Cupid after his Bath

Details

Alison Watt (b. 1965)
Cupid after his Bath
signed 'WATT' (centre right), inscribed and dated 'Cupid after his Bath 1990' (on the stretcher)
oil on canvas
60 x 36 in. (152.3 x 91.4 cm.)

Provenance

with Angela Flowers Gallery, London, where purchased by the present owner in May 1999.

Exhibited

London, National Portrait Gallery, The Portrait Now, November 1993- June 1994, no. 59.
Berlin, Martin Gropius Bau, The Power of Images, January - February 1996.

Special notice

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Lot Essay

The daughter of the artist James Watt, Alison Watt was born in 1965 and studied at the Glasgow School of Art. She has won a number of prestigious prizes including the John Player portrait award at the National Portrait Gallery, the City of Glasgow Lord Provost prize and the Scottish Arts Council individual artist's award.

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