A strong breeze on the port quarter: Eight metre yachts racing towards the windward mark in the Solent

Details

Montague Dawson, F.R.S.A., R.S.M.A. (Chiswick 1895-1973 Midhurst)
A strong breeze on the port quarter: Eight metre yachts racing towards the windward mark in the Solent
signed 'MONTAGUE DAWSON' (lower left)
oil on canvas
28 x 42 in. (71.2 x 106.8 cm.)
See inside back cover illustration

Provenance

Great Lakes Carbon Corporation, New York.
The Skakel family from whom acquired by the current owner.

Literature

L.G.G. Ramsey, Montague Dawson R.S.M.A., F.R.S.A., Leigh-on-Sea, 1970, no. 90, p. 30 as 'Eight Metres Racing', where it states that this is an early work by Dawson.

Special notice

Artist's Resale Right ("Droit de Suite"). Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent. VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 20% on the buyer's premium.

Sale room notice

Please note that the yachts depicted are West Solent One Designs and not 8 Metres as stated in the catalogue.

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Lot Essay

Eight metre yachts are a class of elegant racing keelboats. Although not identical, they are designed to meet a specific measurement formula, the International Rule of Measurement of Yachts, otherwise known as the Metre Rule, established in Europe in 1907. Chosen as an Olympic class in 1908, they continued to compete in the Olympic Games until 1936. Up until the Second World War, eight metre yachts had the reputation of being the most prestigious, international and elite class of the day. Undergoing a renaissance in the 1980s, many of these classic keelboats have been restored back to their former glory and still race competitively today on the international circuit.

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