'Pirates' Haunt', Cocos Island, Pacific

Details

Montague Dawson, F.R.S.A., R.S.M.A. (1895-1973)
'Pirates' Haunt', Cocos Island, Pacific
signed 'MONTAGUE DAWSON' (lower left) and inscribed ''PIRATES HAUNT' COCOS ISLAND PACIFIC' (on the stretcher)
oil on canvas
24 x 36 in. (61 x 91.5 cm.)

Provenance

with Frost & Reed, London, November 1953, no. 16178.
with E. Stacy-Marks, Eastbourne, 1989, where purchased by the present owners' parents.

Literature

L.G.G. Ramsey, Montague Dawson, R.S.M.A., F.R.S.A., Leigh-on-Sea, 1970, p. 44, no. 187.
Country Life, 16 November 1989, illustrated p. 61.

Exhibited

London, Guildhall, Royal Society of Marine Artists, 1953, no. 130.
Eastbourne, E. Stacy-Marks, Exhibition of paintings by Montague Dawson, Frank Wootton and Pierre de Clausade, 27 November-10 December 1989, unnumbered.

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Lot Essay

Cocos Island lies off the coast of Costa Rica in the Pacific Ocean. Historically associated with pirate folklore and rumours of legendary hoards of buried treasure, the island is said to have formed the inspiration for Robert Louis Stephenson's Treasure Island. Now a Costa Rican National Park and UNESCO World Heritage site, the island, and the richly populated waters surrounding it, are celebrated for their wealth of flora and fauna.

Dawson painted a larger canvas of The Pirates' Cove, Cocos Island, Wafer Bay which sold at Christie's, New York on 31 July 2001 for $209,500.

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