Lot Essay
John Houston is married to the artist, Elizabeth Violet Blackadder (see lots 145-148), with whom he studied at at Edinburgh College of Art.
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Sunset over the Forth (from North Berwick Golf Club showing Fife and the Lomonds)
Details
John Houston, R.S.A. (b. 1930)
Sunset over the Forth (from North Berwick Golf Club showing Fife and the Lomonds)
signed and dated 'Houston/1973' (lower left)
oil on canvas
47 x 72 in. (119.5 x 193 cm.)
Sunset over the Forth (from North Berwick Golf Club showing Fife and the Lomonds)
signed and dated 'Houston/1973' (lower left)
oil on canvas
47 x 72 in. (119.5 x 193 cm.)
Provenance
with Aitken Dott & Son, Edinburgh.
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