WILLIAM SCOTT, R.A. (1913-1989) Harvesting signed and dated 'W. SCOTT/45' (lower right), signed with initials and inscribed 'Harvesting/Pastel. W.S' (on the reverse) gouache, coloured chalk and ink on paper 17 5⁄8 x 22 ½ in. (44.8 x 57.2 cm.) Executed in 1945. This work is registered in the William Scott Archive as number 857.
Provenance
with J. Leger & Son, London, July 1947, as 'Resting - Hayricks'. Anonymous sale; Phillips, London, 25 March 1986, lot 127, where acquired for the present collection.
Literature
F. Ormsby, Northern Windows, Belfast, 1987, illustrated.
Exhibited
London, The Leger Galleries, Watercolours and Drawings by William & Mary Scott, December 1945, no. 31. London, Pyms Gallery, Irish Renascence: Irish Art in a Century of Change, November 1986, pp. 124-125, no. 50, illustrated. Dublin, Irish Museum of Modern Art, William Scott: Paintings and Drawings, July - November 1998, p. 42, no. 7, illustrated. London, Pyms Gallery, British and Irish Works on Paper: 1900-2000, June-July 2004, pp. 64-65, no. 30, illustrated. Dublin, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Championing Irish Art: The Mary and Alan Hobart Collection, April - July 2023, pp. 74-75, exhibition not numbered, illustrated.