Lot 511: Ben Sunlight, British 1935-2002 - ''Putti With Fruit'' (large version); oil on canvas, signed and da

Ben Sunlight, British 1935-2002 - ''Putti With Fruit'' (large version); oil on canvas, signed and dated 1985, 102x71cm: together with one other by the same artist- ''Compotiere with Mango and other Fruit'' (small version); oil on canvas, signed and dated 1982, 56.5x41cm., (2) (part unframed) (may be subject to Droit de Suite)

In green and purple wooden frame - designed to match colours in canvas (probably original) signed and dated lower right some surface dust on picture and frame otherwise in very good condition Second painting on canvas, but unframed signed and dated lower right some surface dust on canvas minor scratch top left otherwise in very good condition

From the Estate of the Artist Ben Sunlight. Ben Sunlight was born in Brighton and educated at Clifton, Magdalene College Cambridge and Central School of Art & Design (now Central St. Martins). He was a fellow and Vice-Chairman of Free Painters and Sculptors Ltd 1965-68. He showed extensively in Britain and abroad. Simon Field reviewed his figurative work by saying 'with the erotic subjects the paintings become much more involving, not as titillation, but because the style is relevant to the subject matter. The very coolness of Sunlight's style, the pastel shades and the balanced composition, play off against the 'hot' content...' from 'Art and Artists' May 1969, Publ. by Hansom Books Ltd. His canons of work include figurative, abstract, drawings and print making.