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Lot 95
  • 95

William McTaggart, R.S.A., R.S.W.

Estimate
30,000 - 40,000 GBP
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Description

  • William McTaggart, R.S.A., R.S.W.
  • Cornfield at Cowden
  • signed and dated l.l.: M Taggart. 94

  • oil on canvas
  • 54 by 89cm., 21ΒΌ by 35in.

Provenance

Aitken Dott & Son, Edinburgh;
J. W. Blyth Esq, Kirkcaldy

Exhibited

Edinburgh, Aitken Dott & Son, Exhibition of Thirty-six Pictures by Wm. McTaggart, R.S.A., 1907;
London, National Gallery, Exhibition of 20th Century British Painting, 1940, no. 388

Literature

James L. Caw, William McTaggart, 1917, p.267.

Condition

STRUCTURE Original canvas. There is a very small surface abrasion between the top of the two pine trees otherwise the work appears in good original condition. ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT Under UV light there appear to be no signs of retouching. FRAME Held in a gilt plaster frame with a black linen lining.
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