{"id":840,"date":"2026-08-21T09:20:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-21T09:20:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/clubhouses.buildprosites.com\/callum-ashworth\/home\/"},"modified":"2026-09-18T18:46:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-18T18:46:09","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/clubhouses.buildprosites.com\/callum-ashworth\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Private collection · est. 2009<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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I buy the works that galleries file under difficult.<\/em><\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Twenty years of collecting post-war works on paper, and a standing preference for the piece the room argues about. Every acquisition here is documented, provenance first.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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148<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Works held, every one catalogued<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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1948–1979<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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The period I collect<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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31<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Works currently on loan<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\tRecent acquisitions<\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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The last three lots.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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Lot 148 · acquired March<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Study in Grey, No. 4<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Gouache on prepared board, 1961. Bought unattributed from a house clearance and confirmed by the artist’s estate eleven months later.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Lot 147 · on loan<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Harbour, Late Afternoon<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Oil on canvas, 1955. Currently hanging at a regional museum.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Lot 146 · conservation<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Untitled (Two Figures)<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Charcoal, undated. Foxing under treatment until autumn.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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About Callum<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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I started with one bad print.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Mis-framed, foxed and attributed to nobody. I paid eleven pounds for it in 2004 and spent two years finding out who made it. That is still the whole method.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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He found a Hepworth drawing in a box of postcards. Twice.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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Marguerite Vell<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Dealer, Cork Street<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Where the collection lives.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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North wall<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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Stair return<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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Study, west<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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Notes<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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On buying badly, on purpose.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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What a condition report will not tell you<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Three things I check with a torch before I check the paperwork.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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II<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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The saleroom is not the market<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Why the hammer price is the least interesting number in the room.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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III<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Buying from a bad photograph<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Half my best acquisitions were listed with one blurred image.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Provenance, condition and what I nearly bought.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Roughly a thousand words, once a month. It covers what I looked at and what I turned down.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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No sales list, no investment tips.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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