African Boy with Rose, Flowers and Budgies

Details

Craigie Aitchison, R.A. (b.1926)
African Boy with Rose, Flowers and Budgies
oil and collage laid on board
11¾ x 9 1/8 in. (29.8 x 23.3 cm.)
Painted in 1969-70

Provenance

Acquired from the artist circa 1988.

Literature

A. Gibbon Williams, Craigie The Art of Craigie Aitchison, Edinburgh, 1996, pp. 76-77, pl. 39.

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Sale room notice

Please note this work is oil on canvas with collage laid on board and not as stated in the catalogue.

Lot Essay

Andrew Gibbon Williams (loc. cit.) comments, 'Craigie developed an enthusiasm for using collage at this time; a small light-hearted work called African Boy with Rose, Flowers and Budgies [plate 39] is more collage than painting.

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