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    Sale 6360

    THE SCOTTISH SALE - EDINBURGH

    Edinburgh,The Assembly Rooms

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    26 October 2000

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    • John Houston, R.S.A. (b. 1930)
    Lot 174

    John Houston, R.S.A. (b. 1930)

    Sunset over the Forth (from North Berwick Golf Club showing Fife and the Lomonds)

    Price realised

    GBP 5,640

    Estimate

    GBP 2,000 - GBP 3,000

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    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.)

    Provenance

    with Aitken Dott & Son, Edinburgh.

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    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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    VAT rate of 17.5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer’s premium.
    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.


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