ID 1226083
Lot 44 | GEORGE HENRY, R.A., R.S.A., R.S.W. (BRITISH, 1858-1943)
Estimate value
£ 80 000 – 120 000
Spring (or 'In the bluebell wood')
signed 'GEORGE HENRY' (lower left)
oil on canvas
57 7/8 x 24 in. (147.1 x 61 cm.)
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, Gleneagles, 30 August 1988, lot 1019, as 'In the bluebell wood'.
Llangoed Hall, Powys.
Anonymous sale; Christies, Edinburgh, 28 October 1999, lot 151, as 'In the bluebell wood'.
Private Collection, UK.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 26 April 2007, lot 26, as 'In the bluebell wood', when acquired by the present owner.
Literature
‘Royal Scottish Academy’, The Glasgow Herald, 17 February 1899, p. 9.
‘Glasgow Institute Exhibition’, Edinburgh Evening News, 3 February 1902, p. 4.
‘Fine Art Exhibition at Glasgow’, Dundee Courier, 4 February 1902, p. 4.
Exhibited
London, International Society of Sculptors, Painters and Gravers, 1898, no. 281, as 'Spring', illustrated in catalogue.
Edinburgh, Royal Scottish Academy, 1899, no. 204, as 'Spring'.
Glasgow, Royal Glasgow Institute, 41st exhibition of works by modern artists at the Royal Glasgow Institute, 1902, no. 25, as 'Springtime'.
| Historical era: | Victorian period |
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| Place of origin: | Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom |
| Auction house category: | Paintings |
| Historical era: | Victorian period |
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| Place of origin: | Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom |
| Auction house category: | Paintings |
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