George Arthur Atkinson (1920-1988)
Bomber's Nose, 1943
£3,500
John Patrick (20th century British)
Defence Spectre, 1949
Watercolour; signed and labelled
14 ¼ x 19 inches
£2,800
A storm clears from the beach, leaving behind an anti-tank barricade resembling a stripy sun chair. Although the Second World War had been over for four years, the English coast was still strewn with abandoned defences of twisted metal and concrete by the time this surreal picture was drawn.