ID 1308886
Lot 25 | WILLIAM SCOTT, R.A. (1913-1989)
Estimate value
£ 40 000 – 60 000
Painting
oil on canvas
16 x 20 in. (40.6 x 50.8 cm.)
Painted in 1956.
Provenance
Purchased by Michael Croft, 2nd Lord Croft at the 1956 exhibition.
His estate sale; Sotheby's, Olympia, 4 July 2002, lot 544, where acquired for the present collection.
Literature
B. Taylor, 'Critic's Choice', Spectator, 21 September 1956.
S. Whitfield (ed.), William Scott: Catalogue Raisonné of the Oil Paintings 1952-1959, Vol. 2, London, 2013, p. 145, no. 290, illustrated.
Exhibited
London, Arthur Tooth & Sons, Critic's Choice: Selection by Herbert Read, September - October 1956, no. 14.
London, Tate Gallery, Private Views: Works from the Collections of Twenty Friends of the Tate Gallery, April - May 1963, no. 65.
Bern, Kunsthalle Bern, Victor Pasmore: William Scott, July - August 1963, no. 10.
Belfast, Ulster Museum, William Scott, September - October 1963, no. 10.
London, Pyms Gallery, Summer Show, June 2003.
| Artist: | William Scott (1913 - 1989) |
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| Applied technique: | Oil on canvas |
| Art style: | Modern art |
| Genre: | Still life |
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings |
| Artist: | William Scott (1913 - 1989) |
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| Applied technique: | Oil on canvas |
| Art style: | Modern art |
| Genre: | Still life |
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings |
| Address of auction |
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