The Harvest Moon at Twilight

Details

William McTaggart, R.S.A., R.S.W. (1835-1910)
The Harvest Moon at Twilight
signed and dated 'W McTaggart/1897' (lower centre)
oil on canvas
34¾ x 43½ in. (88.3 x 110.5 cm.)

Provenance

Mr Hugh Stodart, Wintonhill.
Anon. sale; Sotheby's On the Premises, Scottish and Sporting Paintings, Drawings and Watercolours, 1 May 1990, lot 213.

Literature

J.L. Caw, William McTaggart, R.S.A., Glasgow, 1917, p. 270.

Exhibited

Dublin, Royal Hibernian Academy, 1901, no. 30, as The Harvest Moon "The moon rose up, but still the eastern clouds Were tinged by colours from the glowing west"

Special notice

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Lot Essay

Caw comments on the present work, 'Desire to complete the many pictures commenced during the two preceding years, perhaps also the attraction of the new studio, kept him at home throughout 1896, and the new pictures commenced were entirely landscapes. But the exquisite 'Cornfields', the fine 'Harvest at Broomieknowe', the charming 'Golden Autumn, Lothianburn,' and the lovely 'Harvest Moon at Twilight' would have made any year notable'. (J.L. Caw, op. cit. p. 133).

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