ID 831307
Lot 236 | SIR WILLIAM GILLIES, R.A. (1898-1973)
Estimate value
£ 12 000 – 18 000
The Spotted Leopard
signed 'W. Gillies' (lower right), inscribed and dated 'The Spotted/Leopard./1942' (on the artist's label attached to the reverse)
oil on panel
13 3/4 x 18 in. (35 x 45.5 cm.)
Painted in 1942.
Provenance
with Aitken Dott & Son, Edinburgh.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, Hopetoun House, 12 April 1983, lot 412.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, Edinburgh, 26 April 2007, lot 121, where purchased by the present owner.
Special notice
Artist's Resale Right ("Droit de Suite"). Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent.
This lot has been imported from outside of the UK for sale and placed under the Temporary Admission regime. Import VAT is payable at 5% on the hammer price. VAT at 20% will be added to the buyer’s premium but will not be shown separately on our invoice.
| Artist: | William George Gillies (1898 - 1973) |
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| Applied technique: | Oil, Painted |
| Genre: | Still life |
| Auction house category: | Paintings |
| Artist: | William George Gillies (1898 - 1973) |
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| Applied technique: | Oil, Painted |
| Genre: | Still life |
| Auction house category: | Paintings |
| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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| Conditions of purchase | Conditions of purchase |





