The collection of 350 paintings, prints and sculptures belonged to Magdi Latif Obeid, Halls says.
A surgeon's collection of more than 350 paintings, prints and sculptures is set to go under the hammer.They include works by Charles Frederick Tunnicliffe, Willem Sternberg de Beer, Hercules Brabazon Brabazon, George Clare, William Leighton Leitch, John Henry Henshall and Frank Wooton.Mr Obeid, who died in 2021, was a consultant general and vascular surgeon from the West Midlands and began collecting art in the 1980s.
"The scale and diversity of the collection exemplifies Mr Obeid's profound love of art, which defined his collecting journey," said Abigail Molenaar, art specialist at Halls. "It is always such a pleasure to handle a collection like this, one that has been put together from a sheer love of art and of collecting.
"Mr Obeid was a person who bought what he liked, sought out artists that he admired and brought together a really diverse and impressive collection."Willem Sternberg de Beer's The High and Mighty, is estimated to be sold for £600 to £800 Interested buyers can view the collection at Halls Fine Art on 12 and 13 October before it is sold in two timed, online auctions from 29 September to 17 October and as part of a modern and contemporary art auction running from 13 to 31 October.
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