John Arthur Malcolm Aldridge Sold at Auction Prices

Painter, Illustrator, b. 1905 - d. 1983

John Arthur Malcolm Aldridge 1905-1983. Painter and illustrator, born in Woolwich and educated at Uppingham School and Corpus Christi College, Oxford where he was a Classical Scholar.

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      • John Aldridge RA (1905-1983)
        Oct. 17, 2023

        John Aldridge RA (1905-1983)

        Est: £300 - £400

        John Aldridge RA (1905-1983) ▴ John Aldridge RA (1905-1983) 'Continental Railway Siding' pen and ink and watercolour 12 x 19.5cm Provenance: From the artist's studio and estate, and then passed to the Fry Art Gallery in 2010 for sale; Fry Art Gallery, Saffron Walden, 'Annual Sale', November 2012, cat. no. 125. Condition Report: Framed size 23 x 30cm Not viewed out of glazed frame. Very light creasing to sky. Presents well, strong colours.

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      • John Aldridge RA (1905-1983)
        Oct. 17, 2023

        John Aldridge RA (1905-1983)

        Est: £200 - £300

        John Aldridge RA (1905-1983) ▴ John Aldridge RA (1905-1983) Harbour scene pen and ink 11 x 17.5cm Provenance: From the artist's studio and estate, and then passed to the Fry Art Gallery in 2010 for sale; Fry Art Gallery, Saffron Walden, July 2015. Condition Report: Framed size 25 x 30cm Not viewed out of glazed frame. Paper appears to be lightly stuck down. Dog eared corners, fold marls to two corners, creasing.

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      • John Aldridge RA (1905-1983)
        Oct. 17, 2023

        John Aldridge RA (1905-1983)

        Est: £200 - £300

        John Aldridge RA (1905-1983) ▴ John Aldridge RA (1905-1983) 'West Park', 1941 signed with initials, inscribed and dated 'Aug 4 1941' l.l., pen and brown ink with wash 20 x 24.5cm Provenance: Abbott & Holder Ltd., London, from the artist's executor, Ian Tregarthen Jenkins. Condition Report: Framed size 39 x 42.5cm Not viewed out of glazed frame. Paper has previously been folded in four. Thin paper, creases throughout.

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      • John Aldridge RA (1905-1983)
        Oct. 17, 2023

        John Aldridge RA (1905-1983)

        Est: £200 - £300

        John Aldridge RA (1905-1983) ▴ John Aldridge RA (1905-1983) 'Via Appia' inscribed and dated '11 Aug ‘57' l.l., pencil 18.5 x 24.5cm Provenance: From the artist's studio and estate, and then passed to the Fry Art Gallery in 2010 for sale; Fry Art Gallery, Saffron Walden, March 2012. Condition Report: Framed size 32 x 36.5cm Not viewed out of glazed frame. Paper light brown in colour. A small stain to l.r. corner.

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      • John Aldridge RA (1905-1983)
        Oct. 17, 2023

        John Aldridge RA (1905-1983)

        Est: £200 - £300

        John Aldridge RA (1905-1983) ▴ John Aldridge RA (1905-1983) 'Newbury' inscribed and dated '1942' l.l., pencil 21 x 22cm Provenance: From the artist's studio and estate, and then passed to the Fry Art Gallery in 2010 for sale; Fry Art Gallery, Saffron Walden, June 2012. Condition Report: Framed size 35 x 34cm Not viewed out of glazed frame. Fold marks l.l., light handling creases elsewhere.

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      • John Aldridge RA (1905-1983)
        Oct. 17, 2023

        John Aldridge RA (1905-1983)

        Est: £200 - £300

        John Aldridge RA (1905-1983) ▴ John Aldridge RA (1905-1983) Giant hogweed and Scots pine in the garden at Place House inscribed ‘Heracleum & pines’ and dated '75' l.l., pencil 27.5 x 21cm Provenance: From the artist's studio and estate, and then passed to the Fry Art Gallery in 2010 for sale; Fry Art Gallery, Saffron Walden, September 2013. Literature: Tony Venison, 'An Artist in the Garden', John Aldridge at Place House, Great Bardfield, Essex, 'Country Life', 17 October 1985, (illustration 4). Condition Report: Framed size 37 x 29.5cm Not viewed out of glazed frame. Light creases.

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      • John Aldridge RA (1905-1983)
        Oct. 17, 2023

        John Aldridge RA (1905-1983)

        Est: £250 - £350

        John Aldridge RA (1905-1983) ▴ John Aldridge RA (1905-1983) 'Haddington' inscribed with title and dated 'Oct. 7. 24' l.r., pencil and sepia wash 13 x 22cm Provenance: From the artist's studio and estate, and then passed to the Fry Art Gallery in 2010 for sale; Fry Art Gallery, Saffron Walden, 'Annual Sale', November 2014, Condition Report: Framed size 30.5 x 38cm Not viewed out of glazed frame. Good condition.

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      • John Aldridge RA (1905-1983)
        Oct. 17, 2023

        John Aldridge RA (1905-1983)

        Est: £300 - £400

        John Aldridge RA (1905-1983) ▴ John Aldridge RA (1905-1983) Working in a landscape watercolour 15 x 20cm Provenance: From the artist's studio and estate, and then passed to the Fry Art Gallery in 2010 for sale; Fry Art Gallery, Saffron Walden, April 2014. Condition Report: Framed size 27.5 x 31.5cm Not viewed out of glazed frame. Appears to be taped down rather than pasted. Some light foxing and staining to sky.

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      • John Aldridge RA (1905-1983)
        Oct. 17, 2023

        John Aldridge RA (1905-1983)

        Est: £250 - £350

        John Aldridge RA (1905-1983) ▴ John Aldridge RA (1905-1983) Building in a woodland watercolour heightened with white 29.5 x 22.5cm Provenance: From the artist's studio and estate, and then passed to the Fry Art Gallery in 2010 for sale; Fry Art Gallery, Saffron Walden, 'John Aldridge at the R.A.’, September 2013. Condition Report: Framed size 44 x 35.5cm Not viewed out of glazed frame. Appears to be in good condition.

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      • John Aldridge RA (1905-1983)
        Oct. 17, 2023

        John Aldridge RA (1905-1983)

        Est: £400 - £600

        John Aldridge RA (1905-1983) ▴ John Aldridge RA (1905-1983) Woodland behind the orchard at Place House watercolour 22 x 28.5cm Provenance: From the artist's studio and estate, and then passed to the Fry Art Gallery in 2010 for sale; Fry Art Gallery, Saffron Walden, 'Annual Sale', November 2013, cat. no. 209.

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      • John Aldridge RA (1905-1983)
        Oct. 17, 2023

        John Aldridge RA (1905-1983)

        Est: £500 - £700

        John Aldridge RA (1905-1983) ▴ John Aldridge RA (1905-1983) 'Graz' with artist’s studio stamp, inscribed with title l.l., coloured pastel 27.5 x 33cm Condition Report: Framed: 37 x 43.5cm Light cockling but appears to be in otherwise good condition. Not viewed out of glazed frame.

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      • John Aldridge RA (1905-1983)
        Oct. 17, 2023

        John Aldridge RA (1905-1983)

        Est: £3,000 - £5,000

        John Aldridge RA (1905-1983) ▴ John Aldridge RA (1905-1983) 'Cathay Quinces and Christmas Roses', 1972 oil on canvas 46 X 55.5cm Provenance: Mr and Mrs Toby Bromley, Ashley Manor, Hants; with the Bourne Gallery, Surrey. Exhibited: Royal Academy Summer Exhibition 1972, cat. no. 876. Condition Report: Framed: 70.5 x 80.5cm Light rubbing to the edge but in otherwise apparently good condition. Not examined under UV light, for a full report please contact the deaprtment.

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      • John Aldridge RA (1905-1983)
        Oct. 17, 2023

        John Aldridge RA (1905-1983)

        Est: £6,000 - £8,000

        John Aldridge RA (1905-1983) ▴ John Aldridge RA (1905-1983) 'The Moors, Gt Bardfield' signed and dated 'John Aldridge/March 55' l.r., oil on canvas 65 x 80cm This lot includes a 'Great Bardfield Summer Exhibition, 8-17 July 1955' booklet in which the lot offered for sale is illustrated. 'The Art of Acquisition - Great Bardfield Artists' Houses', published by the Fry Art Gallery, Saffron Walden, 2015, is also included with the lot and this contains a photograph, on page 15, of John Aldridge with the work on an easel in his studio at 'The Place' in Great Bardfield during the 1950s. This painting is of 'The Moors' in Great Bardfield, one of Aldridge's favourite spots to paint. It is also a painting with one of the strongest provenance trails: having been reproduced in black and white in the booklet for the Great Bardfield Summer Exhibition in 1955, there is also a publicity photograph taken by Geoffrey Ireland (in the National Portrait Gallery) of John with this work on the easel. John was born in Woolwich into an upper-class military family. He was schooled at Uppingham, Rutland, before getting a scholarship to Oxford to study Literae Humaniores or 'Greats' at Corpus Christi College, where John Betjeman remembered him by the nickname 'Corpus Aesthete'. It was during his second year that John devoted himself to art and on leaving Oxford went to London. In London he moved in with his university friend, the poet, Norman Cameron, and became better acquainted with Robert Graves and Laura Riding, with Aldridge illustrating dust jackets for their books. In 1931, at the age of twenty-five, John was invited by Ben Nicholson to join and exhibit with the Seven and Five Society alongside Ben and other artists, including Henry Moore, Barbara Hepworth, Ivon Hitchens, Christopher Wood, Cedric Morris, Frances Hodgkins, Jessica Dismorr, David Jones, as well as Alfred Wallis. This was followed by many successful exhibitions at the Leicester Galleries and, in 1949, he became a teacher at the Slade School of Art, inspiring many other students to become professional artists. When John Aldridge moved to Great Bardfield in Essex in 1933, he had returned from Mallorca after staying with Robert Graves. The isolation of the island must have been an inspiration to have a simpler life than his time in London. When looking for a home, Cedric Morris had suggested the neighbouring village of Finchingfield as a 'beauty spot' and together with his lover (and later wife), Lucie, John found Place House, a farmhouse that had been considerably extended in the reign of Elizabeth I by one of her sergeants-at-law, William Bendlowes. In the village they formed a friendship with the artists Edward Bawden and Eric Ravilious. John later had an affair with Ravilious' wife, Tirzah Garwood. John lived in Great Bardfield until his death in 1983, having witnessed the influx of artists to the village in the 1940s and 50s, including Michael Rothenstein, Kenneth Rowntree, George Chapman, Stanley Clifford Smith, Walter Hoyle, Shelia Robinson and her husband, Bernard Cheese. It was also home to their children, the next generation of artists, such as Joanna and Richard Bawden and Chloe Cheese. In 1951, the Great Bardfield artists obtained a grant to open up their homes as exhibition venues as part of the regional events for the Festival of Britain. At such an exhibition the artists wouldn't have to pay galleries any fees and could keep all the money, being able to take commissions or to replace works as soon as they were sold. The event was such a success, it was repeated in 1954 and again in 1955, from where this painting was purchased. Aldridge's work is held in national collections all over the UK and he is championed by the Fry Art Gallery, Saffron Walden. He was elected an Associate of the Royal Academy (ARA) in 1954 and a Royal Academician (RA) in 1963. He married twice, Lucie Brown (née Saunders), 1941-1970, and Gretl Cameron (née Bajardi), 1970-1983. We are grateful to Robjn Cantus, of Inexpensive Progress, for his assistance with the above catalogue note. Condition Report: Well presented and ready to hang. Not examined under UV light but appears to be in good condition. For a full report please contact the department.

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      • John Aldridge RA (1905-1983)
        Apr. 25, 2023

        John Aldridge RA (1905-1983)

        Est: £2,000 - £3,000

        John Aldridge RA (1905-1983) ▴ John Aldridge RA (1905-1983) A vase of red and white gladioli oil on board 48.5 x 36.5cm Provenance: Abbott and Holder Ltd., London; the artist's estate via his executor Ian Tregarthen Jenkin. Condition Report: Framed: 58 x 45.5cm Light surface cracks throughout. There is some damage to the board in the upper and lower right corners which appears to have been overpainted. Unexamined under UV light, for a full report please contact the department.

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      • John Aldridge RA (1905-1983)
        Apr. 25, 2023

        John Aldridge RA (1905-1983)

        Est: £500 - £800

        John Aldridge RA (1905-1983) ▴ John Aldridge RA (1905-1983) 'Helleborus Lividus' inscribed and dated 'Helleborus Lividus/The Place Garden 1974' l.l., pencil and watercolour 34 x 23cm Provenance: A Fry Art Gallery label to the reverse states 'From the artist's studio and estate, and then passed to the Fry Art Gallery in 2010 for sale'. Condition Report: Framed: 45.5 x 33.5cm Paper discolouration with some light spots and speckles of surface dirt. Unexamined out of glazed frame.

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      • John Aldridge RA (1905-1983)
        Apr. 25, 2023

        John Aldridge RA (1905-1983)

        Est: £400 - £600

        John Aldridge RA (1905-1983) ▴ John Aldridge RA (1905-1983) 'I Will Hurry to the Decontamination Centre' inscribed with title l.c., pencil, pen and ink, and crayon 18.5 x 11cm Provenance: With Abbott and Holder Ltd., London; the artist's executor, Ian Tregarthen Jenkins. Condition Report: Framed: 29.5 x 21.5cm Paper discolouration with some light surface dirt and a small pinhole to the centre of the lower edge. Unexamined out of glazed frame.

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      • John Aldridge RA (1905-1983)
        Apr. 25, 2023

        John Aldridge RA (1905-1983)

        Est: £600 - £800

        John Aldridge RA (1905-1983) ▴ John Aldridge RA (1905-1983) 'Italian Garden' pencil and watercolour 34 x 51cm Provenance: A Fry Art Gallery label to the reverse states 'From the artist's studio and estate, and then passed to the Fry Art Gallery in 2010 for sale'. Exhibited: Fry Art Gallery, Saffron Walden, 'Annual Picture Sale', 2012, catalogue number 124. Condition Report: Framed: 51 x 66.5cm In good condition and well presented. Unexamined out of glazed frame.

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      • John Aldridge RA (1905-1983)
        Apr. 25, 2023

        John Aldridge RA (1905-1983)

        Est: £500 - £800

        John Aldridge RA (1905-1983) ▴ John Aldridge RA (1905-1983) 'Santa Cruz' inscribed and dated 'S Cruz 1931' l.l., pencil and watercolour 18.5 x 25cm Provenance: A Fry Art Gallery label to the reverse states 'From the artist's studio and estate, and then passed to the Fry Art Gallery in 2010 for sale'; purchased at the Fry Art Gallery Saffron Walden, 'Ravilious in Essex', Eric Ravilious private view, April 2011. Exhibited: Fry Art Gallery, Saffron Walden, 'John Aldridge RA', 7 September - 27 October, 2013, catalogue number 7. Condition Report: Framed: 28.5 x 34cm Light crease marks to the upper left and lower right corners with some timestaining and foxing to the upper right corner. Unexamined out of glazed frame.

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      • John Aldridge RA (1905-1983)
        Apr. 25, 2023

        John Aldridge RA (1905-1983)

        Est: £1,000 - £1,500

        John Aldridge RA (1905-1983) ▴ John Aldridge RA (1905-1983) 'Near Saint Remy' oil on board 25 x 30cm Provenance: Abbott & Holder Ltd., London; the artist's executor, Ian Tregarthen Jenkins. Condition Report: Framed: 34.5 x 39.5cm Some light surface scratches with a small red mark to the trees, centre right edge. Unexamined under UV light, for a full report please contact the department.

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      • John Aldridge RA (1905-1983)
        Apr. 25, 2023

        John Aldridge RA (1905-1983)

        Est: £350 - £450

        John Aldridge RA (1905-1983) ▴ John Aldridge RA (1905-1983) 'Three Trees' pencil and watercolour 35 x 24.5cm Provenance: A Fry Art Gallery label to the reverse states 'From the artist's studio and estate, and then passed to the Fry Art Gallery in 2010 for sale'; purchased by the current owner from the Fry Art Gallery, Saffron Walden, in September 2013. Exhibited: Fry Art Gallery, Saffron Walden, 'John Aldridge RA', 7 September - 27 October, 2013. Condition Report: Framed: 51 x 40cm In generally good overall condition. There are some indistinct pencil notes visible which are believed to be by the hand of the artist. Unexamined out of glazed frame.

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      • John Aldridge RA (1905-1983)
        Apr. 25, 2023

        John Aldridge RA (1905-1983)

        Est: £500 - £800

        John Aldridge RA (1905-1983) ▴ John Aldridge RA (1905-1983) 'Working in a Landscape' watercolour 26 x 37.5cm Provenance: A Fry Art Gallery label to the reverse states 'From the artist's studio and estate, and then passed to the Fry Art Gallery in 2010 for sale'; purchased by the current owner from the Fry Art Gallery, Saffron Walden, in September 2013. Exhibited: Fry Art Gallery, Saffron Walden, 'John Aldridge RA', 7 September - 27 October, 2013. Condition Report: Framed: 40 x 51cm Light creasing to the the extreme upper right corner, with a further crease approximately 9cm in length running parallel to the right edge. Uninspected out of glazed frame. Well presented.

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      • John Aldridge RA (1905-1983)
        Apr. 25, 2023

        John Aldridge RA (1905-1983)

        Est: £4,000 - £6,000

        John Aldridge RA (1905-1983) ▴ John Aldridge RA (1905-1983) 'Hall Meadow, Gt. Bardfield' signed and dated 'John Aldridge 55' l.l., inscribed with title verso, oil on board 47 x 55cm Condition Report: Framed: 60 x 68cm The paint is starting to lift slightly in the extreme lower right corner. There is a very minor loss with possible retouching to the extreme upper right corner. Framed and ready to hang. Unexamined under UV light, for a full report plesae contact the department.

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      • John Aldridge RA (1905-1983)
        Apr. 25, 2023

        John Aldridge RA (1905-1983)

        Est: £200 - £300

        John Aldridge RA (1905-1983) ▴ John Aldridge RA (1905-1983) 'River Swale, Richmond' pencil 21 x 26cm Provenance: A Fry Art Gallery label to the reverse states 'From the artist's studio and estate, and then passed to the Fry Art Gallery in 2010 for sale'; purchased by the current owner in March 2012. Condition Report: Framed: 32.5 x 36.5cm Time staining with a small crease to the extreme lower left corner. Unexamined out of glazed frame.

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      • John Aldridge RA (1905-1983)
        Apr. 25, 2023

        John Aldridge RA (1905-1983)

        Est: £3,000 - £5,000

        John Aldridge RA (1905-1983) ▴ John Aldridge RA (1905-1983) 'Rocks in a Pool in Richmond, Yorkshire' signed and dated 'John Aldridge, 1955', oil on canvas 53 x 66cm Provenance: With Louise Kosman Gallery, Edinburgh. Exhibited: Hintlesham Festival, 'Bardfield Artists', 1955; Royal Academy, London, 1957. Condition Report: Framed: 71 x 83.5cm Some very light craquelure starting to emerge in places. Presents well and ready to hang.

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