John Miles of Northleach
Bull
Spanning 4 centuries of global art history, The International Sale, presents 127 exceptional lots by artists from 27 countries across five continents. The auction highlights masterworks ranging from 17th century European paintings to post-2000 editions by contemporary artist's such as Mr Brainwash (lot 51), Jim Dine (lots 83-86), Isaac Julien (lot 108), Jeff Koons (45), and Lucas Samaras (lot 107 and 110). The sale is anchored by important pieces from Georg Baselitz, Erik Laubscher, Shirin Neshat, and a newly repatriated 1935 portrait by Irma Stern.
The auction's diversity is driven by rare museum-quality highlights, led by Irma Stern's Two Women (lot 31), which returns to South Africa after decades in a Berlin private collection. It is joined by Erik Laubscher's rare recto-verso painting Young Family / Construction (lot 48), an Iranian-American artist Shirin Neshat photographic portrait linked to her award-winning Turbulent installation (lot 66), and a uniquely hand-coloured linocut by German master Georg Baselitz titled Das Pferd, Im Wald und auf der Heide Series (The Horse, in the Forest and on the Heath Series) (lot 72).
LOT 35
John Miles of Northleach
Bull
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About this Item
indistinctly signed, dated and inscribed from the bottom left to mid portion
Notes
John Miles, born in Farmington, Gloucestershire, in 1781, was a provincial painter who specialised in oil paintings of rustic and rural subjects. Miles is particularly associated with depictions of prized livestock, often portraying cattle, horses and other farm animals within carefully observed rural settings. The present lot is a compelling example of this aspect of his work.
Miles’s paintings frequently depict contemporary rural life, everyday activities and local events, rendered in a straightforward yet highly characterful provincial style. His known works appear to date predominantly from the period between approximately 1820 and 1840, when such scenes formed an important part of his artistic output. The present lot may therefore represent an earlier example of Miles’s work, dating from the beginning of his mature career and offering an interesting insight into the development of his distinctive approach to rural subject matter.
Provenance
Renko, London, 1990.
Private Collection.
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