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JAMES PATERSON, P.R.S.W., R.S.A. | THE GATE TO THE HIGHLANDS

Auction Closed

September 18, 02:04 PM GMT

Estimate

10,000 - 15,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

JAMES PATERSON, P.R.S.W., R.S.A.

1854-1932

THE GATE TO THE HIGHLANDS


signed l.l.: James Paterson; signed and inscribed on the reverse

oil on canvas

49.5 by 74.5cm., 19½ by 29¼in.


W.N. Roberts Esq., by 1910;

Dowell's Edinburgh, 1973;

P. Glenn Ross Esq.;

Private Collection

The Scotsman, 6 February 1908, p.7;

St Andrews Citizen, 22 February 1908, p.4;

A. Patterson Wallace, The Glasgow Boy, James Paterson of Moniaive, 1854-1932, privately published, 2015, p.232, no.F91

The present work shows the famous Old Stirling Bridge a subject Paterson returned to numerous times. In this rendering, Paterson balances careful observation of the symbolic medieval masonry with sensitive exploration of light and reflection.