MODERN SCOT TISH PA I N T I N G S 1940 - 1985
MODERN SCOT TISH PAINTINGS
1940 - 1985 24 N OV EM B ER - 2 3 D EC EM B ER 2017
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1. KEITH HENDERSON rsw rws roi (1883-1982)
Army Encampment, Dawn c.1940-1941; signed oil on canvas board | 14 x 10 1/2 inches
2. KEITH HENDERSON rsw rws roi (1883-1982)
Strelitzia signed oil on board | 19 3/4 x 14 3/4 inches
3. JAMES COWIE rsa (1886-1956)
Studio Interior 1946; signed oil on canvas | 28 x 36 inches provenance: The artist’s estate; private collection, Scotland exhibited: Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, no.206, 1947 and no.353, 1952; The Arts Council Scottish Committee, Trustees of the Late Dr James Cowie, James Cowie Memorial Exhibition 1957, No 34; Aspects of Scottish Contemporary Painting, London
4. ANNE REDPATH obe ara rsa (1895-1965)
Gloxinia c.1960; signed watercolour | 17 1/2 x 14 1/2 inches
5. ANNE REDPATH obe ara rsa (1895-1965)
The Old Harbour, Bastia c.1955; signed oil on board | 24 x 29 1/2 inches provenance: Purchased directly from the artist c.1955; thence by family descent exhibited: Alexander Reid and Lefevre; Scottish Society of Watercolour Artists, Edinburgh 1955
6. SIR WILLIAM GILLIES ra rsa prsw (1898-1973)
Toxside signed; titled and dated 1955 on label verso oil on canvas | 18 x 20 1/2 inches provenance: Aitken Dott, Edinburgh
7. TALBERT McLEAN (1906-1992)
Abstraction in Green and Red c.1950s oil on canvas | 20 x 24 inches provenance: The artist’s estate
8. TALBERT McLEAN (1906-1992)
Inner Harbour signed and titled verso oil on board | 40 x 50 inches provenance: The artist’s estate
9. ALISON McKENZIE (1907-1982)
Bay in Corfu signed oil on board | 13 3/4 x 15 1/4 inches exhibited: Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, 1981, no.350
10. JOHN MACKAY (1910-1985)
Gunner R.A. signed, titled and dated Dec. ‘40 watercolour | 13 x 20 inches
11. ROBERT MacBRYDE (1913-1966)
Still Life with a Mandolin c.1944; signed oil on canvas | 24 1/4 x 30 inches exhibited: Music and Painting, Norwich Castle Museum, Norwich, 1961
12. ROBERT MacBRYDE (1913-1966)
Still Life with Bones c.1959; signed; titled on stretcher verso oil on canvas | 18 x 20 inches provenance: with Museum Street Gallery, London, where purchased by Oliver Luard, circa 1961-62
13. ROBERT COLQUHOUN (1914-1962)
Head of a Man in Profile c.1959; signed charcoal and chalk | 19 3/4 x 15 3/4 inches provenance: Sold to Jeffrey Bernard by the artist and thence to Nicholas and Elisabeth Luard
14. BET LOW rsw (1924-2007)
Summer Evening, Northern Isles signed watercolour | 19 x 14 inches
15. EDUARDO PAOLOZZI cbe ra (1924-2005)
52 Pieces for Orchestra signed and dated 1975, numbered 95/200 lithograph | 38 3/4 x 27 1/4 inches provenance: Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh
16. BARBARA BALMER rsa rsw (b.1929)
Theatre of Dreams signed and dated 1979 oil on board | 63 x 84 inches provenance: The artist’s studio
17. OSCAR MARZAROLI (1933-1988)
Furnace Men, Ravenscraig Steelworks 1962 original vintage print | 8 3/4 x 9 inches provenance: The artist’s estate
18. PAT DOUTHWAITE (1934-2002)
Teddy Boys 1960; signed; signed and titled verso mixed media on board | 48 x 58 inches provenance: The Redfern Gallery, London where sold to C J Hay-Smith, 4.2.60; incomplete label verso ‘John Hutton, British Council, Albion House, New Oxford Street, London WC1’ exhibited: The Redfern Gallery, London, 13 January-12 February 1960; British Council
19. PAT DOUTHWAITE (1934-2002)
Woman with a Black Hat signed and dated ‘70 pastel | 18 3/4 x 25 inches exhibited: Pat Douthwaite Retrospective 1960-2000, The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh, June 2000, no.34
20. JACK KNOX rsa (1936-2015)
Beach Tent (North Sea) signed, titled and dated 1972 verso oil on canvas | 24 x 18 inches
21. JOHN McLEAN (b.1939)
Pitcandrum signed and dated ‘85; titled verso oil on canvas | 44 x 69 inches
22. BARBARA RAE cbe ra (b.1943)
Untitled (Abstract) signed and dated 82 oil and collage on board | 7 x 8 inches provenance: private collection, London
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M O D ER N SCOT TISH PA I N T I N GS 1940 - 1985 held at 6 Dundas Street, Edinburgh, EH3 6HZ from 24 November 2017 - 23 December 2017 Catalogue Š The Fine Art Society in Edinburgh Images Š The Fine Art Society in Edinburgh All rights reserved Photography by John McKenzie Front cover (detail): 15. Barbara Balmer, Theatre of Dreams Inside front cover (detail): 14. Eduardo Paolozzi, 52 Pieces for Orchestra Left (detail): 9. John Mackay, Gunner R.A. Back cover (detail): 11. Robert MacBryde, Still Life with Bones
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