ID 922574
Lot 7 | WILLIAM SCOTT, R.A. (1913-1989)
Estimate value
£ 400 000 – 600 000
Orange Still Life with Figure
signed and dated 'W.SCOTT 56/7' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
48 x 60 in. (121.9 x 152.4 cm.)
Painted in 1956-57.
Provenance
The artist, and by descent by 1985.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.
Literature
Exhibition catalogue, William Scott: Every Picture tells a Story, London, Gimpel Fils, 1985, n.p., no. 5, illustrated.
R. Alley and T.P. Flanagan, exhibition catalogue, William Scott, Belfast, Ulster Museum, 1986, p. 57, no. 27, illustrated.
Exhibition catalogue, William Scott: Paintings and Drawings, Dublin, Irish Museum of Modern Art, 1998, p. 72, no. 38, illustrated.
M. Raeburn, Vision: 50 Years of British Creativity, London, 1999, p. 46, illustrated.
N. Lynton, William Scott, London, 2004, p. 185, illustrated.
S. Whitfield (ed.), William Scott: Catalogue Raisonné of Oil Paintings, Vol. 2 1952-1959, London, 2013, pp. 168-169, no. 310, illustrated.
Exhibited
London, Gimpel Fils, William Scott: Every Picture tells a Story, February - March 1985, no. 5.
Belfast, Ulster Museum, William Scott, June - August 1986, no. 27: this exhibition travelled to Dublin, Guinness Hop Store, August - September 1986; and Edinburgh, Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, October - November 1986.
London, Royal Academy, 1990, no. 1171, as 'Orange Still Life'.
Dublin, Irish Museum of Modern Art, William Scott: Paintings and Drawings, July - November 1998, no. 38.
Wolfsburg, Kunstmuseum, Blast to Frieze: British Art in the 20th Century, September 2002 - January 2003, exhibition not numbered, as 'Orange Still Life'.
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| Artist: | William Scott (1913 - 1989) |
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| Art style: | Modern art |
| Genre: | Still life |
| Auction house category: | Paintings |
| Artist: | William Scott (1913 - 1989) |
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| Art style: | Modern art |
| Genre: | Still life |
| Auction house category: | Paintings |
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