Modern Scottish Paintings 1940-1985

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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