A GREAT BRITISH COLLECTION: The pictures collected by Sir David and Lady Scott, sold to benefit the Finnis Scott Foundation

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Lot 234
  • 234

Nina Carroll

Estimate
1,200 - 1,800 GBP
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Description

  • Nina Carroll
  • Closhes; Potted Alpine Plants

  • two, one signed and dated l.l.: Nina Carroll/ May 29th 1974; the other signed and dated l.l.: Nina Carroll/ May 28th 1974

  • both pen, ink, watercolour and gouache
  • each 40.5 by 49.5 cm.; 16 by 19 ½ in.

Provenance

Given by the artist to Sir David Scott, 28 and 29 May 1974

Condition

STRUCTURE The works are on wove paper which has been laid down. The sheets are in good overall condition. SURFACE The surfaces of the sheets are in good condition. FRAME Held under glass and presented within green mounts in simple wooden rectilinear frames.
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Catalogue Note

Nina Carroll studied at the Cheltenham School of Art and Ruskin College, Oxford. She painted brightly coloured landscapes and rural subjects. The two subjects that she exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1974 and 1976 were of The Tropical House at Kew Gardens, and An Abandoned Greenhouse at Kettering, perhaps influenced by her friendship with Lady Scott. Her published illustrations included an edition of the poem 'Autumn Song' by Ted Hughes.

She lived at Kettering for a while, being the wife of the headmaster of Kettering Grammar School, John Steane. She became a friend of the Scotts and was a frequent visitor to the Dower House, sometimes bringing her latest work for them to see (Fig 1).