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Submarines and Camouflaged Battleship
Details
JOHN DUNCAN FERGUSSON (1874-1961)
Submarines and Camouflaged Battleship
signed 'J.D. FERGUSSON.' (on the reverse), inscribed 'SUBMARINES' (on the artist's label attached to the stretcher)
oil on canvas
30 x 34 in. (76.2 x 86.4 cm.)
Painted in 1918.
Submarines and Camouflaged Battleship
signed 'J.D. FERGUSSON.' (on the reverse), inscribed 'SUBMARINES' (on the artist's label attached to the stretcher)
oil on canvas
30 x 34 in. (76.2 x 86.4 cm.)
Painted in 1918.
Provenance
Margaret Morris Fergusson.
Erwin Swann, Pennsylvania.
His sale; Sotheby's, London, 26 November 1969, lot 169, where purchased by Anthony d'Offay, London.
with Ivor Braka, London, where purchased by the present owner in March 1985.
Erwin Swann, Pennsylvania.
His sale; Sotheby's, London, 26 November 1969, lot 169, where purchased by Anthony d'Offay, London.
with Ivor Braka, London, where purchased by the present owner in March 1985.
Literature
S. Cursiter (intro.), exhibition catalogue, Scottish Painters, Ohio, British Council, Toledo Museum of Art, 1949, p. 11, no. 19, illustrated.
Exhibition catalogue, J.D. Fergusson: Memorial Exhibition, Edinburgh, Arts Council of Great Britain, 1961, p. 35, no. 84, pl. 14.
Exhibition catalogue, The Pleasures of the Eye: Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture from the Collection of Caroline and Erwin Swann, New York, Museum of Modern Art, 1964, n.p., no. 13, illustrated.
Exhibition catalogue, J.D. Fergusson: Memorial Exhibition, Edinburgh, Arts Council of Great Britain, 1961, p. 35, no. 84, pl. 14.
Exhibition catalogue, The Pleasures of the Eye: Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture from the Collection of Caroline and Erwin Swann, New York, Museum of Modern Art, 1964, n.p., no. 13, illustrated.
Exhibited
London, Leicester Galleries, Exhibition of Paintings by S.J. Peploe, Leslie Hunter, F.C.B. Cadell and J.D. Fergusson, January 1925, no. 40.
Glasgow, MacLellan Gallery, J.D. Fergusson, First Retrospective Exhibition, 1948, no. 23, catalogue not traced.
Ohio, British Council, Toledo Museum of Art, Scottish Painters, November - December 1949, no. 19: this exhibition travelled to Ottawa, National Gallery of Canada, 1950.
London, Lefevre Gallery, Paintings by John Duncan Fergusson from 1898-1954, March 1955, no. 10.
Edinburgh, Arts Council of Great Britain, Royal Scottish Academy, J.D. Fergusson: Memorial Exhibition of Paintings and Sculpture, November - December 1961, no. 84, where loaned by Margaret Morris Fergusson: this exhibition travelled to Glasgow, Art Gallery and Museum, December 1961 - January 1962; Dundee, Art Gallery, January 1962; Aberdeen, Art Gallery, February 1962; Stirling, The Smith Art Gallery, March 1962; Perth, Art Gallery, March - April 1962; and Eastbourne, The Towner Art Gallery, May - June 1962.
New York, Museum of Modern Art, The Pleasures of the Eye: Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture from the Collection of Caroline and Erwin Swann, 1964-65, no. 13: this exhibition travelled to Oregon, Portland Art Museum; Washington, Seattle Art Museum; Iowa, Salt Lake Art Centre; Colorado Springs, Fine Arts Centre; Kansas City, William Rockhill Nelson Gallery of Art; Michegan, University of Michegan Museum of Art; and Ohio, Dayton Art Institute.
Glasgow, MacLellan Gallery, J.D. Fergusson, First Retrospective Exhibition, 1948, no. 23, catalogue not traced.
Ohio, British Council, Toledo Museum of Art, Scottish Painters, November - December 1949, no. 19: this exhibition travelled to Ottawa, National Gallery of Canada, 1950.
London, Lefevre Gallery, Paintings by John Duncan Fergusson from 1898-1954, March 1955, no. 10.
Edinburgh, Arts Council of Great Britain, Royal Scottish Academy, J.D. Fergusson: Memorial Exhibition of Paintings and Sculpture, November - December 1961, no. 84, where loaned by Margaret Morris Fergusson: this exhibition travelled to Glasgow, Art Gallery and Museum, December 1961 - January 1962; Dundee, Art Gallery, January 1962; Aberdeen, Art Gallery, February 1962; Stirling, The Smith Art Gallery, March 1962; Perth, Art Gallery, March - April 1962; and Eastbourne, The Towner Art Gallery, May - June 1962.
New York, Museum of Modern Art, The Pleasures of the Eye: Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture from the Collection of Caroline and Erwin Swann, 1964-65, no. 13: this exhibition travelled to Oregon, Portland Art Museum; Washington, Seattle Art Museum; Iowa, Salt Lake Art Centre; Colorado Springs, Fine Arts Centre; Kansas City, William Rockhill Nelson Gallery of Art; Michegan, University of Michegan Museum of Art; and Ohio, Dayton Art Institute.
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