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Ivy Leaves
Details
WILLIAM SCOTT, R.A. (1913-1989)
Ivy Leaves
signed and dated 'W. SCOTT 42' (lower right)
oil on canvas
16 x 20 1⁄8 in. (40.7 x 51.1 cm.)
Painted in 1942.
Ivy Leaves
signed and dated 'W. SCOTT 42' (lower right)
oil on canvas
16 x 20 1⁄8 in. (40.7 x 51.1 cm.)
Painted in 1942.
Provenance
Purchased by M.A. Tachmindji at the 1942 exhibition.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 13 June 1986, lot 414, where acquired for the present collection.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 13 June 1986, lot 414, where acquired for the present collection.
Literature
J. Piper, Spectator, 18 September 1942.
N. Lynton, William Scott, London, 2004, pp. 45-46, no. 17, illustrated.
S. Whitfield (ed.), William Scott: Catalogue Raisonné of Oil Paintings 1913-1951, Vol. 1, London, 2013, p. 128, no. 76, illustrated.
N. Lynton, William Scott, London, 2004, pp. 45-46, no. 17, illustrated.
S. Whitfield (ed.), William Scott: Catalogue Raisonné of Oil Paintings 1913-1951, Vol. 1, London, 2013, p. 128, no. 76, illustrated.
Exhibited
London, Leger Galleries, Paintings by William Scott, September 1942, no. 14.
London, Arts Council of Great Britain, An Exhibition of Work by Four Young British Painters: Michael Ayrton, John Minton, William Scott, Keith Vaughan, 1946, no. 17.
London, Arts Council of Great Britain, Contemporary Flower Paintings, 1948, no. 23.
London, Whitechapel Art Gallery, Painters' Progress, May - July 1950, no. 88.
Dublin, Royal Hibernian Academy, A Free Spirit: Irish Art 1860-1960, June - July 1990, p. 211, no. 84, illustrated.
London, Arts Council of Great Britain, An Exhibition of Work by Four Young British Painters: Michael Ayrton, John Minton, William Scott, Keith Vaughan, 1946, no. 17.
London, Arts Council of Great Britain, Contemporary Flower Paintings, 1948, no. 23.
London, Whitechapel Art Gallery, Painters' Progress, May - July 1950, no. 88.
Dublin, Royal Hibernian Academy, A Free Spirit: Irish Art 1860-1960, June - July 1990, p. 211, no. 84, illustrated.
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