Lot 152
  • 152

Montague Dawson R.S.M.A., F.R.S.A.

Estimate
60,000 - 80,000 USD
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Description

  • Montague Dawson R.S.M.A., F.R.S.A.
  • The Lofty Clipper, Clan MacFarlane 
  • signed Montague Dawson (lower left)
  • oil on canvas
  • 36 by 24 3/8 in.
  • 91.4 by 61.9 cm

Provenance

Frost & Reed, Ltd., London, no. 5907 (acquired directly from the artist in January 1935, no. 5907)
Cooling Galleries, London
Sale: Christie's, New York, March 1, 1990, lot 271, illustrated (as The Clan McFarlane on High Seas)
Omell Galleries, London
Private Collection (acquired from the above in 1990, and sold, Sotheby's, New York, May 7, 2015, lot 85, illustrated)
Acquired at the above sale 

Condition

This work has an old lining and a replacement stretcher bar. Under UV: inpainting to address frame abrasion across the lower edge as well as broadly brushed areas to left and right edge; areas of inpainting in the sky around the top sail.
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