Romanesque Doorway

Details

Elizabeth Violet Blackadder, R.S.A., R.A., R.S.W. (b. 1931)
Romanesque Doorway
signed and dated 'E V. Blackadder 1966.' (lower right), inscribed 'ROMANESQUE DOORWAY' (on the backboard)
watercolour
15¼ x 24 in. (38.7 x 61 cm.)

Provenance

with McEwan Gallery, Ballater, Aberdeenshire.

Exhibited

Bradford, Lane Gallery, Elizabeth Blackadder, May 1968, no. 20.

Special notice

No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis. Notice to Buyers Resident in Scotland Payment and collections may be made immediately following the end of the sale until 7.00pm. Collections may be made on Friday, 27 October 2000 from 9.00 am until 1.00 pm, after which all lots purchased by Scottish residents will be transported free of charge to either our Glasgow office, tel 44(0)141 332 8134 or to our Edinburgh office, tel 44(0)131 225 4756 where they will be available from 9.00 am on Monday, 30 October. Notice to Buyers outside Scotland Purchases made by buyers with addresses outside Scotland will be transferred to Christie's, 8 King Street, London SW1, for collection from noon on Monday, 30 October 2000. Purchases are only insured for a period of seven working days following the sale.

Lot Essay

In 1960, following a successful exhibition, the artist and her husband John Houston (see lots 130 and 174) bought their first car, giving them new freedom of movement. Throughout the 1960s they regularly visited France, Spain and Portugal.

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