Lot 95
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Sir William George Gillies, R.S.A., P.R.S.W., R.A. (1898-1973)
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Sir William George Gillies, R.S.A., P.R.S.W., R.A. (1898-1973)

Shiphorn Farm

Details
Sir William George Gillies, R.S.A., P.R.S.W., R.A. (1898-1973)
Shiphorn Farm
signed and dated 'W.Gillies.1950' (lower left), signed again and inscribed 'SHIPHORN FARM/W.G.Gillies.R.S.A./Temple.' (on a label attached to the backboard)
watercolour, bodycolour, pen and black ink
13¼ x 215/8 in. (33.5 x 55 cm.)
Provenance
Mr and Mrs Harry Wylie, Edinburgh, 1969, and by descent.
Exhibited
Edinburgh, Scottish Arts Council, Arts Council Gallery, W.G. Gillies Retrospective Exhibition, February 1970, no. 181 (illustrated, as Shiplaw Farm): this exhibition travelled to Aberdeen, Art Gallery, March 1970; Dunfermline, Pittencrieff House, May 1970; Dundee, City Museum and Art Gallery, May-June 1970; London, Royal Academy, September-October 1970; and Glasgow, Scottish Arts Council Gallery, October-November 1970.
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

Gillies moved from Edinburgh to the village of Temple in Midlothian in 1939. After the Second World War, Gillies's work underwent a stylistic metamorphosis: he began to prefer a more complex landscape with the use of intricate patterns of fences, trees and hedges, and the growing importance of pen and ink outlines in his watercolours, as seen in the present work.

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