Lot Essay
The present work shows the direct influence of the Celtic Revivalist painter, John McKirdy Duncan (see lots 43 & 67), whom Walton would have visited at his house in St Bernard's Crescent, Edinburgh.
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Spirit of the sea
Details
Cecile Walton (1891-1956)
Spirit of the sea
signed 'CECILE WALTON' (lower left)
pencil and watercolour with touches of bodycolour, on paper
9 ½ x 6 in. (24.1 x 15.3 cm.)
Spirit of the sea
signed 'CECILE WALTON' (lower left)
pencil and watercolour with touches of bodycolour, on paper
9 ½ x 6 in. (24.1 x 15.3 cm.)
Provenance
The collection of Hugh Murdoch, Culross.
Anonymous sale; Bonham's, Edinburgh, 21 April 2011, lot 12.
Anonymous sale; Bonham's, Edinburgh, 21 April 2011, lot 12.
Special notice
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