Christopher Dawson
Head of Department
Lot 54AR
Algernon Cecil Newton R.A.(British, 1880-1968)London Reflections 51 x 76.7 cm. (20 x 30 1/8 in.)
19 June 2024, 15:00 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £127,400 inc. premium
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Algernon Cecil Newton R.A. (British, 1880-1968)
London Reflections
signed with monogram and dated '42' (lower right); further signed and titled 'LONDON REFLECTIONS/ALGERNON NEWTON. A.R.A.' (on the canvas overlap)
oil on canvas
51 x 76.7 cm. (20 x 30 1/8 in.)
signed with monogram and dated '42' (lower right); further signed and titled 'LONDON REFLECTIONS/ALGERNON NEWTON. A.R.A.' (on the canvas overlap)
oil on canvas
51 x 76.7 cm. (20 x 30 1/8 in.)
Footnotes
Provenance
Mrs G. Stanley Williams, acquired from the 1942 exhibition, thence by family descent to the present owners
Private Collection, U.K.
Exhibited
London, The Royal Academy, Summer Exhibition, 4 May-8 August 1942, cat.no.42
'I liked walking along the towing path of the Regents' Canal and seeing London as it were from the wings in a theatre. Walking along the towing path one seemed to lose all sense of locality, there was nothing to indicate the district one was passing through. Occasionally a cream-coloured Regency house would cast its trembling reflection into the dark water of the canal'. (Algernon Newton quoted in Andrew Graham Dixon, The Peculiarity of Algernon Newton R.A. 1880 – 1968, Daniel Katz Gallery, The Colt Press, London, p.8). The above quotation fits perfectly with the present work, which was painted in 1942, at a point whereby the artist had spent many years walking the streets of London in search of refreshing subject matter. Despite the grand buildings and great streets that were at his disposal, it was to the neglected waterways that he turned from the 1920s onwards as can be seen in London Reflections. The nature of these works and the precision with which they were handled have seen Newton referred to as 'the Regent's Canaletto'.
We are grateful to Sir Mark Jones and Nicholas Newton for their assistance in cataloguing this lot. Sir Mark is currently preparing the forthcoming catalogue raisonné of the Artist's work and would like to hear from owners of any work by the Artist so that these can be included in this comprehensive catalogue. Please write to Sir Mark Jones, c/o Modern British and Irish Art, Bonhams, 101 New Bond Street, London, W1S 1SR or email [email protected].
