John Randall Bratby

John Bratby, R.A. (1928-1992) Self portrait with David and Jason in the garden signed 'BRATBY' (upper right) oil on canvas 48 x 36 in. (122.1 x 91.5 cm.) Artist's Resale Right ("droit de Suite"). If the Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer also agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent.

John Bratby R.A. (1928-1992) The Girls Dormitory signed 'BRATBY' (upper left) and inscribed 'THE GIRLS DORMITORY ' (upper right) oil on board 75¾ x 144¾ in. (192.4 x 367.7 cm.) In 1958, Bratby was commissioned to produce large scale paintings for the film The Horses Mouth based on Joyce Cary's novel. Alec Guinness played Gully Jimson an excentric figurative painter and Guinness took inspiration for the role from Bratby. Guinness won Best Actor at the Venice International Film Festival for his role. The present work is part of a group of paintings associated with the film and the following solo exhibition which was held in New York at The French Gallery on 987 Madison Avenue, Bratby's first in New York.

§ John Bratby, RA (British, 1928-1992) Portrait of the Artist's Son, David Bratby inscribed upper right "David", signed lower left "Bratby" and dated "Oct. '63" oil on board h:34 w:29 cm Other Notes: The painting was possibly exhibited in Edinburgh in 1963 at the Douglas and Foulis Gallery. There is another portrait in the Yacowar book of David Bratby. Jonathan Riley writes that "this is a classic Bratby from the period". Estimate £800-1,200 Condition appears fine.

John Bratby R.A. (British, 1928-1992) Albert Herbert in R.C.A. interior oil on board 84 x 122 cm. (33 x 48 in.) Painted in 1953-4 PROVENANCE: With Beaux Arts Gallery, London Private Collection, New York Albert Herbert (1925-2008) studied alongside Bratby at the Royal College of Art in the early 1950s, where he also met Jack Smith, Edward Middleditch and Derrick Greaves. However it was a later encounter with Francis Bacon that was to have the greatest impact over his work, steering him away from the social realism of the Kitchen Sink painters, towards an exploration of the emotional and psychological dimensions of figurative painting.

John Bratby R.A. (British, 1928-1992) The Salute Reflection, Gritti Palace, Venice inscribed with title (lower left), signed and dated (under the mount) coloured crayon 38.5 x 28.5cm (15 3/16 x 11 1/4in). together with an ink drawing of a female nude by Roger Hilton (21 x 13.3cm.), two unsigned prints by Eric Gill and an unsigned David Jones lithograph (5)