In the Orkneys, Westray

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Stanley Cursiter, R.S.A., P.R.S.W. (1887-1976)
In the Orkneys, Westray
signed 'Stanley Cursiter' (lower left), signed again and inscribed 'IN THE ORKNEYS/STANLEY CURSITER/11 ROYAL CIRCUS EDINBURGH' (on a label attached to the stretcher)
oil on canvas
40 x 60 in. (101.6 x 102.4 cm.)

Provenance

with Aitken, Dott & Sons, Edinburgh.

Exhibited

London, Royal Academy, 1932, no. 301.

Special notice

VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium. Notice to Buyers Resident in Scotland Payment and collections may be made immediately following the end of the sale until 7.00pm. Collections may be made on Friday, 27 October 2000 from 9.00 am until 1.00 pm, after which all lots purchased by Scottish residents will be transported free of charge to either our Glasgow office, tel 44(0)141 332 8134 or to our Edinburgh office, tel 44(0)131 225 4756 where they will be available from 9.00 am on Monday, 30 October. Notice to Buyers outside Scotland Purchases made by buyers with addresses outside Scotland will be transferred to Christie's, 8 King Street, London SW1, for collection from noon on Monday, 30 October 2000. Purchases are only insured for a period of seven working days following the sale.

Lot Essay

Stanley Cursiter was born and educated in Kirkwall, Orkney. He studied at the Edinburgh College of Art and later spent much of his life in Edinburgh, although his heart remained in Orkney. After 1948 when Cursiter was no longer Director of the National Galleries of Scotland, he spent more time in Orkney devoting more time to painting and to the conservation of St. Magnus Cathedral in Kirkwall.

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