Adam's THE LIBRARY COLLECTION 1st May 2024

121 [1] Tristram Hillier, Leda and the Goose, An Autobiography, London, Longmans, Green & Co, London, p. 156. [2] Jenny Perry, Painter Pilgrim, The Art and Life of Tristram Hillier, London, Royal Academy of Arts, 2008, pg. 63. [3] Tristram Hillier, Leda and the Goose, An Autobiography, London, Longmans, Green & Co, 1954, p. 177. Niamh Corcoran Tristram Hillier (1905 – 1983) Galway Harbour, 1947, Oil on canvas, 61 x 81cm © Ferens Art Gallery, Hull City Museums and Art Galleries / Bridgeman Images TristramHillier (1905 – 1983) The Beach at Yport, 1940, Oil on canvas, 60.5 x 81 cm ©Peter Nahumat The Leicester Galleries, London / Bridgeman Images scene. They do not take centre stage, the focus instead is on the environment and the objects within it, the fishing nets, ropes, metal buoys, wooden barrels that have been rendered with in- credible precision and detail. With 2024 heralding the centenary of the Surrealist Manifesto, published in October 1924, it is an exciting moment to have one of the key figures in the British School represented at auction with a particularly fine and unique example of his oeuvre. Property from an Important Private Collection