27th November 2019 : Art Sale at Bonhams , London...
Bid for Ned! Bonhams auctioneers will be including in their regular Modern British and Irish Art a group of pictures and sculptures donated by artists to be sold in aid of Ned's Fund. We are enormously grateful for the generosity of the artists (including Quentin Blake and Antony Gormley) in giving their works to the cause.
Please visit the website here for more information...
Alan Kitching, Now as I was Young and Easy
Letterpress (artist's proof) 2017
For sale in aid of Ned's Fund, 27 November 2019
27th November 2019 : Art Sale at Bonhams , London...
Bid for Ned! Bonhams auctioneers will be including in their regular Modern British and Irish Art a group of pictures and sculptures donated by artists to be sold in aid of Ned's Fund. We are enormously grateful for the generosity of the artists (including Quentin Blake and Antony Gormley) in giving their works to the cause.
Please visit the website here for more information...
Alan Kitching, Now as I was Young and Easy
Letterpress (artist's proof) 2017
For sale in aid of Ned's Fund, 27 November 2019
"It’s wonderful to see Bonhams and so many artists come together to help Ned’s Fund with such style and generosity. It’s a cause that certainly deserves all our support. When a young person suffers some kind of setback in life, they can find themselves stuck on a course that damages their education and hopes for the future. Ned’s Fund exists to give people in that situation a chance to move to a different place, to work in a team, earn respect and responsibility. It is a positive approach to dealing with what, sadly, seems to be a growing need. Please do everything you can to support the Ned’s Fund sale!"
Evan Davis, Broadcaster.
Evan Davis, Broadcaster.
Works by ten stars of the British art scene go under the hammer at Bonhams Modern British and Irish Art Sale in Knightsbridge on Wednesday 27 November in aid of Ned’s Fund. Among the famous names is Antony Gormley, whose work is currently the subject of a major exhibition at the Royal Academy. Gormley’s drawing on paper, Hold You, was created especially for the auction. Hold You is estimated at £5,000-7,000.
Ned’s Fund was founded at the beginning of 2019 in memory of Ned Harris who took his own life in 2017, aged just 20, after struggling for many years to find his path in life. The Fund is devoted to supporting charities which give young people like Ned vocational opportunities to discover their own potential.
Writing in the sale catalogue, the broadcaster and Ned’s Fund supporter Evan Davis said, “When a young person suffers some kind of setback in life, they can find themselves stuck on a course that damages their education and hopes for the future. Ned’s Fund exists to give people in that situation a chance to move to a different place, to work in a team, earn respect and responsibility.”
The other artists who have generously donated work in support of Ned’s Fund are:
Online link to auction: https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/25379/
Ned’s Fund was founded at the beginning of 2019 in memory of Ned Harris who took his own life in 2017, aged just 20, after struggling for many years to find his path in life. The Fund is devoted to supporting charities which give young people like Ned vocational opportunities to discover their own potential.
Writing in the sale catalogue, the broadcaster and Ned’s Fund supporter Evan Davis said, “When a young person suffers some kind of setback in life, they can find themselves stuck on a course that damages their education and hopes for the future. Ned’s Fund exists to give people in that situation a chance to move to a different place, to work in a team, earn respect and responsibility.”
The other artists who have generously donated work in support of Ned’s Fund are:
- Eye Test by Michael Craig-Martin. Estimate: £4,000-6,000.
- Young and Easy by Alan Kitching. Estimate £500-700.
- Puffin II by Jonathan Knight. Estimate: £1,000-1,500.
- Strand ST P 6 by Christopher Le Brun. Estimate: £1,000-1,500.
- Pool of London by Norman Ackroyd. Estimate £500-700.
- Upside Down Nude by Emily Lamb. Estimate: £200-300.
- Without Heart II by Alison Crowther. Estimate: £700-1,000.
- The World of Hats, No. 69 by Sir Quentin Blake. Estimate: £500-700.
- Newton’s Apple by Philip Jackson. Estimate: £1,500-2,000.
Online link to auction: https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/25379/
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Alison Crowther:
'I felt moved to donate a piece of my work for the Neds Fund auction because I have three young sons. As a craft practitioner I understand the holistic value of working with your hands so I wholeheartedly support the Neds Fund’s aims of encouraging the development of those skills in young people.' Alison Crowther is a sculptor and furniture maker working exclusively with English Oak sourced from UK woodlands. Since graduating from the Royal College of Art in 1989, she has received a number of substantial commissions including Winchester Cathedral (1996), Chatsworth Park, Derbyshire (1999), The Cass Foundation, West Sussex (2006). |
Jonathan Knight
A few months ago, Jo Marsden had just given me a good drubbing on the tennis court.
However, it had not seemed to make her happy. In fact, she was a bit of a wreck that day.
I did not know her well at that time but we got on well together from the “off’. It was only
as we chatted at the end of the game that we realised the sense of connection that we both
felt was from our shared experience of a family tragedy. I had, a few short years before, lost
my wife to the cruel and sudden blow of inoperable brain cancer. Jo had lost Ned in
circumstances nearly as unforeseeable as my wife’s brain tumour, but worse, much worse,
because of his youth and the preventability of his passing. This is what Ned’s Fund is all
about. To help prevent the deaths of young people, suffering from exclusion from family,
education and society. Jo had seen my Puffin and, at the end of our revealing chat- with typical directness– suggested that I might like to donate it to the Ned’s Fund auction. I was very happy to give my immediate assent.
www.jonathanknightsculpture.co.uk
A few months ago, Jo Marsden had just given me a good drubbing on the tennis court.
However, it had not seemed to make her happy. In fact, she was a bit of a wreck that day.
I did not know her well at that time but we got on well together from the “off’. It was only
as we chatted at the end of the game that we realised the sense of connection that we both
felt was from our shared experience of a family tragedy. I had, a few short years before, lost
my wife to the cruel and sudden blow of inoperable brain cancer. Jo had lost Ned in
circumstances nearly as unforeseeable as my wife’s brain tumour, but worse, much worse,
because of his youth and the preventability of his passing. This is what Ned’s Fund is all
about. To help prevent the deaths of young people, suffering from exclusion from family,
education and society. Jo had seen my Puffin and, at the end of our revealing chat- with typical directness– suggested that I might like to donate it to the Ned’s Fund auction. I was very happy to give my immediate assent.
www.jonathanknightsculpture.co.uk
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Marathons 2020:
Mike Swinyard: Mike will be running ten marathons in six months in 2020 all for Ned's Fund. The marathons that he is planning on running are as followed... Funchal, Madeira ----------------19 Jan 2020 Marrakech, Morocco ----------- 26 Jan 2020 Seville, Spain ----------------------- 23 Feb 2020 Valletta, Malta --------------------- 1 Mar 2020 Barcelona, Spain ----------------- 15 Mar 2020 Rome, Italy -------------------------- 5 Apr 2020 London, UK ------------------------- 26 Apr 2020 Varna, Bulgaria -------------------- 10 May 2020 Mont Saint-Michel, France --- 24 May 2020 Tromso, Norway ------------------ 21 Jun 2020 You can donate to his Just Giving page below. https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/10marathons6months Izzie Hargreaves & Henry Harris: Izzie and Henry are both aiming to run the Barcelona marathon in 2020 alongside Mike. You can donate to their Just Giving Page here: https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/izzieandhenrymarathon |
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Please feel free to contact us with any fundraising ideas of events! And as ever, we are so thankful for all the support and donations we have received.