Mary Potter Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Mary Potter Art Value Price Guide

Jul. 08, 2026
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Est: £2,000 - £3,000
◇ Mary Potter (1900-1981) 'Yellow Leaves', signed and dated '78 and inscribed with title verso, oil on board, 75 x 50.5cm Provenance: with the New Art Gallery, Sloane St. London
Mallams
Jul. 08, 2026
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Est: £2,000 - £3,000
◇ Mary Potter (1900-1981) Interior scene with blue chair, oil on canvas, 61 x 71cm
Mallams
Jul. 08, 2026
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Est: £4,000 - £6,000
◇ Mary Potter (1900-1981) Figure seated at a table in an interior, signed with initials, oil on canvas, 76 x 81cm
Mallams
Jul. 07, 2026
λ MARY POTTER (BRITISH 1900-1981), STILL LIFE WITH A FAN
Est: £3,000 - £5,000
λ MARY POTTER (BRITISH 1900-1981)STILL LIFE WITH A FANOil on canvasSigned twice, titled and dated 1965 (to frame verso)91.5 x 50.5cm (36 x 19¾in.)Provenance:The New Art Centre, LondonMary Potter was one of the most distinctive British painters of the twentieth century. Born in 1900 in Beckenham, Kent, and trained at the Slade School of Fine Art, she developed a highly personal approach to painting that remained largely independent of prevailing artistic movements, even though she was loosely associated with the St Ives artistic circle through her marriage to the writer Stephen Potter. Working across still lifes, interior scenes, landscapes, and coastal views, Potter built her paintings through thin, translucent layers of paint and a restrained palette of pale blues, creams, greys, and soft pinks. She favoured simplified forms and softened outlines, creating compositions in which objects, architecture, and landscape seem to dissolve into one another. Everyday subjects such as tables, jugs, flowers, windows, and harbour scenes became vehicles for exploring spatial relationships and visual perception rather than straightforward representation. Her paintings are characterised by their delicacy, subtle surface texture, and careful balancing of abstraction and observation. Since her death in 1981, her reputation has grown significantly, and she is now recognised as an important figure in post-war British art, particularly for the distinctive way she transformed ordinary subjects into meditative and visually complex compositions.
Dreweatts 1759 Fine Sales
Jul. 07, 2026
λ MARY POTTER (BRITISH 1900-1981), THE CIVIL SERVANT
Est: £4,000 - £6,000
λ MARY POTTER (BRITISH 1900-1981)THE CIVIL SERVANTOil on canvas36 x 26cm (14 x 10in.)Provenance:Ernest Brown and Phillips Ltd, LondonExhibited:London, Ernest Brown and Philips Ltd, at the Leicester Galleries, Exhibition of Works by Mary Potter, November 1951Mary Potter was one of the most distinctive British painters of the twentieth century. Born in 1900 in Beckenham, Kent, and trained at the Slade School of Fine Art, she developed a highly personal approach to painting that remained largely independent of prevailing artistic movements, even though she was loosely associated with the St Ives artistic circle through her marriage to the writer Stephen Potter. Working across still lifes, interior scenes, landscapes, and coastal views, Potter built her paintings through thin, translucent layers of paint and a restrained palette of pale blues, creams, greys, and soft pinks. She favoured simplified forms and softened outlines, creating compositions in which objects, architecture, and landscape seem to dissolve into one another. Everyday subjects such as tables, jugs, flowers, windows, and harbour scenes became vehicles for exploring spatial relationships and visual perception rather than straightforward representation. Her paintings are characterised by their delicacy, subtle surface texture, and careful balancing of abstraction and observation. Since her death in 1981, her reputation has grown significantly, and she is now recognised as an important figure in post-war British art, particularly for the distinctive way she transformed ordinary subjects into meditative and visually complex compositions.
Dreweatts 1759 Fine Sales
Jul. 07, 2026
λ MARY POTTER (BRITISH 1900-1981), BEDROOM
Est: £3,000 - £5,000
λ MARY POTTER (BRITISH 1900-1981)BEDROOM, 1969Oil on canvas71 x 76cm (27¾ x 29¾in.)Exhibited:London, The New Art Centre, no. 14Mary Potter was one of the most distinctive British painters of the twentieth century. Born in 1900 in Beckenham, Kent, and trained at the Slade School of Fine Art, she developed a highly personal approach to painting that remained largely independent of prevailing artistic movements, even though she was loosely associated with the St Ives artistic circle through her marriage to the writer Stephen Potter. Working across still lifes, interior scenes, landscapes, and coastal views, Potter built her paintings through thin, translucent layers of paint and a restrained palette of pale blues, creams, greys, and soft pinks. She favoured simplified forms and softened outlines, creating compositions in which objects, architecture, and landscape seem to dissolve into one another. Everyday subjects such as tables, jugs, flowers, windows, and harbour scenes became vehicles for exploring spatial relationships and visual perception rather than straightforward representation. Her paintings are characterised by their delicacy, subtle surface texture, and careful balancing of abstraction and observation.
Dreweatts 1759 Fine Sales
May. 21, 2026
§ Mary Potter OBE (1900-1981)
Est: £100 - £150
§ Mary Potter OBE (1900-1981) Study for 'The Sink' chalk pastel 18 x 17cm Provenance: With Thompson's, Aldeburgh
Cheffins
May. 01, 2026
§ MARY POTTER (BRITISH 1900-1981)
Est: £6,000 - £8,000
MARY POTTER (BRITISH 1900-1981) BEDROOM WINDOW, 1953 oil on board 49cm x 59.5cm (19 ¼in x 23 3/8in) Collection of Sir Geoffrey Eley and thence by descent;with Duncan R. Miller Fine Arts, London;The Collection of Roger Lloyd Pack. Exhibited:Whitechapel Gallery, London, Mary Potter: Paintings 1938-1864, 1964, no.19;The Arts Council of Great Britain, Serpentine Gallery, London, Mary Potter Paintings 1922-1980, 23 May-June 1981, cat. no.20 - travelling to Fernoy Art Gallery, King's Lynn, 13 July-2 August; Mappin Art Gallery, Sheffield, 8 August-6 September and Pallant House Gallery, Chichester, 12 September-10 October 1981.
Lyon & Turnbull
Mar. 31, 2026
§ Mary Potter O.B.E. (British, 1900-1981) Roof, Pine and Sun
Est: £600 - £800
signed with initials and dedication 'To Richard M.P' (lower right); further signed and titled 'ROOF, PINE AND SUN by Mary Potter' (to tape attached to frame verso) gouache Size:(17.8 x 21 cm. (7 x 8 1/4 in.)) Provenance:Richard Smart, from whom acquired by the present owner Exhibited: London, Serpentine Gallery, Mary Potter - Paintings 1922-80, 23 May-28 Jun 1981, cat.no 27; this exhibition travelled to King's Lynn, Fermoy Art Gallery, 13 Jul-2 Aug; Sheffield, Mappin Art Gallery, 8 Aug-6 Sep; Chichester, Pallant House Gallery, 12 Sep-10 Oct
Chiswick Auctions
Mar. 31, 2026
▲ Mary Potter (British, 1900-1981) Two boats on a lake
Est: £300 - £400
▲ Mary Potter (British, 1900-1981) Two boats on a lake watercolour (28 x 22cm; framed 47.5 x 40cm) Provenance: The artist's estate; with New Art Centre, London. Condition Report: A little very slight cockling to edges. Presents well overall, Not viewed out of glazed frame.
Sworders
Mar. 31, 2026
▲ Mary Potter (British, 1900-1981) Figures on a beach
Est: £200 - £300
▲ Mary Potter (British, 1900-1981) Figures on a beach watercolour over pencil (7 x 10.5cm; framed 22 x 35cm) Condition Report: Fading with foxing starting to emerge. Discolouration in the lower corners, please refer to illustration. Not viewed out of glazed frame.
Sworders
Feb. 26, 2026
§ Mary Potter OBE (1900-1981)
Est: £200 - £300
§ Mary Potter OBE (1900-1981) Beach Scene watercolour and charcoal 11.5 x 16cm
Cheffins
Nov. 19, 2025
§ Mary Potter O.B.E. (British, 1900-1981) Bracken
Est: £5,000 - £8,000
signed with initials 'MP' (lower right); further signed with initial 'P' (to the stretcher verso) oil on canvas Painted in 1967 Size:(111.7 x 86.3 cm. (44 x 34 in.)) Provenance:With The New Arts Centre, London, 1969, where purchased by the family of the present owner With Thompson's Fine Art, Aldeburgh Exhibited: London, The New Art Centre, Mary Potter, 6-29 Nov 1969, cat.no.4 Notes: Mary Potter (1900–1981) was a British painter celebrated for her luminous, subtly atmospheric compositions. Trained at the Slade School of Fine Art, she experimented early on with abstraction, simplifying forms and exploring the interplay of light and colour. Over her career, she developed a distinctive approach characterised by soft tonal harmonies and a meditative quietness, whether in intimate small-scale works or in larger canvases. In the 1960s and 70s, Potter’s paintings increasingly embraced a delicate abstraction, emphasising mood, spatial relationships, and the effects of light. Her long-standing relationship with the New Art Centre, beginning with her first solo show there in 1967, helped bring wider recognition to this later body of work. The gallery’s support provided a platform for both large and small-scale paintings, fostering appreciation for her nuanced, atmospheric style and securing her place in institutional collections, retrospectives, and the art market. The same year of this first show, 1967 Potter painted Bracken. Mary Potter’s Bracken (1967) exemplifies her mature, atmospheric style, marking a shift from her earlier representational work toward a more abstract, tonal approach. Painted in oil on canvas, the work uses the natural motif of bracken as a starting point, but Potter does not depict it literally; instead, she distils its essence through simplified forms, rhythmic arrangements, and soft, luminous colour. The palette of pale greens, muted ochres, greys, and delicate whites creates a misty, contemplative atmosphere, while edges are softened and space is subtly flattened, emphasizing tone and composition over literal detail. The painting is generous scale allowing the view to fully immerse in the interplay of light, colour, and pattern, reflecting Potter’s fascination with the quiet rhythms of the natural world. This work belongs to a period when she was exploring abstraction without abandoning nature, synthesising observation with an inward, reflective sensibility influenced by her life in Aldeburgh. Exhibited at the New Art Centre in London, the painting represents her growing recognition in the late 1960s, a time when the gallery helped establish her reputation for both small and large-scale works characterized by subtle tonal harmonies and atmospheric refinement. Bracken is a key example of Potter’s ability to transform familiar subjects into meditative compositions, highlighting her lifelong engagement with light, place, and the poetic possibilities of form.
Chiswick Auctions
Jun. 26, 2025
Brighton Pier Scene with Figures
Est: £12,000 - £18,000
Mary Potter 1900 - 1981 Brighton Pier Scene with Figures signed with initials (lower right) oil on board unframed: 57 by 69.5cm.; 22½ by 27¼in. framed: 68 by 80cm.; 26¾ by 31½in.
Sotheby's
Jun. 25, 2025
Â§ Mary Potter O.B.E (British, 1900-1981)
Est: £300 - £500
Â§ Mary Potter O.B.E (British, 1900-1981) Mary Potter O.B.E (British, 1900-1981) Flower in a Crevice watercolour 7 x 11.5 cm. (2 3/4 x 4 1/2 in.) Executed in 1969 Provenance With The New Art Centre, London Exhibited London, The New Art Centre, Mary Potter, 1969
Chiswick Auctions
Jun. 18, 2025
◇ Mary Potter (1900-1981)
Est: £100 - £200
◇ Mary Potter (1900-1981) Aldeburgh Groyne inscribed and dated (to label on the reverse) watercolour 18 x 13cm. Provenance: The Fine Art Society, London.
Mallams
Jun. 03, 2025
Mary Potter OBE, Sun in Water, 1976
Est: £400 - £600
Mary Potter OBE, British 1900-1981 - Sun in Water, 1976; watercolour on paper, signed, titled and dated on the reverse of the frame 'Mary Potter Sun in Water '76', 13.2 x 15.3 cm (ARR) Provenance: The New Art Centre, London, stock no.1142/4 (according to the label attached to the reverse of the frame); private collection Note: Potter lived at the Red House, Aldeburgh until 1957, when she swapped houses with her friends Benjamin Britten and Peter Pears, who lived overlooking the sea at Crag House from 1947. This enigmatic scene is a brilliant example of the artist's late style, abstracting the fall of light on the surface of water. Her work was recently the subject of a major show at The New Art Centre, Roche Court in 2024.
Roseberys
Apr. 26, 2025
Double Sided Mary Potter (British 1900-1981) Outdoor terrace with wheelbarrow Oil on canvas Signed and inscribed on stretcher bars "Mrs. Mary Potter 2 Riverside Chiswick Mall W.4" Along with horizontal landscape verso...
Est: $2,000 - $4,000
Double Sided Mary Potter (British 1900-1981) Outdoor terrace with wheelbarrow Oil on canvas Signed and inscribed on stretcher bars "Mrs. Mary Potter 2 Riverside Chiswick Mall W.4" Along with horizontal landscape verso titled "Flowers", old label remnants on verso 15 1/4" x 11 1/4" Provenance: The Estate of John L. Hughes of Southport, Connecticut
Nadeau's Auction Gallery
Apr. 26, 2025
Mary Potter (British 1900-1981) "The Sluice Cottage" landscape in Aldeburgh by the water Oil on canvas Inscribed on verso "reserved for Mrs. Putman... The Sluice Cottage" along with original typed label "Mary Potter" ...
Est: $2,000 - $4,000
Mary Potter (British 1900-1981) "The Sluice Cottage" landscape in Aldeburgh by the water Oil on canvas Inscribed on verso "reserved for Mrs. Putman... The Sluice Cottage" along with original typed label "Mary Potter" 16" x 14" Provenance: Graves Art Gallery, Sheffield, 1953 The Estate of John L. Hughes
Nadeau's Auction Gallery
Apr. 26, 2025
Mary Potter (British 1900-1981) "Brighton" City Promenade with figures Watercolor, pencil on paper 4 1/2" x 6 3/4" Provenance: The Estate of John L. Hughes
Est: $500 - $1,000
Mary Potter (British 1900-1981) "Brighton" City Promenade with figures Watercolor, pencil on paper 4 1/2" x 6 3/4" Provenance: The Estate of John L. Hughes of Southport, Connecticut
Nadeau's Auction Gallery
Jan. 15, 2025
§ MARY POTTER (BRITISH 1900–1981)
Est: £3,000 - £5,000
MARY POTTER (BRITISH 1900–1981) SWANAGE, HOT DAY, 1959 initialled, also signed, titled and dated 7/06/59 verso, oil on canvas 35.5cm x 46cm (14in x 18in) with Leicester Galleries, London, from whom acquired by L.H.R. Byng;Sotheby's, 2 February 1988, lot 292;Sandra Lummis Fine Art, London, from whom acquired by Bernard Kelly.
Lyon & Turnbull
Oct. 25, 2024
§ Mary Potter OBE (1900-1981)
Est: £150 - £250
§ Mary Potter OBE (1900-1981) Grasses watercolour 14 x 14cm Provenance: With The New Art Centre, London Exhibited: London, Messum's, East Anglian Exhibition, 2003, cat. no.54
Cheffins
Oct. 25, 2024
§ Mary Potter OBE (1900-1981)
Est: £500 - £800
§ Mary Potter OBE (1900-1981) The Mountain Zermatt ink and watercolour 16 x 11.5cm; together with Boatyard Door pencil and watercolour 16 x 15cm (2) Provenance: With Thompson's Gallery, Aldeburgh (Boatyard Door) Exhibited: London, The New Art Centre, Watercolours from Abroad, cat. no.2 (The Mountain Zermatt)
Cheffins
Oct. 25, 2024
§ Mary Potter OBE (1900-1981)
Est: £2,500 - £3,500
§ Mary Potter OBE (1900-1981) The Gale oil on board 50 x 60cm; together with a small watercolour study for the completed oil 14.5 x 12cm (2) Provenance: With The New Art Centre, London
Cheffins
Sep. 11, 2024
Mary Potter OBE, Houses by the Sea, 1969;
Est: £300 - £500
Mary Potter OBE, British 1900-1981 - Houses by the Sea, 1969; watercolour on paper, titled along lower edge, 23.9 x 17.9 cm (mounted/unframed) (ARR) Provenance: with New Art Centre, London, 752 u (according to the label attached to the reverse of the backing board; Peter Pears & Benjamin Britten; Leslie Periton, gifted by the above and thence by descent Note: Leslie Periton was Pears and Britten's accountant.
Roseberys
Sep. 11, 2024
Mary Potter OBE, Hanging basket, 1961;
Est: £300 - £500
Mary Potter OBE, British 1900-1981 - Hanging basket, 1961; watercolour on paper, inscribed with artist's name and date on the reverse 'Mary Potter 1961', 19.9 x 18.5 cm (mounted/unframed) (ARR)
Roseberys
Sep. 11, 2024
Mary Potter OBE, Autumn Tree, 1960;
Est: £6,000 - £8,000
Mary Potter OBE, British 1900-1981 - Autumn Tree, 1960; oil on canvas, 71 x 60.8 cm (ARR) Provenance: Basil Coleman (1916-2013), gifted by the artist and thence by descent; private collection, gifted by the above and thence by descent Note: with artist's name and titled to label attached to the reverse of the frame and bears inscription with date. Also, inscribed 'Basil Coleman' on the same label. Basil Coleman was a director and producer who worked closely with Benjamin Britten and Peter Pears for many decades. He this began when he directed the first production of Britten's work for children 'Let's Make an Opera' (1949), at Aldeburgh. Potter lived at the Red House, Aldeburgh until 1957, when she swapped houses with her friends Benjamin Britten and Peter Pears, who lived overlooking the sea at Crag House from 1947. This gentle yet enigmatic autumnal scene is a brilliant example of the artist mature style of the 1960s. Her work was recently the subject of a major show at The New Art Centre, Roche Court in 2024.
Roseberys
Sep. 11, 2024
Mary Potter OBE, Winter Bushes;
Est: £300 - £500
Mary Potter OBE, British 1900-1981 - Winter Bushes; watercolour on paper, 10.5 x 7.2 cm (ARR) Provenance: Imogen Holst (according to the label attached to the reverse of the frame); private collection Exhibited: The Arts Council of Great Britain, touring exhibition: Serpentine Gallery, London, 'Mary Potter: Paintings 1922-1980', 1981, cat. no. w/c 7: touring to King's Lynn, Sheffield, Chichester Serpentine Gallery, London, Fermoy Art Gallery, King's Lynn, Mappin Art Gallery, Sheffield, and Pallant House Gallery (according to the label attached to the reverse of the frame)
Roseberys
Jun. 25, 2024
Â§ MARY POTTER (BRITISH, 1900-1981)
Est: £4,000 - £6,000
Â§ MARY POTTER (BRITISH, 1900-1981) MARY POTTER (BRITISH, 1900-1981) The glass vase inscribed indistinctly (verso) oil on canvas 20.9 x 35 cm. (8 1/4 x 13 3/4 in.) Provenance The artist, whom gifted to Private Collection Their sale; Mallams, Oxford, 9 December 2016, lot 716, where purchased by the present owner
Chiswick Auctions
Jun. 04, 2024
λ MARY POTTER (BRITISH 1900-1981), STILL LIFE OF JUGS
Est: £600 - £800
λ MARY POTTER (BRITISH 1900-1981) STILL LIFE OF JUGS Pencil and watercolour16 x 23.5cm (6¼ x 9¼ in.)Provenance:The New Art Centre, LondonAcquired from the above by the family of the present owners, April 1986
Dreweatts 1759 Fine Sales
Dec. 12, 2023
Â§ MARY POTTER (BRITISH, 1900-1981)
Est: £300 - £500
Â§ MARY POTTER (BRITISH, 1900-1981) MARY POTTER (BRITISH, 1900-1981) The Rococo Mirror watercolour 19 x 11 cm. (7 1/2 x 4 1/4 in.) together with; Rose and Glass watercolour 16 x 20.3 cm. (6 1/4 x 8 in.) Provenance With Thompson's Gallery, Aldeburgh
Chiswick Auctions
Dec. 12, 2023
Â§ MARY POTTER (BRITISH, 1900-1981)
Est: £300 - £500
Â§ MARY POTTER (BRITISH, 1900-1981) MARY POTTER (BRITISH, 1900-1981) Crag House Window watercolour 28.5 x 29 cm. (11 x 11 1/2 in.) Provenance With Thompson's Gallery, Aldeburgh
Chiswick Auctions
Dec. 12, 2023
Â§ MARY POTTER (BRITISH, 1900-1981)
Est: £2,000 - £3,000
Â§ MARY POTTER (BRITISH, 1900-1981) MARY POTTER (BRITISH, 1900-1981) Rain signed and dated 'Mary Potter 77' (verso) and titled 'RAIN' (stretcher) oil on canvas 50.9 x 62 cm. (20 x 24 in.) (unframed) Provenance With The New Art Centre, London
Chiswick Auctions
Dec. 06, 2023
Mary Potter (British, 1900-1981) The Thames at Chiswick, from Contemporary Lithographs Series Two Lithograph in colours, 1938, on wove paper, printed by Curwen Press, published by Contemporary Lithographs Ltd., London, the full sheet, framedImage ...
Est: £500 - £700
Mary Potter (British, 1900-1981) The Thames at Chiswick, from Contemporary Lithographs Series Two (Artmonsky 21) Lithograph in colours, 1938, on wove paper, printed by Curwen Press, published by Contemporary Lithographs Ltd., London, the full sheet, framed Image 608 x 458mm (24 x 18in) Sheet 660 x 508mm (26 x 20in)
Bonhams
Oct. 27, 2023
§ Mary Potter (British 1900-1981) Evening Light on Pine Branches, 1972
Est: £3,000 - £5,000
§ Mary Potter (British 1900-1981) Evening Light on Pine Branches, 1972 initialled (lower right), oil on canvas (76cm x 91cm (30in x 35 3/4in)) Provenance New Art Centre, London; Private Collection, UK.
Lyon & Turnbull
Sep. 20, 2023
Mary Potter (British, 1900-1981) Beach Scene with Seated Figure 20.3 x 25.4 cm. (8 x 10 in.)
Est: £4,000 - £6,000
Mary Potter (British, 1900-1981) Beach Scene with Seated Figure signed and dated 'Mary Potter/approx 1957-8' (verso) oil on board 20.3 x 25.4 cm. (8 x 10 in.)
Bonhams
Sep. 20, 2023
Mary Potter (British, 1900-1981) Composition in Taupe 122 x 152.5 cm. (48 x 60 in.) (Painted in 1979)
Est: £5,000 - £7,000
Mary Potter (British, 1900-1981) Composition in Taupe signed, titled and dated 'Composition/in taupe/Mary Potter/'79' (verso) oil on board 122 x 152.5 cm. (48 x 60 in.) Painted in 1979
Bonhams
Sep. 20, 2023
Mary Potter (British, 1900-1981) Sun and Stones 76.3 x 81.3 cm. (30 x 32 in.) (unframed)
Est: £5,000 - £7,000
Mary Potter (British, 1900-1981) Sun and Stones signed and dated 'Mary Potter/'80' (verso) oil on canvas 76.3 x 81.3 cm. (30 x 32 in.) (unframed)
Bonhams
Jul. 04, 2023
Â§ MARY POTTER (BRITISH, 1900-1981)
Est: £3,000 - £5,000
Â§ MARY POTTER (BRITISH, 1900-1981) PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT PRIVATE COLLECTION (LOTS 7-14) MARY POTTER (BRITISH, 1900-1981) Bandstand oil on board 36 x 60 cm. (14 x 23 3/4 in.) Provenance With The New Art Centre, London, 10 June 1981, where purchased by the family of the present owner Mary Potter is often remembered for depicting the scenes she saw from her window, from The Window, Chiswick, 1929, to Chiswick Mall, painted in the 1930s. In using a soft and inviting pallet, Potterâs work welcomes observers into the warmth of her own familiar settings. She often painted views from her Chiswick home. It is through the lens of familiarity that we experience her works, more often than not from a perspective where we are an observer looking onto something. In this case, Bandstand, combines many elements of the artistâs oeuvre, from the interior perspectives looking out, to her rendering of costal scenes, using heavy paint, and soft tones, Potter captures elements of abstract amongst landscape in this work. This was consistent throughout her career as an artist, in later life, it was costal scenes from Aldeburgh Suffolk, where she lived for many years, that dominated the subject-matter and in the same way to those painted in London, capturing the artistâs tenderness towards the place in which she resided. As an artist, Potter, spent much time among various artistic circles, in London, she was a brief member of the Seven and Five Society, exhibited with The New English Art Club, known as the NEAC. It was during the 1930s that Potter had a variety of solo-exhibitions from the Leicester Galleries, Redfern Gallery and the New Art Centre. In 1964, a traveling retrospective of her work at Whitechapel Art Gallery, Mary Potter Paintings 1938-1964, documented a combination of the artists paintings. ARR
Chiswick Auctions
Jul. 04, 2023
Â§ MARY POTTER (BRITISH, 1900-1981)
Est: £200 - £400
Â§ MARY POTTER (BRITISH, 1900-1981) PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT PRIVATE COLLECTION (LOTS 7-14) MARY POTTER (BRITISH, 1900-1981) Untitled (Studio Table) watercolour and pencil 17.2 x 22 cm. (6 3/4 x 8 3/4 in.) Provenance With The New Art Centre, London ARR
Chiswick Auctions
Oct. 27, 2022
§ Mary Potter OBE (1900-1981)
Est: £200 - £400
§ Mary Potter OBE (1900-1981) Reflections in Taupe watercolour 17 x 18cm Provenance: Purchased from Julian Potter, 1998 From the collection of Sir Christopher and Lady Howes
Cheffins
Oct. 19, 2022
λ MARY POTTER (BRITISH 1900-1981), DAHLIAS
Est: £4,000 - £6,000
λ MARY POTTER (BRITISH 1900-1981)DAHLIAS Oil on boardSigned, titled and inscribed with artist's name and address (verso)43 x 38.5cm (16¾ x 15 in.)Provenance:Arthur Tooth & Sons, London (stock no. 1425)Sandra Lummis Fine Art, London Exhibited:London, Central Institute of Art and Design, National Gallery, Flower Exhibition; later travelled to Manchester, Cotton Board
Dreweatts 1759 Fine Sales
Oct. 12, 2022
Mary Potter, British 1900-1981 - The Yew;
Est: £250 - £300
Mary Potter, British 1900-1981 - The Yew; gouache and pencil on paper, with artist's label with title on the reverse of the frame, 7.5 x 10 cm (ARR) Please refer to department for condition report
Roseberys
Oct. 12, 2022
Mary Potter, British 1900-1981 - Red Tree;
Est: £300 - £500
Mary Potter, British 1900-1981 - Red Tree; watercolour and pencil on paper, 15.2 x 17.3 cm (ARR) Exhibited: The New Art Centre, London, no.1675/12 (according to the label attached to the reverse of the frame) Please refer to department for condition report
Roseberys
Oct. 12, 2022
Mary Potter, British 1900-1981 - Butterfly and Black Bowl;
Est: £400 - £600
Mary Potter, British 1900-1981 - Butterfly and Black Bowl; watercolour and pencil on paper, 24.1 x 22.5 cm (ARR) Exhibited: The Fine Art Society, London, Mary Potter 1900-1981: 60 Watercolours, April-May 1996, no.32 (according to the label attached to the reverse of the frame) Please refer to department for condition report
Roseberys
Oct. 04, 2022
Mary Potter (1900-1981)
Est: £300 - £500
Mary Potter (1900-1981) ▴ Mary Potter (1900-1981) Bather on the beach pencil and watercolour 11 x 16.5cm Provenance: With Thompson's, Aldeburgh. Condition Report: Framed size 24.5 x 29cm Not viewed out of glazed frame. Appears to be in good condition.
Sworders
Oct. 04, 2022
Mary Potter (1900-1981)
Est: £4,000 - £6,000
Mary Potter (1900-1981) ▴ Mary Potter (1900-1981) View across a harbour signed 'Mary Potter' and inscribed torn label verso, oil on panel 27 x 36cmcm Provenance: Christie's, London, 'Modern British Art', 21 March 1996, lot 132. The residual contents of Bixley Manor by instruction of the executors of Sir Timothy Colman KG. Condition Report: Framed size: 43 x 35cm. Small area of craquelure right side, generally appears to be in original condition, not viewed under UV light, please contact the department for a full report.
Sworders
Sep. 28, 2022
Mary Potter (British, 1900-1981) Girl with Ukelele 51 x 40.8 cm. (20 x 16 in.) (Painted in 1922)
Est: £6,000 - £8,000
Mary Potter (British, 1900-1981) Girl with Ukelele oil on canvas 51 x 40.8 cm. (20 x 16 in.) Painted in 1922 For further information on this lot please visit the Bonhams website
Bonhams