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Artist |
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William Scott |
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Title |
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Bowl, eggs and lemons
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Medium |
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oil on canvas |
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Size |
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20 x 26 in. / 50.8 x 66 cm. |
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Description |
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William Scott, R.A. (1913-1989)
Bowl, Eggs and Lemons
signed 'W. SCOTT' (lower right), inscribed ''BOWL, EGGS AND LEMONS' 'STILL LIFE'/PRICE 60 GNS' (on an artist's label attached to the back of the frame)
oil on canvas
20 x 26 in. (50.8 x 66 cm.)
Painted in 1950.
There is an unfinished painting of the artist's son, Robert, on the reverse.
This work is recorded in the William Scott Archive as No. 21 and will be included in the forthcoming Catalogue Raisonné of works in oil |
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Misc. |
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Signed, Inscribed |
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Sale Of |
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Christie's London: Friday, June 6, 2008
[Lot 71]
20th Century British Art
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Estimate |
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*
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Sold For |
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*
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Provenance |
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with St George's Gallery, London, where purchased by the present owner in July 1950 for £60
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Exhibition |
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Canada, British Council, The Elsie Perrin Williams Memorial Art Museum, 1951, exhibition not traced.
London, Arts Council, Arts Council Gallery, Three Young Collectors, November - December 1952, no. 34: this exhibition travelled to Nottingham, Chapel Bar Gallery, December 1952 - January 1953; Bristol, City Art Gallery, January 1953; Lincoln, Art Gallery, February 1953; Newcastle, Hatton Gallery, March 1953; and Arbroath, Art Gallery, April 1953.
London, Tate Gallery, William Scott: Paintings, Drawings and Gouaches 1938-71, April - May 1972, no. 20
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Literature |
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Exhibition catalogue, Three Young Collectors, London, Arts Council, 1952, p. 6, no. 34, pl. VIII.
A. Bowness, William Scott: Paintings, London, 1964, p. 33, no. 21, illustrated.
Exhibition catalogue, William Scott: Paintings, Drawings and Gouaches 1938-71, London, Tate Gallery, 1972, p. 42, no. 20, illustrated.
N. Lynton, William Scott, London, 2004, pp. 87-88, pl. 44
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