Sir John Lavery, R.H.A, R.A., R.S.A. (1856-1941)

Mougins, Alpes Maritimes

Details

Sir John Lavery, R.H.A, R.A., R.S.A. (1856-1941)
Mougins, Alpes Maritimes
signed 'J. Lavery' (lower right), signed again, dated and inscribed 'Mougins/Alpes Maritimes/By/John Lavery/1929' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas-board
20 x 23 in. (50.8 x 59.7 cm.)

Provenance

The artist, thence by descent to Lord Sempill. Purchased by the present owner at the 1971 exhibition.

Exhibited

London, Their Majesties' Court, Buckingham Palace, 1931, Portrait Studies and other Sketches by Sir John Lavery, R.A., 1932, no.70.
London, Spink & Son, John Lavery, R.A. 1856-1971, 1971, no.69.

Lot Essay

'Lavery visited Mougins during the 1920s, on the occasions he stayed at Cannes. The hill-village lies a few miles north of the port off the road to Grasse. During the twenties it was attractive to British and American visitors because it housed the Cannes Country Club and boasted an 18-hole golf course. An upright view of the hill-town exists in a private collection'.
(Kenneth McConkey, private correspondence, 1999).

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