Books and Manuscripts: 19th and 20th Century

Louis Wain Original gouache and watercolour: "The Smoker's Match" SIGNED LOWER LEFT: "Louis Wain.", 270 x 400mm., mounted, framed, and glazed

View 1 of Lot 165: Louis Wain | original gouache and watercolour

louis wain | original gouache and watercolour

English Literature, History, Science, Children’s Books and Illustrations

WAIN, LOUIS "Cat Town Races" 266 by 880mm., ink and watercolour drawing with gouache, signed lower left, framed and glazed

View 1 of Lot 217: WAIN | "Cat Town Races", original ink and watercolour

wain | "cat town races", original ink and watercolour

Made in Britain

Property Sold to Benefit the Stoll Foundation

Property Sold to Benefit the Stoll Foundation LOUIS WAIN 1860-1939 THE SOLDIER CAT signed watercolour, gouache and ink on paper 29 by 24cm.; 11½ by 9½in. Executed circa 1917.

louis wain | the soldier cat

in court

the mouses revenge; snowballing

in the doctor's consulting room

bathing allowed

the clock weights

wain, louis.

of cubist inspiration, modelled seated wearing monocle and smoking a cigar, his body painted with `cat sounds'

a louis wain pottery model of a dog

English Literature, History, Children's Books & Illustrations

i) Head of a winking cat, 100 by 100mm., chip at lower edge not affecting image; ii) Head of a surprised cat, 125 by 110mm., some browning, some spotting, repairs to reverse of leaf; both ink drawings, signed lower left, some creases and light soiling (2)

two cats, comprising:

English Literature, History, Children’s Books & Illustrations

222 by 426mm, ink and watercolour drawing, signed lower left, mounted, framed and glazed, some minor spotting

'fooled'

i) singing cat wearing a bow tie, 88 by 82mm., ink drawing; ii) long-haired singing cat, 100 by 90mm., ink drawing; both signed "Louis Wain" in lower left corner, both on single folded leaf, additional folds and minor soiling; iii) autograph letter signed ("Louis Wain") to Miss Mackinley enclosing "a little sketch with great pleasure" and hoping that "the efforts of my little cat to sing "Come Birdie Come" will give you a little of the delight which hearing your mother sing gives to me" (8vo, 2 pages, Westgate on Sea, 6 October 1899)

two drawings of singing cats, together with autograph letter signed, comprising:

4to, first edition, 12 chromolithographed illustrations together with other illustrations by Louis Wain, original pictorial cloth with title in gilt and colour illustration on upper cover, decorated endpapers, slight browning, hinges splitting, minor marks to upper cover

with louis wain to fairyland. raphael tuck & sons, ltd., [1904]

British & Continental Paintings

the master portrait painter

4to, 4 chromolitho plates with 14 numbered slots, 14 (of 14) cut-out figures, envelope panel at rear, original pictorial upper wrapper, collector's folding box, split at hinge, some spotting, occasional small tears and creases

days in catland. raphael tuck, [c.1900]

British and Continental Pictures including Marine pictures

the phrenologist

dr quack

playing with dolly

washing the dog

English Literature, History, Children&#39;s Books & Illustrations

247 by 346mm., fine watercolour and gouache drawing, signed 'Louis Wain' lower right corner, mounted, framed and glazed, some minor loss to surface

three kittens in a flower bed

220 by 167mm., watercolour, signed "Louis Wain" lower right corner, mounted, framed and glazed, some minor cracking and loss

cat in orchard picking apples

261 by 197mm., watercolour, signed "Louis Wain" lower left corner, mounted, framed and glazed

cat striding the hills

205 by 268mm., watercolour, signed lower right corner (obscured by mount), mounted, framed and glazed

cats playing football

220 by 169mm., signed "Louis Wain" lower right corner, mounted, framed and glazed, some minor cracking and loss

cat with four kittens in flowers

160 by 275mm., ink drawing, unsigned, captioned by the artist in pencil "Simply mix it in pieces with mustard pepper salt and colouring matter and call it jugged game and he'll swallow it", mounted, framed and glazed, some browning and numerous creases, minor repairs to reverse

chemist cat with attentive cat looking on

English Literature, History, Children's Books and Illustrations

English Literature, History, Children&#39;s Books and Illustrations

287 by 320mm., fine watercolour and gouache drawing, signed in lower right corner "Louis Wain", mounted, framed and glazed

the cat in his garden.

i) winking cat, 140 by 125mm., ink drawing, with additional presentation inscription by the artist ("To Miss Florence Rice | With Louis Wain's | Compliments") in upper right corner, slight browning, slight red mark to lower centre; ii) surprised cat, 169 by 125mm., pencil drawing, slight browning; iii) monocled cat, 130 by 105mm., slight browning; all signed "Louis Wain" in lower left corner, each mounted, framed and glazed individually (3)

three drawings of cats, comprising

Original Illustration Art from the Collection of Kendra and Allan Daniel

Sketch of a dog 4 1/4 by 3 1/2 in., pencil drawing, signed "Louis Wain" lower left, matted, glazed and framed (12 15/16 by 10 11/16 in.), minor browning

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