Archibald Thorburn (1860-1935)
A Woodcock in Winter
signed and dated 'A. Thorburn/1920' (lower right)
pencil and watercolour, heightened with white and gum arabic
11¾ x 7.5/8 in. (29.9 x 19.3 cm.)
Provenance
Doig, Wilson and Wheatley, Edinburgh.
Lot Essay
A horizontal watercolour of the same size of A Woodcock resting in Autumn Leaves, was sold for £28,750 in the sale of Watercolours and Pictures of Birds, Christie's, London, 30 September 1997, lot 65.