Name: Auction: SCOTTIE WILSON (BRITISH 1891-1972) THE FLIES AND THE HONEYPOT (AESOP'S FABLES), 1944
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Welcome to our Spring 2025 edition of MODERN MADE. This May's auction will feature our usual closely curated selection of the best in Modern, Post-War and Contemporary Art, Design, Craft, and Studio Ceramics.&nbsp;The May Edition of the sale will feature works by important Modern British artists including William Nicholson, Henri Gaudier-Brzeska, <a href="/auctions/modern-made-811/lot/124" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">L.S Lowry,</a> William Turnbull, Gillian Wise and Howard Hodgkin, as well as by European masters such as Ernst-Ludwig Kirchner and Emil Nolde. A number of these come from the collection of celebrated British gallerist Gillian Raffles, a trailblazing female dealer in London in the 1960s and 70s. It will also showcase significant ceramics from the collection of Professor John Chambers including works by Lucie Rie, Bernard Leach, Hans Coper, James Tower, Alison Britton and Michael Cardew. The sale also includes jewellery by Wendy Ramshaw, an important collection of contemporary British silver, including works from the estate of Jocelyn Burton, and furniture by renowned designers such as Hans Wegner, Finn Juhl, Bodil Kjaer, Gaetano Pesce, Stilnovo and Ettore Sottsass. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Sale Contacts:&nbsp;Philip Smith, Co-Head of Sale | <a href="mailto:philip.smith@lyonandturnbull.com">philip.smith@lyonandturnbull.com</a> Simon Hucker, Co-Head of Sale | <a href="mailto:simon.hucker@lyonandturnbull.com">simon.hucker@lyonandturnbull.com</a>Catalogue Flipbook: &nbsp;<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://issuu.com/lyonandturnbullauctioneers/docs/modern_made_ft._the_gillian_raffles_collection_a?fr=xKAE9_zMzMw">Browse the Catalogue Flipbook here</a>Buyer's Guide:

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signed in ink (lower right), inscribed The flies and the honeypot. Aesop in pencil (lower right); further titled, dated and inscribed SASKATOON CITY - CIRCLE GALLERY. 1967. (to reverse), ink and watercolour on paper, 38cm x 51.5cm (15in x 20 ¼in);together with LEDA AND THE SWAN, 1944, signed in ink (lower right), titled, dated and inscribed TO GORDON DAVY, FLYING OFFICER R.A.F., REGINA R.C.A.F., FROM SASKATOON CITY - CIRCLE GALLERY - FULHAM RD. 1968 in pencil (to reverse), ink and watercolour on paper, 52cm x 38cm (20 ½in x 15in);and a further THE MOUSE AND THE LION (AESOP's FABLES), 1946, signed in ink (lower right), titled, dated and inscribed CIRCLE GALLERY. 1968 in pencil (to reverse), ink and watercolour on paper, 53cm x 38.5cm (20 7/8in x 15 1/8in)

THE FLIES AND THE HONEYPOT (AESOP'S FABLES), 1944

SCOTTIE WILSON (BRITISH 1891-1972)

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THE FLIES AND THE HONEYPOT (AESOP'S FABLES), 1944

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THE FLIES AND THE HONEYPOT (AESOP'S FABLES), 1944

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SCOTTIE WILSON (BRITISH 1891-1972)
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