SIR WILLIAM GILLIES, R.A., R.S.A. (1898-1973)
SIR WILLIAM GILLIES, R.A., R.S.A. (1898-1973)
SIR WILLIAM GILLIES, R.A., R.S.A. (1898-1973)
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SIR WILLIAM GILLIES, R.A., R.S.A. (1898-1973)

Still Life - Study in Grey

Details
SIR WILLIAM GILLIES, R.A., R.S.A. (1898-1973)
Still Life - Study in Grey
signed 'W.G. Gillies' (lower left)
oil on board
32 ½ x 39 ¼ in. (82.5 x 99.6 cm.)
Painted in 1968.
Provenance
Graham Law, by 1970.
with Aitken Dott & Son, Edinburgh.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, Edinburgh, 31 October 2002, lot 126A.
with Bourne Fine Art, Edinburgh, where purchased in September 2011.
Literature
T. Elder Dickson, W.G. Gillies, Edinburgh, 1974, pp. 61-62, 108, no. 18, illustrated.
W. Gordon Smith, W.G. Gillies: A Very Still Life, Edinburgh, 1991, p. 93, illustrated.
J. Soden and V. Keller, William Gillies, Edinburgh, 1998, pp. 90-91, no. 87, illustrated.
Exhibited
London, Royal Academy, Summer Exhibition, 1968, no. 18.
Edinburgh, Scottish Arts Council, Royal Scottish Academy, W.G. Gillies: Retrospective Exhibition, February 1970, p. 24, no. 101, illustrated: this exhibition travelled to Aberdeen, Art Gallery and Regional Museum, March 1970; Perth, Art Gallery and Museum, March - April 1970; Dunfermline, Pittencrieff House, May 1970; Dundee, City Museum and Art Gallery, May - June 1970; London, Royal College of Art, September - October 1970; and Glasgow, Scottish Arts Council Gallery, October - November 1970.
Edinburgh, The Scottish Gallery, Sir William Gillies CBE RSA RSW RA (1898-1973): Paintings, watercolours and drawings, April 2003, exhibition not numbered.

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