Exhibition - Open House 16 August 2025

Below is a small selection of works that will be on show. If you are unable to attend, or would like information about any of the works here or on the website, do not hesitate to get in contact with Henry.

Erich Wolfsfeld, (German, 1884-1956), The Bound Man, c.1907-09, etching, signed (lower right), 65cm × 50cm (plate size), (93cm × 74cm framed), £4,750

Etcher, painter and teacher, born in Krojanke, Germany. He was brought up in Berlin, where he attended the Academy, 1902–13, although had periods away, studying at Académie Julian, Paris, under Jules Lefèbvre, and he learned etching in the studio of Hans Meyer. In 1910 he won the Kaiser Wilhelm Gold Medal for his picture The Archers. Wolfsfeld early showed himself to be an artist in the academic tradition, a fine draughtsman. After Army service in World War I he was in 1920 appointed professor of painting and etching at Berlin Academy. This post he held until 1935, when Nazi pressure forced him out. Between the wars Wolfsfeld established a notable reputation, and he built up a substantial output partly based on extensive travels in Europe and North Africa.

Arthur Tress, (American b.1940), Urban Cowboy, New York, 1978, silver print, signed, titled, dated and numbered ‘6/50’ (in margin), 19cm x 19cm (print size), (38.5cm x 36.5cm framed), £2,450

Tress is one of the most renowned and innovative photographers of his generation. Citing his influences as Hokusai, Frank Lloyd Wright, Picasso, El Lissitzky, Duane Michaels and W Eugene Smith, his work is often staged, directing work and repurposing found materials or scenes in an inventively subjective manner, Tress’s work is rich with implication and fantasy. Impeccably composed, the photographs constantly explore the world around him. He is one of photography’s most singular and consistently original practitioners. Tress has exhibited widely and published numerous books of his work. In 'Theater of the Mind' (1976) Tress explored adult fantasies and began a period of overtly erotic work. In Facing Up (1980), Tress moved to openly gay photographic fantasies. Large sections of his archive have now been accepted into the Stamford University archive.

Ian Rank-Broadley (British, b.1952), Man with Hoop, 2023, bronze, numbered 2/10, 32cm × 15cm × 16cm (incl. base), £2,750

Ian Rank-Broadley is one of the foremost sculptors working today. His effigy of the late Queen Elizabeth II appears on all UK and Commonwealth coinage from 1998. He has numerous other public works, including at the Armed Forces Memorial. Most recently, he created from life portraits of King Charles and the Queen.

Amédée de La Patellière (French 1890-1932), Bouquet of Tulips with a Statue of a Man, 1925, oil on canvas, signed (lower right), 50cm × 62cm (72cm × 83cm framed), £2,750

Amédée de La Patellière was born in the vineyards of Nantes, at the Château de Bois-Benoît in Vallet. He spent his childhood in the countryside, which was to be one of the sources of inspiration for his work. After preparing for the Naval School, he entered the Académie Julian in Paris in 1910. He then divided his time between his family home in Bois-Benoît, Paris, and the south of Seine-et-Oise. He was wounded in action during the First World War. On his return from the war in 1919, he spent some time in Tunisia from where he brought back luminous sketches. He settled in Paris in 1924. He was a professor at the Académie Ranson in Paris from 1929 to 1932 and was one of the founding artists of the Young Painting group. His work is held within the collection Museum of Modern Art, Paris

Anderson and Low, (British), National Danish Gymnastics Team: Earth #16, 1998, toned silver gelatin print (printed 2003), signed, dated and numbered (verso), edition 8 of 25, 33cm × 22cm (49cm × 37cm framed), £4,250

“Anderson & Low” have worked together since 1990. Their work includes portraiture, architectural studies, abstract images, reportage, nudes, and landscape and is noted for attention to concept, form, lighting, and printing. Their work is in an extensive list of public collections including: The Met Museum, NYC, V & A Museum, London, NPGs of the UK and Australia, National Gallery, Australia, to name but a few. This image is part of their collaboration with the National Danish Gymnastic Team to create nude figurative studies based on classical imagery and iconography, translating the sporting ideal into a stylized abstracted form. The images appear in the book Gymnasts.