50,000
Ivon Hitchens (1893-1979), 'Pavilion', oil on canvas, signed, 20" x 33" (51 x 84cm), purchased from Leicester Galleries, London in 1952.
John Nicholson's Fine Art Auctioneers & Valuers
Mar. 21, 2024
IVON HITCHENS (1893-1979) Autumn Bracken oil on canvas 15 ¾ x 35 ¾ in. (40
Est: £40,000 - £60,000
IVON HITCHENS (1893-1979) Autumn Bracken oil on canvas 15 ¾ x 35 ¾ in. (40 x 91 cm.)
Christie's
Mar. 21, 2024
IVON HITCHENS (1893-1979) First Version of Mural for Cecil Sharp House oil
Est: £80,000 - £120,000
IVON HITCHENS (1893-1979) First Version of Mural for Cecil Sharp House oil on canvas 47 ¼ x 206 in. (120 x 523.2 cm.)
Christie's
Mar. 21, 2024
IVON HITCHENS (1893-1979) Figure against Blue oil on canvas 23 ½ x 28 ¾ in.
Est: £20,000 - £30,000
IVON HITCHENS (1893-1979) Figure against Blue oil on canvas 23 ½ x 28 ¾ in. (59.6 x 73 cm.)
Christie's
Feb. 20, 2024
IVON HITCHENS (after)
Est: CHF180 - CHF280
Yellow Hill, 1968, 1968-71 . Special Edition Print. 330gsm Somerset Velvet cotton rag paper. Size 46 x 100 cm Yellow Hill, 1968, 1968-71 . Tirage spécial. 330gsm Somerset Velvet papier chiffon de coton. Taille 46 x 100 cm
TGP Auction
Feb. 13, 2024
§ IVON HITCHENS (BRITISH 1893-1979)
Est: £500 - £700
IVON HITCHENS (BRITISH 1893-1979) Daffodils signed in pencil and numbered 52/375 in black ink from the edition of 100 signed prints offset lithograph in colours on wove printed by The Cavendish Press Ltd., Leicester published by The Adam Cavendish Collection Ltd., Cheshire, with their blindstamp sheet 59.5 x 67.6cm unframed ARR
Chiswick Auctions
Jan. 27, 2024
Attributed to Ivon Hitchens (Sydney Ivon Hitchens, 1893-1979) - watercolour
Est: -
Attributed to Ivon Hitchens (Sydney Ivon Hitchens, 1893-1979) - watercolour - a snow scene, 'The Brook', inscribed to verso panel (detached) and dated 1912, 13" x 18.5".
Michael J Bowman
Nov. 29, 2023
Ivon Hitchens (British, 1893-1979) Nude
Est: £600 - £800
Ivon Hitchens (British, 1893-1979) Nude pen and ink on paper 17.5 x 22.5cm (6 7/8 x 8 7/8in).
Bonhams
Nov. 29, 2023
Ivon Hitchens (British, 1893-1979) Courtyard Figure (Executed circa 1942)
Est: £600 - £800
Ivon Hitchens (British, 1893-1979) Courtyard Figure pen and ink on paper 21.5 x 17cm (8 7/16 x 6 11/16in). Executed circa 1942
Bonhams
Nov. 29, 2023
Ivon Hitchens (British, 1893-1979) Mother and Child (Executed circa 1942)
Est: £700 - £1,000
Ivon Hitchens (British, 1893-1979) Mother and Child pen and ink on paper 30.5 x 19cm (12 x 7 1/2in). Executed circa 1942
Bonhams
Nov. 22, 2023
Ivon Hitchens (British, 1893-1979) Sussex River, Evening Mist 40.4 x 75 cm. (15 7/8 x 29 1/2 in.)
Est: £20,000 - £30,000
Ivon Hitchens (British, 1893-1979) Sussex River, Evening Mist signed and dated 'Hitchens 69.' (lower left); further signed, titled, dated again and inscribed ''Sussex River, Evening Mist'/1969/Ivon Hitchens/Greenleaves Petworth Sussex' (on an artist's label attached to the stretcher) oil on canvas 40.4 x 75 cm. (15 7/8 x 29 1/2 in.)
Bonhams
Nov. 22, 2023
Ivon Hitchens (British, 1893-1979) Boat on Shallow Water 41 x 74.2 cm. (16 1/8 x 29 1/8 in.)
Est: £25,000 - £35,000
Ivon Hitchens (British, 1893-1979) Boat on Shallow Water signed 'Hitchens' (lower right); further signed and titled ''A boat on shallow water'/by Ivon HITCHENS' (on an artist's label attached to the stretcher) oil on canvas 41 x 74.2 cm. (16 1/8 x 29 1/8 in.)
Bonhams
Nov. 22, 2023
Ivon Hitchens (British, 1893-1979) Reclining Nude 46.6 x 52.4 cm. (18 3/8 x 20 5/8 in.)
Est: £15,000 - £20,000
Ivon Hitchens (British, 1893-1979) Reclining Nude signed 'Ivon Hitchens' (lower left) oil on canvas laid on board 46.6 x 52.4 cm. (18 3/8 x 20 5/8 in.)
Bonhams
Nov. 22, 2023
Ivon Hitchens (British, 1893-1979) Two Boats on Summer Water 51.4 x 116.8 cm. (20 1/4 x 46 in.)
Est: £50,000 - £80,000
Ivon Hitchens (British, 1893-1979) Two Boats on Summer Water signed 'Hitchens' (lower left); further signed, titled and dated ''Two Boats on Summer Water'/1962-63./by Ivon Hitchens' (on an artist's label attached to the stretcher) oil on canvas 51.4 x 116.8 cm. (20 1/4 x 46 in.)
Bonhams
Nov. 22, 2023
Ivon Hitchens (British, 1893-1979) August 1950 No.3 40.7 x 74.3 cm. (16 x 29 1/4 in.)
Est: £40,000 - £60,000
Ivon Hitchens (British, 1893-1979) August 1950 No.3 signed 'Hitchens' (lower right); further signed, inscribed and indistinctly dated 'Ivon Hitchens/Greenleaves/Lavington Common/Petworth/August 195 ' (on an artist's label attached to the stretcher) oil on canvas 40.7 x 74.3 cm. (16 x 29 1/4 in.)
Bonhams
Nov. 22, 2023
April Nude No. 1
Est: £15,000 - £25,000
Ivon Hitchens 1893 - 1979 April Nude No. 1 signed Hitchens (lower left); also signed Ivon Hitchens, titled and inscribed (on a label attached to the stretcher bar) oil on canvas unframed: 51 by 76.5cm.; 20 by 30in. framed: 76 by 101.5cm.; 30 by 40in. Executed in 1949.
Sotheby's
Oct. 25, 2023
λ IVON HITCHENS (BRITISH 1893-1979), TWO FIGURES
Est: £400 - £600
λ IVON HITCHENS (BRITISH 1893-1979)TWO FIGURES Pencil 33 x 20cm (12 x 7¾ in.)Provenance:Private Collection, Ted Floate, framer and model to Ivon Hitchens
Dreweatts 1759 Fine Sales
Oct. 25, 2023
λ IVON HITCHENS (BRITISH 1893-1979), FIGURE STUDY
Est: £400 - £600
λ IVON HITCHENS (BRITISH 1893-1979)FIGURE STUDY Felt-tip pen33 x 20cm (12 x 7¾ in.)Provenance:Private Collection, Ted Floate, framer and model to Ivon Hitchens
Dreweatts 1759 Fine Sales
Oct. 19, 2023
IVON HITCHENS (1893-1979) Nude on a Green Rug oil on canvas 19 ¾ x 25 ¾ in.
Est: £20,000 - £30,000
IVON HITCHENS (1893-1979) Nude on a Green Rug oil on canvas 19 ¾ x 25 ¾ in. (49.6 x 65.4 cm.)
Christie's
Oct. 19, 2023
IVON HITCHENS (1893-1979) Decoration for a Music Room oil and collage on ca
Est: £70,000 - £100,000
IVON HITCHENS (1893-1979) Decoration for a Music Room oil and collage on canvas 66 x 81 in. (167.6 x 205.7 cm.)
Christie's
Oct. 11, 2023
Ivon Hitchens. Bowness, Alan (editor ) ; T.G. Rosenthal ( introductory essa
Est: €80 - €120
Ivon Hitchens. Bowness, Alan (editor ) ; T.G. Rosenthal ( introductory essay Published by Lund Humphries, 1973. 1st Edition. Clean yellow boards and spine, the latter lettered in white. HB, DJ
Purcell Auctioneers
Sep. 20, 2023
Ivon Hitchens (British, 1893-1979) For John Constable Screenprint in colours, 1976, on J. Green wove paper, signed, titled and inscribed 'A/P' in pencil, an artist's proof aside from the numbered edition of 100, counter-signed by Chris Betambeau, ...
Est: £1,000 - £1,500
Ivon Hitchens (British, 1893-1979) For John Constable Screenprint in colours, 1976, on J. Green wove paper, signed, titled and inscribed 'A/P' in pencil, an artist's proof aside from the numbered edition of 100, counter-signed by Chris Betambeau, printed by Advanced Graphics, published by Bernard Jacobson Ltd., London, with full margins, framed Image 372 x 835mm (14 5/8 x 32 7/8in) Sheet 572 x 1025mm (22 1/2 x 40 3/8in)
Bonhams
Sep. 13, 2023
Ivon Hitchens Poppies Still Life Painting 1973-75
Est: $70,000 - $100,000
Ivon Hitchens (English, 1893-1979). Oil on canvas still life painting titled "Poppies on a White Ground" depicting flowers in a vase, 1973-75. Signed along the lower right. Painted in the artist's characteristic style with vibrant and bright colors. With a label from Waddington and Tooth Galleries along the verso. Included is an exhibition poster from the artist's Retrospective exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts in London which ran from March 21 to April 25, 1979. Provenance: Roger Sherman, Esq.; Waddington and Tooth Galleries, Ltd., London; Private Minnesota Collection. Lot Essay: Ivon Hitchens was the son of landscape painter Alfred Hitchens. He studied at St. John's Wood School of Art and the Royal Academy in London during World War I. In 1922 he became the founding member of the Seven and Five Society and began exhibiting his work that same year. He subsequently became a part of the "London Group" in the 1930s. This group included Barbara Hepworth, Henry Moore, Naum Gabo, Paul Nash, Ben Nicholson, and Leon Kossoff. His work during this period was often painted with natural earth-tones such as muted greens and browns. In 1940 during World War II, his home and studio in Hampstead was destroyed during a bombing, forcing the artist to relocate. He and his wife Mollie settled in Sussex where they lived first out of a caravan which he then gradually supplemented with additional buildings. The six acres of woodland that they moved to became his home and muse for the next 40 years. The muted tones that characterize his early works were replaced with a brighter palette. Landscapes became his forte, utilizing abbreviated fields of color perceived from a landscape instead of exact renderings. His work changed little after his move to the countryside and he remained consistent in his style until his death in August of 1979. The present work is an excellent example of his countryside paintings. His palette includes energetic reds to represent the poppies, bright blue for their vessel, and vibrant yellow and green as the background. The white ground allows the colors to pop forward, engaging the viewer. His work was part of the 1956 Venice Biennale and his paintings are now in the collections of the Tate Gallery in London, the National Galleries of Scotland in Edinburgh, and the Courtauld Institute in London. His work has been exhibited through the United Kingdom through the years including a 1979 Retrospective exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts to as recent as 2019.
Revere Auctions
Aug. 04, 2023
Ivon HITCHENS (1893-1979) British
Est: $20,000 - $40,000
Sydney Ivon HITCHENS (1893-1979) London ; Possing blue waters ; 1956 ; oil on canvas / framed ; dimensions 40 x 60 cm (15 3/4 x 23 2/3 in.) ; frame size 50 x 70 cm (19 2/3 x 27 1/2 in.) ; signed lower right corner ; named and dated on verso ; Shipping to USA - DHL $520 , National post with tracking service $320 / Shipping to EU, Russia, Middle Assia - DHL $390 , National post with tracking service $230
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