Mariquita racing to windward during the Pendennis Cup, 2010

Details

JAMIE MEDLIN (BRITISH, b.1970)
Mariquita racing to windward during the Pendennis Cup, 2010
signed 'Jamie Medlin' (lower right)
oil on canvas
24 x 36 ¼ in. (61.2 x 92 cm.)

Provenance

Anonymous sale; Christie's, South Kensington, 24 November 2011, lot 166, where purchased by the present owner.

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.

Conditions of sale

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Lot Essay

Mariquita, a majestic cutter, was designed and built by William Fife, her first owner being Mr. A.K. Stothert of Kensington. Completed in May 1911, she was registered at 100 tons gross (60 net) and measured 82 feet in length with a 17 foot beam. Stothert enjoyed good sport with her until the Great War began in 1914, at which point she was laid up for the duration of hostilities. Sometime during the War, she was sold to Finn Bugge of Tonsberg (Norway) who renamed her Maud (IV) but she returned to British ownership in 1922 when Mr. Henry Garrett of Kensington acquired her and restored her original name. Thereafter retaining her christened name through numerous changes of ownership, she even suffered the ignominy of becoming a houseboat after the Second World War before finally being rescued and restored to her former glory.

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