Linen Lines, Kowloon

Details

Edward Seago (1910-1974)
Linen Lines, Kowloon
signed 'Edward Seago' (lower left) and indistinctly titled 'LINEN LINES - KOWLOON' on the reverse
oil on board
26 x 20in. (66 x 50.8cm.)

Provenance

with The Taylor Gallery, London.

Special notice

Artist's Resale Right ("Droit de Suite"). Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent.

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Lot Essay

Seago made his only visit to Hong Kong in 1962 at the invitation of John Kidston Swire, the artist's patron, and Chairman of the parent company of the Far Eastern Trading and Shipping Group, whose Hong Kong manager wanted six pictures for a new boardroom. The company paid Seago's expenses and he refunded them in paintings. Seago found Hong Kong to be a rich source of inspiration, and the trip generated eighty paintings and watercolours.

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