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18 May - 9 June 2018

The Fine Art Society in Edinburgh

The Fine Art Society in Edinburgh presents

PAPER

18 May - 9 June 2018

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ALEXANDER RUNCIMAN (1736-1785) THE ANNUNCIATION

POSSIBLY A STUDY FOR AN ALTARPIECE, AFTER VERDIER

signed ‘A. Runciman Fecit’ and inscribed ‘Verdier’ pencil and grey wash | 14 x 9 3/4 inches

provenance: collection of Viscount Runciman, Isle of Eigg, by descent from the artist

exhibited: David Croal Thompson, Barbizon House, London; Royal Scottish Academy, The Scottish Fine Arts and Print Club, Edinburgh 1937

SIR DAVID WILKIE ra hrsa (1785-1841) HOLYROOD HOUSE 1822, signed and inscribed with title pencil | 5 x 6 1/2 inches

SIR DAVID WILKIE ra hrsa (1785-1841) A SKETCH FOR ‘THE CHELSEA PENSIONERS READING THE WATERLOO DISPATCH’

pen and ink | 4 3/4 x 4 1/2 inches

provenance: collection of Thomas Esmond Lowinsky

WILLIAM HUNT (fl.1790-1842) FINGAL’S CAVE, ON THE ISLE OF STAFFA, SCOTLAND signed, inscribed and titled; inscribed in another hand verso ‘sketched by my great uncle Capt Wm Hunt RN’ watercolour, pen and ink | 16 x 11 3/4 inches

SAM BOUGH rsa rsw (1822-1878) FIRING THE ROCKET signed and dated 1868 watercolour heightened with white | 15 1/4 x 20 inches

provenance: J B Bennett & Sons Ltd, 50 Gordon Street, Glasgow

ARTHUR MELVILLE arsa rsw (1855-1904) MOSUL AT DAWN signed watercolour | 12 1/4 x 18 1/4 inches

provenance: private collection, England

EDWARD ARTHUR WALTON rsa prsw (1860-1922) THE YOUNG FISHERMAN signed and dated ‘85 watercolour | 15 1/2 x 12 1/2 inches

SIR DAVID YOUNG CAMERON ra rsw hrsw (1865-1945) GOAT FELL FROM DUN FION, ARRAN signed; signed and inscribed on artist’s label verso watercolour | 16 x 28 3/4 inches

provenance: James Connell & Sons, Glasgow exhibited: Empire Exhibition, Scotland, 1938

SIR MUIRHEAD BONE hrsa hrws (1876-1953) THE OLDEST STREET IN RONDA signed and inscribed ‘Ronda 1925’; titled and dated on label verso pencil, chalk and watercolour | 20 3/4 x 17 3/4 inches

provenance: P & D Colnaghi & Co, London; Collection of T G Blackwell, Hertfordshire; The Fine Art Society London, private collection, UK

exhibited: Agnews Spring Exhibition, London, 1928

SIR MUIRHEAD BONE hrsa hrws (1876-1953) THE OLD CHURCH, SEAFORD signed and inscribed ‘Seaford 1931’; titled and dated on label verso pencil, chalk and watercolour | 19 1/4 x 15 1/4 inches

provenance: P & D Colnaghi & Co, London; Collection of T G Blackwell, Hertfordshire; The Fine Art Society London, private collection, UK

ROBERT SCOTT IRVINE rsw (1906-1988) WOODLAND RIVER c.1932; signed mixed media | 19 1/2 x 27 1/4 inches

provenance: private collection, Scotland

JOHN MACKAY (1910-1985) GUNNER R.A. signed, inscribed with title and dated Dec ‘40 watercolour | 13 x 19 3/4 inches

ROBERT HENDERSON BLYTH rsa rsw (1919-1970) SKETCH FOR HIGHLAND ROAD

watercolour | 7 3/4 x 6 inches

provenance: the artist’s estate exhibited: Aitken Dott & Son, ‘The Modern Spirit in Scottish Painting’, Edinburgh, 1978

ROBERT HENDERSON BLYTH rsa rsw (1919-1970) A COWHAND signed ink and wash | 9 1/4 x 10 1/4 inches

provenance: Macaulay Gallery, Stenton; The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh

ROBERT HENDERSON BLYTH rsa rsw (1919-1970) THE ANNUNCIATION signed ink and wash | 9 1/2 x 12 1/4 inches

provenance: collection of William Crocket, Aberdeen exhibited: Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, 1953, no.571; Aitken Dott, Festival Exhibition, Edinburgh, 1955; Aberdeen Art Gallery and Museum, R. Henderson Blyth Memorial Exhibition, Aberdeen, 1972; Scottish Gallery, Summer Exhibition, Edinburgh, 1983

PAT DOUTHWAITE (1934-2002) WOMAN WITH A BLACK HAT signed and dated ‘70 pastel | 18 3/4 x 25 inches

provenance: Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh exhibited: Scottish Gallery, Pat Douthwaite Retrospective Edinburgh, June 2000, no.34

1960-2000,

JACK KNOX rsa (1936-2015) PEPPERS signed and dated ‘75 conté on paper | 6 x 7 1/2 inches

provenance: collection of Bet Low; Roger Billcliffe Gallery, Glasgow

JACK KNOX rsa (1936-2015) ASPARAGUS signed and dated ‘75 conté on paper | 7 x 6 inches

provenance: collection of Bet Low; Roger Billcliffe Gallery, Glasgow

JOHN BYRNE rsa (b.1940) WRITER’S CRAMP 1975; signed; signed, titled and inscribed verso watercolour and bodycolour with ink | 13 1/4 x 9 1/2 inches

JOHN BYRNE rsa (b.1940) BOY & JABBERWOCKY 1971; signed ‘Patrick’; titled verso watercolour | 9 1/4 x 9 1/4 inches

provenance: private collection, UK

PETER HOWSON obe (b.1958) BAIRDS 1987; signed and dated 87 pastel on card | 24 x 18 inches

provenance: collection of Tom and Janet Howseon, Prestwick

GARY ANDERSON (b.1960) STUDY FOR FANCY POLTRY (PARTRIDGE PERKIN)

signed and dated ‘92; signed, titled and dated verso mixed media | 4 3/4 x 4 3/4 inches

provenance: Ewan Mundy Fine Art Glasgow; collection of Patricia & John Roche, New York

GARY ANDERSON (b.1960) HARE

(BLACK AND WHITE)

signed and dated ‘95 mixed media | 13 3/4 x 12 1/2 inches

provenance: Ewan Mundy Fine Art Glasgow; collection of Patricia & John Roche, New York

KEN CURRIE (b.1960) DIARY OF AN ASSASSIN 1980; inscribed with title and dated ‘Sept 80’ conté on paper | 60 x 45 3/4 inches

provenance: private collection, London

STEPHEN CONROY (b.1964) STUDY, INTERIOR signed mixed media | 24 3/4 x 18 inches

provenance: private collection, London

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Published by The Fine Art Society in Edinburgh for the exhibition

PAPER

18 May - 9 JUNE 2018 held at 6 Dundas Street, Edinburgh, EH3 6HZ

Catalogue © The Fine Art Society in Edinburgh Images © John McKenzie Photography All rights reserved

Front cover: Sir David Young Cameron, Goat Fell from Dun Fion, Arran [detail] Inside front cover: Robert Scott Irvine, Woodland River [detail] Left: Ken Currie, Diary of an Assassin Back cover: John Byrne, Writer’s Cramp

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