British Art Evening Sale: Modern/Contemporary
British Art Evening Sale: Modern/Contemporary
Property from a Private American Collection
Sir John Lavery, R.A., R.S.A., R.H.A.
The Bathing Hour, Lido, Venice
Auction Closed
June 29, 02:19 PM GMT
Estimate
500,000 - 700,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property from a Private American Collection
Sir John Lavery, R.A., R.S.A., R.H.A.
1856 - 1941
The Bathing Hour, Lido, Venice
signed J Lavery (lower right); also signed JOHN LAVERY, titled, dated 1912 and inscribed (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
unframed: 45.5 by 76cm.; 18 by 30in.
framed: 64 by 94cm.; 25¼ by 37in.
Executed in 1912.
We are grateful to Professor Kenneth McConkey for his kind assistance with the cataloguing of the present work.
James Connell, Glasgow, circa 1920
Private Collection, Scotland, circa 1940 and thence by descent to the previous owner
Their sale, Christie's London, 19 November 2014, lot 19
Richard Green, London, where acquired by the present owner
Private Collection, Scotland, circa 1940 and thence by descent to the previous owner
Their sale, Christie's London, 19 November 2014, lot 19
Richard Green, London, where acquired by the present owner
Kenneth McConkey, Towards the Sun, World Pictures by British Artist-Travellers at the turn of the Twentieth Century, 2021 (Paul Holberton Publishing, forthcoming), p. 129, illustrated fig. 5.29,