North Field, Achiltibue, near Ullapool

Details

Barbara Rae, R.A., R.S.A., R.S.W. (B. 1943)
North Field, Achiltibue, near Ullapool
wool pile tapestry
57 x 83 in. (144.8 x 210.8 cm.)

Special notice

No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 15% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis. 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.

Lot Essay

Barbara Rae is best known as a painter in oil and watercolour, however she is also an acclaimed printmaker and, from these prints, several carpets have been executed such as the present design, carried out by the Edinburgh Tapestry Company (Dovecot Studios). Her best known carpet commissions are for the Festival Theatre, Edinburgh (1994) and for the Royal Scottish Museum (1999). The present example is a one-off creation after a coloured etching executed in 1995. The view of Achiltibue is of special significance to the artist as it is an area that she visited often for many years and was a great inspiration to her.

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